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COURSE SYLLABUS 1. TITLE OF COURSE: Complete Web Editing Tools PREFIX/NUMBER: CWB 130 CREDIT HOURS: 3 2. PREREQUISITE: None 3. RESOURCES NEEDED: TEXT: Macromedia Dreamweaver MXAuthor: Hart, KellyISBN: 0-619-02077-6 Don't Make Me ThinkAuthor: Krug, SteveISBN: 0-7897-2310-7 SUPPLIES: 1 Three Ring Binder 4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Focuses on the structure, design, and usability of web sites using various techniques and software programs. 5. COURSE GOAL: This course is an introduction to the principles of web design with special emphases on usability of web sites. 6. COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, students will (A) Define and utilize the terms and methods used in web design. (B) Identify and compile a variety of media forms for use in presentations. (C) Describe and utilize the various formats and tools necessary for development and production. (D) Identify, define and adjust any problems encountered in the Pre-production process. 7. SOFTWARE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, students will (A) Complete lessons on manipulating objects. (B) Identify modifiers for text, symbols, and layers. (C) Apply knowledge of layers into projects. (D) Create and arrange scenes using several animation techniques. (E) Critically analyze the final designs in terms of aesthetics and functionality. 8. EVALUATION PROCEDURES: 90 to 100 A 80 to 89 B 70 to 79 C 60 to 69 D 0 to 59 F Special Remarks: 1. Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog. 2. Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies. 3. Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of exams may be allowed. Late assignments will not be given full credit. Makeup of exams is to be at the instructor's discretion. 4. Procedure for Late Work: Unless stated otherwise by the instructor, homework assignments and flash labs will be accepted 1 class period late with a 10% penalty, and 2 class periods late for a 50% penalty. Late work will not be accepted any later than this. Some assignments (including the final project) cannot be turned in late. 9. COURSE OUTLINE Tentative Schedule I. Tools for development- Macromedia Flash MXA. Learning fundamentals of software.B. Graphic Design and ManipulationC. Animating, Layering and Importing and Exporting II. Researching Design DocumentsA. Creating a Game TreatmentB. Researching Games III. Level GenerationA. Discovering a Level GenerationB. Understanding XMLC. World Building IV. Intermediate Development Techniques-Macromedia Flash MXA. Managing the Timeline, Multiple Layers, and the Symbol LibraryB. Importing Sound and GraphicsC. Adding Basic Interaction to Multiple Scenes within a project. V. Conceptualizing Your GameA. Customizing Treatments for Flash MXB. Character Sketches, Flowcharts and Listing ScenesC. Issues in Game Design Theory, Project Scope VI. Constructing Your Video GameA. Organizing ScenesB. User InteractivityC. Creation of Final Interactive Video Game 10. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities. 11. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor. 12. ADA NOTICE: Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.
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Don't Make Me ThinkAuthor: Krug, SteveISBN: 0-7897-2310-7
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Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.
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Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.
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Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of exams may be allowed. Late assignments will not be given full credit. Makeup of exams is to be at the instructor's discretion.