IT6753 Advanced Web Concepts and Applications - Spring Term 2005
6:00PM until 7:15PM Mondays and Wednesdays Room J110

Rich Halstead-Nussloch
is solely responsible for this page.

Text | Class Notices | Description and Objectives | Projects and Assignments | Documents/Handouts |
Class Schedule | Journal | Class Attendance | Graded Work | Policies | Hyperlinks
Disabilities (ADA) | Registration |

No text is required.

If you have not taken a formal course in web development, the following texts are recommended to aid you to quickly rise to the level of skill in the web required for this course:

• Rosenfeld, L. & Morville, P. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 2nd Edition . O'Reilly, 2002. ISBN 0-596-00035-9
• Spainhour, S. & Eckstein, R. Webmaster in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition . O'Reilly, 2003. ISBN 0-596-00357-9

• XAMPP Lite Zip
• Have a good term!

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Description and Objectives

Catalog Description

Objectives

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

• Define and discuss major concepts, tools, techniques, and methods of web services, from both the business-process and technology perspectives.
• Plan, design, and develop a significant project implementing a web service.

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Projects Assignments and Graded Work

Two concept papers and a final project (requiring submission of a proposal, working application or prototype, and a project report and making an in-class presentation) 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 four papers:

• Two Concept Papers
  • Concept Paper One--An analysis of the business process of and the business case for a web service. (Individual Submission), 20%
  • Concept Paper Two--An analysis of the possible information technology to implement the web service analyzed in the first concept paper. (Individual Submission), 20%
• Final Web-Service Development Project Proposal and Plan (Group Submission), 10%
• Final Web-Service Development Project Presentation and Report (Group Submission), 10%
• Final Web-Service Development Project--Web-Service Product (Group Submission), 20%
• Class Participation and Contribution, 20%, Ongoing

Note: All written work must be typed, preferable using a wordprocessor and spell-checker. Deductions will be taken for persistent misspellings, etc.

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Useful Documents and Handouts

• XAMPP Lite Zip
• Final Project Specifications
• Final Project Proposal Example
• Final Project Report Outline
• Venner's development process in IT6753
• 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--to achieve the goals of the course and to address unforeseen needs, the instructor reserves the right to make adjustments to the above schedule.

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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

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the counselor working with disabilities at (678)915-7226 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

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Schedule and Registration

If you are majoring in Computer Science, Information Technology or Software Engineering and have questions about your schedule or you are having registration problems, please contact the CSE Student Services office located at J 393 or call (678)915-7406 and ask for an appointment.

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