Thomas Wallace

Lectures and Resources

Web Technologies

Fall 2022 | IFSC 1310 - 02

Building an Accessible Content Carousel

Class Exercise

Be sure to publish your work to GitHub and add a link to the demo we built to your course homepage.

Assignment

Please add a working url of today’s lab to your course homepage on Github by next Tuesday.

All course work should be posted by Sunday, December 11, 10am – This is a firm deadline. No work after this time will be accepted. I have enjoyed working with you this semester.

JavaScript and the Document Object Model

SEMESTER WRAP UP AND FINAL INFORMATION

To successfully complete this semester the following assignments should be posted to your course homepage

  • Prototype HTML Assignment
  • CSS Demo
  • Positioning Exercises
    • Float 1
    • Float 2
    • Absolute 1
    • Absolute 2
  • Flexbox Froggy
  • CSS Diner (Extra Credit)
  • Gravit Logo
  • Image Replacement (Bear on Moon)
  • SpaceX Dragon
  • Cycle Lab (Image Slideshow will be completed on last day of class)
  • SpaceX Dragon Revised
  • Progressive Enhancement Writing Assignment (Written on Course homepage, will be assigned after break)
  • Dragon Project Revision and Reflection (Written on Course homepage)

DRAGON PROJECT REVISION AND REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT (FINAL)

For this assignment, I ask that you collect feedback from a peer, family member, or a friend on your first attempt at the Dragon or Segway project. Using that feedback, I’d like you to attempt to address any issues or problems pointed out by your potential users. You should provide a link to the revised project (duplicate the directory in Gitpod and then add a link to the revised project). You should also provide several paragraphs reflecting on the learning experience working on this project and your experience during the semester. What were the things you did well? What would you do differently if you had to start over? Also report on the feedback you received and what you did to address those issues or why you chose not to make the recommended changes. This should be posted on your homepage under the progressive enhancement writing assignment.

EXAMPLE:

https://thomaswallace.github.io/ifsc-1310/

Assignment

Make sure to push your Dragon/Segway project to Github and provide a link from the course homepage.

Read the following Article on Progressive Enhancement. On your course homepage, create a section below the navigation element that contains the heading “Thoughts on Progressive Enhancement”. Please describe progressive enhancement in your own words and discuss why progressive enhancement is important in modern web development and include a link to another article you found and read relating to the topic. Due before class on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (11.29.22).

Web Forms and Interviewing Clients

Image Manipulation

Assignment

Export a copy of the image you create in class today and provide a link to it from your course homepage. You’ll need to upload it to Gitpod and link to the file. You should also provide a link to the Icon you create in the tutorial.

Image Manipulation and Optimization

 

Assignment

After working through today’s material spend you remaining time working on the Icon Assignment. Remember you only have 14 days to complete once using your free trial so make sure to not procrastinate.

Complete the following tutorial and submit the icon you create in the tutorial.

Create an Icon in Gravit

You should post the icon and link from your Github homepage before class on Tuesday  (11/8/22). I do not expect you to perfectly replicate the icon in the tutorial but I would like to see a solid effort from each of you. This is a challenging assignment so I encourage you to not wait until the night before it is due. Good Luck!

Positioning Lab Debrief

Assignment

Make sure your positioning labs are loaded and linked from your course homepage. Please experiment with the photo editors presented in class. Create free accounts for each.

 

Introduction to CSS

Assignment

Finish up styling the CSS Demo exercise and push to GitHub. Review content from today’s CSS positioning discussion in preparation for Thursday’s lab session.

 

Read: https://css-tricks.com/absolute-relative-fixed-positioining-how-do-they-differ/

 

Introduction to CSS

Quiz and HTML Project Lab Time

  • Quiz
    You have 30 minutes to complete. Please do your own work. We will review in class on Thursday
    The Password is html5
  • Spend the remainder of your time working on your HTML assignment. I have moved the due date to October 4th.
  • Please email if you have any questions.

Assignment

  • Create and Validate a prototype HTML document that includes examples of all HTML elements covered thus far. For a list of requirements view this page.
  • Create a link to this assignment from your course homepage. Name it “Prototype HTML5 Assignment”
  • When complete publish it to your Github account with the Commit Note “Prototype HTML5 Assignment Submission”.
  • Make sure you have submitted your Github Pages URL here: https://forms.gle/RnyJRBM5wG6mYLYu8
  • We will have a Q&A on the assignment next Tuesday and the Quiz.
  • Due 10/4/2022
  • Reading Assignment: CSS Basics

Class Lab: Web Accessibility

Watch – Accessibility for the Modern Web by Derek Featherstone

Assignment

Explain in your own words what web accessibility means to you & why it is important to build accessible web sites? Do some research on the topic. This is a written assignment (1-2 pages) that should be emailed to tswallace@ualr.edu and amallepalli@ualr.edu no later than next Monday before class. Have a good weekend.

Setting up our Work Environment

  1. Create a Github Account and verify your email address.
  2. Create a Repository using these instructions.
  3. Login to Gitpod.io with your Github credentials.
  4. Add the gitpod browser extension to your browser.
  5. Be sure to submit your github pages URL.

Publishing your Work to GitHub

Assignment

  • Create and Validate a prototype HTML document that includes examples of all HTML elements covered thus far. For a list of requirements view this page.
  • Create a link to this assignment from your course homepage. Name it “Prototype HTML5 Assignment”
  • When complete publish it to your Github account with the Commit Note “Prototype HTML5 Assignment Submission”.
  • Make sure you have submitted your Github Pages URL here: https://forms.gle/RnyJRBM5wG6mYLYu8
  • We will have a Q&A on the assignment next Tuesday and the Quiz.
  • Due 9/29/2022
  • Reading Assignment: CSS Basics

Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior

Assignment

Evaluate a web site you frequent based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a written assignment that should be emailed to me (tswallace@ualr.edu) and Ashwath Reddy (amallepalli@ualr.edu) no later than 9-6-22. 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. There is no length requirement for this assignment, but please give an organized and thorough response.

Course Overview

Course Syllabus

Introduction to the Virtual Classroom

We will be using a broad array of tools to support this course this semester. If you would like to familiarize yourself with these feel free to do so. I will explain and do walkthroughs with the tools when we begin to use them.  You are welcome to go ahead and create your accounts (they are all free) but make sure to keep track of your credentials.

  • Codepen.io – Codecasting Service for Lectures and Reference
  • Gitpod – Cloud-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • GitHub (Student Pack) – Code Versioning Repository for submitting assignments
  • Gravit.io – Cloud-based Vector Imaging editor

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