Department:    MIT

 Course #:    149

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 Course Description  

Introduction to the technologies and concepts associated with Web site design and development. Create and design Web sites using XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Student Web sites will be published and critiqued. Strongly recommended: Computer literacy and file management skills.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Understand and use Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) tags and attributes to develop Web pages.
2. Understand and identify the components of Web pages.
3. Understand the phases of Web site design and development, and use the XHTML syntax and markup language.
4. Design and author XHTML documents using text editors.
5. Incorporate text, images, graphics, text formats, and document formatting into XHTML documents.
6. Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the type specification and layout of Web pages.
7. Understand and use Web page design principles to design and develop a Web site with a specific purpose where the needs of a diverse target audience are at the forefront.
8. Test a Web site and understand the importance of maintaining a Web site.
9. Compare pricing and service offered by different Web hosting services.
10. Upload a Web site to a Web server.
11. Use e-mail and a class Web page to analyze and critique student Web pages.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

1. Information Literacy

Definition: Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
1.5 Effectively integrate and use information ethically and legally to accomplish a specific purpose.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.
2.9 Apply and/or create problem-solving strategies to successfully adapt to unpredictable and/or changing environments.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.4 Produce academic and/or professional writing and integrate it into written and spoken projects.
3.7 Adapt communication to diverse audiences and media.

4. Community & Cultural Diversity

Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
4.4 Demonstrate effective communication across differences in human communities and cultures.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.

7. Aesthetics & Creativity

Definition: Interpreting human experience through engagement with creative processes and aesthetic principles.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
7.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the creative process.
7.2 Demonstrate knowledge of aesthetic principles.
7.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the role of arts and creative expression in societies.

10. Technology

Definition: Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
10.3 Use technology appropriate to the context and task to effectively retrieve and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication.

Course Contents

1. Extensible Hypertext Markup Language.
2. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
3. Web Browsers.
4. E-mail.
5. Web Page Design.
6. Web Site Contracts.
7. Testing Web Sites.
8. Maintaining Web Sites.