Nicole Cook	CIS 141 -- Section 82827	Class: AC116
Fall 2017	Course Syllabus	Please see my schedule here: Nicole's Class/Office Schedule
email: Nicole.Cook@marin.edu	Wed. 6:10 pm to 8:00 pm	Phone: Please use email

CIS 141 1.5 Units - Introduction to HTML Programming
This class is designed to give you the skills necessary to create a webpage. We will cover several concepts having to do with website design. This is a hands-on class and the grading will be heavily skewed towards successful completion of the lab assignments. Each student will create and maintain a website for this class. My grading of your labs will be based on the material on your live website.
Section	Lecture Time & Location	Office Hours Time & Location	Lab Time & Location
sect # 82827 N Cook Wed	6:10pm-8:00pm, KTD/AC116	See My Schedule	See My Schedule

Day	Topic	Reading Assignment Should be completed on the day shown below	Quiz Each quiz will be available for 2 weeks only and then unavailable after that time !! **See Info Below**	Lab Assignment
Class 1 (Aug 21-25)	Introduction, Internet and Web Terms, H/W & S/W Review, Web Browsers, Using FTP	Chapters 1-3	Week 1 Quiz ends 9/13	Lab 1
Class 2 (Aug 28 - Sept 1)	Your Toolkit, Creating a Simple Web Page: Headings, Text, Breaks, Lists, Special Characters	Chapters 4 & 5	Week 2 Quiz ends 9/13	Lab 2
Class 3 (Sept 4-8)	Multiple Web Pages, Hyperlinking, Website Structure, Paths	Chapter 6	Week 3 Quiz ends 9/20	Lab 3
Class 4 (Sept 11-15)	Body Tags, Backgrounds, Working with .GIF's & .JPG's, Thumbnails & Image Maps	Chapter 9	Week 4 Quiz ends 9/27	Lab 4
Class 5 (Sept 18-22)	Dividing a Page into Sections, Tables, CSS, Frames	Chapter 10	Week 5 Quiz ends 10/4	Lab 5
Class 6 (Sept 25-29)	Getting Information From The User: Forms and Mailto, Input Boxes, Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Drop-Down Boxes	Chapter 12	Week 6 Quiz ends 10/11	Lab 6
Oct 4	NO CLASS
Class 7 (Oct 9-13 )	Multimedia, Sounds & Video	Chapter 14	None	Lab 7
Class 8 (Oct 16-19)	Final Exam Presentation	None	None	All Together

	REQUIRED TEXTBOOK - Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS & JavaScript Web Publishing 7th Edition -- By Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Jennifer Kyrnin ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33623-2 This book should not be expensive, Don't pay over $50. I selected a inexpensive book so you have money to purchase web hosting.
	COURSE WORK AND HOMEWORK:
	If you have a computer you can do your lab work at home. However, working at home is not an excuse for not getting your assignments done. I am in the lab for several hours each week (See Schedule). If you are working at home and start to fall behind, work in the lab while I am there !! All lab assignments are due the week after they are listed above. Late assignments lose 10% of their value for each week they are late. Reading should be done before the class they are listed for above. All assignments and several other useful items can be found on my website at http://www.nicoleanddebbie.com/classes
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: Utilize HTML coding to create HTML web pages using a text editor, displaying the created page in a browser and realizing the connections between what is in the text editor and the web browser Utilize HTML commands for text layout and formatting, hyperlinking (both on and off the creators web site), navigation and image placement and sizing to create a static web page Use table commands to create table based layouts in the students web pages, as well as introducing the concept of CSS -- Cascading Style Sheets for the purpose of contrasting the table layout option to the CSS layout option Use in-program documentation through the use of comments

GRADING:
Lab Assignments	55 percent of your grade	11 p.m. Saturday, March 11th is the deadline for submitting Lab Assignments
Quizzes	20 percent of your grade	See above for deadline dates.
Final Exam	25 Percent of your Grade	All students must be present on the day of the Final Presentations. If you cannot be present for the final, please make prior arrangements with the instructor.

GRADING POLICY:
Your grade in this class is determined almost entirely by your website !!
Class quizzes will not be worth more than 20% of your grade. Just to make sure your work is your own, I will occasionally put one of the students sites on screen during class and ask the creator questions about it. If something is in your web page, I will expect you to know why. You cannot use code from another students website.
You may take this class for either a letter grade or credit/no credit. If you choose to take credit/no credit, you need a grade of "D" or better to get credit.

TIMES WHEN I WILL BE IN THE LAB:

Please see my schedule here: Nicole's Class/Office Schedule

You can come to either lab session to ask me a question, however the class that the session is scheduled for has priority

TIMES WHEN I WILL BE IN THE OFFICE:
Please see my schedule here: Nicole's Class/Office Schedule

QUIZ INFO:
The normal process for taking quizzes is like this: the student shows up to class the instructor gives the quiz the student has one chance to take the quiz there is a 15-20 minute time limit there is no use of the textbook / student notes	My way for taking quizzes is like this: give a 2 week time frame to get them done you may retake each quiz up to 3 times for a better grade if the grade you receive the first or second time is not your best you have a 2 hour time limit each time you take the quiz you may use your textbook / notes
I can either use the normal process of taking a quiz, or use my way. If using my way, you will need to remember to take the quizzes within the 2 week time frame. Quizzes CANNOT be re-activated so please DON'T EVEN ASK !!

CHEATING WARNING:
While the instructor has no objection to and, in fact encourages you to work with other students on the assigned homework, wholesale copying of someone else's work will be not be tolerated.

CLASS RULES:
Students attending lectures are entitled to a disruption free, respectful environment. First violation of the following class rules will result in a warning; second offense a two-day suspension and third offense may result in a suspension from the class.
Cell phones and electronic music devices (even with headphones) may not be operated in the classroom at any time. Talking disruptively to other students during the lecture is not permitted.

USE OF NON-DISCRIMINATING LANGUAGE IN CLASS:
This class will be conducted in an atmosphere of mutual respect. I encourage your active participation and welcome both respectful discourse and reasoned debate. However, if your language or conduct at any time demonstrates a lack of respect for anyone’s race, gender, sexuality, culture, beliefs or abilities, you will not be permitted to participate further.

How To Contact Me:
If you need to contact me, the best way to reach me is by email. You can email me at Nicole.Cook@marin.edu
You can ask me questions by email also. Either Debbie or I will respond to your questions. Calling me at the college does not work since I currently do not have an office phone.

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