WEB DESIGN
This is a project-based
class where positive, self-motivated students will
learn real world technology connections through collaboration
and group work. Students analyze what makes a good
web page, then use their new knowledge to create
web pages using the latest multimedia design programs,
such as Dreamweaver MX, Adobe PhotoShop, Flash MX,
and iMovie. The final project is designed by a group
and may include embedding games in a multiple-page
website with music and animation.
TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
• Basic and Advanced HTML Coding
• Web page development with Dreamweaver MX
• Visual Design Using Principles of Art, Image Creation
Manipulation and Image Mapping
• MacroMedia's Flash and Dreamweaver
• Adobe Photoshop
• Management and Directory Structures
PROJECT PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Students, individually and in teams, will develop project ideas, pitch
them to the class, and create a specific project plan
complete with estimated completion dates. Students
will work toward project completion and launch, setting
up weekly goals.
EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
Both individual and team projects will be evaluated based on an agreed
upon rubric.
The same set of descriptors will be used throughout
the term to focus on certain web design
principles.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Students will complete a series of tutorials designed to familiarize
them with HTML coding, including building a basic webpage,
expanding on it with images and links, and then learning
to create tables of various sizes.
2. The Core Content Website introduces the student to working in DreamWeaver.
Taking a topic of their choice from their core classwork,
students build a multiple page website that includes
a Home Page, several Content Pages, a Quiz and a Credits
page. Students build on their skills with images, embedded
music, Quicktime Movies, and how to create a template
to develop consistency throughout the site.
3. The Final Project is done in collaboration with other students,
and may take the form of a game embedded in a multiple-page
site, or another website devoted to a topic of choice.
