IT4223 Web Development - Spring Term 2003. Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:45PM - 4:00PM Room J202

Rich Halstead-Nussloch
is solely responsible for this page.

• See Class Notices
• Final Project Report Outline
• Final Project Description
• Take Home Portion--Final Exam
• Yang Lu's Presentation on PHP
• A simple xml page
• A simple xsl stylesheet for a simple xml page
• A simple home page using a JavaScript
• A Simple Home Page in HTML

Text | Class Notices | Objectives | Projects and Assignments | Documents/Handouts |
Class Schedule | Journal | Class Attendance | Graded Work | Policies | Hyperlinks
Disabilities (ADA) |
Comment on Rich's teaching

• Spainhour, S. & Eckstein, R. Webmaster in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition or 3rd Edition . (Whichever is in the bookstore) O'Reilly, 1999 or 2003. ISBN 1-56592-325-1 or ISBN 0-596-00357-9

• Exercises for 3/11/03 and 3/18/03 now available in the class schedule below.
• See Documents/Handouts for more information on the Privacy Web Site Project. It is not in HTML, but is in pdf form. It can be linked to from your web pages.

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Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, each student will be able to:

• Define and discuss major concepts, tools, techniques, and methods of web application development.
• Utilize tools and techniques including HTML, XML, CGI, and JavaScript in designing web applications and their user interfaces.
• Plan, design, and develop a significant web application project.

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Disabilities--Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the counselor working with disabilities at (770) 528-7226 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

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Projects Assignments and Graded Work

Ten exercises, two exams, and a final project (requiring submission of both a proposal and a project report) are required for the course. Participation in and contribution to class discussion is required. Thus, in addition to participating and contributing in the class, you will be required to hand-in:

• Ten exercises (requiring about 1 to 1.5 pages) 20%
• Mid-term exam (Week of 17 Feb) 15%
• Final exam (3:10 PM until 5:10 PM, 5/1/03) 15% Take Home Portion--Final Exam
• Final Web Development Project (Application, Report, and Presentation), 30%
• Class Participation and Contribution, 10%, Ongoing

Note: All written work must be legible with the instructor the final judge of legibility, preferably typed using a wordprocessor and spell-checker. Deductions will be taken for persistent misspellings, etc.

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Useful Documents and Handouts

• Final Project Report Outline
• An extended abstract describing the Privacy Project
• A Business Plan describing SPSU's role in the Privacy Project
• Yang Lu's Presentation on PHP
• Yang Lu's Presentation on Requirements
• A Simple Home Page in HTML
• The surstyle.css file
• A simple xml page
• A simple xsl stylesheet for a simple xml page
• A simple home page using a JavaScript
• Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing References
• A quick guide to presentations
• Search engine comparison table with hyperlinks
• Ethics: Hints and Tips for Research and Testing

NOTE: The professor reserves the right to adjust the schedule to meet the needs of the class.

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Journal

Keeping a journal is highly recommended for this course. Include in it descriptions of your readings, your reviews of your readings, tips and techniques for doing web development, the results of your research, logs of, e.g., Internet activity, etc.

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Class Attendance

Class participation and contribution will account for a significant portion of your grade. Since one cannot contribute to and participate in the class without attending, attendance is recommended. Regardless of attendance, each student is responsible for keeping up with materials and information from each class period. This means it is up to the student to arrange with another class member, obtaining notes, handouts, etc., from any class meeting, or portion thereof, missed.

NOTE: All students are expected to attend the final presentation sessions in their entirety. Any un-excused absences during this period will result in the loss of a whole letter grade from your final course grade. If you're going to miss either of those classes, let me know ahead of time!!!

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Policies

1. No late submissions for full grade credit except for documented emergencies.
2. All work assigned to be turned in is due at the beginning of the class.
3. Assignments turned in late will be accepted, but at a grade discount. Multiple late assignments will result in additional discount applied to your final course grade.
4. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. If academic dishonesty is determined on an assignment, it will result in a zero for that assignment and potentially an additional penalty on the course grade.

Note that you will be leaving the Southern Polytechnic website by taking these links, and neither Southern Polytechnic nor Richard Halstead-Nussloch has control over what you will encounter.

• ACM Home Page
• IEEE Home Page
• Galileo Home Page
• The largest freely accessible literature database in computer science