On line schedule — spring 2008
Session 1: Thursday, January 24
Due:
- Your cyber-presence.
- Check pre-requisites skills and technology used in class
- Module 1: Getting Started in the Course
- Begin Homer 1: Simple HTML (no need to post Web portfolio on course listserv until after Homer 3)
- Please join us for an optional Webcast Thursday, January 24, 5:30pm PST (find your time) (please email me with Pactific Standard Times you can NOT participate: bob.hoffman@sdsu.edu). You'll need the latest free Adobe
Flash Player for your Web browser, and you may want to not be behind
a firewall. To be able to talk, you'll need a microphone (internal or external) and headphones. Test your connection here.
Archive of this WebCast.
Session 2: Thursday, January 31
Due:
- Read Williams & Tollett, Chapters 1, 2 & 5.
- Check pre-requisites skills
- Sign into the student database
- Get the course materials
- Obtain an account on a Web server
- If you're considering the masters or certificate program, consider signing up to receive free information from SAGE—the Student Association for Graduates in EdTec and click on "Membership."
- Bookmark the EDTEC Department News Moodle
- Complete Homer 1: Simple HTML (do not turn in Web portfolio to instructor until after Homer 3)
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, January 31, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 2: The Nature of the Web
- Begin Homer 2: Template to Go
Session 3: Thursday, February 7
Due:
- Read in depth: Williams & Tollett, Chapter 6
- Complete Homer 2: Template to Go (do not turn in Web portfolio to instructor until after Homer 3)
- Don't forget to obtain (and configure, if necessary) an account on a Web server (see Resources for on campus or on line students). Rohan accounts are recommended, and they offer extra online help if needed.
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, Feburary 7, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 3: Page Layout and Typography
- Discuss prospective final project ideas
- Begin Homer 3: Upload-Download
Session 4: Thursday, February 14
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 4 and 15
- Complete Homer 3: Upload-Download
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, February 14, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 4: Uploading and Downloading
- Begin Homer 4: CSS Basics
- Continue Final Project Proposal
- Post assignment page
Session 5: Thursday, February 21
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapters 9, 10 & 11
- Complete Homer 4: CSS Basics
- Post assignment page
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, February 21, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 5: Using Images on the Web
- Begin Homer 5: Preparing Images
- Begin Homer 6: Scheming Colors
- Continue Final Project Proposal
Session 6: Thursday, February 28
Due:
- Final Project Proposal
- Williams & Tollett, Chapters 7 & 8
- Complete Homer 5 & 6: Preparing Images & Scheming Colors
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, February 28, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 6: Multimedia Interface and Navigation
- Begin Homer 7: Navigating
- Begin Storyboard and Site Map
Session 7: Thursday, March 6
Due:
-
Complete Homer 7: Navigating
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, March 6, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 7: Using Animation
- Begin Homer 8 & 9: Accessibility and Video on the web
Session 8: Thursday, March 13
Due:
- Storyboard and Site Map
- Complete Homer 8 & 9: Accessibility and Video on the web
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, March 13, 5:30pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 8: Using Sound
- Begin Homer 10: Animating the web
Session 9: Thursday, March 20
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 13
- Complete Homer 10: Animating the web
- Portfolio Page (Homer)
- Don't leave your Journal Article Summary until the last moment!
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, March 20, 5:30pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 9: Making Prototypes
- Begin Final Project Prototype development
Session 10: Thursday, March 27
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 14
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, March 27, 5:30pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 10: Prototype usability testing session 1
- Continue Final Project development
Spring Break: March 31 - April 1
Session 11: Thursday, April 10
Due:
- Prototype of your final project site on web ready for testing
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, April 10, 5:30pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 11: Copyright
- Usability testing session on your own
- Continue Final Project development
- If you are interested in the on line masters degree in Educational Technology, this is a good time to think about applying to the department.
Session 12: Thursday, April 17
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 16
- Usability Report 1
- Don't leave your Journal Article Summary until the last moment!
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, April 17, 5:30pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 12: Interactivity
- Continue Final Project development
Session 13: Thursday, April 24
Due:
- Don't leave your Journal Article Summary until the last moment!
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, April 24, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Continue Final Project development
Session 14: Thursday, May 1
Due:
- Review Williams & Tollett, Chapter 15
- Beta version of your final project site on web ready for testing
- Don't leave your Journal Article Summary until the last moment!
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, May 1, 5:30pm PST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 13: Beta usability testing session 2
- Continue Final Project development
Session 15: Thursday, May 8
Due:- Williams & Tollett , Chapter 12 and review Chapter 13
- Beta usability report 2
- Please join us for an optional WebCast,
Thursday, May 8, 5:30pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived WebCast from this date. - Module 14: More Type Design
- Make finishing touches to Final Project
Session 16: Thursday, May 15
NO WEB CAST THIS WEEK
Due:
- Final Web Site: Send URL to class listserv
- Journal Article Summary
- Course evaluation
- You may make last minute changes to final project through midnight, your local time, Friday, May 16.
Feedback on final project and course grade will be posted on the Progress database. All course grades available from SDSU Web Portal. Click here if you need an official transcript or free unofficial transcript of your course work to date (be sure to wait until grades have been submitted to the registrar for a current course).