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Week 1

Topics Covered

  • Webtops (also called personal web start pages)
  • Web Widgets and using widget code
  • Reading and managing news feeds (RSS)

Teaching materials

Tutorials
(1) Webtops
(2) Web widget sites (some)

Optional reading (background information): Social software, weblog, webtop

Classroom activities

Monday
  • We shall start explore webtops and introduce the concept of web widgets and RSS news feeds.
Wednesday
  • We will insert widget code and RSS Feeds in on-line content creation services encountered on week one

Homework

Homework 2 summary

Objective: Create a web site that includes many widgets

Requirements:

  1. The web site must have a clear objective (of your choice). A user should "feel" its identity.
  2. The site must be available to the public (so that other students and myself can have a look at it). Of course, you also can create private pages within the same environment.
  3. You should explicitly state the website's purpose in some place (e.g. with a little text widget, a welcome message, etc.)
  4. The website must include some minimal contents (less than for homework 1)
  5. The website must include some widgets and the choice of widgets must be appropriate with respect to the main objectives
  6. The website must include at least one RSS newsfeed

Submission:

  • Deadline: Wednesday, week 3 before the start of class. Unjustified late submission will get you a lesser grade (see the syllabus)
  • Procedure: Use the worldclassroom

Remarks:

  • You may use your real identity or not. That's up to you. All I need is a URL I can connect to.
  • Grading criteria: see the homework submission form
  • This exercise can evolve into a term project (but must not).

Teaching materials:

  • Creating websites with online services. This short tutorial covers various online web site creation services we will use.
  • Using web widgets. A short introduction on how to use web widgets.
  • Else please consult the help of the service you are interested in. These tools are made for non-technical people and you can figure out yourself how to use them ....

Term project start

See Term project. Homework 2 already can get you started.