CSIS-180: Web Design

Projects

Project 1: Creating Basic Web Pages

Weight: 3%

Overview

Create three related web pages that validate as HTML5 where every piece of content is marked-up with appropriate tags. The focus is on properly using block and inline tags.

Project 2: Hierarchical Website with Navigation

Weight: 8%

Overview

Starting with the files you created in project 1, create additional web pages, organize them into a folder hierarchy, connect them via a main navigation menu, and add a linked stylesheet with some basic CSS decorations.

Project 3: Decorating Website With CSS

Weight: 5%

Overview

Improve the main stylesheet for your website and add appropriate embedded and inline CSS to richly decorate the text with borders and backgrounds. The focus is on appropriately using linked, embedded, and inline CSS to decorate text and content areas.

Project 4: Enhancing Final Website With Multimedia

Weight: 8%

Overview

Based on the feedback from projects 1-3, improve your website design, add embedded video, audio, and animation examples, and centralize the control of your navigation menu using server-side includes.

Due Dates

Check Schedule

Always check the schedule for due dates. Projects must be submitted via Blackboard by 11:59pm on the due date.

How to Submit

In Blackboard, click the menu item called "Submit Projects" and select the assignment submissions for the current project. All your project files should be put into a sub-folder. To submit, you must compress your project folder into a zip file and rename it username.zip where username is your Siena ID. Then, you must browse for this zip file on your computer and upload it via the assignment submission on Blackboard.

Create a zip file using Windows (Microsoft)

  1. Locate the folder that you want to compress.
  2. Right-click the file or folder, select Send to, and then click Compressed (zipped) folder.
  3. The new compressed folder is created in the same location.
  4. To rename it, right-click the folder, click Rename, and then type the new name.

Create a zip file using MacOS (Apple)

  1. Locate the folder that you want to compress.
  2. Right-click the file or folder, select Compress.
  3. The new compressed folder is created in the same location.
  4. To rename it, right-click the folder, click Get Info, and then type the new name in the Name and Extension file.

Uploading Your Project To A Live Web Server

To properly test the links, Project 2-5 must be upload it to a web server.

I have provided each student with access to a virtual web server with a unique URL and FTP access to the server.

Details

  • URL: lastname.sienacs.com
  • FTP username: lastname@sienasellbacks.com
  • FTP password: given in class
  • FTP server: ftp.sienasellbacks.com
  • FTP port: 21

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