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World Wide Web and Introductory Internet Programming
Course: CSC185AA

First Term: 2002 Spring
 Lec + Lab   3 Credit(s)   4 Period(s)   3.7 Load  
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S


Description: Organization of and access to information on the Internet. Design, creation and publication of interactive web pages with HTML, multimedia, animated custom graphics, applets and JavaScript programming. Ethical issues, including security and privacy on the World Wide Web



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Define the terms Internet and World Wide Web. (I, II)
2. Explain in general terms what happens when a user requests to view specific information on the World Wide Web. (I, II)
3. Locate, download, install and use the most current version of a popular web browser. (II, III, IV)
4. Locate and download information available on an international server. (III, IV)
5. Create and modify web images and animations using commercial graphics software. (III, V, VI)
6. Create multiple web pages that contain images, links, lists and tables. (V)
7. Create web pages that contain JavaScript, embedded Java applets and hotspots/image maps. (V, VI, VII)
8. Publish web pages on the World Wide Web. (V, VI, VII)
9. Describe how information from a web page is incorporated into a search engine. (IV)
10. Explain the roles played by HTML, Java, JavaScript and CGI scripting on the World Wide Web. (V, VII)
11. Describe a current legal or ethical issue involving the World Wide Web. (VIII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Introduction to the Internet
   A. Hardware
      1. Clients
      2. Servers
      3. Routers
      4. Networks
   B. Network technology
      1. Information packets
      2. IP addresses
      3. Domain name services
   C. History
II. The World Wide Web
   A. Architecture
      1. Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
      2. Servers and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
      3. Clients and the role of browsers
   B. Web pages
   C. Electronic mail
   D. Favorites/Bookmark management
III. Introduction to Multimedia Information
   A. Image files
      1. Scanning images
      2. Creating, resizing and enhancing images
      3. Creating animated GIF`s
   B. Sound
   C. Video
IV. Finding and Accessing Information
   A. Search engines
   B. Telnet
   C. FTP and gopher
   D. Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
   E. Downloading information
V. Creating Web Pages
   A. Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML)
   B. Fonts, bold, italics, and colors
   C. Images and backgrounds
   D. Links
   E. Lists
   F. Animation
   G. Tables H. Forms
   I. Hotspots/Image Maps
   J. Style issues and guidelines
VI. Software Tools
   A. HTML editors
   B. Graphics and image software
VII. Creating Dynamic and Interactive Web Pages
   A. Scripting languages: JavaScript or VB Script
   B. Embedding Java applets
   C. Server side processing
VIII. Privacy, Security, and Ethics on the World Wide Web
   A. Copyright laws
   B. Privacy laws and issues
   C. Security concerns
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date:  6/26/2001

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