[Air-l] Undergraduate HTML text

[Robert Luke]

I would add to this accessibility.  There are many texts (mostly online) available, but a good place to start is the W3C's WAI guidelines:  http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Robert

Ulla Bunz wrote:

> I think it is absolutely essential to teach some sort of usability understanding before or while teaching web design. A technically sophisticated site can still look like crappola, and a very basic site can look good and work well. Personally, I think especially in a communicaiton course that should be so, because we should think of usability as a new communication channel.
> ulla
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> >
> > From: aoir.z3z at danah.org
> > Date: 2002/10/26 Sat PM 01:25:48 EDT
> > To: air-l at aoir.org
> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Undergraduate HTML text
> >
> >
> > I guess it depends on the level and the amount of time, but i'd suggest
> > (in a sorta technical level order):
> >
> > Basic HTML concepts and then build through Dreamweaver
> > Some combination of Photoshop/Illustrator/Fireworks/Freehand
> > Flash
> > PHP & MySQL
> >
> > And possibly throwing in basic setup/design of Webblogs (i.e.
> > MoveableType) and that movement (which is still new and interesting,
> > always a motivation for students and can definitely get into the comm
> > perspective).
> >
> > Of course, this is just the technological section of it...
> >
> > danah
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Nicole Ellison wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking for a good text to use in an undergraduate web production
> > > class (Comm Dept)-- something technically sound but accessible,
> > > preferably grounded in some solid design principles. Any suggestions?
> > > Has anyone used Weinman's creative html design.2?
> >
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