Web Design–IMED 1316 (online course)

Instruction in Internet web page design and related graphic design issues including markup languages, web sites, Internet access software, and interactive topics. Emphasis is on the use of extensible hypertext mark-up languages (XHTML) to design functional and compelling web pages. Using Windows Notepad or MAC Text Editor with some emphasis in Adobe Dreamweaver

Course Preparation:

Follow these steps to prepare for your IMED 1316 course.

1. Prepare yourself for a Lone Star College distance learning course.

• Before starting your course, make sure that you do each of the steps listed below, especially if you’ve never done anLSC-Online distance course.
  • 1. Get my LSC-Online Login information.
  • 2. Get my computer ready.
  • 3. Login to LSC-Online Angel.
  • 4. Access the Mandatory Online Student Orientation.
  • 5. Order my textbook.
  • 6. Review the Syllabus for the course listed at my instructors website.

• First day of class, login and enter the online classroom for First Day activities.
• During the semester, make sure you visit the online classroom a minimum of 3 times a week for updates and more often when you have team activities.
• If your question pertains to an assignment’s topic or how to complete your assignment, contact your instructor.

• If your question is about something not working in Angel,  contact technical support listed at the Lone Star College Online Help Desk web page. On this page you can see the days and hours that the Help Desk is opened.

Course Information:

Prerequisite for this course

ENGL 0305 or ENGL 0316 and ENGL 0307 or 0326, or higher level course (ENGL 1301), or placement by testing. If you have passed a college English course at another university, your course will count as meeting the prerequisite. It’s good to have some experience with graphics–jpg, gif compression, resize an image size, change resolution to 72 dpi, and download images to the computer.

Class Materials

Textbooks for the online course: order your textbooks immediately and always use the ISBN when you purchase your books!

1. REQUIRED Book: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, by Terry Felke-Morris, Addison Wesley Publishing, ISBN 978-0-13-212270-2

*Order books online by going to the efollet online bookstore.

Books may be shipped to your home or to the Lone Star College bookstore of your choice for pickup. For immediate processing of your order. Follett Bookstores accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover Card. Follett will also process your order upon receipt of money order or cashier’s check.

If you get the message that “No Books are Available,” then you are at the wrong place on the web site. Call or Email me so I can walk you through the process.

You can also go to the Lone Star College-Kingwood campus bookstore to purchase books.

Software: Notepad or Text Editor will do, but will be more difficulty on you. Better choice, if you have it: DreamWeaver CS4 or CS5. You may choose to use the software in the labs on the campus to complete your work or you may purchase the software to enable you to do the work from home if you do not already have the software.

You can purchase the educational version (this is a full version) by doing a Google search for educational or academic versions of Adobe DreamWeaver CS4 or CS5 and comparing prices.

Other software required for the course:

• Compression software: WinZip –Windows compressions software–OR StuffIt for Macintosh, Note: Many of todays computers have built in compression, so check to see if yours does before purchasing secondary software
• Firefox, Safari, Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers—Read about browser settings for eCollege that you’ll use for the distance course. Make sure your pop-up windows is allowed and that you have the correct Java version as listed in the instructions for preparing for class directionss. You’ll use Firefox or Safari and IE for viewing your html coding for your own web pages that you create because you aren’t sure which browser or browser version that people will use when viewing your web pages.
• Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Macintosh) is the minimal you will need. Your computer should have one of these already.
• Image editing software such as Photoshop, Fireworks (free trial versions for 30 days), Paitshop pro, GIMP, or other image editing software that can change the resolution, compress to JPEG and GIF, crop, and reduce the height and width.

Assignment Submission

• A minimum of 6 hours per week, every week, will be required to complete assignments. Some students may need more than 6 hours per week. Assignments are due every week.
• Complete and submit all assignments on time or before the due date.  Assignments turned in late will be assessed a penalty for every day they are late and notification to the instructor is required prior to the due date.