COAP:COAP-3000

Objectives

• Create a Cascading Style Sheet
• Use linked
• embedded
• and inline styles
• Create a cross-browser Web site
• Display dynamic contents in a Web browser
• Display special effects
• Create a more advanced Web page
• Use JavaScript libraries to create visualizations and interactive animations

Introduction

This is a resource page for a dynamic and interactive HTML class at Webster University, Geneva. This is not the official syllabus nor the official program. See the (closed) Worldclassroom (Canevas).

Major overall goal

• Create dynamic, animated and interactive web pages with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript

Official course level goals:

1. Create a Cascading Style Sheet
2. Use linked, embedded, and inline styles
3. Create a cross-browser Web site
4. Display dynamic contents in a Web browser
5. Display special effects
6. Create a more advanced Web page

Technically speaking, this translates to:

1. Learn HTML5 and CSS3
2. Learn how to use JavaScript libraries

Weekly programs

(including homework, exams and term project)

The program will be adjusted to the audience

• Week 1 - Project 1
• Week 2 - Project 2
• Week 3 - Project 3
• Week 4 - Project 4
• Week 5 - Project 5 / mid term
• Week 6 - Project 6
• Week 7
• Week 8 - Term Project/finals

Most important resources

• JavaScript: The Web Warrior Series (chapters 1, 5, 7 and 12)
• HTML5 for Masterminds, Revised 2nd Edition. In case you would like to play with the code in the book see online code.

Homework, exams and breakdown

Students are evaluated through a series of project work (seven deliverables), two exams, and participation.

• Five best mini-projects 40%
• Midterm 10%
• Final 20%
• Term Project and screencast 20%
• Participation / attendance 10%

Grading Scale

I will use a 4 point scale to grade each of your work. It is somewhat similar to the GPA scale. At the end of the course I will compute a weighted average of all your work and then covert the number into a letter grade.

The following table shows how to interpret a number grade and how I will compute your final grade at the end of the course. E.g. a number grade of 3.2 is a B+, a number grade of 3.4 is a weak A+.

Letter Scale                       US test score scale
A+	4.0	Excellent           100.00
A	3.8	Very good	     92.00
A-	3.5	Almost very good     89.00
B+	3.1	Pretty good	     85.00
B	2.8	Good	             82.00
B-	2.5	Reasonably good	     79.00
C+	2.1	Fair	             75.00
C	1.8	Rather weak / minim. 72.00
C-	1.5	Minimalist / Weak    69.00
D+	1.1	Very weak            65.00
D	0.8	Pass	             62.00
F	0.7	Fail	             61.00