Syllabus

Saddleback College - Business Science Division

Course Syllabus

CIMW115 - INTRO CREATING WEB PAGES DREAMWEAVER AND WORD PRESS
CIS 415 NC Non Credit Creating Web Pages

Fall 2025 9/15/2025 - 12/10/2025

Course Grading | Dropping Class | DSPS | Login Help | Netiquette | Online Help | Schedule | Student Outcomes | Textbook

Instructor: Professor T. DeDonno   Semester Fall 2025
Office Hours email Ticket # #73660 Credit and 73662 Non Credit CIS415NC
Class Site : https://cim.saddleback.edu/~class/cimw115 Room #

Online and
Help in Library LRC
- Office Hours for availability

Central Web-Site https://cim.saddleback.edu Time & Day webcasts Thursday 1 PM
Details on Canvas
Course Description
Introduction to web design and development in creating web pages using modern tools such as Adobe Dreamweaver and WordPress. Teaches basic introduction to HTML and CSS following World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines and validation. Provides an overview of FTP, internet, social implications, accessibility, and web security. Students will maintain a website on a World Wide Web (WWW) server consisting of HTML, advanced HTML elements such as links, tables, forms, intro JavaScript validation, object and frames, and basic CSS selectors. Using CSS students will configure layouts, fonts, colors and other properties. Includes website integration of Microsoft Word, graphics, video, and sound. Introduces basic web animation and video editing
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Explain and implement W3C website validation.
  2. Construct a website using Adobe Dreamweaver, that contains links, HTML tags, CSS code, JavaScript, video, sound, graphics, Microsoft Word integration, tables, forms, object tag, page layout, fonts, colors and frames.
  3. Analyze various website issues consisting of FTP, internet, security, accessibility and social implications.
  4. Construct discussion board and WordPress threads.
Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Students who complete this course will be able to explain and implement W3C website validation.
  2. Students who complete this course will be able to construct a website using Adobe Dreamweaver, that contains links, HTML tags, CSS code, JavaScript, video, sound, graphics, tables, forms, object tags, page layout, fonts, colors, and framese.
  3. Students who complete this course will be able to implement a WordPress blog.
Required Textbook, (ZTC)

ZTC class, follow canvas modules.
Course Grading - Points Based not Percentage Base

This is point-based grading system, you have two source of points Canvas and your cim web page assignments. Each web page assignment is worth 10 points, canvas points are both discussion boards posts each worth 10 points/each and quizzes. The table below represents the points you need for the corresponding lettter grade. So this is a class you can get an A for effort. When sending e-mails, make sure you include cimw115, cis415nc or DW in subject line. Academic Integrity is critical to passing this course. Using AI to complete work is a violation of academic integrity. Failure to abide by academic integrity can result in a failing grade. For further information on academic integrity consult UCSD Professor Elkan's Written Description., AI policy and cim site policy. Academic work, especially criticism and research, involve using the work of other writers, researchers, and artists. Students need to know they are allowed to use this material, so long as they supply attribution. In addition, if you use the work of any other writer, researcher, or artist, even an image from the Internet, you need to provide attribution and ensure you are modeling fair use. Refer to the Creative Commons page for further information. The course grade will be calculated from:

Web Page Points (120 possible - 10points/web-page-assignment) Canvas
Points (60 Possible)
Grade
100 50 A/Credit/ P Pass
90 40 B/Credit/ P Pass
60 30 C/Credit/ P Pass
40 20 D/No Credit/NP
Less than 40 Less than 20 F/No Credit/NP

CIS 415 NC

  • No Letter Grade for the Class but do the work
  • "first 5 Weeks" Complete Five Web Page Assignments Home Page, HTML, (CSS Extra Credit) Web Page Assignment 3-5
  • "last 3 Weeks" reposting the first 3 CSS assignments

Tips for Taking Quizzes or Tests

  • Before you take the quiz, notice the time limit and number of attempts allowed.
  • Make sure you first watch the relevant webcasts, take notes on viewgraphs and review notes.
  • Arrange your schedule so you will not be interrupted.
  • You may want to post a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside your door or computer area.
  • Make sure your Internet connection is reliable for a continued connection while taking the quiz.
  • Use a desktop or laptop instead of a phone or tablet to take the quiz, and with hardwired (LAN) connection if possible.
  • Log on early - avoid waiting until the last minute!
  • Be sure to read all instructions carefully
  • Avoid waiting until the due date. It could affect your grade!
  • Contact your instructor via the Canvas Inbox immediately if you experience any problems while taking a quiz.

 

Dropping Class
is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw (drop) from the class through Admission and Records or MySite. However, Instructor may drop, "No-Show" students under any of the following conditions:
  1. During the first week of this course, you are required to participate or you may be dropped from the course. You must at least login to canvas before the end of the first week. Reminders will be sent to school email accounts.
  2. As part of the read me first canvas module you are required to introduce yourself as part of the welcome announcement discussion board.
    If you have any challenges with the two above tasks during the first week, please notify me as soon as possible so we can get you started!
  3. Students who have not completed at least 1 assignments two days before the drop without W grade.
  4. By the last date to add with APC code, you must login to canvas, complete the orientation quiz and any corresponding assignment.
  5. Students who have been emailed a drop warning and don't attempt the stated work.
  6. Students who have not completed at least 50% of the work  by two days before the drop with W grade.
  7. When in-class sessions are present, students who miss 2 or more class sessions or the very first onsite in-person class session.
  8. Throughout the semester, I will review your participation and assignments. If you have not participated or logged in within the previous 10 days, you can be dropped from the course. It’s your responsibility to notify me if you have any challenges as soon as possible. It is also your responsibility to drop the course if you feel you can no longer participate and complete the course.

