Colin Manning Munster Technological University

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We went through the Photoshop needed for Assignment 2. Students with laptops experimented with the different settings, and I talked a bit ab...

Things we have yet to cover in class Posh horizontal list layout background images forms JavaScript

I advised students that the specification for Assignment 2 was available online ---> I asked students to sign up to Dropbox and to crea...

We had an in-class exam.

So no classes.

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Some students have yet to choose an essay topic. I will make the choice for those students soon, if they don't take any action.

We looked at validating a form and sending its data off to a server. We also talked a little bit about both assessments. however the ...

I feel the need to modify the assignment specifications in light of events and student concerns. Google AdSense Students must attempt to...

We talked a little bit more about podcasting. I showed students how to generate a custom newsfeed based on keywords at the NPR site . This...

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Students worked away on various exercises.

Some students worked on their HTML in preparation for the exam next week. Others worked on their maths in preparation or the exam today.

We looked at podcasting. We might try to make something tomorrow in class just to see what is involved in the process. I mentioned that ...

We looked at lossy and lossless compression, pixel depth reduction, and dithering. I talked students through the use of Photoshop for Asse...

Students continued coding

I asked students to make sure they were good with lists, tables, and imagemaps. If so then make a start on the three column layout for asses...

We looked at class, ID, float, clear, annd a three columns layout in CSS. I also talked a little bit about Assessment 2 Unfortunately th...

We looked at ID and float Students experimented with IDs and floats. Others caught up with things they missed and other reviewed list...