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CSC 121 WEB SITE DESIGN
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http://virtual.parkland.edu/pyoung/csc/121/
Instructor: Paul Young

Course Description

Real-world visual communication design projects focusing on the Internet. Learn how to create dynamic websites using various web authoring software packages. Focus on navigation, user interface design, information architecture, and creation of artwork for the Internet. Emphasis on presentation skills and becoming advanced users of web authoring software. Prerequisite: CSC 110.

Course Information

• Course Objectives
• Grading System
• Calendar
• Resources
• Links to Student Work

Course Documents

Projects

• Project 1: Personal web site
• Project 2: Web site redesign
• Project 3: HTE web site
• Project 4: Youth Community Center web site
• Extra Credit Essays

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Analysing web sites
• Lesson 2: Reverse engineering web sites
• Lesson 3: Introduction to Dreamweaver and HTML
• Lesson 4: Publishing to the server
• Lesson 5: Introduction to Photoshop
• Lesson 6: Layers and CSS in Dreamweaver
• Lesson 7: Javascript Rollovers
• Lesson 8: Introduction to Flash
• Lesson 9: Background Tiles in Photoshop
• Lesson 10: Client Web Site (Computer Graphics)
• Lesson 11: Animated GIFs (Prairie Gardens)
• Lesson 12: Animated GIFs (Moonstruck)
• Lesson 13: Flash Banner Ad (Beethoven)
• Lesson 14: Flash Banner Ad (About.com)
• Lesson 15: Introduction to PHP and server technology
• Lesson 16: Introduction to Access and databases

Lecture/Discussion

• History of the Internet
• Creating thumbnail sketches
• Design Principles
• Color Principles

Instructor Info

Paul Young (instructor)
Office: Room C224A
Telephone: 217-351-2403
Email: pyoung@parkland.edu
Office hours: Please see my home page

Anni Poppen (teaching assistant)
Email: anni@lmntal.com

Note

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