Section #34634
January 12 - May 18, 2015
Web Design for Mobile Devices - Responsive Web Design
GCMW 202 is a followup to GCMW 102. The Web is changing, standards for coding your Web pages are changing and new technologies are evolving. Dreamweaver has been keeping up with those changes. Although it is now imparative that Web Designers understand how to use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to create the design of their pages, it is difficult for new students to master this in their first semester of Web Design classes. There is not enough time to adequately cover CSS and Web standards along with the basics of Web Design. Therefore, this class will concentrate heavily on using CSS, and Dreamweaver's CSS tools effectively.
Prerequisites
GCMW 102 with Dreamweaver or the equivalent knowledge/experience. You should know how to use Dreamweaver to create normal HTML Web pages and know how to use Dreamweaver's site window to define your site, manage it and to FTP your files to the server. We will review site setup and FTP.
Required Textbooks
To be announced.
Logging on to the class site:
Connections to our online Web site will be activated at http://blackboard.palomar.edu/webapps/login/ on January 12th, the first day of the semester.
Username: Students registered for this class will use their nine-digit student identification number for their UserID to login. Be sure to type in all 9 digits.
Passwords: For your password, use the same password that you use on eServices.
Once you are logged on to the system, click on the link to the class files. You don't have to login at any particular time of day. During the course you will be logging in frequently, but at times that are convenient to your schedule. You will have an assignment due at the end of the first week of classes, so it is important that you do login to the class site during the first few days of class and do your assignment by the end of the first week. If you have not done so, or let the teacher know why not, you might be considered a "No Show". "No Shows" might be dropped from the class so that someone on the waiting list may take the course. It's just as if you were taking a class on campus and did not show up for the first class.
eServices Email Address: Be sure to check your email address on eServices. Keep it updated so that if a teacher wants to send you some information, she will be able to. You can add a non-Palomar address, and then mark it as your "Preferred" email address. That way you can receive your Palomar email at the address that you use most often. Also, if you are unsure of your password for Blackboard, you can use the "Forgot Password" link, and the password will be sent to your preferred address.
Check Back:
This page will be updated to reflect any changes in information about the class. Please check back often. Once you have registered for the class, be sure to get your books and software so that you are ready to start the first week of class.
Applying to Palomar and Registering for the Class
You can now apply to Palomar College Online and register for the class. Please go to the Application Page.
Your application to Palomar College is free. When you apply, you will be given a student ID number. Once you have your student ID number, you will be able to register online for classes. Register at: https://eservices.palomar.edu/psp/pals9prd/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG&