Course

Multimedia Web Development

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Computing Studies & Information Systems
Course code
CSIS 1280
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
35
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course covers the fundamentals of Web site development and design using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Students will learn how to create structured websites using HTML, how to use the most up to date CSS styles to create responsive, visually appealing pages and captivating designs, and how to implement client-side script using basic concepts in JavaScript to integrate interactivity and dynamic behavior to web pages, and to validate web forms.
Course content
  • Fundamental concepts of client-server models, and role of client-side framework
  • Structured websites using HTML grouping, text-level elements, and hyperlinked text
  • Web tables
  • Web forms
  • Multimedia, animations, and transitions
  • CSS
  • Page layout
  • Responsive websites using HTML and CSS
  • JavaScript variables, data types, operators, and functions
  • Arrays, loops, and conditional statements
  • Events
  • Cient-side programming using JavaScript for manipulating DOM elements and processing form data
  • Objects and Object literals in JavaScript
Learning activities

Lecture, seminar and hands-on exercises

Means of assessment

Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.

Assignments /Project(s)

10-25%

Quiz(zes)

10-20%

Midterm Examination

25-35%

Final Examination*

25-40%

Total

100%

Some of these assessments may involve group work.

* Minimum 75% of the final exam must be in practical hands-on computer programming format.

To pass the course, students must, in addition to receiving an overall course grade of 50%, also achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined weighted examination components (including quizzes, tests, exams).

Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with college policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.

 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:

  • Explain the concepts of web design, preparation, and delivery over the World Wide Web.
  • Describe and implement multimedia elements such as images, animation, graphics, audio, and digital video on a website.
  • Create structured websites using sectioning, grouping, and text-level elements in HTML.
  • Design responsive websites that scale to mobile, tablet, and desktop devices using HTML and CSS.
  • Use layouts, images, audio, video and other multimedia files, animations, transitions, and forms for websites.
  • Implement concepts of client-side programming using JavaScript.
  • Use arrays, loops, and conditional statements in JavaScript to modify DOM elements, validate and process form data.
Textbook materials

Patrick M. Carey. New Perspectives on HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Course Technology. Latest Edition

or Web Programming with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. John Dean. or other textbook/s approved by the department

Requisites

Prerequisites

Pre-Calculus 11 (C or better) or Foundations of Math 11 (C or better) or MATU 0410 (C or better) or approved substitute OR currently active in one of:

PDD Information and Communication Technology or

PDD Data Analytics or

PBD Computer and Information Systems or

PBD Digital Marketing

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer details for CSIS 1280
Coquitlam College (COQU) COQU CSCI 165 (3)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) KPU INFO 1213 (3)
Langara College (LANG) LANG CPSC 1030 (3)
Simon Fraser University (SFU) SFU CMPT 165 (3)
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) TRU COMP 2680 (3)
Trinity Western University (TWU) TWU CMPT 1XX (3)
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) No credit
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) UFV CIS 145 (3)
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC CSC 1XX (1.5)

Course Offerings

Winter 2025

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
28
Remaining seats:
7
On waitlist
0
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N5111
Times:
Start Time
15:30
-
End Time
18:20
CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
34
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
3
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N5111
Times:
Start Time
12:30
-
End Time
15:20
CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
0
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N6107
Times:
Start Time
12:30
-
End Time
15:20
CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
26
Remaining seats:
9
On waitlist
0
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N6107
Times:
Start Time
15:30
-
End Time
18:20