Creating Web Documents: Introductions Background Administration Course overview Assignment: CourseInfo survey. Find 1 good & 1 bad web site. Reading.

Jeanine Meyer –Associate professor, Math/Computer Science & New Media Pace University; IBM (research, manufacturing staff, education, grants); Staff development for New York City schools Third book in process: creating web databases –Also teaching: Programming games –Son teacher SUNY/Cortland, daughter working at Institute for Cancer Prevention Research –Hobbies/interests: origami, cooking and eating, reading novels, aerobics (ugh), flute, travel student technical assistant: ? You? Introductions

Background Web design has technical aspects and aesthetic/strategic aspects. –Web pages are constructed for a purpose and with an audience in mind. –Information & the experience of the viewer/browser/visitor/user/customer/client in sensing the information are all-important. Content Content Content

REPEAT Websites are developed for a purpose … and for an audience not ‘write-only’, not personal expression only, not private diary.

Audience We are different and our perceptions and interests concerning Web sites will be different. Some in class may have more training & skills than others in art, design, film, etc. …we can all observe and articulate our observations of ourselves and others.

Technical topics in course Produce HTML pages –NotePad and then other tools. Compare tools. Acquire images: produce original drawings and modify images using Paint Shop Pro (Photo Shop okay), scanner, downloading from Web Create animation (animated gifs) using Animation Shop. Create image maps (NotePad) Record (mix?) audio files (wav) using Sound Recorder Program (script?) JavaScript for handling forms, calculations, handling cookies, image swaps, etc. Also use of styles.

Course structure Readings and homework every week. –Reports on ‘experiments’, seminar-type presentations –Postings to Discussion Forums Projects (1 small, 2 large[r]). May be done by teams: you need my approval on topic and team. Team projects must be significantly better in quantity and quality! Midterm and Final CourseInfo: Web site for student work

Origin of Web Goal: decentralized support for collaboration by scientists (share information and programs and communicate). –Funded by DARPA (Arpanet) and also by governments & universities around the world, most notably CERN.

Technical ‘big ideas’ Logical design for presentation Hypertext (hyperlink) Multimedia Client / server All implemented by open standards so materials delivered efficiently by stateless system to be used cross-platform but this poses significant challenges to design.

Texts Technical text: HTML for the World Wide Web by Elizabeth Castro 5 th Edition REQUIRED On-line sources Start reading. See on-line schedule. –Historical article by Vannevar Bush /bushf.htm

Assignments Sign-on to courseinfo.purchase.edu. TAKE SURVEY. Read schedule. Look at forums. Find 1 good and 1 bad web site. Define what makes each good or bad, including identifying audience & purpose. Prepare 1-2 paragraphs on each (use word processing program with spell- check) (write down URLs). Lab activities: Introduction to HTML. Paint Shop Pro. Discuss sites. Use observations and readings for 1 st HTML project due in one week.