Important Dates:

• Project Proposal: October 29 (10%) by beginning of class.
• Project Checkpoint: November 10 (20%) by 5pm. I will be visiting your scorecard link to make sure that you have everything in place, but perhaps not yet completed. All hyperlinks should work. Do not have misspelled words, coding errors, or other bugs present. You should have a complete "shell" of your project done by this checkpoint.
• Due Date: November 24 (70%) by 5pm. We will evaluate your project on this day and as such it should be completed by this time. No late projects are accepted. Once the project due date passes do not corrupt or alter your files until you have received a grade. Included in this percentage of the grade will be your oral presentation to the class.

Project Theme:

• You can do a personal page, a hobby, your major, or a topic related to our text. Decide on one of these themes and then begin working on it as soon as you can. Some other possibilities are to design a project for:
  • my life: ages one to three
  • a nonprofit organization
  • your favorite charity
  • a historical society
  • a campus club
  You must seek approval for your project topic by October 29 by bringing your proposal to class on that day. The proposal is a one-page document as described in detail in class.

Amount of Writing:

• You are to have at least 2,500 words that you wrote appearing in the project. Honors students are to have at least 5,000 words. These are the words that appear on the screen (do not include HTML tags, words in a document you link to, and so on). This amounts to about five typewritten pages.

Style of Writing:

• Use an appropriate writing style for the Web as described in class. Include consistent headers and footers for pages associated with the project.

Scorecard:

• Follow the discussion and instructions presented in class. The items required of the project that will get you a passing grade if included are as follows:

Required Items:

• Include a paragraph or two in the beginning of your document describing what the project is about. This should be several sentences long. Express what your theme was and what you were trying to do.
• Include a relative URL to a file in a subdirectory.
• Include the break tag.
• Include the header level three tag.
• Include at least 5 "outside" hyperlinks, i.e. off campus. Just link to one of these from your scorecard.
• Include at least five images. Just link to one of these from your scorecard.
• Include cascading style sheets in all your pages.
• Include a mailto hyperlink so that readers may send you email directly.
• Include a table.
• Include a page with frames.
• Include a form.
• Include a character entity.

Default location:

• Your project should be located in your index.html file.

Evaluation:

• Content, quality of writing, how well the theme ties together, presentation, overall feel, creativity, and how well directions are followed. These items are rated according to the project evaluation sheet. Make sure your scorecard links go to the correct pages.

Comments:

• If you are not clear about any aspect of the project, consult with the professor.

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