Coursework

Assignments

A number of small assignments will be assigned each week: read this chapter and take a quiz, write a 300-word blog post about that online video, post comments on five different student blog posts, create an HTML file with linked stylesheet and upload using FTP, add and configure two widgets to a blog theme, etc. Most assignments will be completed online, and the details for all assignments will be posted on the course web site two or three weeks before the due dates. The due dates will be evenly spread throughout the week – for example, one assignment might be due on Monday, another on Tuesday, two on Wednesday, one on Thursday, and three on Sunday – but students are encouraged to be pro-active and work ahead.

Due Dates

Every assignment as a due date that looks something like this:

DUE Monday, Jan 18 – 2 points
(Tuesday NOON deadline)

This means that the assignment is due by the end of the day (11:59 PM) on Monday. There is, however, a Grace Period that extends until the next morning at noon. The Grace Period is to help you in case of unexpected emergencies. Let’s say your computer breaks late on Tuesday night, you still have time on Wednesday morning to go to a campus computer lab and finish an assignment. Please be clear about this: the Grace Period is for emergencies and unexpected life problems. You may get yourself into a serious time crunch if you start thinking that assignments are due at the end of the Grace Period.

Final Project

During the second half of the semester, many of these small assignments will contribute directly to the final project. Instead of simply having one assignment – “Build a web site” – due all at once at the end of the semester, the assignments for six or seven weeks will culminate in a completed web site. Students will be required to give a five-minute presentation discussing their final project to the class and a panel of EMAC faculty during the final one or two class periods.