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Course Objectives:
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To understand the structure of the World Wide Web (Internet).
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To understand basic web design issues and strategies.
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To possess the tools needed to understand the developing potential
of the web.
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To understand the role and uses of the web in film and television.
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To understand the role of directories and search engines.
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To understand the corporate, political and artistic issues relevant
to the web.
Students will be able to:
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Conduct research on and with the web.
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Find, identify and utilize web based resources.
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Deconstruct a web page or site.
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Read & write HTML
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Design & build a web page
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Design and build a web site.
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Build and debug pages and sites with either text editors or WYSIWYG editors.
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Optimize a web page for search engines.
Procedures & Requirements
Each student will:
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Design and build a web site with a theme of personal interest in the field
of film and/or video over ten weeks of development through successively
more complex web design and construction skills
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Use and control text styles, text size, basic formatting and lists.
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Embed Graphics.
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Create links.
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Use a directory or search engine to find information and resources.
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Utilize all the major functions of a web browser.
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Maintain a web design journal/diary (due on final day) which will include
at least one full page of narrative per week of the course (ten weeks),
and copies of the web site proposal/plan, all drawings, diagrams, flow charts, story boards,
a printout of the final site and a final reflective statement of personal
growth.
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Participate in weekly one on one analysis of site design and effectiveness.
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Participate in peer group evaluations where each student's site will be
shown to all students to elicit feedback and discussion in class.
Week 1 (September 29). Intro. to the Web
What the web is and how it works. Introduction to the use the wide array
of resources available on the World Wide Web. Navigation and research strategies.
Assignment: Basic web navigation and research. Find ten sites on the web
that are of professional/academic interest to you, you will have a "links"
page ready for the web in week two. Look for and secure an off campus
host for your site. This will allow you to continue to use and maintain
your site.
For searching the web this is a good place to start, just enter your
search terms in the window above and click on "Yahoo Search". Yahoo
is the place where you can find web sites that want to be found. Once you
have your Yahoo results you can expand or refine your search by making
use of some other search engines, like Alta
Vista, HotBot, Excite,
SEARCH.COM,
Google,
About.com,
Lycos
and WebCrawler. Yahoo provides
smart links to some of these at the bottom of your page of Yahoo search
results.
Week 2 (October 6). The World Wide Web In Film/Video Studies and Production
Student Web Sites
How do you use the web? Introduction to the possibilities of
web based Film and Video materials and resources. Assignment: Basic HTML
exercises and content. What would be a good addition to the BCST Site?
What resources might other students in BCST find useful? Have a site ready
to show (This activity should continue throughout the quarter). Create
a personal page with your interesting links, you will put these on the
web (Due in week 2 lab).
Week 3 (October 13). Best Examples Of Cinema / TV On The Web
What are the best uses of the web for students
and filmmakers and why are they effective? Content, interactively, utility
and design issues will be covered in this session. Assignment: Expand your
web page of links to sites that you find useful and describe them using
a glossary list format (Due by week 3 lab).
Week 4 (October 20). Constructing The Film Students Desktop
An overview of what a you might need, in terms of both hardware and
software, to take full advantage of what the Web has to offer will be covered
in this session. Assignment: Continue to build your web site.
Week 5 (October 27). What You Can Do On The Web
Continue to expand, modify, improve and correct (de-bug) your site.
Produce content guides, flow charts, storyboards and scripts for the site
that you are building (Due the beginning of week 6).
Weeks 6-7 (November 3 & 10).
Strategies for optimizing your web site to maximize awareness and access.
Assignment: Now is the time to have a good picture of the complete look
and structure all the component elements for your site. By this time some
of you may already have fairly well developed sites.
Weeks 8-10 (November 17, 24 & December1). Web Site Construction
Finish building your own site. Assignment: Finish building your web
site and mount it on the World Wide Web. Suggestions and tips for this
final phase:
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1. Content, Content, Content
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Work on fleshing out the content of your site. Create material which sets
your page apart and makes it unique.
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2. Page Creation And Internal Site Navigation
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You should have several pages in your site by now. Make sure that all your
internal links are working, that you have all the internal links that you
need, that your internal site navigation is clear and logical and that
you have no deadends.
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3. Clean Your HTML
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Your site should only have the HTML tags that it needs. Your should make
sure that you have no extra tags and that you know what all of your tags
do.
Final Exam Schedule:
Monday, December 8th, from 8:00-10:30 AM
Final web design journal/diary is due in class today.
Grading System:
Students will be evaluated on the basis of their ongoing site building
progress, final web pages and sites, their web design journal/diary, their
participation in class, their contributions to their classmates projects,
a final exam and a final written project self critique.
| Participation |
15 Points |
| Finished web projects |
50 Points |
| Written assignments |
25 Points |
| Final Exam |
10 Points |
Note: Instructor reserves the right to change the course outline
or course requirements due to class size or student need.
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