Semester with
Course Reference
Number (CRN)
Spring 2011 - 72970
Instructor contact information (phone number and email address) raga.fahmy@hccs.edu
| 713-718-7980
No office hours Office Location and Hours
Course
Location/Times
Saturday 9:00am – 2:20 pm
Course Semester
Credit Hours (SCH)
(lecture, lab) If applicable
Credit Hours 3.00
Lecture Hours 2.00
Laboratory Hours 4.00
96 Total Course
Contact Hours
Continuing
Education Units
(CEU): if applicable
Not applicable
Course Length
(number of weeks)
13 weeks
Type of Instruction In Class / assignments are all webbased
Course
Description:
Course
Prerequisite(s)
XHTML/CSS Students will concentrate their learning on the fundamentals of Web
Page design and development, use of internet services, basic Internet terminology and concepts, transfer of information electronically, use of the Internet to research data, plan, design, create and publish web pages.
Corequisite: ITSC 1313 - Instruction in Internet web page design and related graphic design issues including markup languages, web sites, Internet access software, and

Academic
Discipline/CTE
Program Learning
Outcomes interactive topics. (Formerly TECC 1361)
• Understanding of basic Internet terminology and concepts
• Use of creative and logical thinking in planning for the web
• Write well formed HTML code set to XHTML standards
• Proficiency in the use of formatted Lists, Cascading Style Sheets, forms, tables, and frames
• Edit and test existing html documents.
• Plan, design, code, publish and test a Web Site
• Use an FTP Client to upload files to server
• Ability to communicate by email to instructor
Course Student
Learning
Outcomes (SLO): 4 to 7
Upon completion of this course, Web Page Design students will have demonstrated the ability to identify how the Internet functions; WWW, email and
FTP, have a demonstrated competecy in developing well formed XHTML/CSS to desgin, create, test and upload Web Sites to the Internet.
Learning
Objectives
(Numbering system should be linked to SLO - e.g., 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.)
1.1 Understanding of basic Internet terminology and concepts
1.2 Use of creative and logical thinking in planning for the web
1.3 Write well formed HTML code set to XHTML standards
1.4 Proficiency in the use of formatted Lists, Cascading Style Sheets, forms, tables, and frames
1.5 Edit and test existing html documents.
1.6 Plan, design, code, publish and test a Web Site
1.7 Use an FTP Client to upload files to server
1.8 Ability to communicate by email to instructor
SCANS and/or
Core Curriculum
Competencies: If applicable
No Competencies Selected
Instructional
Methods
Student
Assignments
The Instructor will lecture for 2 hours and then do in class exercises and examples with the students. The students are also assigned homework at the end of each class.
There will be 9 assignments given in class and 2 major projects (the midterm and the other for the final).
2 tests, midterm and Final Student
Assessment(s)
Instructor's
Requirements
Midterm and final assignments will be given in class. A prospectus will be turned in about the subject of the student’s project before starting it.
All projects will be done at a portfolio level and must be professional and pleasing to the eye. Assignments must be well thought out.
If only the requirements of an assignment are met, the grade received

will be a B. To receive an A, the student must go beyond the requirements and develop an aesthetically pleasing project.
All assignments must be in the instructor’s email by 9:00 am on the due date. Assignments must be sumitted on time to the instructor as specified on the syllabus or in class. Late assignments will receive a zero (0). No make-up assignments will be given.
Program/Discipline
Requirements: If applicable
HCC Grading
Scale
A = 100- 90
B = 89 - 80:
C = 79 - 70:
D = 69 - 60:
59 and below = F
IP (In Progress)
4 points per semester hour
3 points per semester hour
2 points per semester hour
1 point per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
W(Withdrawn)
I (Incomplete)
0 points per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
AUD (Audit) 0 points per semester hour
IP (In Progress) is given only in certain developmental courses. The student must re-enroll to receive credit. COM (Completed) is given in non-credit and continuing education courses. To compute grade point average (GPA), divide the total grade points by the total number of semester hours attempted. The grades "IP," "COM" and "I" do not affect GPA.
See "Health Science Program/Discipline Requirements" for grading scale.
Instructor Grading
Criteria You will be given an Objective ( both technical and aesthetic) and a Grade
Evaluation Sheet with each assignment. You will be expected to meet the criteria on each assignment sheet and, turn in the Grade Evaluation Sheet signed to the Instructor. Grading will be scored by the amount of points allocated to each criteria. A total number of points will be listed on the grade sheet for each criteria. The instructor will record a numerical score for each criteria on the evaluation sheet leading to a total score for the assignment.
Total scores will equal to a letter grade as defined by a predetermined numerical Scoring range.
(90 - 100 points = A) Exceptional (60 - 69 points = D) Not good
(80 - 90 points = B) Excellent
= F) Fail
(70 - 79 points = C) Acceptable
(0 - 59 points
Attendence & Participation 10% | Assignments 20% | Mid-term Project 15% |
Mid-term Exam 15% | Final Project 20% | Final Exam 20%

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Instructional
Materials
Required book:
Web site Design Made Easy - Learn HTML, XHTML, and CSS - 3rd
Edition: by Dennis Gaskill. Morton Publishing Company, 2004 [ISBN:
9780895827357].
Other suggested materials:
1. Teach Yourself VISUALLY HTML and CSS. Mike Wooldridge, Linda
Wooldridge. [ISBN: ISBN 0470407964 , 9780470407967].
2. Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML. Freeman, Eric / Freeman, Elisabeth
[ISBN 059610197X ]
3. HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition with XHTML and CSS: Visual
QuickStart Guide
4. [ISBN 0321130073].
5. Styli n’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide (2nd Edition) Charles Wyke-Smith. [ISBN
0321305256]
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