CPSCI 107: Applications, Implications, and Issues

Section 01

Spring 2006

2:30–3:20 p.m. M/W/F (Library 005)

Dr. Brian Rosmaita

Office: 01.011 Ferry Building

Office Hours: See the class homepage.


Course and Reading Schedule

In the schedule below, the exam dates are definite; the readings are approximate. Any changes will be announced in class and on the class homepage. It is your responsibility to be aware of any changes made to this schedule.

NOTE: the way this schedule works is that you are expected to have read the stuff listed for each day before you show up in class on that day.

Date Topic and Reading
January 16 Discussion of course goals and procedures.
18 Look over sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of “A Basic UNIX Tutorial”; Homework 0 due
20 Look over section 10 of “A Basic UNIX Tutorial”; Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 1
23 Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 2; mini-homework from Lab 1
25 Constructing a website on a LINUX/Apache system (Lab 2)
27 Homework 1 due; review UNIX reading as appropriate
30 Duckett: chapter 3 (skim chapters 1 and 2)
February 1 Jakob Nielsen: Usability 101: Introduction to Usability; Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 2; Homework 2 due
3 Jakob Nielsen: Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design; Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 3; Homework 3 due
6 Do the reading/homework in this order:
  1. Duckett: chapter 4, pages 103-117
  2. Homework 4
  3. Arditi: Effective Color Contrast: Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies
  4. Duckett: chapter 4, pages 93-103
8 Duckett: chapter 9, pages 265-283; Arditi: Making Text Legible: Designing for People with Partial Sight
10 Duckett: chapter 9, pages 283-320
13 Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 4 (update your Michalko document on warp); Danny Sullivan: How To Use HTML Meta Tags; Homework 5 due
15 Duckett: chapter 5; Homework 6 due
17 Roger Hudson: Accessible Data Tables; Homework 7 due
20 Lie and Bos: Cascading Style Sheets, designing for the Web, chapter 2; Lie and Bos: chapter 15 (handout); Homework 8 due
22 Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 5 (update your Michalko document on warp)
24 Homework 9 due
27 Duckett, chapter 10
March 1 Duckett, chapter 11
3 Duckett, chapter 12
6 Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 6 (update your Michalko document on warp); Homework 10 due
8 Duckett: chapter 6 (up to but not including "Select Boxes")
10 Duckett: chapter 6 (pp. 177-202)
11-26 Spring Break
27 Michalko: The Two-in-One, chapter 7 (update your Michalko document on warp)
29 Homework 11 due
31 Homework 12 due
April 3 Read the W3C Web Content Accessibilty Guidelines 1.0
5 Read the W3C Techniques for Web Content Accessibilty Guidelines 1.0
7 Look over the W3C Core Techniques for Web Content Accessibilty Guidelines 1.0, the HTML Techniques for Web Content Accessibilty Guidelines 1.0, and the CSS Techniques for Web Content Accessibilty Guidelines 1.0
10 Review W3C accessibility documents
12 Michalko: The Two-in-One, Epilogue (update your Michalko document on warp)
14 No reading—work on your accessibility audit
17 No reading—prepare for today's audit meeting
19 Read "Spitzer Agreement to Make Web Sites Accessible to the Blind and Visually Impaired" and the Ramada Franchise Systems Assurance of Discontinuance.
21 Read New York State's Statewide Technology Policy P04-002: Accessibility of State Agency Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications
24 Read New York State's NYS Mandatory Technology Standard S04-001
26 Jakob Nielsen: F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content and Hyped Web Stories Are Irrelevant
28 Read the 1998 Amendment to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
May 1 Read the Preamble and the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards published by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the ‘Access Board’)
3 Look through “Questions Answered by the Experts” published by the Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center at Georgia Tech.
5 Class and Charter Day—no class
12 Final Project due

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