SADDLEBACK COLLEGE

                                                          BUSINESS SCIENCE DIVISION

                                                                  COURSE SYLLABUS

                                                       CIM289 – Cascading Style Sheets

1/9/06 – 3/11/05

Instructor:          Tom DeDonno                                                             Semester:           Spring 2006

E-mail:                tdedonno@juno.com                                                    Ticket No:         20660

Web-site:   http://saddleback.edu/faculty/tdedonno    Office Hours      Time & Day:     7-10:00 Mon

Class Web-site http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/tdedonno/css           Room:               BGS 210

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

In combination with XHTML, XML, or HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a powerful and flexible web development tool that allows you to create page layouts for different web- accessing devices such as cellular phones and handheld computers. In this class, you will learn to use CSS positioning for page layout and CSS properties to format text, graphics, and other page elements.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

 

1. Formulate different methods of selecting elements, applying  style rules in a variety of ways.
2. Construct Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) properties to control typography, colors and backgrounds.
3. Utilize the CSS box model to control margins, padding, and borders.
4. Manage tables and lists with CSS properties.
5. Assemble page layouts without tables and with CSS positioning properties.
6. Design attractive web sites using the power and flexibility of CSS.

Recommended Preparation:  CIM271B

 

STUDENT RESOURCES:

Designing Web Pages with Cascading Style Sheets, by Joel Sklar  ISBN: 0-619-03520-X © 2002
Publish date: September 20, 2001, 335 pages


Class may include access to on-line videos.

Storage:  Invest in a USB Pen Drive (128MB to 1GByte)
Useful Links Under Class Web Site has Links to Competitively Priced  Pen Drives & Course Software.

 

Course Grading:

 

Course grade consists of repeatable on-line quizzes and assignments, no in-class tests. Each chapter will have a quiz, each quiz will have 1 bonus point forver 10 questions. In addition, we will have several homework assignments, I may allocate time in some classes to work on assignments.  Since this class meets only once a week, you will be required to forward your saddleback e-mail address  to your main e-mail. When sending e-mails, make sure you include action in subject line.

The course grade will be calculated from:

Percentage

Grade

Grade Evaluation

 

92-100

A

40%

Assignments

84-91.9

B

40%

On-Line Quizzes

65-83.9

C

20%

Signing Up for Class

55-64.9

D

 

 

0-54.9

F

 

 

 

 

Assignments are due on the date specified on the assignment. Late assignments handed in by one week after the assignment was due will be penalized by 50% of the grade for that assignment. Assignments later than one week late will not be accepted.

 

Drop with  Refund

1/13/06

 

Drop without W

1/23/06

Last Day to  Elect CR/NC

1/23/06

 

Drop with W

2/13/06

 

DROPPING THE CLASS/ATTENDANCE:

 

It is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw (drop) from the class. Students who no longer attend class but do not withdraw will receive a failing grade ("F") at the end of the semester. Attendance is not part of the course grade, but students are expected to attend all class meetings. Students who do not attend the first class sessions, or who miss any two class sessions (6 or more classroom hours) may be dropped from the course by the instructor. Detailed attendance policy is maintained online.

 

 

REGRADING POLICY:

Sometimes you get a grade that you don't like, usually for one of the following reasons:

 

1.  There was a clerical error (i.e., the points were added up wrong).

2.  You think you did something right, and I think you did it wrong.

 

If you discover a clerical error, tell me immediately. The following Statute of Limitations will apply:

 

You have one week from the day any graded assignment or test is returned to you to appeal the grade you received. After one week, I will assume that you believe the grade you got is the correct one. After one week, grades are unchangeable, fixed, and permanent.

 

Students with disabilities are entitled to appropriate accommodations.  If you have specific disabilities requiring accommodations, let your instructor know the first 10 days of the semester so that your learning needs may be met and for referral to the Special Services office where documentation of your disability will be provided to receive services and accommodations.  The Special Services Office is in Student Services Center, Room 113.

 

Any exceptions to the above statements will be considered individually & only if you approach me about the proposed exception at least a week in advance.


 

 

 Tentative Syllabus Schedule
Class Web-site Schedule is Updated during Semester 

 

Ticket #20660

Tentative SCHEDULE - University Calendar
Last Updated Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:15:05 PM

Spring 2006

Date

Topic

Reading

1/9/06

1. CSS Concepts and Syntax & HTML Review

Chapter 1

1/16/06

Holiday

 

1/23

2. Selection Techniques

Chapter 2

1/30

3. Box and Visual Formatting Models

Chapter 3

2/6/06

4. Images, Colors and Backgrounds

Chapter 4

2/13/06

5. Typography

Chapter 5

2/20/06

Holiday

 

2/27/06

6. CSS Table Model

Chapter 6

3/6/06

7:30-9:30
Review or If Time Allows:
7. Displaying XML with CSS
8. CSS Case Study Application
or CSS3 Features