DIVISION OF BUSINESS

COURSE SYLLABUS: MISM 3307-SA01, Web Site Design Summer 2008 San Antonio Campus

Instructor:	Tommy J. Thompson
Office:	Director, Campus Operations and Information Services, San Antonio
Office Phone:	(210) 826-7595 ext. 225
Home Phone:
Email:	Tommy.Thompson@wbusa.wbu.edu
Course Web Site:	http://satx.wbu.edu/tommy.thompson/mism3307 will be activated May 27, 2008.
FAX:	(210) 826-5699
Office Hours:	9-5 M-F by appointment
Class Hours:	6:00 – 10:10 pm Tuesday
Class Location:	Room 101 Main Campus

DESCRIPTION: Students will learn how to analyze information and apply graphic design techniques to develop effective, pleasing and useful web sites.

PREREQUISITE(s): COSC 2311. $25 fee.

TEXTBOOK:

BOOK	AUTHOR	ED	YEAR	PUBLISHER	ISBN#	REVIEW
Principles of Web Design,	Sklar	3rd	2006	Thomson Learning	0-619-216662	Spring 08

OUTCOME COMPETENCIES: Upon completion of this course, students will have developed an understanding of the uses, development, implementation and management of various web sites for both personal and business use. Students will also be able to program various JavaScript elements and Active Server Pages.

Student progress will be measured by administering tests, four web assignments and the development and publication of a site to be published on the World Wide Web.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION: The final course grade will be determined using a 1,000-point grading system. There is no rounding up or down in this grading system. Grades are not rounded. For example, 899.99 points equates to a B. The value for each graded segment is listed below.

Mid-term Exam	250 pt. (25% of grade)	A = 900 - 1000
Final Exam	250 pt. (25% of grade)	B = 800 - 899
Create/publish Web site	300 pt. (30% of grade)	C = 700 - 799
Web assignments (4)	200 pt. (50 pt. each)	D = 600 - 699
		F = below 600

Supplemental Instructions

Your web site design must contain the following:

A minimum of ten separate pages, with links to each page;

A minimum of one FrontPage theme; or one style sheet,

A minimum of one frameset displaying at least two frames; or one JavaScript;

A minimum of two tables;

A minimum of five different font sets must be used;

A minimum of one event handler must be used;

A minimum of five graphic images must be used (either gif or jpg format);

A minimum of two forms must be used:

· One must collect data form the client and then send it to an Active Server Page (ASP) for processing and provide a feedback page to the client.

· The other form must use the GET function to retrieve a web page for the client.

Your web site will be published to the academic server. You may want to use a CD-RW, USB drive, or a floppy disk to transport files from home to the classroom.

All of the forms, scripts, graphics, frames, tables, event handlers, and links must work in order for you to receive credit. There is no partial credit. Your program code either works or it doesn’t.

M. Web Assignments:

Read the chapters and the class notes for each week then answer the questions on the web site for each weekly web assignment. Please do not submit the web assignment questions before the week they are due (Ex: week 4 questions may be submitted after the week 3 meeting and no later than 10 pm on Tuesday of week 4).

• Week 4 – Review questions on Page 121-122.
• Week 5 – Review questions on Page 165-166.
• Week 8 – Review questions on Page 283-284.
• Week 9 – Review questions on Page 354.

ATTENDANCE POLICY: During this course, students are expected to attend all classes and to be on time. Students are responsible for all assignments and lecture material including material missed during any absences. Students are expected to makeup any missed work due an absence or tardiness. Tests for this course will be administered via the web; therefore no make-up exams will be available. The lab is open for your use during the day, however there may be classes or testing scheduled. You should call the office first to ensure it is open at the time you wish to use it. You will need to show your Student ID Card to use the lab. You must vacant the lab no later than 5 p.m. so as not to interfere with the evening computer classes. Please do not assume that an assignment has been submitted by merely typing it or loading it onto a lab computer. Work conflicts, family emergencies, military TDY, and sudden changes in your scheduled work hours are not considered an excuse for failure to submit your assignments on time.

