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Gradebook Update

admin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:40:30 +0000

A new version of the gradebook has been posted with materials received as of 4:20p today. If you turned something in before that point and don’t see it reflected here, let me know. Nothing is ever lost!

There are some disturbing holes in the blog assignments– these are “easy” points, so don’t let them pass you by. Similarly, keep up your non-directed blogging posts. I will be sifting for gems again this weekend– and you will need those points to get a passing grade at the end of the semester!

The update does not include the textbook Chapter 6 files– I’ll include that in the next update.

Gradebook Update

admin — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:55:08 +0000

As of 12:30p today the class gradebook is up to date with all grades. Any items that have no score or partial scores are either assignments I have not seen or assignments I have responded to you via email regarding revision(s).

The last two assignments on the current gradebook will be pointers to blog posts you should have already made. The submission forms will be available shortly.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Working Through Text Exercises

admin — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:22:36 +0000

Essentially, the homework due next week is to have worked through two chapters of the text (Ch. 4 and Ch. 5) and published the resulting files to your web space. Most of the things you do in the exercises will be familiar to you from class, but not everything… and that’s good! In fact, the ideal method for using this material would be to work through the text assignments before we go over them in class!

There is one important change from the text assignments: your text will advise you to create a new set of site settings for each chapter. I do not recommend that. Instead, drag the chap_0x folder appropriate for your chapter into your existing root folder (on your flash drive or laptop) and then edit it as you would the contents of any other folder.

This way, when you publish the folder, you will access the files at: http://community.uaf.edu/~yourid/chap_0x/

Not all textbook exercises will modify (or create) and index.html file. That’s OK… as long as I can find your chapter folder I can see the rest.

Coffee and Class Notes

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:10:42 +0000

I’m drinking some much needed coffee (do you drink coffee?) and it seems like a good time to post a few notes.

First, the student blog entries posted so far have been amazing. Not only many interesting sites to check out in response to the assignment last week, but some outstanding entries fulfilling the “one non-directed blog post per week” participation requirement. In another post, in a regular weekly feature here, I will highlight a few posts and ideas that really got my attention.

Second, there have been some good guesses regarding the Something to Ponder question. Some of the guesses have been true, but none are the one I was looking for. Yes, all the sites are written in mostly valid XHTML, many of them (not all) are about web designers or firms, they have relatively clean, modern design, and they are all available in the Internet Tubes… but there’s another characteristic they all share.

Following Student Blogs

admin — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:36:16 +0000

Soon I will link all the student blogs in the sidebar. However, to make it easier to keep up, I will show you how to use Google Reader for all your web feed reading needs. Feel free to sign up for a Google account if you don’t already have one. I will also provide an “OPML” file which you can import and sign up to view all the blogs at once.

Plus, your Google account will allow you to access other cool services like the iGoogle customized page and custom search, among other things.