"An Introduction to Postmodern Computing"

Applied HTML for Art, Business, and Education

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• Overview
  This course will prepare students for Online Publishing, Web Page creation and upkeep, and the use of HTML as a general MetaProgramming language for multi-media, education, and other Artistic and Professional pursuits. Coursework and materials will be done in HTML.
  

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• Topics Covered
• Tools and Techniques: Web Browsers & Editors, File Types, Scavenger Programming
• Basic HTML: Formatting, Lists, Anchors and Links
• Advanced HTML: Tables, Frames, Simple Multi-Media
• Extensions and Applications: Applications in Art, Commerce, Education, Activism, and...?
• Online Publishing

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• Details
• Costs: $20/ class or $60/four class session
• Schedule: Beginning June. Exact times and dates are fairly flexible, but tentative plan is Thursday nights, 5-7 PM. We will be meeting in Garberville, at the ASIS office.
• Computer Access can be arranged for those who may need it.

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• Syllabus (First Month)
• Week 1:

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• Introduction
• Tools
• File Type Basics
• Editors & Browsers
• FTP & Telnet
• The Tangled Web We Weave: Servers, Clients, & Local Files
• HTML foundations
• Structural Tags (Sections, Paragraphs, Headings, etc)
• Property Tags (Fonts, Alignments, etc)
  
• Week 2:

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• Basic HTML
• Hypertext (Anchors & Links)
• Lists, Tables
• Images
• Graphics Types
• Tools
• Types
• GIF
• JPG
• BMP
• Some Bandwidth Considerations
  
• Week 3:

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• Advanced HTML
• Frames
• Sound
• Animation
• URL addressing
• Out Into the Wide World Web
  
• Week 4:

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• Synthesis & Design
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
• Beyond HTML
• Scripts
• Streams
• Applications