ET630 Agenda Class 6 - Virtual Class

• Questions and Announcements
  • Web 2.0 Project Due Today (by 4:30 pm)
    
  • Hand this in by emailing me the URL or submitting it via the assignment in Moodle
  • Upcoming Projects
  • Critical Information Literacy Project is due in two classes
  • Telecollaborative and Web Site Projects are due in four classes
  • Let me know if you need flexibility on these dates (including swapping the due dates of the Critical Information Literacy and Telecollaborative Projects)
    
  • Questions
• VoiceThread Update
• Don't forget to respond to the VoiceThread each week (responses don't have to be long)
  
• Kristen and Katie are tonight
• Jackie and Aime are next week
• Special Virtual Class Rules
  
• Because of the virtual class, Kristen and Katie will discuss their VoiceThread in any way they choose
• They may choose to use technology to create their own and combine them (probably too much work)
  
• They may choose to get together physically and do it
• Or they may choose to have one create the main video and the other respond with a comment (be sure to view the comment)
• They have until Wednesday evening to create the VoiceThread so watch for it Wednesday night or later
  
• CSS - about 2 hours
• Go through the following CSS Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
• Skim parts you already know
• Be sure to play with CSS using the Try It Yourself Feature
• Everyone should be able to get through the sections: CSS Basic, CSS Styling, CSS Box Model (we have already covered most of those sections in class)
• Try to get through as much of the Advanced section as you can (focusing on ways to layout your page)
  
• Spend about two hours going through the tutorial (less if you are already comfortable)
• CSS Practice - about 1 hour
• Try to create something interesting with CSS.
• If you are at the basic level, just try to create a couple of pages with interesting styling (CSS Styling) and some bordered areas (CSS Box Model). For example, get paragraphs indented and spaced the way you want.
• If you are already comfortable with basic styling, try to create pages with different layouts, perhaps playing with:
• Float: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_float.asp
• Align: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_align.asp
• Templates for some layouts: http://www.ssi-developer.net/main/templates/
• Automatic Layout Generator: http://csscreator.com/version2/pagelayout.php
  
• CSS Discussion
• Send questions, answers to others' questions, and comments to the class list (et-hcpss2@listserv.loyola.edu)
• I will make an extra effort to answer questions during our regular class time, but I will answer questions at other times as well
• Exit Ticket
• Send an email  to the class list (et-hcpss2@listserv.loyola.edu) with the subject "Exit Ticket"
• This email should contain a link to your most interesting CSS page that you developed while playing
• This page can be something you developed just to play with the features, or it can be something you plan to use for your Web Site Project
  
• CSS Resources
  
• A great introduction to CSS: http://www.tizag.com/cssT/
  
• A thorough but rather technical description of CSS: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
• A thorough tutorial for CSS: http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
• An easy-to-follow introduction to CSS: http://draac.com/css/css1.html
• Assignments:
  • Exit Ticket (see above)
    
  • Read additional readings on Moodle (if any)
    
  • Respond to VoiceThread

Last updated: January 10, 2011