Instructor:

Daniela Castillo

Email:

castillod@smccd.net

Voice Mail:

650-306-3407

Office Hours:

Monday 10:00-1:00 Tuesday 4:00-5:00 Wed. 12:00-1:00 or by appointment Building 3-207

Lab Hours:

Friday Same as Office Hours but only by appointment Building 13-211

Lecture Calendar

Cheating Policies

Text Book:

The Non-Designer’s Web Book. 2nd Edition by Williams and Tollett. Peachpit Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-201-71038-2

Course Description:

Introduction to the principles of design as they relate to the Web. We will cover the use of web images and a Web page software package to help you begin to create a home page that opens fast and captures your audience. PREREQ: Basic computer skills, Internet skills, and access to an Internet connected computer required. Email access.
Recommended: having created a basic WEB page.

Lectures:

1. Class Introduction, course overview. What are Web Pages? What is the Internet? HTML vs. WYSYG.
2. Good Design and Bad Design Practices.
3. Color for the Web. Resolution, bit depth, File saving Formats.
4. Site Navigation Map and Usability. File Management.
5. What is Dreamweaver? Setting up your site in Dreamweaver.
6. Typography and Design. Text as images, text as content. Contrast and readability issues. Text Formatting in Dreamweaver.
7. Layout of your pages. Building tables. How to make things stay in place.
8. Graphic User Interface Design (GUI). Button Rollovers (reactivity, interactivity). Pop-up Windows.
9. Photoshop primer. What it is, what it does, making basic buttons and backgrounds. Imageready and Animated Gifs.
10. Importance of Content Creation.
11. Copyright and internet ethics. What is Copyright Protection? Class Discussion. Accessibility Guidelines.
12. HTML Frames. Setting them up, pros and cons.
13. Publishing your site. Free Server space vs. renting space. Acquiring a URL, setting up your home on the Web. Domain Registration, prices, server space and services.
14. FTP-ing to a remote server.
15. Search Engine Registration and Getting Noticed.
16. Flash Demo, Quitcktime demo, 3D on the Web Demo.