Introduction to Web Authoring

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Introduction toWeb Authoring
Session 1
www.msu.edu/hartdav2/wa.html

• Bill Hart-Davidson
• hartdav2_at_msu.edu
• AIM billhd30

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Today in Class

• Introductions
• Syllabus
• Textbooks
• Goals
• Policies
• Projects
• Schedule
• Getting Started The Personal Project Template

• For Next Time
• 1. Familiarize yourself with syllabus schedule
• 2. Pick up your HTML CSS references
• 3. Start customizing your personal project page

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Introduce Yourself!

• Give us
• Your name, major etc.
• A description of your web experience
• A description of your writing experience,
  including other writing courses you have taken
• An interesting fact about you that, once people
  know it, makes them go ahhhthat explains a
  lot!

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Course Goals

• To learn basic principles, skills, and
  technologies for web authoring.
• To gain fluency in analyzing and producing
  web-based genres.
• To acquire best practices of information
  architecture.
• To build a basis of expertise for fostering web
  authoring excellence in co-workers and clients
• To engage in reflective practice, laying a
  foundation for a career in professional writing.

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Lets Look at the Syllabus

• Goals
• Textbooks
• Policies and procedures
• Projects
• Schedule

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Project Timeline
September October November Dec.
Personal Project Page
Exercises
Web Genre Analysis
Web UA Site
To do well, youll need to be consistently
writing and revising throughout the semester.
Plan for 2 hours or so outside of class for each
hour in class
WebSolutions Group Project
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Grab the Personal Project Page Template

• 1. Go to the course home page and look under
  Recent Class Materials. Ill frequently post
  materials here.
• 2. Click the link to view the template in the
  browser.
• 3. Go back to the home page and right-click on
  the link to download the source file to your
  desktop.
• It is called ptemplate.html

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Turning Your Projects in

• Set up a personal project page. A website where
  youll post your projects, big and small.
• http//www.msu.edu/hartdav2/wa.html

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Web Space?

• You have access to an account provided by MSU
  your AFS Space.
• http//www.msu.edu/your_msunet_id
• To put stuff there, FTP to ftp.msu.edu and store
  files in the directory called public_html Or, in
  a networked lab, map the drive and navigate to
  your public_html directory

Did that last bit of jargon confuse you?
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Try it now

• Post your project page in your AFS space.
• Make a new folder inside the public_html folder
  call it wa
• Drag the file called ptemplate.html into it
• Now go to the course page and click on the link
  with your name in the Student Pages box

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Project 1 Genre Analysis Parody/Tribute

• http//www.msu.edu/hartdav2/wa/ga.html

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For Next Time

• 1. Familiarize yourself with syllabus schedule
• 2. Pick up your HTML CSS references
• 3. Start customizing your personal project page
• 4. Choose a site to analyze for project 1