Computer 2

You can find the worksheet we're using in class attached to this post. Be sure you know the tool's name, keyboard shortcut and common uses for the quiz.

Chapter 4
Complete all practices
Review Questions 1-4, 7-9,11-15, 17-19, 24-25
Exercise 1,2,45
Necessary data files are attached to this post

Remember, this is just a list of things you should understand, not just memorize.
3 phases of website development
- Pre-production
- Production
- Post-production

Pre-production includes
- discovering the site's purpose
- defining and tailoring the site to the target audience
- determining the navigation structure, including top global navigation, breadcrumb trails, local navigation
- creating charts that include top-level pages, same-level pages, parent pages, and child pages
- sketching the layout including an header, footer, local navigation and content area
- using appropriate design choices in color, placement (above the fold and using white space), consistency and usability
Production includes
- creating and managing new folders
- using the library to manage items
- creating the pages

Finally into Dreamweaver. Today we will read and discuss the chapter. We'll also start using dreamweaver to create our first site. Chapter 3 Files

• Vocab, Commands and Buttons Review Sheet
• Panels And Toolbars
• Table and Column Widths
• Editing in Different Views

Complete the following for Chapter 3:
All Practices,
Review Questions 1-4, 6, 8-10, 12-16, 22-25
Exercises 2, 3, 6* (replace the quotations in inspiration.htm with quotes on each topic that you enjoy.)

Finish the practices. Read over the vocabulary and HTML Tags section of the book. Then go on to Exercises 1, 4, 6.  I'll check your exercises when you have completed all three. 

Quiz - Friday 9/12

Know the following HTML tags and what they're used for:

html, head, body, title, p, ol, ul, li, b, i, u, img, a href, h1-h6, hr, table, th, tr, td

Know how to create a comment in html (<!--here's a comment-->)

Know the major image file formats (jpg, gif, png) and what they are best suited for

Know what alt text is and why it's important

Know what a style sheet is and why it's helpful

Know the two ways to refer to a color in HTML

Know what javascript is and why it's used

Know what HTML stands for

Understand the basic process of using a notepad to edit a html document and view the results in the browser.

Do the practices

Review Questions: 1-7, 12-15, 20-22, 25, 29-33, 35, 37-41

Exercises 1, 2, 7, 8, 12

Sorry about the issues accessing the review. Due to the problems, the class will have the option of postponing the quiz until Monday.

Here's the review:

Desktop Computing
Know what the following devices are:
Monitor, keyboard, base unit, CD-RW/DVD Drive, disk drive, scanner, mouse
Hardware is the physical parts of a computer, while software is the programs that run on the hardware
Expansion boards connect to the motherboard and add features
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) controls the flow of data. Speed is measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz)
RAM is random access memory. It stores information for the short-term.
Know what a notebook computer, tablet PC, handheld computer, PDA (personal digital assistant) and smart phone are.
A network is a combination of hardware and software that allows computers to exchange data.
LAN is a local-area network, while a WAN is a wide area network.
The NIC (network interface card) connects the computer to the network.
It is important to use descriptive file names and folder names.
A cable Internet connection is faster than DSL, which is faster than a conventional (dial-up) modem.
An IP address (Internet Protocol) is an unique address that identifies a computer on the network.
The WWW (World Wide Web) is the most widely used Internet service.
A web browser allows users to view web pages.
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a web address. http is the protocol, // separates the protocol from the domain name, and the www.yahoo.com is the domain name.
In the domain name, a top-level domain is the .com, .org or other ending
Know what a search engine is and an example of one.

Welcome to class! Here's the syallabus that you need to get signed and return. Also, here's the information form from class.