Renew & Recharge Your Web Design Course
NCCIA 2010
This hands-on interactive session focuses on a variety of teaching and learning activities that will engage your web development and web design students.
Explore ideas for encouraging standards-based self-assessment with free online testing tools, facilitating collaborative activities, and managing student web projects. Feel free to bring a tip or two of your own to share!
Resource Links
Free Online Tools
- Firefox Browser
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
- Web Developer Extension for FireFox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
- W3C HTML & CSS Validators
http://validator.w3.org
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator
Validation Practice Files:
XHTML Validation Practice (right-click to download)
CSS Validation Practice (right-click to download)
Image for CSS Validation Practice (right-click to download)
- Notepad++ Editor (Windows Only)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/files
Download the npp.5.6.8.Installer.exe file
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOPgkpe-Ib8
- Google’s Browser Size
http://browsersize.googlelabs.com
- Adobe Browser Lab (requires Adobe username and password)
http://browserlab.adobe.com
Test page in IE6: http://www.cellcomgreenbaymarathon.com/training
- IE NetRenderer
http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer
- Web Page Analyzer
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze
- ATRC Accessibility Checker
http://achecker.ca/checker
- Web Aim WAVE
http://wave.webaim.org
Easy-to-Create Review Games
- Studymate by Respondus
http://www.respondus.com/products/studymate.shtml
Example: http://webdevfoundations.net/5e/chapter3.html
Resources for Facilitating Collaborative Activities
- Working in Teams Learning Object
http://terrymorris.net/teamwork
- Web Design Evaluation
Web Design Best Practices Checklist
Sample Assignment
Available from Instructor Resources for
Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML
- WebQuest
- Peer Evaluation: Group Project Rating Sheet
http://terrymorris.net/nccia/groupprojectratingsheet.pdf
Resources for Managing Student Web Projects
- Web Project Description and Rubrics
Available from Instructor Resources for
Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML
Resources for Wordles, You Tube, Texting, and More
- Wordle Word Cloud
http://wordle.net
http://terrymorris.net/wordle
- Free Text Messages
http://broadtexter.com
- YouTube
http://www.youtube.com
Find a video that is related to your site's content and adds value to your visitor's experience. Embed in your page.
Valid YouTube Code Example
- Almost Instant Multimedia: Animoto
http://animoto.com/education
Unlimited videos for you and your students
Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtCZloFmHBo
- Photo Slide Show
http://www.slideflickr.com
- Audio Message and Flash player
http://www.audiopal.com
Test Page
Web Development & Design Resources
- Web Development & Design Foundations with XHTML
Companion Web Site
http://webdevfoundations.net
Bibliography
- Felder, R. & Brent R. (2001). Effective strategies for cooperative learning. Journal of Cooperation & Collaboration in College Teaching, 10(2), 69-75. Retrieved from http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/CLStrategies(JCCCT).pdf.
- Felke-Morris, T. (2010). Web development and design foundations with XHTML, Addison-Wesley.
- Garrison, D.R., & Cleveland-Innes, M. (2005). Facilitating cognitive presence in online learning: interaction is not enough. The American Journal of Distance Education, 19(3), 133-148.
- Liu, S., Gomez, J., Khan, B., & Yen, C. (2007). Toward a learner-oriented community college online course dropout framework. International Journal on ELearning, 6(4), 519-543.
- Morris, T. (2000-2010). Web Design Best Practices Checklist, Retrieved from http://terrymorris.net/bestpractices.
- Morris, T. (2005). Working in Teams, Retrieved from http://terrymorris.net/teamwork.
- Oakley, B., Felder, R., Brent R., Elhajj, I. (2004). Turning student groups into effective teams. Journal of Student Centered Learning, 2(1), 69-75. Retrieved from http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/Oakley-paper(JSCL).pdf.
- Palloff, R., & Pratt, K. (2001). Lessons from the cyberspace classroom: The realities of online teaching. Jossey-Bass.
- Palloff, R.M., & Pratt, K. (2007). Building online learning communities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Rovai, A.P. (2007). Facilitating online discussions effectively. The Internet and Higher Education, 10(1), 77-88.
- Swan, K., Shen, J., & Hiltz, S. R. (2006). Assessment and collaboration in online learning. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 10(3), 45-62.
New 5th Edition - Available March 2010
Announcing the 5th edition of Web Development & Design Foundations with XHTML.
Building on the textbook's successful 4th edition, the 5th edition features:
- Expanded coverage of CSS
- Expanded coverage of accessibility
- Expanded coverage of design topics
- Updated code samples and web resources
- New section on Domain Name Selection
- New section on Styling for the Mobile Web
Do you have teaching ideas that you would like to share?
Send them to terrymorris99@gmail.com.