At FDU: Cooking Up Web Pages, etc.

`Ellen Spaldo` `Director of Educational Technology` `201.692.7155 voice` `201.692.7273 fax` `William R. Kennedy` `University Webmaster` `201.692.7275 voice` `201.692.7273 fax` Please Note: You need an ID and password on the FDU alpha computer to participate in these courses. If you do not have this access, begin the process by visiting a campus computer center at least two weeks before the course.	FDU · web campus · web resources · help Cooking Up Web Pages, etc. Cooking Up Web Pages Electronic Mail Cooking Up Web Pages II Web Design Graphics Comparative Authoring Tools On-line Forms In April 1998, and again in May 1998, concise introductory classes for FDU faculty and staff were held on both New Jersey campuses, covering creation of pages for the World Wide Web. The sessions were titled Cooking Up Web Pages to indicate a focus on step-by-step recipes for page authoring. Attendees at those sessions, and others, have indicated a desire for additional courses, still with the recipe structure and still within the affordable 3-hour time frame. Our schedule for the 98-99 academic year is as shown below. Each month's course will be given at least once on each New Jersey campus. Space is limited, and registration for each course will only be open for a period of weeks before the course. Registration for Graphics is open now. Please contact Ellen Spaldo, with questions about these sessions.
9:30am-12:30pm Oct. 13, 1998 Madison Oct. 15, 1998 Teaneck	Cooking Up Web Pages The original 3-hour introductory course, covering fundamentals of how the World Wide Web works, and how to create a web page and install it at alpha.fdu.edu. Simple elements of good page design, and of use of templates, are covered. Most attendees succeed in creating a simple web page and making it visible on the web, during the class. The class handout is visible on the web.
9:30am-12:30pm Nov. 3, 1998 Madison Nov. 12, 1998 Teaneck	Electronic Mail Because electronic mail is comfortably analogous to paper mail, and therefore more comprehensible than the World Wide Web, its use is spreading quickly. This 3-hour session will discuss email as a complement or alternative to the Web as an information delivery mechanism. List-serve technologies, and the capabilities of various email clients (e.g. Pegasus, Communicator, telnet) will be covered. The class handout is visible on the web.
9:30am-12:30pm Dec. 1, 1998 Madison Dec. 3, 1998 Teaneck	Cooking Up Web Pages II It's the sequel! This 3-hour session is geared to those who have successfully authored at least one web page, and who need the "next three hours". Topics will include building and using a directory structure, diagnosing likeliest web page problems, linking within pages and between pages, and submitting new pages to the search engines. The class handout is visible on the web.
9:30am-12:30pm Jan. 5, 1999 Madison Jan. 7, 1999 Teaneck	Web Design You have probably visited web pages that look "wrong" even if you can't articulate the traits that make them so. Successful, attractive web pages neither ignore design principles, nor overwhelm the content with a self-conscious design statement. The basic principles are straightforward, and exercises will demonstrate how to adapt a good-looking structure from another web page into yours. The class handout is visible on the web.
9:30am-12:30pm Feb. 2, 1999 Madison Feb. 4, 1999 Teaneck	Graphics Not all of us can be Picasso, but any web page author can use inexpensive graphic software to create, capture and modify attractive graphics. Among the easiest and yet most powerful tools are the ability to scan, crop and resize images, and to build images from text elements.
9:30am-12:30pm Mar. 2, 1999 Madison Mar. 4, 1999 Teaneck	Comparative Authoring Tools The leading HTML authoring tools, and some lesser-known contenders, all seek the perfect compromise between ease of use by beginners and full capabilities for the experienced user. Choose one or more of these authoring tools after reviewing their strengths and weaknesses and seeing what types of pages each can generate most naturally.
9:30am-12:30pm Apr. 6, 1999 Madison Apr. 8, 1999 Teaneck	On-line Forms Often the first step in making a web site interactive is to allow users to fill out a form. FDU and other web servers provide tools to make forms usable, even on systems like alpha.fdu.edu that do not permit programming using CGI. This 3-hour session illustrates what is possible without having to learn, or pay to hire, advanced computer programming skills. FDU · web campus · web resources · help
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