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R. Craig Collins > Web Page Design > Overview 7

Overview 7 © R. Craig Collins, 2005/7

Items that should be accomplished before the beginning of the current time frame:
• Read Tutorial 3 Session 2

Reminder: Did you check your TC WebMail? Did you check the Quarantine folder?
Did you check the D2L Dropbox, to View feedback? Did you check D2L Grades for feedback? (You may have to scroll down)

Items to accomplish during the current course time frame:

•Read\Review
   • Review Numbers and Colors
   • Computer graphics, typed characters, and graphic formats
   • Optional details on gif from Intro to Computer Graphics
   • Optional details on jpeg and png and comparing jpeg and png from Intro to Computer Graphics
   • HTML <Font> tag
   • Animation with links to using Paint to create images
   • Creating your own background
       • Video on creating animations/backgrounds
       • Free background images
   • Editing Digital Images (class roster images)
   • Using Photoshop
       • Video on editing images with Photoshop
         • Image Maps will be discussed more with Overview 9
   • Using GIMP
       • Video on editing images with GIMP
   • Bandwidth
   • Compression
   • Optimizing
   • Instructor notes on Tutorial 3 (remainder)

About links on my webpages
I expect you to read each linked item above at least once.
Most of these linked web pages will have links, too.
Some of these links continue the topic, some of the links are for optional, additional information, but some links refer to pages you have already read...
those links are there not to force you to re-read a page you have already seen, but simply for easy access to something related, IF you need a reminder, for examples, etc.

•Activities
     Definition: index web page or default web page:
        The page that opens when no other page is specified.
        Example, you go to http://www.google.com
        Since you did not specify any special page, the default opens
     Video on Counting, Powers of 2 Number line
     Video on Starting Windows Calculator
     Video on Using Windows Calculator
     Video on editing images with Photoshop
     Video on editing images with GIMP

•Finish Lab 4 (link to beginning of lab; Hands on section 1 began is Overview 6)

   •Document tags introduced in Lab 4 (link to documentation part of lab)
     (You will later transfer this information into a D2L quiz)
     •Tags to document must include: <font>, and height=, width= and align=, which modify <img>

•Begin coding and testing Lab 4 (link to web page construction requirements)

•Answer questions concerning topics covered in Lab 4
(You will later transfer this information into a D2L quiz)

     • Optional: Open/save an Acrobat pdf document to help with documentation and questions
       (get Adobe Acrobat Reader free, here)
     • Optional: Right click/save a Word doc document to help with documentation and questions
     • Optional: Right click/save a Rich Text rtf document to help with documentation and questions
     • Optional: Checking for HMTL errors
   •Complete Lab 4 and verify your web page links work
   (You will later transfer this information into a D2L dropbox)

•Submit by 11:59 pm, Friday, of the current week (see due dates)
   • Lab 4 as directed

   • MUD 7(My Understanding, Details) Respond in the class D2L Discussion forum to the following:
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you feel very comfortable with? Why?
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you not feel comfortable with?
   • Participation Discussion 7 Respond in the class D2L Discussion forum to the following:
     Photoshop allows you to use File/Save as Web, and GIMP allows you to Optomize a file...
     making the file look about the same, but resulting in a smaller file size. Why is this important?
• Using D2L Discussions    • Using D2L dropbox       • Using D2L Quizzes      • Logon to D2L

              •You may click on Discussions, Dropbox, or Quizzes below, for more info
D2L navigation

• to Checklist

For the next time frame:
• Read Tutorial Four
•Each test has a review; you may wish to write out pertinent information from the readings and activities
•After completing this overview, you may wish to start on the next Overview material, and preview Lab 5

Checklist
Did you:
   • Review Numbers and Colors
   • Read Computer graphics, typed characters, and graphic formats
   • HTML <Font> tag
   • Animation
   • Creating your own background
   • Editing Digital Images (class roster images)
   • Using Photoshop
         • Image Maps will be discussed more with lab 9
   • Using GIMP
   • Bandwidth
   • Compression
   • Optimizing
   • Instructor notes on Tutorial 3 (remainder)

   • Finish and submit Lab 4 as directed

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