LIBR 559F: WEB DESIGN WITH DREAMWEAVER CS3 -- COURSE SYLLABUS (1)

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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/ARST 500 [including basic knowledge of HTML coding and image formats]. Must also be able to easily and without additional instruction use 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:

Recommended Optional Textbooks:

These are supplemental books that might be of use, but I definitely do NOT expect you to go out and purchase them unless you wish to have them for your personal libraries. I have copies of all of them in my office.

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 October 31 . Completion of the assignment will require access to Dreamweaver CS3. 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.

The Dreamweaver CS3 software for Windows is available in SLAIS IT Labs I and is also installed on the Mac located in the lab.

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 textbook.

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.

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.

Disability Accommodation: The University accommodates students with disabilities who have registered with the Disability Resource Centre [http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/drc.cfm]. You must register with the Disability Resource Centre to be granted special accommodations for any on-going conditions.

Religious Accommodation: The University accommodates students whose religious obligations conflict with attendance, submitting assignments, or completing scheduled tests and examinations. Please let your instructor know in advance, preferably in the first week of class, if you will require any accommodation on these grounds. Students who plan to be absent for varsity athletics, family obligations, or other similar commitments, cannot assume they will be accommodated, and should discuss their commitments with the instructor before the course drop date. UBC policy on Religious Holidays: http://www.universitycounsel.ubc.ca/policies/policy65.pdf

Academic Dishonesty: Please review the UBC Calendar Academic regulations for the University policy on cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty: http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/index.cfm?tree=3,54,111,959. Also visit and review the contents of these two resources: Plagiarism Resource Centre: For Students: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/plagiarism/welcome.html and Plagiarism Avoided: Taking Responsibility For Your Work: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/Plagiarism_Avoided.373.0.html for useful information on avoiding plagiarism and on correct documentation practice. Students are held responsible for knowing and following all University regulations regarding academic dishonesty. If a student does not know how to properly cite a source or what constitutes proper use of a source it is the student's personal responsibility to obtain the needed information and to apply it within University guidelines and policies. If evidence of academic dishonesty is found in a course assignment, previously submitted work in this course may be reviewed for possible academic dishonesty and grades modified as appropriate.

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.

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