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# 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. | # 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. | ||
# You should explicitly state the website's purpose in some place (e.g. with a little text widget, a welcome message, etc.) | # You should explicitly state the website's purpose in some place (e.g. with a little text widget, a welcome message, etc.) | ||
# The website must include some minimal contents. However, except for the small message about its purpose, you don't need to create the contents by yourself. | # The website must include some minimal contents. However, except for the small message about its purpose, you don't need to create the contents by yourself. E.g. You just could add various web widgets or other similar constructs that pull in data from other sources. It is up to to you to decide how many pages you need. E.g. one webtop page would be enough, one single Goggle sites page or blog entry is not. Pages are not a relevant criteria for a social networking website. | ||
E.g. You just could add various web widgets or other similar constructs that pull in data from other sources. It is up to to you to decide how many pages you need. E.g. one webtop page would be enough, one single Goggle sites page or blog entry is not. Pages are not a relevant criteria for a social networking website. | # Optional (for a top grade): Try to adapt the look and feel to your objectives. Make it (almost) operational | ||
# Optional: Try to adapt the look and feel. | |||
Submission: | Submission: | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 9 January 2011
Week 1 COAP 2100
Topics Covered
- Using the World Classroom (if needed)
- Using Web 2.0 services
- Creating web sites with "Social" software services
- Creating web sites with various online services
- Web Widgets and using widget code
- Reading and managing news feeds (RSS)
- Connecting to the Internet (if needed)
- Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 7/8 Features
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Browser extensions
- Searching the Internet
Teaching materials
- Tutorials
- 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.
- Browser extensions. A list of useful Firefox extensions.
- (1) Webtop
- http://netvibes.com/ (use this one)
- http://www.pageflakes.com/ (a popular alternative
- (2) Social networking creation services
- http://www.mixxt.org/
- http://www.spruz.com/
- http://www.socialgo.com/
- http://webs.com/
- http://www.amazee.com/
- http://www.ning.com/ (commercial only)
- (3) Content management services
- http://sites.google.com/ (web site generator)
- https://www.blogger.com/ (blogger service)
Optional reading (background information): Social software, weblog, webtop
Classroom activities
- Monday
- We shall start explore webtops various social computing services
- Wednesday
- We shall explore Google sites and Blogger
- We will insert widget code in one of the on-line services
- We will install some browser extensions for Firefox (if time left, else on week 2)
Homework
Homework 1 summary
Objective: Create a web site with one of the four visited online services
Requirements:
- The web site must have a clear objective (of your choice). A user should "feel" its identity.
- 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.
- You should explicitly state the website's purpose in some place (e.g. with a little text widget, a welcome message, etc.)
- The website must include some minimal contents. However, except for the small message about its purpose, you don't need to create the contents by yourself. E.g. You just could add various web widgets or other similar constructs that pull in data from other sources. It is up to to you to decide how many pages you need. E.g. one webtop page would be enough, one single Goggle sites page or blog entry is not. Pages are not a relevant criteria for a social networking website.
- Optional (for a top grade): Try to adapt the look and feel to your objectives. Make it (almost) operational
Submission:
- Deadline: Wednesday, week 2 before the start of class. Unjustified late submission will get you a lesser grade (see the syllabus)
- Procedure: Connect to the worldclassroom, click on "Homework 1 upload" and simply type the URL in the "Submission" form. Then hit the "submit" button.
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).
Term project start
Topic: Configure a web2.0 application such as a webtop or a private social network (style, menus, layout and contents). In other words: homework 1 can get you started.