Thomas Wallace

Lectures and Resources

Web Technologies

Fall 2023 | IFSC 1310 - 01

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 Wednesday.

All course work should be posted by Sunday, December 10, 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
  • Web Accessibility Writing Assignment (Written on Course homepage)
  • 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 Codespaces 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.

Due on December 10, 2023 – 10am

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 Wednesday following Thanksgiving (11.29.23).

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 Github 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 Wednesday (11/9/23). 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.

Please watch the Introductory Tutorials for Corel Vector and be prepared for an Interactive Exercise in Class on Monday

 

Positioning Lab

Assignment

Please complete the 4 required lab exercises and post to your course homepage. On Wednesday we will review each solution and compare our work. Please come to class prepared to discuss.

Positioning Lab

Assignment

Complete today’s lab assignment and link to each exercise from your course homepage no later than next Wednesday. Be prepared to discuss in class.

Reminder! – No Face to Face Session on Monday, October 23

Introduction to CSS

Introduction to CSS

Assignment

Complete the exercises at Flexbox Froggy. Link a screenshot of the completion page for exercise 24 on your Github homepage. You’ll need to take a screenshot, upload to gitpod and then add a link to file on your homepage.

Introduction to CSS

Class Lab: Web Accessibility

Watch – Accessibility for the Modern Web by Derek Featherstone

Assignment

On your course homepage, Create a heading below the navigation element that reads “Thoughts on
Web Accessibility”. In your own words, explain what web accessibility means to you & why it is important to build accessible web sites? Do some research on the topic. Use html markup to structure your thoughts.

File Management and Validation

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 Wednesday and the Quiz.
  • Due 10/4/2023
  • Reading Assignment: CSS Basics

Validation, Naming Conventions, and File Management

Publishing your Work to GitHub

Assignment

  • Be prepared for a short quiz/knowledge check on Wednesday.
  • Read (Quiz Material) Introduction to HTML

HTML 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 Wednesday and the Quiz.
  • Due 10/2/2023
  • Reading Assignment: CSS Basics

Introduction to HTML5

Assignment

Weekly Lab Sessions

Web Technologies Open Lab Session
Fridays – 2:00 – 3:00pm
Time zone: America/Chicago
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/kbc-awoc-izm
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-889-2169‬ PIN: ‪495 232 582‬#

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 Madan Mohan Reddy Vanga (mvanga@ualr.edu) no later than 9-6-23. 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

Discussion