Department:                Digital Multimedia Design
Course Title:               Web Design 1
Course Number:         MCDN  263 FD
Prerequisites:              MCDN 236
Credit Hours:              3
Semester:                    Fall 2024
Time:                          Tuesdays; 8:20pm-10:30pm

Instructor Contact Information
Instructor Name: Ellen Baryshev
Email Address for Students: ellenbaryshev@gmail.com  
Contact Phone:           
Office Location/Hours: 

COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this course, students will learn the necessary technical skills to create meaningful web sites that showcase
their strengths as designers. Students will build web sites that demonstrate their mastery of standards compliant
HTML5 and CSS3, as well as an understanding of web usability. Students will also learn how to trouble-shoot
and solve technical issues.
This course covers topics such as client interactions, case studies, marketing strategies for website design,
navigation design, team projects, project planning and user testing. Students will be required to create
a minimum of one fully functional website for review.

 COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Understand the importance of the web as a medium of communication.

• Understand the principles of creating an effective web page

• Develop skills in analyzing of information architecture

• Develop basic skills of coding webpages with HTML5 and CSS3

• Implement graphic design principles to web design

• Apply critical thinking to evaluate web design objectives

• Effectiveness of design User Interface for websites.

• Strategical planning of websites: wire-frames and mock-ups

• Using graphics, text, and interactivity

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of the semester students should be able to:

• Gain a solid foundation in current markup languages and applications.

• Learn to stay up-to-date of current and developing trends in internet development, information technology,
  and website design 

• Display working knowledge of HTML and CSS and code fundamental web pages

• Understand image optimization for the web

• Show proficiency in creating usable, well-crafted web design in Photoshop

• Be able to embed text and images into web pages.

 COURSE 15-WEEK OUTLINE
See: SEMESTER PLAN

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Students entering this class are expected to know: full understanding of digital imaging
and vector graphics using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

• Completion of all readings

• Completion of all exercises and homework

• Completion of all projects and exams

• Students are expected to keep up with assignments and class work and participate in project critiques.
  Evaluation of student progress is based on the successful and timely completion of a series of exercises,
  as well as the projects they turn in. Students must abide by deadlines and completion requirements.
  Completed independent projects will require comprehension of the material presented in class, technical
  proficiency, and a demonstration of aesthetic development.

• Lab Exercises must be done during class and lab time. Practice Time must be arranged outside of class hours
  to review topics covered during class time. Students should expect to spend an additional 4 to 8 hours
  of lab time per week on the computer.

• All of the course projects must be submitted via email or dropbox (prior to the deadline).

CLASS PARTICIPATION.
Effective student participation is demonstrated by:

• Participating in critiques, presentations, and

• Following best practices for materials

• Class preparedness: checking the main class website for instructions, studying materials without
  procrastination and submitting your work on time.

• Punctuality: arriving to class meetings on time and staying until class

• Asking questions, volunteering answers, and helping other students. Asking for clarification
  and expressing concerns as your needs arise: no hoarding worries or holding back frustrations.

• Paying attention during live demonstrations and presentations, not doing other

• Following instructions and taking notes

CLASS PREPAREDNESS
Class activities and homework, projects and assignments explanations, schedule of projects and their due dates, grading strategy and other information will always be posted on this site
Students are responsible for listening and reading all the instructions, including homework assignments and project texts, and following them. If for some reason a student missed an explanation or an announcement in class, the information is always written clearly on the class site. If a student is absent, she is still responsible for submitting homework on time as it is always available on the class site.

GRADING POLICY
Grades will be awarded using the College’s standard grading scale. The performance will be evaluated considering effort applied, studying given materials, class participation and the work level, which will reflect how well a student explored and integrated the concepts and practices introduced in this course.
All homework assignments are due the following class meeting unless otherwise indicated. If a project or homework is not turned in on time, its grade will be lowered, or no credit will be given for the assignments.
The grading calculation table with scores distribution will be on your class website

ATTENDANCE
Students are expected to maintain good attendance throughout the course. Three absences will automatically lower the student grade by one full grade (A to B). More than three absences may result in a failing grade. Students will be contacted by professor if two classes in a row are missed. (Special arrangements must be requested in writing and approved in signature by the professor.)
Note: a student’s responsibility is to remind the professor at the end of the class session that he/she was late and to check that the mark is changes to “Late”; otherwise, the “Absent” mark will remain.
Important:
Use allowed number of absences only when necessary. Do not assume that the college allows you to have one absence for your leisure, and when you really have a problem, you will bring a doctor’s note and it will not be considered an absence. An absence is an absence in any case.

MAKE-UP POLICY
Missed Classes: You are responsible for the activities of each class period. If you anticipate a scheduling conflict, you must notify the professor in advance. Students who miss classes must get necessary material from the class site, classmates or instructor. Makeup exams are given solely at the discretion of the professor and are typically more rigorous than the regularly scheduled exams. You are not guaranteed a makeup exam.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS
Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in the Touro University and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion.