PLEASE NOTE: All CMIT modules have now been withdrawn,
and are unavailable for the 2010/11 academic year
These web pages and lecture notes are left as reference for those students
requiring CMIT modules to complete their programme only, and are not an
indication of modules currently offered.
Internet Practicals - contents
Practical classes take place on Mondays, at 3pm, in LaTiS Room 'M', Queen's Building. The sessions will cover the following topics:
- Your first web page
- In which you'll create some simple web pages and link them together using hyperlinks
- Images and other simple stuff
- In which you'll discover how to add images, create lists, and add colour.
- More style for your pages
- In which you'll add some style to your pages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
- Liquid and Frozen Layouts
- In which you'll finally learn how to place things where you want them on the screen.
- Validate your pages
- In which you'll discover how well you've followed thhe web standards.
- Publishing your pages
- In which you'll finally be able to show your hard work to all your friends and relations.
- Tables, Frames and Modern Web Design
- In which you'll learn how to create boxes, rows and columns galore, and why they're not always a good idea.
- Designing for usability
- In which you'll examine web site structure and learn to make decisions on how to link your pages together in the most intuitive way, as well as providing clues the reader can use to navigate your hypertext.
- Design Tips
- A small and eclectic collection of hints and tips to improve your skills.
- Converting Documents from MS Word
- A quick-and-dirty guide to getting HTML from your essays written in Word. Creates a basis from which you can add further markup, style, design, etc.
- A Guide to PhotoShop
- A brief guide to basic digital image editing using Adobe Photoshop. Whilst you're not expected within the module to produce your own graphics, you might find this useful should you need to edit, resize or convert images. There are lots of other image editing tutorials on the web (this one is at the University of Texas); find one that suits your style and your software!