Instructor contact information

CBTE 165 Webpage Creation Using Dreamweaver

Fully Online

Spring 08 - Jan. 28 to May 24, 2008

Associate Professor Karen Owen
Mesa College
7255 Mesa College Drive, San Diego, CA 92111
619-388-2235
kowen@sdccd.edu

Textbook and course material requirements

Textbook: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Hands-On Training ISBN 0-321-50985-4 (book release date is Aug. 13th)
by Garrick Chow

• Buy your textbook anywhere that meets your needs; here are two places I know of. Check the book name and ISBN numbers on the sites below carefully as publishers often change their links as new books are added to their stock:
  • Online bookstore or purchase it at the Mesa bookstore
  • Peachpit Press http://www.peachpit.com/title/0321509854 - $44.99

Software: Dreamweaver CS3 PC or Mac (If you do not have Dreamweaver CS3, go to the Learning Resource Center, fourth floor, or K404 at Mesa College.) This class will use Dreamweaver CS3 to be in sync with the software at Mesa College.

NOTE: There are minor differences between the PC and the Mac version.

You can purchase your software anywhere; here are a few places you can consider. (Prices and software packages subject to change. Follow the links to confirm the current prices and packaged software configurations.)

• The Foundation for California Community Colleges
  The Foundation for the California Community Colleges has negotiated a special price for students, for both Mac and PC. Select the software package that needs your educational needs; pricing and software offerings can change at anytime. CollegeSoftware.org
  • Dreamweaver CS3, = $195 http://www.uscollegebuy.com/s.htm
  • Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard = $214
    (full versions of Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Contribute)
  • Adobe Creative Suite 3 Premium = $314
    (full versions of Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, and Acrobat 8 Professional) http://www.uscollegebuy.com/0ab/asl.htm
    • Other Adobe software for Win and Mac also available
  • Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007 Professional (Publisher, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and Word) = $84.98
• Gradware
  • Store http://www.gradware.com/default.asp
  • Tel: 1-619-683-2722
    2801 Camino Del Rio S
    Suite 201-4
    San Diego, CA 92108(buy online or in San Diego)
• Mesa College Bookstore http://www.sdccdonline.net/bookstore.htm has a variety of software. Call the bookstore, visit their website, or stop by to see their current selection.

Make sure that any software you purchase will work with your computer and operating system. Shop around for the service and price that best matches your needs. Links and pricing may change. If you notice a change before I do, please let me know.

Hardware and software requirements for your Vista Blackboard online class

Hardware and Software:

To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:

You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers. Check your brower using the Tuneup.

Course description

Students will develop skills used in creating a personal or business webpage. Working on a team or individually, students will, using a hands-on approach, plan, design, and create Webpages for an Intranet or World Wide Web site. Students learn to use a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) editor to create Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and add behaviors, and to use templates and library items to create Web pages containing hypertext links, video, graphic, and multimedia files.

Course objectives

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. Explain the elements involved in planning, designing, testing and maintaining a website.
2. Produce a working multi-page website with text, image, links, tables, frames, forms and multimedia.
3. Publish a multi-page website to the Internet.
4. Control formatting on the web pages using cascading style sheets.
5. Compare and contrast the differences between HTML and XHTML.
6. Identify the major HTML tag types.
7. Manage time and resources of projects from conception to completion.
8. Identify and demonstrate the skills needed to work with clients and team members.
9. Analyze the goals, purpose, and mission of a website and then develop design documents based on this analysis.
10. Test and evaluate the website for ease of use, technical cohesiveness, and effectiveness of website goals.

Advisory: CBTE 101 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent, CBTE 114 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent, CBTE 161 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent, ENGL 051 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or Assessment Skill Level W5, ENGL 056 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or Assessment Skill Level R5

Course specific information

SYLLABUS

You will need to follow the syllabus in the course. The detailed syllabus will be posted in the online course. Below is an overview of the course activities.

SCHEDULE

Application and Registration Information

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system.
4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration! Fees and Tuition Information
   
5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.
6. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net/ and login on the first day of class as follows:
   .
   Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
   Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birth date with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
   
   For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for the birth date June 23, 1980 )
    
7.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a wait list. If the wait list is full, you will not be able to add your name to the wait list.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped.
Follow the login instructions at www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm