Course Goals : The goal of this course is to provide students with the basics of using Macromedia’s Dreamweaver MX to create web sites and web pages.

By the end of the course, students will be able to: 

Course topics:

Course Objectives:

Prerequisites : LIBR 500, 560 OR ARST 593B [including basic knowledge of HTML coding and image formats]. Must also be able to easily and without additional instruction use WS_FTP to move files from SLAIS FTP account to a SLAIS LAN account space, and also have the ability to move completed work to SLAIS FTP server.

Format of the course: Interactive lab

Required Textbook:

• Course ILT: Dreamweaver MX 2004: Basic with CD, 2nd Edition. Course Technology: 2003. ISBN: 0-619-20397-8.Copies are available at the UBC Bookstore. You can also order it direct from the publisher [http://tinyurl.com/5l2xu] or purchase/borrow a copy from a student who took the course in the 2004-2005 Winter Session. [ Make sure you get this edition and not the earlier one for Dreamweaver MX]

Recommended Optional Textbooks:

• Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual, by David McFarland. Pogue Press: 2003. ISBN: 0596006314 [available from Amazon and larger bookstores].
• How to Do Everything with Dreamweaver MX 2004, by Michael Meadhra. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003. [available from Amazon and larger bookstores].
• Also useful would be a basic HTML text such as: HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fifth Edition, by Elizabeth Castro. Peachpit Press, 2002 or How to Do Everything with HTML , by James H. Pence. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2001 [available from Amazon or How to Do Everything with HTML & XHTML, by James H. Pence. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003 [available from Amazon

Course Assignments:

Students will design a web site using the techniques covered during the course. This web site will constitute 100% of course mark.

The assignment will be due by noon on March 17, 2006. Completion of the assignment will require access to Dreamweaver MX 2004. 30-day evaluation copies may be downloaded from the l559fdownload FTP folder once the course begins. Please note: Since this is a limited 30-day copy it should not be installed until the course begins. Once the evaluation copy is installed it cannot be re-installed on the same computer, nor can another downloaded evaluation copy be installed on that computer. Students may choose to download the evaluation version of the entire Macromedia Studio MX Suite.

The Dreamweaver MX 2004 software will also be available in bothe SLAIS IT Labs..

While the course will be taught using the Windows version of Dreamweaver, the Mac version can be used for the assignment and the exercises in the workbook.

Attendance: The Calendar states: “Regular attendance is expected of students in all their classes (including lectures, laboratories, tutorials, seminars, etc.). Students who neglect their academic work and assignments may be excluded from the final examinations. Students who are unavoidably absent because of illness or disability should report to their instructors on return to classes.”

This is a two-day course and attendance is mandatory for both days. Failure to attend will result in failure.

Evaluation: Assignments will not be accepted late unless prior arrangements are made with me. Consideration will be given to legitimate emergencies. If an extension is granted, a late penalty may be imposed at the instructor's discretion; this will be discussed when you request an extension.  All assignments will be awarded letter grades using the evaluative criteria given on the SLAIS web site: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/slais-marking.htm.

Other Course Policies:All students in LIBR 559F must join the course e-mail discussion list l-559f@interchange.ubc.ca

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Written & Spoken English Requirement: Written and spoken work may receive a lower mark if it is, in the opinion of the instructor, deficient in English.