- Reading Assignment #1, 5 September 2001, to be completed by 12 September 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapters 1-3.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapters 1-5.
- Reading Assignment #2, 26 September 2001, to be completed by 3 October 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 4.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapters 6-7.
- Reading Assignment #3, 3 October 2001, to be completed by 10 October 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 5.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapters 8-10.
- Reading Assignment #4, 17 October 2001, to be completed by 24 October 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 6.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapters 11-12.
- Reading Assignment #5, 24 October 2001, to be completed by 31 October 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 7.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapters 13-14.
- Reading Assignment #6, 31 October 2001, to be completed by 7 November 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 8.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapters 15-16.
- Reading Assignment #7, 7 November 2001, to be completed by 14 November 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 9.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapters 17-18.
- Reading Assignment #8, 14 November 2001, to be completed by 28 November 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 10.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapter 19.
- Reading Assignment #9, 28 November 2001, to be completed by 5 December 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 11.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapter 20.
- Reading Assignment #10, 5 December 2001, to be completed by 12 December 2001
- In Lehnert read carefully chapter 12.
- In Graham, familiarize yourself with chapter 21.
- Homework Assignment #1, 5 September 2001, due 26 September 2001
- Write a brief report based on a search of www.amazon.com, www.bn.com, and at least one local
bookstore comparing options of obtaining the textbooks for this course, explaining
how and why you decided to obtain the textbooks in the way you did. Neatness, spelling, grammar, and clarity of presentation all count.
Work in groups. If possible, email the result to yaya@cs.sunysb.edu. Do not send
as an attachment. Each
member of a group should email a copy of the homework.
Otherwise, submit both a paper copy and diskette.
- Homework Assignment #2, 26 September 2001, due 10 October 2001
- Get a reliable timing device with a second hand (in most cases, your
computer should do the job). Get on the web
and explore at least 10 different web sites you have never visited
before, recording the time in seconds for the web page to load.
Be careful to clear your cache if you visit the same site more
than once.
Carefully study each web page.
Write a brief report based on your experience with these new web sites
attempting to explain why some web pages load faster than others.
Neatness, spelling, grammar, and clarity of presentation all count.
Work in groups. If possible, email the result to yaya@cs.sunysb.edu. Do not send
as an attachment. If any member of a group has not already sent email, each
member of a group should email a copy of the homework, otherwise one email
from the entire group will suffice.
If you cannot send email, submit both a paper copy and diskette.
- Homework Assignment #3, 24 October 2001, due 31 October 2001
- If you have not completed Homework #2, get it in fast.
- Take the data you collected for Homework #2 and make it
into a small web page presenting that data as an HTML <table>,
embedded within your report as explanatory text.
Work in groups. If possible, post your new web page (see
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Web/guide.html) and email
the URL.
Otherwise email the result to
yaya@cs.sunysb.edu. Do not send
as an attachment. If any member of a group has not already sent email, each
member of a group should email a copy of the homework, otherwise one email
from the entire group will suffice.
If you cannot post a web page or send email, submit both a paper copy and diskette.
- Homework Assignment #4, 31 October 2001, due 7 November 2001
- If you have not completed Homework #3, get it in fast.
- Take the web page you created for Homework 2, and, either
using Microsoft Excel or using any suitable graphics program,
add a simple bar chart of the web page load times.
Work in groups. If possible, post your new web page (see
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Web/guide.html) and email
the URL.
Otherwise email the result to
yaya@cs.sunysb.edu. Do not send
as an attachment. If any member of a group has not already sent email, each
member of a group should email a copy of the homework, otherwise one email
from the entire group will suffice.
If you cannot post a web page or send email, submit both a paper copy and diskette.
- Homework Assignment #5, 7 November 2001, due 28 November 2001
- If you have not completed Homework #3 and #4, get it in fast.
- Take the web page you created for Homework #3, (the one with
a table in it), combine it with the chart you added in Homework #4,
and, making further use of the HTML <table> command, add a left sidebar
with multiple hypertext links to your web page. Work in groups. If possible, post your new web page (see
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Web/guide.html) and email
the URL.
Otherwise email the result to
yaya@cs.sunysb.edu. Do not send
as an attachment. If any member of a group has not already sent email, each
member of a group should email a copy of the homework, otherwise one email
from the entire group will suffice.
If you cannot post a web page or send email, submit both a paper copy and diskette.
- Homework Assignment #6, 28 November 2001, due 12 December 2001
- Complete and turn in all prior homeworks.
- Take the web page you created for homework 5. Search the web for good
references on web page design. Without killing your left sidebar, add a right
sidebar in the form of a bulleted list in very small type in the Arial typeface
listing hypertext links to several interesting references on web design. Just
after each bullet and before the link include a small clipart icon of a
hand pointing to the link.
Work in groups. If possible, post your new web page (see
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Web/guide.html) and email
the URL.
Otherwise email the result to
yaya@cs.sunysb.edu. Do not send
as an attachment. If any member of a group has not already sent email, each
member of a group should email a copy of the homework, otherwise one email
from the entire group will suffice.
If you cannot post a web page or send email, submit both a paper copy and diskette.
- No homeworks turned after the 12 December 2001 class meeting will be included in the
course grade.
- Project Assignment #1 (Due by 3 October 2001)
You are searching for a new printer for your home computer. Get on
the web and research the available choices in color inkjet printers
and laser printers. Eliminate all options over $1,000. Write
a 2-page, single-spaced report on the "best" choice of color inkjet and the "best"
choice of laser printer, justifying your choices. Credit your sources.
Neatness, spelling, grammar, and clarity of presentation all count.
Work in groups. If possible, email the result to yaya@cs.sunysb.edu. Do not send
as an attachment. Otherwise, submit both a paper copy and diskette. Groups may submit a single copy
listing all participants. Save a copy for yourself.
You will need it for future projects.
- Project Assignment #2 (Due by 24 October 2001)
Take the report you generated for Project #1 and convert it
to a web page. Include images which
show your printer choices, but be careful about permissions.
Email the result to yaya@cs.sunysb.edu.
Do not send
as an attachment. Groups may submit a single copy
listing all participants. Alternatively, you may
post your new web page (see
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Web/guide.html) and email
the URL. Save a copy for yourself.
You will need it for future projects.
- Project Assignment #3 (Due by 14 November 2001)
Take the report you generated for Project #2 as a web page and in which
you included images which
show your printer choices (being careful about permissions).
Add hypertext links from a table of contents within the document
to the sections of the document, and from the document to primary
sources of data on the web. You must make at least some of your
images act as hypertext links.
If possible, post your new web page (see
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Web/guide.html) and email
the URL.
Otherwise email the result to
yaya@cs.sunysb.edu.
Do not send
as an attachment. Groups may submit a single copy
listing all participants. Save a copy for yourself.
You will need it for the last project.
- Project Assignment #4 (Due by 12 December 2001)
Take the report you generated for Project #3 as a web page.
Without removing any of the features you have included thus
far, add appropriate sidebars, background colors or graphics,
highlighted tables and other stylistic elements which help you
communicate the information in your report more effectively.
The project will be evaluated both for information content
and for artistic effect when viewed from a browser.
If possible, post your new web page (see
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Web/guide.html) and email
the URL.
Otherwise email the result to
yaya@cs.sunysb.edu.
Do not send
as an attachment. Groups may submit a single copy
listing all participants. Save a copy for yourself.
You will need it for the last project.
No projects turned after the 12 December 2001 class meeting will be included in the
course grade.
