COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to give students the basic skills they need to write and design web pages. Students will develop the skills they need to write HTML and CSS code to create web pages. Course content addresses topics such as the use of HTML coding, HTML versions, browser differences, and CSS for page layout and design. In addition, students will navigate the World Wide Web and understand how web pages are delivered.
Credits: 3 (3 Lecture, 0 Lab)
Prerequisites : None

LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Identify and use the basic elements of HTML through the use of HTML tags and attributes.
2. Create web pages using a coding application to code HTML elements in files.
3. Identify and use the basic declarations of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to create rules to design web pages.
4. Design web pages using a coding application to code CSS rules in files.
5. Insert images and other media into web pages.
6. Design and code a website for presentation.

EQUIPMENT AND REFERENCES
1. Computer system with Windows 11 or macOS 14 or better(Student supplied equipment)
2. Online materials

STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS
This course is lecture/lab based. The CST instructors will deliver the lectures, as well as direct the in-class labs. The student is expected to spend at least 45 hours per credit in self study with direction from instructors and/or instructional guides and testing. This a 3 credit course, so an average student is expected to spend approximately 135 hours completing this course, which includes lectures and lab. All lectures will be scheduled. An average semester is 15 weeks in length. Each week there will be a 3 hour lecture and students will be expected to spend up to 6 additional hours that week doing homework.
3 hour lecture + 6 hours homework = 9 hours per week X 15 weeks = 135 hours semester total.

COURSE EXPECTATIONS
See this link for additional course expectations.
No posting of solutions to exercises on publicly viewable websites. Violators will be dealt with appropriately.

COURSE EVALUATION
Student objectives and evaluations are translated to a percentage and the percentages to grades.
The following percentage distribution guarantees the following grade:
A:93%+  A-:90%+  B+:87%+  B:83%+  B-:80%+  C+:77%+  C:73%+  C-:70%+  D+:67%+  D:63%+  D-:60%+  F:<60%.

Instructor reserves the right to record a last day of attendance and assign a grade of "F" at any time before the end of the semester if it is deemed that the student is not participating in the course.

Assignments are typically due in one week. Late assignment penalty is as follows:
1 day -10% | 2 days -20% | 3 days -30% | 4 days -40% | 5-7 days -50% | drop box closes - No credit.

Accessibility & Disability Services

It is Ridgewater College policy to provide on a flexible and individualized basis services to students who have disabilities, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Reasonable accommodations can be provided after registering with the Accessibility and Disability Services Office. Please contact the Accessibility and Disability Services Coordinator to discuss your accommodation needs: Jay Morrison – Willmar and Online Campuses, @320-222-8040 (jay.morrison@ridgewater.edu), or Oliver Ferguson – Hutchinson Campus, @320-222-5986 (oliver.ferguson@ridgewater.edu). This publication is available in alternative formats upon request. Students with hearing or speech disabilities may contact us via their preferred Telecommunications Relay Service. Please allow adequate time for the college to respond to your request.

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Accommodations for Pregnancy and Parenting

In alignment with Title IX regulations, Ridgewater College provides reasonable accommodations to students who are pregnant, parenting, have recently experienced childbirth, and/or have medical needs related to childbirth. Pregnant and parenting students can often arrange accommodations by working directly with their instructors. Students may also request accommodations through Jay Morrison, Title IX Coordinator, @320-222-8040 (jay.morrison@ridgewater.edu). Pregnant and parenting resources are available through the Designated Navigator, Mark Taylor, @320-222-6932 (mark.taylor@ridgewater.edu).