Parents-
Please read and review with your son/daughter the information in the syllabus. Once read, do the following:
- Simply sign a blank sheet of paper saying:
- "I have read and understand the information in the syllabus"
- "My child agrees to comply with the rules/requirements"
- Make sure your child PRINTS their name on this sheet as well
Web Design 2 is the most advanced course offered in computer applications. The responsibility for keeping the Sprague website up and running rests mostly with the students enrolled in this course. For this reason (as well as others explained later) enrollment in this course is based on teacher approval not on student choice. Further, the introduction to web design is taught in the course Web Design 1 and students need to take this course prior to taking Web Design 2. Students will be screened before they will be allowed to enroll in the course.
Goals:
The student will:
- Demonstrate good web design technique
- Support the Sprague website
Web Design techniques:
- Create simple and consistent file structures
- Build simple and consistent navigation that exists on all pages
- Identify and use the proper aspects of Design and Layout
(Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity and Spacing)
Support the Sprague website
The Sprague website is very large website (35,000+ files!) that requires daily updates. With technology changing at a tremendous rate, it is also necessary that we continue to keep our website up to industry standards (as much as possible). Because of this I need students that can help me in this process. It requires that students are able to handle a great deal of freedom and responsibility. Students that take Web Design are expected have several important skills. First, they must be able to work independently without constant supervision. Secondly, they must be able to take on individual tasks and produce quality finished products.
Students will be expected to work on projects that will update and add to our website. Some of this work can be mundane and repetitive and students must be willing (at times) to perform these types of tasks. Students must also be responsible and reliable to finish these tasks without error. Students taking Web Design must be willing to help in any area that supports our school website.
Curriculum, grading and other details...
You will be graded in 4 main areas:
- Dreamweaver Skills/web design skills
- Personal web page
- Client website
- Sprague website contribution
We will use the software Dreamweaver to code our web pages. Owning Dreamweaver at home is not a requirement and students will have access to the lab before and after school and also during lunch. This should give students ample opportunity to complete assignments. During the course of the semester we will be working on activities to increase our ability to use Dreamweaver effectively and at the same time learn good web design techniques.
Personal website
Each student will be required to display his/her work on the web and most assignments are graded this way. This site should show the techniques of good web design learned during the semester and the student's site will be judged accordingly.
Client website
Each semester the Web Design class has a business client in the community that we design and build (or possibly edit an existing) website. This activity gives the student real hands on experience working with a client. Each student is required to display their client website as part of their own and the business client chooses the best work from the class to showcased on our website.
Sprague website contribution
Web 2 students are occasionally asked to assist in projects specifically for the school website. When asked to do so, students will be evaluated and given credit for their participation in these projects.
Grading Scale
Below is a grading scale. It is a standard scale that most teachers use.
| A | 90 - 100% of possible points |
| B | 80 - 89% |
| C | 70 - 79% |
| D | 60 - 69% |
| F | below 60% |
Conduct:
- Respect others in the room, both person and property.
- Respect the equipment. It is a privilege to work on the computers. Failure to treat the computers with respect may result in losing the right to use them.
- No food or drink of any kind is allowed in the lab.
- No video games of any kind and no head or earphones.
- No downloading of any unauthorized material off the Internet.
- Internet use should be related to class activities.
- Any use of a "proxy server" to avoid district Internet filters is a serious matter and will involve administrative action.
- Students are expected to do their own work. School policy will be enforced if a student is caught cheating.
Student Expectations
- Be on task - activity not related to the assigned task is unacceptable and may result in a student being taken off the computer for part or all of that class period.
- Treat everyone respectfully - teachers, students, guests and substitute teachers should be treated in an appropriate and respectful manner.
- Be willing to offer assistance to other members of the class - we are a class, as such, everyone (students and teacher) is expected to offer ideas and assistance to the class.
Completing All Assignments:
Students are expected to complete each assignment to the best of his/her abilities. Students that do not turn in assignments may be required to attend "homework club". Details about this program will be available on the Sprague website and other literature
TAG:
Computer classes offer all students the unique opportunity to work beyond the assignment. Students are encouraged to utilize the many features of computer software and their own creative abilities to enhance the curriculum to meet their needs. In each subject/course students will be pre-assessed on the knowledge and skills that will be learned in the subject/course. The purpose of this pre-assessment is to find out what students already know in order to provide differentiated instruction. All students are encouraged to "think outside the box" to find unique challenges and problems to solve.
Formal or informal pre-assessments may include end of chapter/unit tests, student input and self-evaluation, placement test, specific teacher observational data, lab demonstration or test, work samples, fist of five, thumbs up/thumbs down, or other forms of pre-assessment. Below is a list of differentiation strategies that may be used.
| Differentiation Strategies | ||
| Acceleration | Enrichment | Multiple Intelligences |
| Independent Study/Project | Compacting | Learning Styles |
| Assignment Modification | Tiered Assignments | Critical Thinking |
| Cluster Grouping | Contracting | |
