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Course Title: Web Managers (Web Masters)
Date Adopted: August 20, 1997
Department: Computer, Business
Semester Periods of Credit: 5
Prerequisite: Keyboarding or Beginning Computer
Length of Course: 1 Yr. to 4 Yr.
Grade Level: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
I.
Course No. 05175
Brief description of Course:
This course will explore the development, implementation and maintenance of a school based
World Wide Web Site. The classroom's atmosphere will be that of a newsroom. The product
will be displayed in cyberspace in lieu of newsprint. Departments such as: Sports Desk,
Current Events Desk, Community Desk and Activities Desk will be developed.
This growth has brought about many new jobs, one of which is the WebMaster. This person
is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of a World Wide Web Site.
This course description will be updated and modified at each specific site to meet specific needs.
II. Rationale:
With the rapid growth and use of the Internet and World Wide Web, there has become a
necessity for students to understand the relevance of The *Web* in their daily lives.
III. Goals and Objectives:
1.0
Goal
1.1
1.2
Students will become team members of a work group.
Obj:
Students will be assigned/assume specific roles within their group.
1.1.1
Students will know their roles and responsibility.
Obj:
Students will develop good technical reading and writing skills, that
include good grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
1.2.1
Students will read a technical passage and reinterpret what they have
read into everyday text.
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1.2.2
1.2.3
2.0
Students will ascertain the importance of clearly written instructions.
Students will evaluate technical instructions written by other
students and determine their clarity, precision, and accuracy.
Goal:
Students will understand the workings of the Internet.
2.1
Obj:
2.2
2.3
Students will comprehend the vastness of the WWW.
2.1.1
Students will differentiate between websites that are for information, for
retail, for entertainment.
2.1.2
Students will evaluate information from the web that is based on fact, or
opinion.
Obj:
Students will understand the ethics of using the Internet.
2.2.1
Students will discuss and then develop a criteria for what types of sites
are/are not school appropriate.
2.2.2
Students will demonstrate understanding of copyright laws as they apply
to the World Wide Web.
2.2.3
Students will demonstrate understanding of the inappropriate personal
agendas used on a school site web.
2.2.4
Students will take the appropriate actions necessary if they stumble on to a
site that is not school appropriate.
Obj:
Students will be able to access the WWW using a WebBrowser. (For
example Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer.)
2.3.1
Given a Web Browser students will locate & identify the different parts of
a Web Browser, including but not limited to the pull down menus and
contents, toolbar buttons and their functions, URL address line.
2.3.2
Students will be able to locate and operate browser online help files.
2.3.3
Students will break down the different parts of a URL address and identify
each parts purpose and function.
2.3.4
Students will be able to create an URL address for an imaginary web site.
2.3.5
Students will be able to enter a URL and pull up a Web Page.
their
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2.3.6
Students will copy an URL from one location and paste them into the URL
address box.
2.3.7
Student will access several web pages. Student then will demonstrate the
use of the back and forward buttons on the tool bar.
2.3.8 Student will identify and jump from one web page to another using
hyperlinks.
2.3.9. Students will judge Web Sites that are pertinent to their lives and save
them as bookmarks/favorites, in order to access them as needed. Students
will organize these bookmarks by subject area.
2.4
2.5
Obj:
Students will use a Search Engine to find information on the Web.
2.4.1
Students will know what a search engine is and how to use it.
2.4.2
Students will know how to different search techniques in order to more
quickly find the information they seek, using Wildcards (*), software
specific commands, key words, multiple keywords.
Obj:
Students will learn to manage E-mail, and E-fax.
2.5.1
Students will know the difference between e-mail, e-fax and snail-mail.
2.5.2
Students will evaluate the change in the business, personal, and
international communications that the Internet e-mail system and e-fax
system have brought about.
2.5.3
Students will be able to identify the different parts of an E-mail message,
and how to fill them out properly.
2.5.4. Students will create an e-mail message using proper protocol. :)
3.0
2.5.5
Students will learn how to create a signature block that is added
automatically at the end of an E-mail message.
2.5.6
Students will know the difference of plain text e-mail and a RTF
(Rich-Text-format) message and when to use each.
Goal: Students will design and develop Web Pages.
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3.1
3.2
3.3
Obj:
Students will know the differences between HTML programming and
using a program editor (e.g. Claris* Home Page, Microsoft* FrontPage
97).
3.1.1
Students will use a plain text editor, and code an HTML program that will
create a Web page that reads, *Hello, World*.
3.1.2
Students will examine HTML codes and assess where the bug in the code
resides. Students will rewrite HTML code to run a proper program.
3.1.3
Students will use an HTML editing program and create a web Page
that reads *Hello World.*
3.1.4
Students will compare the two methods, and decide which method
will best suit their projects.
Obj:
Students will plan the design of their Web Site.
3.2.1
Students will define their goals by identifying their audience, determining
their message, and setting the tone (theme).
3.2.2
Students will determine the flow of their web site by create an outline,
storyboard or other acceptable method.
3.2.3
Students will investigate the necessity for simplicity consistency and
contrast by evaluating other web sites.
3.2.4
Students will identify and/or create methods of navigation for their sites,
by examining other sites, and/or experimenting in order to select the best
method for their project.
Obj:
Students will learn how to layout a balanced Web Page.
3.3.1
Students will understand the tone of a web page.
3.3.2 Students will layout text, graphics, and any other multimedia features they
deem necessary in a manner that is appropriate and meaningful to their
audience.
3.3.3
Students will create a balanced web page.
3.3.4 Students will set links between web pages.
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3.4
3.5
Obj: Students will demonstrate how to use web-authoring tools in developing
pages.
3.4.1
Students will know how to use web authoring software tools/commands
such as; insert background, insert text, create hyperlinks, etc.
3.4.2
Student teams will create and maintain a specific part of the schools
Internet site.
Obj:
Students will understand the difference between developing an Intranet
and Internet page.
3.5.1
Students will be able to distinguish the need for an intra-net versus an
Internet.
3.5.2
Student teams will develop and maintain an intra-net site for one of their
school departments. These sites may have links going out to the Internet
but no access to the public shall be available.
IV. Texts, Instructional Materials:
Researching books and materials. The Internet itself is a vast resource of tutorial materials. A
good portion of the materials may and will be taken right from the Internet. This will enable the
sites to stay current with the rapidly changing environment.
V. Budget Considerations:
This class will require a networked computer lab, with Intel Pentium driven IBM based machines
with a minimum of 133 MHZ processor or better and a minimum of 16MB of RAM. Or
Macintosh PowerPC with a minimum of 100 MHZ and at least 16 MB of RAM. 32 MB of RAM
recommended for high end Web development.
Lab should have a minimum of one (1) monitor/television receiver or data projector, one (1)
digital camera and one (1) color flat bed scanner (30 bit, 600 x 1200 dpi).
Web Development Software, additional web development tools, that is graphics developers,
image developers, Java Applets, Active X Controls, image composers.
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