Consult current schedule for exact dates.

Regrading Policy
Sometimes you get a grade that you don't like, usually for one of the following reasons:
  1. There was a clerical error  (i.e., the points were added up wrong).
  2. You think you did something right, and I think you did it wrong.

If you discover a clerical error, tell me immediately. The following Statute of Limitations will apply: You have one week from the day any graded assignment or test is returned to you to appeal the grade you received. After one week, I will assume that you believe the grade you got is the correct one. After one week, grades are unchangeable, fixed, and permanent

Special Needs
Students with disabilities are entitled to appropriate accommodations.  This course meets the requirements outlined in the accessibility checklist and universal design grid provided by Special Services. The Web pages, video presentations, textbooks, and class materials used in this course are accessible to students with disabilities. If you have specific disabilities requiring accommodations, let your instructor know the first 10 days of the semester so that your learning needs may be met and for referral to the Special Services office where documentation of your disability will be provided to receive services and accommodations.  The Special Services Office is in the Student Services Center, Room 113.

Any exceptions to the above statements will be considered individually & only if you approach me about the proposed exception at least a week in advance.

Distance Education Requirements

This is an on Online - distance educational course.

The weekly Canvas announcement will concisely summarize what you need to complete each week. The assignment page provides a detailed course guide. Work on all assignments one at a time, in the order they are listed. At the start of the course weekly welcome announcement will be sent to your Saddleback e-mail address. For a due date summary of the entire course consult the schedule.

Regular effective contact between the Professor and student is required for success. This class we will have weekly videos, web-casts and frequent emails (several per week), will post threaded discussion on important e-mails. In the past students seem to prefer the email communication over discussion board. The assignment page is very detailed on purpose it specifically address many of the questions raised in the past. When required actual phone calls will be made. and instructor does offer in-person help. In addition to in-person help we have 24/7 access to webcasting software. With webcasting software instructor/student can share screen and provides VOIP (Voice over IP - Internet) interactive connections.

Saddleback college also offers more individualized DE help at Canvas, login, or general Technical Support
The canvas site has two important links for help: student guides, and browser support (I don't recommended working on this class from a smartphone),

Netiquette

Netiquette is Internet manners, online etiquette, and digital etiquette all rolled into one word. Basically, netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online. Students are to comply with the following rules of netiquette:

  • Identify yourself:
    • Begin messages with a salutation and end them with your name.
    • Use a signature (a footer with your identifying information) at the end of a message
  • Include a subject line. If applicable; Give a descriptive phrase in the subject line of the message header that tells the topic of the message (not just "Hi, there!").
  • Avoid sarcasm. People who don't know you may misinterpret its meaning.
  • Respect others' opinions privacy. Do not quote or forward personal email without the original author's permission.
  • Acknowledge and return messages promptly.
  • Copy with caution. Don't copy everyone you know on each message.
  • No spam (aka junk mail). Don't contribute to worthless information on the Internet by sending or responding to mass postings of chain letters, rumors, etc.
  • Be concise. Keep messages concise—about one screen, as a rule of thumb.
  • Use appropriate language:
    • Avoid coarse, rough, or rude language.
    • Observe good grammar and spelling.
  • Use appropriate emoticons (emotion icons) to help convey meaning. Use "smiley's" or punctuation such as :-) to convey emotions. View the list of emoticons  at Netlingo and SmugBook
  • Use appropriate intensifiers to help convey meaning.
    • Avoid "flaming" (online "screaming") or sentences typed in all caps.
    • Use asterisks surrounding words to indicate italics used for emphasis (*at last*).
    • Use words in brackets, such as (grin), to show a state of mind.
    • Use common acronyms,but know the context meaning discussed. (e.g., LOL usually means "laugh out loud", in gaming in means League of Legends, it also means Lot of Love)
    • do not use ALL CAPS or multiple exclamation marks (!!!)
  • Be courteous to the other students in the class. You might find it helpful to read your posting out loud before you submit it: the "tone" is a very important part of electronic communication. When you read your message out loud does it sound the way you would speak to another student in the classroom?
  • Refrain from inappropriate language.
  • Never make derogatory comments toward another person in the class.
  • You can disagree with ideas, but do not make personal attacks.

 

Recording and Recording Devices
Other than Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) directed auxiliary aids and academic accommodations, the use of any electronic listening or recording device in any classroom is prohibited without the explicit prior consent of the instructor (CA Ed Code Sec. 78907). It is in violation of South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) policies (BP 5401 & AR 5401) which address student conduct. It is also a crime to record any private communication, such as a classroom lecture, without the consent of all parties to the conversation (Cal. Penal Code § 632). Violation of such rules may result in disciplinary action