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.
Learning Activities
Lecture, seminar and hands-on exercises
Means of Assessment
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
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Assignments /Project(s)
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10-25%
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Quiz(zes)
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10-20%
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Midterm Examination
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25-35%
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Final Examination*
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25-40%
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Total
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100%
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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