City College of San Francisco
Instructor: Terrence Corbie (tcorbie@ccsf.edu)
MABS 406 - Designing Web Sites Using Dreamweaver

Textbook and Software

Software: CS3 or CS4 or CS5 mac or Windows.

You must purchase the software separately. The cost is $124.95 if purchased from collegesoftware.org (link below) If you don't purchase the software, you will have to use the labs available on campus.

Textbook: Not available in the college bookstore. Use th elink below to order for the best prices.

Many students have asked if they could use an alternate textbook of their choosing. Normally this would seem an odd request, but since I am not in the habit of assigning projects directly from a textbook, you can choose your own "companion" textbook for Dreamweaver. Keep in mind that I cannot be responsible for topics not discussed in the textbook of your choice. Also, if you choose not to buy a textbook at all, you will be completely dependent on my lectures, and you will need to keep your absences (on campus students) to a minimum.

If you choose to buy the textbook above, listed as required, consider the ebook option available at coursesmart.com. Ebooks are considerably lower in price than the hard copy version.

Instructor Information

Name: Terrence Corbie
Office Location: Downtown Campus-88 4th Street
Office Hours: When arranged with instructor - Starting at 12:30 on MW, Cloud Hall, Main Campus. For alternate times - make appointment.
Contact me: Please contact be by using email. If you are an online student, you can use either CCSF email listed above or Insight email. On campus students will use the CCSF email listed above. I am very prompt with email responses.

Course Information

Course title: Designing Business Web Sites with Dreamweaver
Course number: MABS 406
Course Description: Designing and publishing business web pages on the Internet using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Web sites interactive input forms, tables, hyperlinks, graphics, animated images and multimedia. The course will explore how an enterprise might plan, design, produce, promote, and maintain a business web site
Course Dates: Class starts January 17, 2012

Timeline

This course will span the full 17.5-week semester. Some weeks are more challenging than others so you will have time to "breathe".

This course is taught both online and on campus. The on campus class is tech-enhanced which means there is an online component that mimics the online class in case you are ever absent from class. Both classes have the same timeline and graded projects.

The Weekly Lectures and Weekly Projects will be released one week at a time. I will not remove the previous week's information or assignments until after the midterm grades are entered. So you will have 9 weeks to complete the 9 weeks of work, and then the course is "reset" for the second half of the semester.

Grades

Your Final grade is based on projects (50%), midterm (25%), Final (25%).

This class, on campus, is taught at a fast pace using lectures, overhead projector, and hands-on instructions. The main goal of this class, and the approach, whether online or on campus, is to foster critical thinking. Less focus is placed on following step-by-step indtructions in a textbook. The textbook is for outside reading and is meant to compliment the in-class lectures. Please check the college calendar for important dates such as drops and withdrawals. The links above, in blue color, will give details on textbook, course pre-requisites and course description.

If you print this page and wish to re-visit it online, the address is: http://fog.ccsf.edu/~tcorbie/syllabus-406.htm