HCI 201 Multimedia and the World Wide Web

Fall 1999 - Section 703 - Syllabus

Instructor: Helen Martch
When: Monday 5:45 - 9:00pm
Where: Loop Campus, CS&T Center, Room 230

Text: Musciano and Kennedy, HTML: The Definitive Guide,3rd edition
O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. ISBN #1-56592-492-4.
Additional readings as assigned.

Course Description: Overview of the World Wide Web, its origins, and capabilities. Students will create homepages on the WWW that incorporate multimedia. Topics include web-based technology, creating documents for distribution on the WWW, and developing effective multimedia applications. Students will learn how to create HTML and use other web design tools and techniques.

Prerequisites: Computer literacy, which can be satisfied by taking CSC 110 or CSC 150.

Liberal Studies Credit: Scientific Inquiry - Quantitative

Topics:

  • Overview of the WWW and its history
  • HTML
  • Color on the Web
  • Typography on the Web
  • The design process
  • Browsers
  • Server Basics
  • Knowing your audience
  • Graphics
  • Multimedia Concepts
  • Java applets, Javascript, CGI concepts
  • The Future: XML, CSS, Dynamic HTML

    Grading:
  • Homework
    		• 35%
  • Midterm Project
    		• 20%
  • Final Project
    		• 35%
  • Participation (including attendance)
    		• 10%

    University Policies:

    Plagiarism: The university and school policy on plagiarism can be summarized as follows: Students in this course, as well as all other courses in which independent research or writing play a vital part in the course requirements, should be aware of the strong sanctions that can be imposed against someone guilty of plagiarism.

    If proven, a charge of plagiarism could result in an automatic F in the course and possible expulsion. The strongest of sanctions will be imposed on anyone who submits as his/her own work a report, examination paper, computer file, lab report, or other assignment which has been prepared by someone else.

    If you have any questions or doubts about what plagiarism entails or how to properly acknowledge source materials be sure to ask your instructor.

    For more details, consult the Academic Integrity Section of the DePaul Student Handbook.

    Incompletes: An incomplete grade is given only for an exceptional reason such as a death in the family, a serious illness, etc. Any such reason must be documented.

    Any incomplete request must be made at least two weeks before the final class, and approved by the Dean of the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems.

    Any consequences resulting from a poor grade for the course will not be considered as valid reasons for such a request.

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