CIS 196 - Web Authoring II

4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): CIS 195

Course Description: Follows CIS 195 and introduces students to advanced concepts of website design and creation using HTML and CSS. Students will develop Web pages and websites and work with cascading style sheets (CSS). Course will include instruction on building a website using techniques of graceful degradation and progressive enhancement. Includes instruction on guidelines for content, style, structure, and accessibility. New structural elements are covered including the Canvas element, validation, HTML forms, audio, video, CSS3, geolocation, rich Internet applications, local storage, and multiscreen media queries.

Course Level: Career/Tech Preparatory

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Discuss the purpose, nature and history of dynamic web site design and creation.
CLO#2: Demonstrate a functional understanding of the syntax of the HTML and XHTML markup languages including JavaScript essentials.
CLO#3: Prepare the appropriate plans for dynamic webpage and website development projects. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
CLO#4: Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of Cascading Style Sheets, Web Tables, Web Forms, the use of Multimedia, and Frame design.
CLO#5: Demonstrate an in depth understanding of the document object model (DOM), the event model and form validation, and dynamic content with a rich level of detail. (ILO: Information Literacy)
CLO#6: Demonstrate an understanding of web pages that are media aware with device specific rendering.
CLO#7: Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of regular expressions, operators, arrays, loops and conditional statements using JavaScript.
CLO#8: Function efficiently in a group programming assignment requiring analysis, definition of logic, implementation, and evaluation of a program.
CLO#9: Demonstrate the ability to use text, manuals, help, and tutorials for continued learning after formal instruction. (ILO: Information Literacy)