Attendance will be taken via the Internet starting the second week of class. Submission of your attendance using the form provided on the class web site is considered a part of the grading process. Therefore, failure to send your attendance may not only result in you being counted as absent, but can have a negative impact on your course grade as well. You are expected to attend each scheduled class meeting. On the weeks when the class has web assignments instead of meeting in the lab you are expected to work the assignments during that week. Failure to accomplish the assignments during the week assigned will count the same as an absence for that week. Any student who misses 25 percent or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive grade of F in this course. The university attendance policy can be found in the 2007-2008 academic catalog. If you do not have a catalog, you may obtain one through the main office. The attendance policy was also part of your new student orientation, which you were required to take. To summarize, the attendance policy states that any student who misses 25 percent (three classes for the San Antonio Campus) or more of a term will receive a grade of F. The university has a very liberal drop policy, especially for military TDY and medical exigency reasons. These policies can be found in the academic catalog. Since the semesters are only eleven weeks in duration, the university does not differentiate between excused and unexcused absences. Three late arrivals, early departures, or combination of the two may be counted as an absence. On those evenings that the class has a web based assignment, failure to submit your assignment by 10 pm that evening will result in you being counted absent for that week.

STATEMENTS: “This class will adhere to zero tolerance for using someone else’s work as your own.”

“It is university policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excused from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the University. Students should inform the instructor of existing disabilities at the first class meeting”

“Students are responsible for reading, understanding, obeying, and respecting all academic policies, with added emphasis being placed upon academic progress policies, appearing in the Wayland Baptist University Academic Catalog applicable to their curriculum and/or program of study.”

COURSE OUTLINE/CALENDAR:

Week 1 – May 27 (in-class; 8:05 pm to 10:10 pm)

Read chapter 1 in the text; an introduction to the worldwide web, http, TCP/IP, domains, URL, web browsers, history of the Internet, and how it all works together. I will make assignment of projects and the web site.

Week 2 – June 3 (in-class; 8:05 pm to 10:10 pm)

Read chapter 2 of the text, HTML and web designing principles.

Week 3 – June 10 (in-class; 6 to 10:10 pm)

Read chapter 3 of the text, planning your web site design. Students must have decided on the theme for their web site design by this evening.

Week 4 – June 17 (web)

Read chapter 4 of the text, navigational links. Answer the questions assigned in paragraph M on the class web site for this evening and submit via the web no later than 10 pm this evening.

Week 5 – June 24 (web)

Lecture covers chapter 5 of the text, templates and tables. Answer the questions assigned in paragraph M on the class web site for this evening and submit via the web no later than 10 pm this evening.

Week 6 – July 1 (in-class; 6 to 10:10 pm)

Read chapter 6 and chapter 10 in the text, Cascading Style Sheets, writing and using JavaScript, and forms. The mid-term exam will be administered via the web and must completed no later than 10 pm this evening for a grade. The exam will be available on the web beginning June 28, 2008. Since it is available via the web, make up exams will not be administered. The test must be answered and submitted through the web page. It will cover everything addressed in weeks one through six.

Week 7 – July 8 (in-class, 6 to 10:10 pm)

Read chapter 7 of the text, using graphics, and creating and writing Active Server Pages using visual basic.

Week 8 – July 15 (web)

Read chapter 8 of the text, using frames and framesets. Review class notes on using an ASP that collects data and then processes that data in various ways. Answer the questions assigned in paragraph M on the class web site for this evening and submit via the web no later than 10 pm this evening.

Week 9 – July 22 (web)

Read chapter 11 of the text, publishing your web site. Answer the questions assigned in paragraph M on the class web site for this evening and submit via the web no later than 10 pm this evening.

Week 10 – July 29 (in-class, 6 to 10:10 pm)

You must complete your web page design and publish it to the server no later than 10 pm this evening in order to receive a grade. No extensions will be granted. The final exam will be administered next via the web. If you prefer to take the exam in class instead of the web, you must complete the form on the class web site so I will have a printed copy available for you.

Week 11 – August 5 (web/in-class)

The final exam will be administered via the web and must completed no later than 10 pm this evening for a grade. The exam will be available on the web beginning August 2, 2008. The test will primarily cover everything from the mid-term to the end of the course. Since it is available via the web, make up final exams will not be administered. Incomplete grades will not be given except for medical emergencies.

The mid-term and the final exam will be graded by the computer and your grade will be available immediately for viewing in your student data file. The written assignment and the four web assignments will be graded individually and I will post the grade to your file. If you elect to take the final exam in class then it will also be graded individually and I will post the grade to your file. Once posted to your student data file, you may view your grades via the web using your Student ID number, name, and the password you entered when obtaining a permit to register. You may change your password via the campus web site at any time. No grades will be given out over the phone or by email or the mail. The university no longer mails a grade sheet to you. You must access your grades on-line using the IQ Web system in Plainview.