Week 5, Classwork + Homework

Day 1

Work on layout design for your Exotic Product Website. Layout designs are due this Saturday, Nov. 6, at the start of class.

You should complete layout designs for the following pages by Saturday, Nov. 6:
1) Home/Main page
2) About page
3) Page that lists products
4) A sample Product page

Midterm: Saturday, Nov. 6

MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE

- Definition of Internet +World Wide Web. Be able to explain the difference between the two and how they are related to one another (being as descriptive and accurate as you can)

Computer Basics

- Digital information (as binary information)

- Data exchange

- Characteristics of CPU

- Bandwidth

- File sizes

- Types of networks

- Upload vs. download

- Online vs. offline

Privacy + Safety

-Acceptable Use Policy

- Viruses, Worms, Trojans

- How to protect yourself online (what software or precautions to take)

- Online Privacy Act

Online Communication + Communities

- Aspects of Communication

- Models of Communication (and examples of each model)

- What is interactivity?

- Explain the web as a communication system? Information system?

- Levels of interaction/participation online

Email standards

- Common Netiquette

- SMTP + MIME

- Types of incoming mail servers (IMAP, POP, HTML)

- Components of header + body in emails

Web Design + Development

- Flowcharts

- Symbols in flowcharts

- Wireframes

- Design Aesthetic Principles

Identity

Explain positive + negative social affects the Internet has on users

Avatars

Vocabulary (From book and WebGlossary PDF)

ASCII

Bit

Web Browser

DNS

Firewall

FTP

GIF

JPEG

PNG

HTML

HTTP

Hypertext

TCP/IP

URL

Avatar

Bookmarking

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Modem

Server

Interactivity

Day 2

Design layouts (Home/Main page), wireframes, + flowchart due for Project 1

Midterm exam

Due next Wed:
Notebook Assignment 6