ICS 225 Web Design and Implementation

Spring 2004

(Revised March 22, 2004)

SCHEDULE

Week/ Date	Topics	Assignment Due Dates	Reading
Week 1 Jan. 14	Course logistics Overview of the WWW HTML	Lab #1	Read syllabus Read HTML tutorial materials from web (see lab handout for URL’s) Read Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design (www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html) and “Top Ten Mistakes” Revisited Three Years Later (www.useit.com/alertbox/990502.html) Read history of the web at http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~wwwbtb/book/chap1/web_hist.html and http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/basic.html
Jan. 18	LAST DAY TO DROP WITH FULL REFUND
Week 2 Jan. 21	Web Usability Introduction to JavaScript	Lab #2	Read Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Web Usability from Designing Web Usability Read Chapter 1 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 3 Jan. 28	Page Design Windows	Lab #3 Project #1	Read Chapter 2 Page Design from Designing Web Usability Read Chapters 2 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 4 Feb. 4	Page Design and Content Design Frames	Lab #4 Critique #1	Read Chapter 3 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 5 Feb. 11	Content Design Forms	Lab #5	Read Chapter 4 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 6 Feb. 18	Site Design CSS, Layers, Tabs	Lab #6 Project #2	Read Chapter 3 Content Design from Designing Web Usability Read Chapter 9 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 7 Feb. 25	Intranet Design CSS & Drop-down Menus, Dynamic HTML	Lab #7 Critique #2	Read Chapter 10 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 8 Mar. 3	Test* Arrays	Test Lab #8	Read Chapter 5 of Designing with JavaScript
Mar. 10	NO CLASS – SPRING BREAK
Week 9 Mar. 17	Privacy Browsers	Lab #9	Readings on privacy 1. Visit http://www.p3p-viewpoints.org/ and read the following pages: · Home page · What is P3P? · Fair Information Practices · The State of Privacy in the US · Understanding Privacy Architectures · Conclusions 2. Briefly scan through at least one of the following sites: · Electronic Privacy Information Center: http://www.epic.org/privacy/ · Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: http://www.privacyrights.org/ · Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://www.eff.org/ · American Civil Liberties Union Cyber-liberties page: http://archive.aclu.org/issues/cyber/hmcl.html Read Chapter 6 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 10 Mar. 24	Security Cookies	Lab #10 Project #3	Readings on security Read Chapter 8 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 11 Mar. 31	Accessibility Usability testing Site Design Dynamic Images	Lab #11 Critique #3	Read Chapter 6 Accessibility for Users with Disabilities and Chapter 4 Site Design from Designing Web Usability Read Chapter 7 of Designing with JavaScript
April 4	LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW
Week 12 April 7	Site Design Mystery Lab	Lab #12	Read Chapter 4 Site Design from Designing Web Usability Read Chapter 11 of Designing with JavaScript
Week 13 April 14	Intranet Design Global Audiences	Critique #4	Read Chapter 5 Intranet Design and Chapter 7 International Use: Serving a Global Audience from Designing Web Usability
Week 14 April 21	Trends Simplicity Demos	Final project Presentations	Read Chapter 8 Future Predictions: The Only Web Constant is Change and Chapter 9 Conclusion: Simplicity in Web Design from Designing Web Usability
Week 15 April 28	Final	Final exam

Minor adjustments to the schedule will be made as needed.