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Canyon College

online XML & XHTML course at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: XML & XHTML


Course Title:
Department:
Instructor:		 CST456 – XML & XHTML
Computer Science
Gene Bryant, MS  E-Mail - Vitae


Course Description:

This course covers XHTML and XML. According to the W3C, "XHTML 1.0 is a reformulation of HTML 4.01 in XML, and combines the strength of HTML4 with the power of XML." Building on prior knowledge of HTML, with an introduction to XML, students will learn advanced web authoring techniques using Style Sheets, XML namespaces and Document Type Definitions.

Textbook:  Online Bookstore
XHTML by Example
by Ann Navarro
Que, 2001
ISBN: 0789723859
Grading:

Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Assignments		 25%
25%
50%


Final grades will be assigned based on the following percentage scale:

A
B
C
D
F		 90% or higher
80% to 89%
70% to 79%
60% to 69%
lower than 60%


Schedule and Assignments:

Week Read/Study Assignments
1 Review of HTML

Ch 1: XHTL Fundamentals

Ch 2: Semantics & Structures 		If not done so already, install the VB software

Complete Assignment 1 by Day 7.
2 Ch 3: Images

Ch 4: Input and Forms 		Complete Assignment 2 by Day 7.
3 Ch 5: Tables

Ch 6: Frames 		Complete Assignment 3 by Day 7.

The Midterm Exam will be e-mailed by Day 7.

Send me an email if you have not received a copy by then.
4 Midterm Exam Submit Midterm Exam by Day 7.
5 Ch 8: Validating XHTML Documents

Ch 10: XHTML and XML 		Complete Assignment 4 by Day 7.
6 Ch 11: Cascading Style Sheets

Ch 12: XSL 		Complete Assignment 5 by Day 7.
7 Ch 13: Document Type Definitions

Future of XHTML: Discussion / Internet 		Complete Assignment 6 by Day 7.
8 Final Exam Submit Final Exam by Day 7.


Miscellaneous:

Work Week:

For the purpose of this course, the work week will begin on Monday (Day 1), and end on Sunday (Day 7). If you start the course in the middle of a week, your Day 1 of Week 1 will be the Monday immediately following your start day.

Late Submissions:

Any work turned in late, up to one week, will be assessed a 10% penalty; up to two weeks, 20% penalty. No work will be accepted after more than two weeks after the due date. All work must be submitted by Day 7 of Week 8.

Email:

Send all e-mail to  gasan5@canyoncollege.edu When sending e-mail, please put the course number (CST456) as part of the subject line. Any of the following would be ideal:

CST456 – Assignment 1 Question
CST456 – Applets
CST456 – HELP!!!
All email inquires needing a reply, will be answered within 24 hours. If you do not receive some type of an acknowledgment from me within that time, I either did not receive the original e-mail, or I, uhm, forgot. In either case, please send me a “gentle” reminder. If that doesn’t work, there really might be something wrong with our e-mail “connection,” and you should follow up with a phone call.

What is expected of the students:

LOTS. Lots of hours, sweat and effort, along with night after night of writing code. At least, if this is what you think from the first, you’ll be better off. There will be lots of reading, and there will be tons of lines of already written code examples to run, and many new lines of code for you to write. Yes, all of this will be very time consuming. Even though you’re not required to attend class, you are expected to keep up with the reading, trying out the samples programs, etc. An hour on Sunday before an assignment is due will NOT work. Once you get behind in the course work, it will be extremely difficult to catch up.