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Home - Course Web Pages - Spring 2006 - LIBR 240-01 / LIBR 240-10 Greensheet

LIBR 240-01
LIBR 240-10
Information Technology Tools and Applications
Spring 2006 Greensheet

Linda Main
E-mail
Office: Room E104 (San Jose) 
Phone: 408-924-2494
Office Hours: Virtually by e-mail, in person by appointment

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Course Overview

This course examines the different ways in which we can structure, store, process, access, and present information on a Web site.  It emphasizes the tools of information technology. 

For the Spring 2006 semester, we will focus on modular Web site design and DHTML (Dynamic HTML). Dynamic HTML uses (X)HTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and JavaScript as the building blocks for Web sites. We will also do a little work with XML and its stylesheet language XSLT; RSS; wireless markup language (WML); Server Side Includes; and a little PHP. We will also consider blogs and wikis.

Course Objectives

The course supports the following objectives from the School's Teaching goal:

Upon completion of the program the student will know and be able to identify the major theories and important principles as well as demonstrate current practice in:

• Information transfer;
• The application of diverse technologies to information management.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students should:

1. Understand the client server relationship and how to work with a Unix server
2. Develop conceptual and practical strategies for presenting information on the Web
3. Create content in XHTML format
4. Design interfaces using CSS
5. Incorporate static frames and iframes, interactive forms in a cgi directory, image maps, and Perl scripts into Web pages
6. Understand issues surrounding design, accessibility, and cultural markers
7. Understand the difference between client and server side Web programming languages
8. Have built some JavaScript programs and some PHP programs
9. Have built an XML file; and accessed it via an XSLT stylesheet
10. Have worked with RSS and WML

Course Requirements

Technology Requirements
This class makes use of a variety of technologies, and you should not take the class if your computer and Internet access is not current and fast. Dial-up modem (56K) connectivity is not a good idea for this class nor will I make any allowances for that.

Measuring Student Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes will be measured through the following:

Twelve Weekly Assignments	60 points
Final Project	26 points
Two Blackboard Tests (Time certain-please check the calendar)	14 points

Late Assignments and Incompletes
Late assignments will not be accepted. If you have an illness (medical certificate supplied) or a family tragedy please contact the instructor. No incompletes will be awarded.

Grading Scale
The following grading scale shall be used:

97-100	A
94-96	A-
91-93	B+
88-90	B
85-87	B-
82-84	C+
79-81	C
76-78	C-
73-75	D+

Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, please e-mail me as soon as possible. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires that students with disabilities register with the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to establish record of their disability.

No matter where students reside, they should contact the SJSU DRC to register. The DRC Web site: http://www.drc.sjsu.edu/

University policy on plagiarism: For the official statements of policy on this matter as passed by the Academic Senate, see:

• The SJSU Academic Integrity Policy
  http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf

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