Thomas Wallace: Lectures and Resources - A collection of website design lectures and resources

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To view lecture notes for a given lesson follow the links below. Lecture notes will be added the day of each lecture. Assignments will be listed for each section. Assignments are due before class.

Blog Orientation - 10.19.2009

• Web Site Overview
  • What is a blog?
  • Setup Blog at Wordpress.com
  • Publishing Content | Video Tutorial
  • Pages vs Posts
  • More Resources
• Lab activity
  • Select and Apply a theme
  • Create an about page for your blog including a picture

More With Blogs

• Customizing the Sidebar: Blogroll | Widgets
• Categories and Tags
• RSS
• Lab activity
  • Add at least three widgets to your sidebar including the following modules
  • One RSS module displaying the feed of your favorite site
  • Links - Displaying links to at least five websites that you use on a regular basis

Homework (Due 10.21.09): Write your a blog post reflecting on the reading assignment. Answer the question "What are web standards, and why are they important?" Make sure you categorize and/or tag the post. If you are feeling adventurous try adding a photo to the post.

Reading Assignment: The history of the Internet and the web, and the evolution of web standards

Using the Web Like a Pro - 10.26.2009

• Resources
• Lab Activity
  • Create a google account
  • Create a Google Document and write on the Pro's and con's of working on the "Cloud"
  • Share this document with me tswallace@ualr.edu.
  • Upload your PowerPoint Assignment to google docs.
  • Embed the presentation in your blog.

Using the Web Like a Pro - 10.26.2009

• Resources
• Lab Activity
  • Create a Delicious Account
  • Bookmark in Delicious at least three articles related to defining and explaining folksonomies
  • Display your Delicious account bookmarks RSS in your blog sidebar
  • Write a blob post explaining folksonomies and why they are useful tool for categorizing information.

Introduction to HTML - 11.2.2009

• Understanding Web Related Terminology
• Understanding how a web page works
• Lab Activity
  • Read the following Article - Semantics, HTML, XHTML, and Structure
  • Using the xhtml document we created in class, create examples of each of the following html tags each on their own line. Remeber to use proper syntax (all lowercase) and to properly close your tags.
    • h1 thru h6 - Headings 1-6
    • p - Paragraph
    • br - Line Break
    • em - Emphasis
    • strong - Strong Emphasis
    • cite - Ciatation
    • blockquote - Quotes
    • ul - Unordered List
    • ol - Ordered List
    • li - List Items - Used with both ul and ol
    • dl - Definition list
  • Keep this document for class on Wednesday . We will post it to the web using your UALR web space.

Introduction to HTML - 11.4.2009

• Creating your UALR Web Space
• Mapping a Network Drive
• Structure, Content, Design, & Behavior
• Q & A
• Lab Activity
  • Post a link to the page you created as a post on your blog.
  • Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a written assignment that should be posted to your blog. Make sure you discuss the following elements: Site URL, An assessment of the Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior of the site, Things you like about the site, Things you would change.