Bill Robertson, Ph.D. - Classes
Teacher Education Department

TED 5319 - Educational Web Site Design and Development

Schedule

The 2009 class takes place from Monday May 18th to Thursday May 29th. Each day will include activities and discussion based around tools and techniques which can enhance courses delivered via technology. The basic schedule is as follows:

5:30 PM-6:30 PM - Daily Recap & Experience Sessions – immediate, hands-on sessions and quizzes to introduce a core concept for the day

6:30 PM-8:00 PM - Think Sessions – Presentations and discussions about the core concepts

8:00 PM-8:15 PM - Break

8:15 PM-9:30 PM - Learning the Technology – Workshops for learning the actual technological tools needed to apply the core concepts

9:30 PM-10:30 PM - Development Sessions – open discussions about the day and homework assignments

Schedule of Topics, Readings for Class and Assignments

The outline of the overall course list is as follows, and a more detailed scope and sequence in found in the Course Syllabus (PDF Version).

PDF FileHomework Assignments

Session Topic Readings Homework Assignments
1 Planning Phase Chs. 1, 4

Concept Map Development

  • Provide a concept map of your Web Site

Additional Readings:

Integrating Technology into Instruction from MultiMedia Schools Magazine

PDF File Planning Your Web Site Handout (pdf - 290 kb - 10 pages)
2 Research Phase Chs. 2,3

Analysis of Browsers

  • Compare and Contrast a Web Site of your choice using both Internet Explorer and Netscape (or another browser - Mozilla, etc)

Additional Readings:

99.9% of Websites are Obsolete from Digital Web Magazine

Good Web Design - from allbusiness.com

PDF File HTML Basics Handout (pdf - 345 kb - 18 pages)

Graphics and Images

HTML 4 Handout (PDF)

3 Development Phase Chs. 5,6,7

UTEP Web Space/Intro Page

  • Obtain Web space on a UTEP machine and work on a basic default.htm page

Additional Readings:

Web Space at UTEP for Class Web site

The History of HTML from WebMonkey

PDF File HTML More Basics Handout (pdf - 137 kb - 4 pages)
4 Development Phase Chs. 8,9

Basic Web Site (textual)

  • Write an overview of your proposed site and include diagrams of the macro and micro structure to date

Additional Readings:

Look at the W3Schools.com link for more HTML tags and information

PDF File Dreamweaver Keyboard Shortcuts (pdf - 51k - 1 page)

Dreamweaver Overview (PDF)

5 Development Phase Chs. 10,11


Basic Web Site (with graphics)

  • Successfully load your Web Site to date onto your Server space, and test the links and graphics, to make sure all are working properly

Additional Readings:

Dreamweaver Links

Coloring by Numbers - An article by Eric Meyer
6 Refinement Phase Ch. 12

Templates and Style Sheets

  • Continue the updating of your Web site by making local corrections and publishing onto your Web Site, testing all elements and making sure your file and folder structure matches both local and remote.

Additional Readings:

Dreamweaver Tables and Templates

7 Refinement Phase Chs. 13, 14

Interactivity Integration

  • Continue the updating of your Web site by making local corrections and publishing onto your Web Site, testing all elements and making sure your file and folder structure matches both local and remote.

Additional Readings:

PDF File Homework Assignments

8 Implementation Phase Chs. 15, 16

FTP and Advanced HTML

  • Write a 3-5 page essay that describes your personal understanding of Web Site Development, and use the five basic areas; planning, research, development, refinement and implementation as organizational frameworks for your paper.

Additional Readings:

PDF FileHomework Assignments

9 Final Presentations None Evaluation with Rubrics

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