Last modified: 24 August 2009 by R.Levow: Original posting.

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Professor: Roy B. Levow

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Textbook: Internet & World Wide Web: How to Program, 4/e Deitel and Deitel, Pearson, 2008, ISBN 978-0-13-175242-9

Deitel Resource Centers
On-line Tutorials and references at W3Schools
Recommendations at W3C. (Note: These are complex technical documents.)

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Course Format

The course will make extensive use of Blackboard to supplement traditional lectures.   All testing will be done through BlackBoard.   There will be a short "reading quiz" to be completed before class about once a week starting the second week of the course, a midterm and a cumulative final.   The tests will, of necessity, be open book but will be timed.
 

Communication

All course communication will be done using your fau.edu email address.   You need to monitor email to that account regularly throughout the term or you may miss important course announcements.   You may send email to me from another account, but if you do you must set the reply-to field to your FAU email account if the message concerns grading or evaluation in any way. That is the only way I can be certain the email is going to you.  You must also include your name in all messages concerning the course.
If you have your FAU email forwarded to an AOL or other email account, read this important notice concerning blocking of FAU email.
 

Course Objectives

 On completion of the course students will
 

1. Understand the basic structure of the World-Wide Web and the role of browsers in obtaining information over the web
2. Be able to generate standard-conforming web pages coded in XHTML
3. Be able to generate standard-conforming styles and style sheets to control the presentation of web content
4. Be able to add dynamic features to web pages using JavaScript
5. Be able to add dynamic features to web pages using DOM
6. Be able to create active web pages using PHP
    

Lecture Topics, Reading Assignments, and Exam Schedule (click here)

Programming Assignments will be posted in Blackboard

Course Policies and Grading

On-line quizzes and exams must be completed within the specified time for each assessment.   Assignments must be turned in before the start of class on the day they are due unless otherwise specified.   Penalties will be applied for late submission of assignments. In computing the final grade the components will be as follows: homework = 30%, quizzes = 10% (with lowest dropped,) 3 exams = 20% each.

Click here for general information on course policies including program submission, late penalties, getting help, etc.