CTL3210 Electronic Publishing

Part I

Course Duration: One Semester
Credit Units: 3
Level: B3
Medium of Instruction: English 
Prerequisites: NIL
Precursors: NIL
Equivalent Courses: NIL
Exclusive Courses: NIL

Part II      

Course Aims

This programme aims to enable students to:

Ÿ           use markup languages to present and describe resources on the Internet;

Ÿ           present and describe metadata in resources published on the Internet;

Ÿ           use Internet technology to achieve content syndication;

Ÿ           use collaborative software to disseminate information on the Internet.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

No.

CILOs

Weighting (if applicable)

1.

Organize and construct information.

 

 

2.

Present static and dynamic content on the internet by using various programming language

 

 

3.

Use disseminating applications for publishing materials online

 

 

4

Demonstrate an understanding of the major factors for creating user-friendly interfaces by examples and hands-on experience

 

 

5

Develop and design a  website

 

 

6

Describe the history and work flow of WWW

 

 

Teaching and learning Activities (TLAs)
(designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs)

Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course.

CILO No.,

TLAs -

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6

Lecture -

The following will be introduced to students:

Ÿ           the history of WWW

Ÿ           various www technology and programming language

Ÿ           the definition of a user-friendly website

Ÿ           the methodology of publishing material online

Ÿ           the idea of organizing and constructing information of a database

1,2,3,4,5

Tutorial -

Ÿ           Students will use various  application for publishing information online.

Ÿ           Students could gain hands-on experience of using various technology and programming language for developing a user-friendly website.

1,3,4,5,6

Reading -

Several online documentations and papers for  better understanding of each topic

1,2,4,5

Coursework -

Using different technologies to develop a website and public to the internet

 

Assessment Tasks/Activities
(designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs)

Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course.

CILO No.

Type of assessment tasks/activities

Weighting
(if applicable)

Remarks

1,2,3,4,5

Coursework

Students publish a user-friendly website with various topics

35%

 

1,2,4,5,6

Mid term test

Ÿ           Multiple choices

Ÿ           Short question

Ÿ           Code modifying

15%

 

1,2,4,5,6

Examination

Ÿ           Multiple choices

Ÿ           Short questions

Ÿ           Code modifying

Ÿ           Long questions

 

50%

 

Grading of Student Achievement:

Refer to Grading of Courses in the Academic Regulations
Grading pattern: Standard (A+, A, A-...F).  Grading is based on student performance in assessment tasks/activities.  
Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course.

Part III     

Keyword Syllabus

Electronic Publishing, User-friendly interface, Consistency, WWW history, Use markup languages to present and describe resources on the Internet, Present and describe metadata in resources published on the Internet, Use Internet technology to achieve content syndication, Use collaborative software to disseminate information on the Internet, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, Schema, DTD, ASP

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Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics