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Week 1
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
Mar 31	Mon	Introduction [slides] [pdf] [handouts]		UW Network Resources (Lab 1)	HW 1 assigned Videos: Turn on Web Publishing UW employees only: Use student_html instead of public_html
Apr 1	Tue			UW Network Resources (Lab 1)
Apr 2	Wed	Le Mot Juste [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 1	Directories (Lab 2) Linux and UNIX (optional)
Apr 3	Thu			Directories (Lab 2) Linux and UNIX (optional)
Apr 4	Fri	Digerati [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 2		HW 2 assigned
Week 2
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
Apr 7	Mon	Informatics Program [video on YouTube] Networking [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 3	HTML Practice (Lab 3)	Due before Noon: Lab 2, HW1
Apr 8	Tue			HTML Practice (Lab 3)
Apr 9	Wed	Networking Wrapup [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 4	Image Manipulation (Lab 4) [Mt. St. Helens] [Red Square]
Apr 10	Thu			Image Manipulation (Lab 4) [Mt. St. Helens] [Red Square]
Apr 11	Fri	More about Networking and http [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Warriors of the Net video	Chapter 5
Week 3
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
Apr 14	Mon	HTML and Debugging [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Husky Pride [image] Searching the WWW [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Example hoax sites: NebCorp Burmese Mtn Dog DHMO.org World Anti-Brain Doping Authority		HTML Project 1A	Due before Noon: Labs 3 and 4, HW2 HTML Project 1A assigned [XHTML 1.0 file]
Apr 15	Tue			HTML Project 1A
Apr 16	Wed	Debugging [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapters 6	HTML Project 1A
Apr 17	Thu			HTML Project 1A
Apr 18	Fri	Validating XHTML [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 7
Week 4		No quiz this week!
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
Apr 21	Mon	Digital Representation [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Color Play with swatches	Chapter 8	HTML Project 1B	Due before Noon: Project 1A Assigned: Project 1B
Apr 22	Tue			HTML Project 1B
Apr 23	Wed	Programming Basics and Algorithms [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 10	HTML Project 1B
Apr 24	Thu			HTML Project 1B
Apr 25	Fri	Programming Concepts [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 18 and 19
Week 5
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
Apr 28	Mon	Programming Concepts (continued) [slides] [pdf] [handouts] In-Lecture Exercises Answer Key Animations CD Sort Animation Video Demos for JavaScript Debugging: Web Developer Toolbar Fix Errors Fast (17 min.) [Video]	Chapters 18, 19, and 21 QuickStart Chapter 1	First JavaScript (Lab 5/6)
Apr 29	Tue			First JavaScript (Lab 5/6)	Due before Noon: Project 1B
Apr 30	Wed	Programming Concepts (continued) [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Functions [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Examples: Temp converter Memory Bank: version 1 version 2 version 3 version 4	Chapter 20	First JavaScript (Lab 5/6)	Project 2A assigned
May 1	Thu			First JavaScript (Lab 5/6)
May 2	Fri	Iteration [slides] [pdf] [handouts] In-class examples: For loop countup For loop countdown While countup While countdown ha ha ha! Coin toss Coin toss trials Demo Videos InstallingWeb Developer Toolbar Fix errors quickly Free Software Downloads Web Developer toolbar Editors (choose one) NotePad++ (Win) NotePad2 (Win) TextWrangler(Mac) SFTP programs WinSCP (Win) See UWick for Fugu or Fetch for Mac	Chapter 20
Week 6
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
May 5	Mon	Indexing and Arrays [video] [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Fixing Errors Fast [video] [no slides] Installing Web Developer Toolbar [video] Examples Fruits More Fruits Sort Fruits Sort Fruits Descending	Chapter 21 QuickStart Chapter 2	Lab 7/8 Conditionals [Lab] [Quiz Part 1] [Quiz Part 2]	Due before Noon: Lab 5-6
May 6	Tue			Lab 7/8 Conditionals [Lab] [Quiz Part 1] [Quiz Part 2]
May 7	Wed	Forms: Inputs and Outputs [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 22	Lab 7/8 Conditionals [Lab][Quiz Part 1] [Quiz Part 2]	Due before Noon: Project 2A
May 8	Thu			Lab 7/8 Conditionals [Lab][Quiz Part 1] [Quiz Part 2]	Project 2B assigned [Project 2B Quiz Link] Rollover Example
May 9	Fri	JavaScript Context [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Emoticons (separately) [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	QuickStart Chapter 3
Week 7
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
May 12	Mon	Document Object Model [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Essentials of the DOM and JavaScript (10 min.) DOM Exercise Answers—see slides	QuickStart Chapter 4	JS Project 2B
May 13	Tue			JS Project 2B
May 14	Wed	Document Object Model 2 [slides] [pdf] [handouts] DOM Exercises [Ex. 2] [Ex. 3]		JS Project 2B	Due before Noon: Labs 7/8
May 15	Thu			JS Project 2B
May 16	Fri	*Lecture canceled!*			Undergraduate Research Symposium in Mary Gates
Week 8
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
May 19	Mon	Computer Basics [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 9	Project 2B
May 20	Tue			Project 2B
May 21	Wed	Intro to Spreadsheets [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapters 14-15	Spreadsheets (Lab 9) [Instructions] [Quiz]	Due Before Noon: Project 2B
May 22	Thu			Spreadsheets (Lab 9) [Instructions] [Quiz]
May 23	Fri	Privacy [slides] [pdf] [handouts] - ACLU Pizza Palace - Identity Theft	Chapter 13 (first half)
Week 9
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
May 26	Mon	Memorial Day—official UW holiday! No classes! Happy Holiday!
May 27	Tue			Labs Canceled	Due Before Noon: Lab 9
May 28	Wed	Database Basics / XML [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 16 (different from 2nd ed.)	Database (Lab 10) Lab 10 Quiz	Project 3A assigned
May 29	Thu			Database (Lab 10) Lab 10 Quiz
May 30	Fri	Designing a Database [slides] [pdf] [handouts]	Chapter 17
Week 10
Date	Day	Lecture Topic	Readings Due	Lab Topic	Assignments & Due Dates
Jun 2	Mon	Querying the Database [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Design exercise [Athletes Database] [Design Key]	Chapter 17	Security (Lab 11) Project 3B	Due before Noon: Lab 10 Project 3B assigned
Jun 3	Tue			Security (Lab 11) Project 3B
Jun 4	Wed	Security [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Quick Write keys: QW3, QW4, QW5, QW7, QW8, QW9, QW10	Chapter 13 (last half)	Quiz TA Evaluations Database Project 3B	Due before Noon: Project 3A
Jun 5	Thu			Quiz TA Evaluations Database Project 3B
Jun 6	Fri	Wrap Up [slides] [pdf] [handouts] Instructor Evaluations Quick-Write Drop-in Lab: 4-6pm MGH 030	Chapter 24
Finals		No final!
Jun 9	Mon	Drop-in Lab: 1:30-6:30PM MGH 030			Due before Noon: Lab 11
Jun 10	Tues	Grade Point Conversion Spreadsheet			Due before Noon: Project 3B If you're having problems with queries, watch the June 2 lecture!
Jun 11	Wed	Drop-in Lab: 8:30AM-12:30PM MGH 430			Due before Noon: 1-1-1 Rule for Project 3B Due Before 11:45PM: Extra credit paper (only available if you did not participate in a usability study. (See Catalyst Collect It for topics.)

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