Course Description from the catalog

Practical techniques for building web sites using HTML, CSS, and an integrated development environment. Aesthetic topics include designing an effective user interface with color, graphics, navigation, and layout. Not available for credit to students who have prior credit for COMS 359.

Contact Information

The instructor for this course is Harry Hutchins.

     Office:        PM 465
     Telephone:     753-6935
     E-Mail:        t90hch1@cs.niu.edu
     Office Hours:  12:00--4:00 on Tuesday and Friday                  
                    (I am sometimes in my office at other times as well.)

Textbook

The text book we will be using is New Perspectives on HTML and CSS, 6th edition, by Patrick Carey, published by Cengage Course Technology.

Meeting Times and Location

This is an on-line class and it will not often meet in person.

• Our first face to face meeting will be on the NIU campus in the Psychology-Computer Science Building, room 103, on Wednesday, January 18, 5:00--6:15 P.M.

• Our second meeting will be for the Midterm Exam, on Wednesday, March 8, 5:00--6:15 P.M. in the same room.

• Our third meeting will be for the Final Exam, on Wednesday, May 10, 4:00--5:50 P.M. in the same room.

You do need to attend these meetings. Our Midterm Exam and Final Exam will be given in person, not on line.

The lectures for CSCI 275

Here are links to the HTML lectures for this course.

Other Comments

There are no course prerequisites for this class.

Students are referred to the Blackboard site for this class. Most materials (lectures, assignments) will be posted there.

You may find it useful to read this document which talks about the mechanics of the course and what is needed.

Supplementary Notes

These topics may be of interest but don't fit well into the rest of the course.

• A note about wikis

• A note about RSS feeds

• A note about blogs

• A note about FTP

• A note about posting files for download

• A link to information about e-mail.

• A link to information about domain names and web sites, as well as more about e-mail and some other topics.

• A link to information about cookies.

If there are more topics like this that interest you, please ask about them. We can add more web pages and links.

Advanced Material

If you are very enthusiastic about the material in this course, you should know that there is an advanced course on web sites, CSCI 475. You can find its web site at this URL:

http://faculty.cs.niu.edu/~mcintire/csci475_575.html

CSCI 475 is intended for computer science majors, and it has serious prerequisites. You may, however, find the Powerpoint lectures and other materials of interest.