A Web Design Lecture by Steven Choy
Welcome Students
First of all, give you a few strings to remember
- Steven Choy
- plbpc013
- stepwise.hk
What do you need to do?
In the coming 8 months (September 2011 to April 2012)
- Attend 26 lectures (2 hours each)
- Attend 26 tutorial/practical sessions (2 hours each)
- Study the course materials
- Do class quizzes at each lecture class
- Do two Web design assignment and project
- Present your work in class
- Sit the mid-term test
- Sit the final exam at early May
- Course schedule overview
Meeting Schedule
- Lecture: Friday 14:00 - 16:00
- Practical/Tutorial: Group 1: Wednesday, 14:00 - 16:00, Group 2: Tuesday, 11:00 - 13:00
Lecture Class
- Listen to lecture
- We have class quiz at each lecture
- To act as an attendance records
- To see how much you have got during the lecture
- A component of continuous assessments (10% of your course score)
Tutorial Class
What will we do in tutorial class:
- Do practical Web design exercises
- Do class exercises to review subjects
- Discuss on Web design issues
- Work on your Web design assignment and project
Textbook
Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, Fifth Edition, Terry Felke-Morris
What will you get?
- The course will guide you through the process of creating a website from planning to search engine promotion, explaining everything you need to know about Web design.
- Topics:
Web design basics
Website planning
Anatomy of a web page
Writing for the Web
The rule of good design
Adding graphics and pictures
Links and navigation
Web forms
Building your website
New Web technologies
Business websites
Personal sites and blogs
Reaching the widest audience
Launching your site
Promoting your site
Web standards, usability and accessibility
You are expected to ...
- Study the course materials after each lecture
- Review the course materials before each tutorial
- Participate in tutorial/practical sessions
- Learn from your instructors and your peer students
- The more you pay the more you get!
Course assessment components
- Class quizzes after lectures (10%)
- Web design assignments/projects across two semesters (30%)
- The mid-term test (10%)
- The final examination (50%)
The functions of this course website
- Lecture presentation
- Print lecture notes
- See recent changes of the course contents
- View and get program sources for practical sessions
- Get the details about your assignments
- Check your assessment progress and performance
How to contact Steven
- Office phone: 27686857
- Email: sochoy@ouhk.edu.hk
- Office: A0923, OUHK Block A
