ITWP 1000 - Introduction to Web Programming

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Given an examination, students utilize terms, research and concepts to demonstrate their understanding of basic web terminology and functions.
2. Given a case scenario, students debug, correct and validate basic HTML source code utilizing an online validation tool that adheres to current Internet standards.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will develop a single web page with multiple hyperlinks using HTML and publish (FTP) the result to a web server.

Objectives:

1. Given a text/HTML editor, students develop a single web page containing multiple hyperlinks using valid HTML syntax.
2. Given a text/HTML editor and web browser, students analyze and correct broken page hyperlinks to further enhance problem-solving skills.
3. Given a FTP (file transfer protocol) application, students configure application settings and upload local file(s) to an assigned directory located on a designated remote web server.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to develop a multiple page web site employing graphics, multimedia elements, form(s), various basic web page elements, CSS (cascading style sheets) and user input.

Objectives:

1. Given a text/HTML editor, students develop a multiple page web site using valid HTML syntax, employing lists, tables, graphics, multimedia elements, forms, and user input.
2. Given a text/HTML editor, students evaluate and implement appropriate add-in functionality including: voting scripts, chat rooms and social media options.
3. Given a text/HTML editor, students create and implement a consistent web page layout using basic CSS (cascading style sheets) techniques.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to create a fully functioning multiple page website with embedded JavaScript(s) to provide web site navigation, user input and page processing.

Objectives:

1. Given a text /HTML editor, students develop a fully functioning, multiple page web site with embedded JavaScript to provide user input and page processing.
2. Given a text /HTML editor, students write and implement JavaScript code to allow for controlling consistent web site navigation across a multi-page website.
3. Given a text /HTML editor, students write JavaScript code that employs the use of valid syntax, basic prompts for user input,  and the understanding and creation of variables and statements.

• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

1. Unit 1
   1. Lecture: Browsers, Introduction to the Internet, Web and HTML
   2. Skills Practice: Creating a Web Presence
2. Unit 2
   1. Lecture: Tags and URLs, Visual Elements and Graphics
   2. Skills Practice: Internal and External Page Links
3. Unit 3
   1. Lecture: Lists, Page Style, and Image Representation
   2. Skills Practice: Multiple Pages, Images, Sound Files, and Media via Links
4. Unit 4
   1. Lecture: External Cascading Style Sheets, Web Design and Multimedia
   2. Skills Practice: Web Page Design using CSS
5. Unit 5
   1. Lecture: Tables
   2. Skills Practice:
      1. Tables Exercise
   3. Skills Demonstration: Create a four-page web site containing graphics, multiple hyperlinks and utilize the object/embed tag for implementing multimedia Web page elements
6. Unit 6
   1. Lecture: JavaScript
   2. Skills Practice: Fractured story, nursery rhyme of song (User prompts and input) using JavaScript
   3. Skills Demonstration: Add footer website navigation using an external JavaScript file.
7. Unit 7
   1. Lecture: Web Forms
   2. Skills Practice: Create a basic HTML web form using various form elements and client-side and server-side processing
   3. Skills Demonstration: Utilize web templates (downloadable resources) to create a four-page website, data collection using a form, implementation of a JavaScript script.
8. Unit 8
   1. Lecture: SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
   2. Skills Demonstration: Term Project