Syllabus

Course objectives

Students will:
• Demonstrate mastery of basic Web design concepts by developing a student portfolio;
• Critically analyze various Web sites for design strengths and weaknesses;
• Maintain a high-quality web log, complete with weekly postings, images, links and multimedia;
• Demonstrate the ability to use contemporary Web-based tools for communication and collaboration;

Additional Materials
• A USB “thumbdrive” that that holds at least 1 GB of data (disks are not reliable). Write your name on the drive in case you lose it or leave it in class.
• A digital camera of some sort. You must gather your own pictures for the course project.

Grading Policy
Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the official due dates. Because of the particular importance of timely feedback in this course, no extensions except for credible documented emergencies will be given.

Point distribution:
A = 95-99
A- = 90-94
B+ = 85-89
B = 80-84
B- = 75-79
C+ = 70-74
C = 65-69
C- = 60-64
D+ = 55-59
D = 50-54
D- = 45-49
F < 45

Assignments

Assignment Weighting

Following is the breakdown of the grade weighting for the class:
• Blogging – 20 %
• Communication and Collaboration Tools – 15 %
• Multimedia– 15 %
• Design – 30 %
• Weekly reading/concept quizzes– 10 %
• In-class assignments – 10 %

Attendance and participation
Class attendance is mandatory and critical for keeping up in this intensive course. If you’re unavoidably absent, you are responsible for getting notes and handouts from a classmate, and for coordinating any collaborative assignments in a professional manner with your peers. A student missing a class or assignment because of observance of a religious holiday has the opportunity to make up missed work, but you must notify me early of anticipated absences to be assured of this opportunity. Students who represent UNLV at any official extracurricular activity have the opportunity to make up assignments, but you must provide official written notification no less than one week before the missed class.

Academic integrity
All work that you submit must be your own. I assume that you are familiar with and follow the university’s standards regarding academic honesty. The web provides easy access to other people’s work; thus, you must be particularly careful to acknowledge assistance by others. Please ask me if you have any questions about this. More information is available at http://writingcenter.unlv.edu/writing/plagiarism.html.

You cannot use other people’s photographs or writing except for very limited and special circumstances. You MUST always cite all sources. Using other people’s multimedia work without attribution is considered plagiarism.

Disability accommodation
If you have a documented disability that may require assistance, you will need to contact the disability resource center for coordination in your academic accommodation. See http://studentlife.unlv.edu/disability/ for details.

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