| New course | Graduate |
| First term offered : Summer 2013 | ||
| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| CSE 629 | Web-based Website Design | 3 - 3 |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Web-based Web Design |
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Catalog Description: Students will create a professional, business, or education related website using free web-based software, widgets, and training. The course emphasizes learning by doing and following best practices for creating user-friendly web sites. This class is designed to train and develop web design skills as well as develop the ability to work with and employ free, online tools. By closely learning one system, students can apply that knowledge and easily integrate with other systems available online. |
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Course Goal and Objectives: At the end of the course, students will: ¿ understand, recognize, and apply basic principles of web site navigation, wireframing, and design ¿ understand, recognize, and apply basic principles of web accessibility and usability; ¿ locate, embed, create, maintain, and/or generate written, audio, visual, and video content for a website ¿ adhere to copyright laws and make appropriate use of public domain and Creative Commons materials ¿ incorporate free widgets and gadgets on their site, as well as material and plugins coded by other people ¿ evaluate online resources to determine if they are appropriate for their site and site¿s needs; ¿ customize multiple aspects of multiple templates on their site. |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course is required for the proposed Instructional Design certificate program in the MSEd Information Technology program. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: No new faculty or facilities needed. |
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Brief Course outline: ¿ Examine key components of a successful site ¿ Review, experience, and understand basics of good and bad website designs ¿ Introduction to WordPress website creation and administration ¿ Customizing WordPress websites ¿ Basic and important elements of writing for the Web ¿ Tracking, reading and using content efficiently with RSS ¿ Using widgets and plugins ¿ Connecting and networking through your website ¿ Embedding rich content: images, videos, audio, and PDFs ¿ Testing your website for usability |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | ----------------- | Approved | February 11 2013 |
| 2 - Division | Maria Dantas-Whitney | Approved | February 12 2013 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Maria Dantas-Whitney | Approved | February 12 2013 |
| 5 - Graduate Committee | Kimberly Jensen | Approved | February 21 2013 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Keller Coker | Approved | February 21 2013 |
| 7 - Dean | Mark Girod | Approved | February 23 2013 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | February 25 2013 |
| CSE 629 Web-based Website Design_Master syllabus.pdf | Download |