.psd file needed for exercise
Added June 19, 4:54 a.m.:
Worst search engine practices
Wednesday
We learned how to create pages, save new pages, and use starter layouts. In addition, we learned how to preview the pages in various browsers and also how to add browsers to the DW program. The instructor suggested students download Apple Safari and add it to their DW program at home.
We began the design elements and added paragraphs and learned how to do headings.
Students then did their presentations. We heard from Michael, Ronnie, and Marcy. Next week we will hear from Glenn and Jaclyn.
The instructor gave the assignment, which is:
Answer this question: Six things I Know that Most People Don't Know.
Categorize them from most important to least important and put the information under each heading: level 1 will have one answer, level 2 will have one answer, level 3 will have one answer, etc.
Once you have completed the page, upload it to your server.
The objectives of this assignment are:
a) Teach students the six heading sizes
b) Ask students to categorize appropriately under the heading size
c) Upload a page to their own server
After delivering the assignment, the instructor passed out a quiz and the students did the quiz anonymously. We went over the answers in class and graded them.
Finally, the last thing we did was to check out Microsoft's Expression Web. The instructor suggested to students that they download it a little later in the class to evaluate it against DW.
Next week:
Mail instructor your URL for the categories assignment. It would be helpful to have this by Sunday, June 20.
Note: This link is for students interested in publishing. It is a story about a woman who has been working with publishing online since the beginning of the internet.
Links to student presentations:
Ronnie
Michael
Glenn
Marcy
Monday
During the first hour of class we worked through p. 17, Creating a Site in Advanced Mode.
The instructor checked on the progress of students getting the book and so far four students have received their book.
We had a vocabulary quiz where students used the terms from last Wednesday in a sentence.
Next we had student presentations of dynamic and static pages that are offered by Dreamweaver. Linda, Rachel, and May gave their presentations.
On Wednesday, Glenn, Ronnie, and Michael will give their presentations. Marcy will examine her page and also present Wednesday.
The instructor delivered a .ppt on the history of Dreamweaver. We examined other WYSIWIG editors (links on this post).
At the end of class, students were given additional computer terms and they tried to write definitions. The instructor went over each of the terms.
Next class:
Student presentations
Book: 18-33
Web terms
Monday:
Rachel ColdFusion
Linda JSP
Marcy ASP JavaScript
May CSS
Class Links
Dreamweaver History
Adobe GoLive
Chart of Dreamweaver versions
Competitors:
Amaya
BestAddress
CoffeeCup
FirstPage
Freeway
iWeb
KompoZer
SiteGrinderRapidWeaver
Sandvox
Easy Web Editor (Visual Vision)
HyperPublish