SOFT6007-ITM Lab 03

We were delayed by a stolen monitor cable.

I explained how lists work. I showed how to nest lists and gave out a nested list exercise.

SOFT6007-EVCOM 04 Lists & Tables

We went though Tables, including colspan and rowspan.

Sample Page4a & Page5a

Students built simple tables.

I expected everyone to have lists sorted by this week. However many students had not yet studied lists. Once students were confident with lists I gave out two nested list exercises. Nested lists are very tricky.

I gave out a complicated table exercise (Q5)that required understanding of colspan and rowspan.

Students will be expected to have lists and tables put to bed by next week.

Everyone was gone by 2115. Still it was a good night's work.

SOFT6008 10 & 11

I talked students through how to make slices in Photoshop and how to slice a large image up precicely so that nothing gets lost.

We looked at how to hand colour a black and white image. That might make for interesting rollover effects.

Students continued working on their rollover exercise. To be successful students will need some Photoshop skills and a good understanding of tables (including colspan and rowspan), as well as the JavaScript covered in class.

SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 10 & 11

Students continued to work on the table exercise. It's not as easy as it looks. colspan and rowspan can be tricky

SOFT6008 09

(Some) Students continued with the navigation bar exercise. We didn't cover any new material.

SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 09

We looked at colspan and rowspan in tables.

Sample page 5a

Students started a tables exercise (Q5) in class. We'll finish it in the lab.

SOFT6007 EV COM1 has moved to Monday

Web Development Fundanmentals has moved to Monday nights from 1800-2130. See you Monday.

SOFT6007-EVCOM 03 - Lab A

There was only one student in class. We did nested list exercises.

SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 08

We looked at tables.

Sample Table 4 used in class. (corrected)

Sample Table 4a improved to include th for column headings and a caption.

Table with a caption at w3schools

SOFT6007-EVCOM 03 - Lab B

Only one student turned up to this lab. So far this module has only 8 students. It does not look like it will run on both Tuesday and Saturday with that many students.

We looked at lists in HTML and did some nested list exercises. Nested lists can be quite tricky.

SOFT6008 08

We very briefly looked at the basic anatomy of a web page.

Students started work on a large navigation bar with separate slices stiched together with a table. Sucessful completion of this exercise will require knowledge of tables and a some basic Photoshop skills.

Notes:
Audio: to follow

COM1-CMOD6001 Repeat

A repeat of the CIT module is being offered this semester. INterested students should contact emmett.coffey@cit.ie

Good Luck

Colin M

SOFT6008 06 & 07

I spent much of the class talking to the Head of Department about trying to sort things out. Student spend much of the time watching SOFT6007 (yes 7!) online classes.

Copy of e-mail sent to relevant lecturers.

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Hi Guys

I only realised this week that COM2 students were struggling with Interactive Web Development SOFT6008 because all but 2 of them did not ever do Web Development Fundamentals SOFT6007. We changed the semester in which this is delivered and did not head off the problem by requiring them to do it as an elective.

I discussed possible solutions with Jim. The most obvious solution, that they do SOFT6007 now and SOFT6008 later, doesn't work so well because SOFT6008 needs to be done in time for SOFT7008. We might only be postponing the problem until this time next year.

Jim has proposed that I run a slightly slimmed down SOFT6008 and cover the essentials of SOFT6007 at the same time. Students would still be given the credit for SOFT6008, although not all of the learning outcomes would be met. I think that would work. It would, of course, be a once off.

Any thoughts?

SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 06 & 07

I gave out a long list for student to code. It was complex and few students got it correct on the first attempt. The nesting of lists is difficult to get right, especially when browsers are often so willing to correctly display incorrect code.

handout: exercise

SOFT6008 05

We looked at how to do a rollover. Most students succeeded in getting a rollover working during the class.

SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 05

We looked at lists again and discussed nested lists. We did an exericse in class.

SOFT6007-EVCOM Web Dev 02 - Lecture

Rather than have a lecture we carried on with the lab.

SOFT6007-EVCOM Web Dev 01 - Lab A

Introductions and contact details.

I showed students how to use iTunes to view the online classes.

Students made a web page with links and an image.

Handout: lesson01.ppt

SOFT6007-DCOM 04

We started to look at lists. ordered and unordered

By the next class everyone should have watched all of the online classes up to and including Online Class04 (lists).

SOFT6007-EVCOM Web Dev 01 - Lab B

Introductions and contact details.

I showed students how to use iTunes to view the online classes.

Students made a web page with links and an image.

Handout: lesson01.ppt