Syllabus for Creating Web Pages II: Student Projects

Course Number: EDU 67115-01 (2 Credits) EDU 67116-01 (3 Credits)*

Session: Winter 2001

 

Date & Time: Saturdays: March 9 and March 16, 8:00am-5:30pm

 

Location: Ottawa University, Tempe Center, 10429 S. 51st Place, Suite 100 (Elliot and I-10)

 

Attendance: Attendance is mandatory at all class sessions.

 

Instructor: Michael Mann, teacherz@cox.net (480) 423-1735

 

Course Description:

Using your own web page, learn to create on-line student projects for your classroom. Help students get excited about school by making a fun, educational, interactive project for them to do on-line. Prerequisite: Creating Web Pages I: Teaching With Interactive Web Pages. Classroom instruction earns two credits. An additional project will be required to earn three credits.

 

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

·         Design and create multiple web pages that support his/her teaching responsibilities.

·         Identify different tools used for the creation of interactive web based projects.

·         Upload and update web pages to a web server.

 

Course Methods and Procedures:

Participants will be guided through a series of hands-on activities designed to improve their skills necessary to create web pages using Microsoft FrontPage.  Additionally students will receive basic instruction for trouble shooting the html code.

 

 

Course Outline:

  • Review Syllabus and Assignment
  • Multimedia Projects
  • Creating a Home Page to allow easy access to multimedia projects
  • PowerPoint Basics
  • FrontPage Review (for those who need it)
  • Work on in-class assignment
  •  Understanding the code
  • Jazz it up with Java
  • Uploading non FrontPage material
  • Complete in-class assignment
  • Share web site with class

 

Course Materials:

All necessary course material is posted online at: www.teacherz.net/ottawa

Students will also need one 3-½ inch floppy disk

 

Evaluation/Outside Project:

Students will be evaluated on participation and completion of the in-class practice assignments.  Additionally all students must complete an outside project as described on page 7 of the Ottawa University catalog. The student with the approval of the Instructor will select the content of the project. It should include 12 hours of combined practice and project, and must be submitted by disk or e-mail within 2 weeks of completion of course. A rubric for evaluation of the project will be provided to the participants during class. *To earn 3 credit hours an additional outside project is required.

 

Student Handbook/Catalog:

Participants should refer to the Ottawa University Student Handbook for all University Regulations.

 

Disclaimer:

Course content and schedule may vary from this outline to meet the needs of a particular group of participants.  The instructor will explain the rationale for any variance as it occurs.