WEB PAGE DESIGN

Mrs. Grandgeorge – Teacher

Room North 216

My Web Sites

www.cgrandgeorge.com

www.gocadets.com

My Blogs

http://mrsgrandgeorgesclass.blogspot.com

My Wiki

http://mrsgrandgeorge.wikispaces.com

My Email

cgrandgeorge@iowa-falls.k12.ia.us

Course Description:

Web Page Design – one semester for 1 credit Grades 10, 11, & 12

Prerequisites: Business Exploratory

This course will introduce students to the web design software programs HTML, IWeb, Google Sites and Macromedia Dreamweaver 8. Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is a powerful Web site management software program with an HTML editor that is used to design, code, and create professional –looking Web pages, Web sites, and Web applications.

The students will use the textbook Dreamweaver 8 by Shelley Cashman. This course will cover the first four chapters in the textbook. Also, the students will create a number of other websites like the following:

• Web pages about a famous entrepreneur.
• Web pages about themselves, like an autobiography
• Web pages about a business, Used Car Business
• Web page about a school organization or team
• Web pages about a social cause and/or non-profit organization
• Other web pages depending on time available.

The students will learn the basics of web graphics and design using the programs

• Adobe Fireworks
• Adobe Photoshop

Other programs such as IMovie and Garage Band will be taught and the projects embedded into the student’s web pages.

Students, you need to read and sign Mrs. Grandgeorge’s Internet Agreement form before you may use the computers in Room N216. Also, you and your parents are required to sign the Internet Agreement sheet before getting on the Internet on any school computer.

Grading System

Quarter graders will be determined as a result of the points you have accumulated during the course of the grading period. You will be graded on:

1. Assignments - 40%

a. Chapter projects

b. Graphic editing projects

2. Web Pages – 40%

3. Chapter Tests – 20%

In fairness to the people who get their work done on time, late work will only be given partial credit or not credit at all.

Grading Scale

Percent Grade

92. 5 – 100 % A

89.5 – 92.4% A-

86.5 – 88.5% B+

82.5 – 86.4% B

79.5 – 82.4% B-

76.5 – 79.4% C+

72.5 – 76.4% C

69.5 – 72.4% C-

66.5 – 69.4% D+

62.5 – 66.4% D

59.5 – 62.4% D-

Below 59.4% F

Semester Grade Project

A student may opt out of the semester test provided that they have not missed more than two days of school and they have received a B average or better in the class at the conclusion of both quarters.

Teacher Expectations:

• Students are to be honest and trustworthy.
• Students are to be in the classroom by the time the bell rings. If not, you will be counted tardy.
• Students are to use the Internet, computers and all technology equipment in a responsible, efficient, and ethical manner.
• Students are not allowed to eat food, candy, and pop in this computer lab.