Important Dates:

• Project Checkpoint: November 8 by 5pm. We will check out your project and try to let you know how you are doing. Make sure you have determined a clear theme by this point. We expect 50% of the requirements of the project to be met at this time. The material that is presented should be clear, complete, and concise. Do not have broken links, misspelled words, or other small errors.
• Due Date: December 11 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.

Project Theme:

• You decide on a theme. You can do a personal page, a hobby, your major, or some other topic. Decide on a theme and then begin working on it as soon as you can. Some other possibilities are to design a Web page for:
  • a nonprofit organization
  • your favorite charity
  • a historical society
  • a sporting club
  • the Olympics

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, etc.). This amounts to about 5 typewritten pages. We will not strictly enforce this requirement but keep things in this ballpark.

Style of Writing:

• Use an appropriate writing style for the Web as describe in In-line/On-line. Include consistent headers and footers for pages associated with the project.

HTML Features:

• You should incorporate as many HTML features as you can. Make sure you use at least 25 different HTML tags.

Other Required Items:

• Include a paragraph 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 at least 5 "outside" hyperlinks, i.e. off campus.
• Include at least 5 different .html files that are yours and you link to.
• Include at least 5 images.
• Include at least one page that has a nondefault background.
• Include a mailto link so that readers may send you email directly.
• If at all possible, include tables, frames, and forms.

Honors Students:

• Honors students are required to discuss the theme of their project with the instructor and have it approved. Honors students are expected to go above and beyond the basic project requirements.

Default location:

• The default is that we will assume your personal page is your project. If not please add a link from your personal page that says "In-line/On-line project". (If you don't like this idea, mail us the URL and we will check it out that way.)

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.

Recommended Items:

• Check out the ongoing development of classmates pages using the handy class index.
• Check out some student projects that made it into the Hall of Fame.

Comments:

• Please direct any comments about the project to the newsgroup so that everyone can benefit from things that aren't clear. Thanks.

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