Instructor Information

NOTE: Office hours and office location are valid for Weeks 1, 2, 3, 9, and 10 of the semester. For the other weeks office hours will be held online by appointment.

Summary

Course Objectives

• name and categorize many web programming technologies
• use HTML5 and CSS to manage the content and form of a web site
• utilize Javascript to generate dynamic content and to react to user actions
• apply established design techniques to build a multi-page web site
• manage files in a personal web space

Grading

online checkins		4%
lab days		10%
homework assignments		22%
midterm exam		32%
final exam		32%

A		90	–	100
B		80	–	89
C		70	–	79
D		60	–	69
F		0	–	59

Overall Course Structure and Online Checkins

• Monday 11:59pm homework is due.
• Tuesday 1:20pm–2:35pm is a lecture period.
• Thursday 1:20pm–2:35pm is a lab day period. Prelab due by 1:20pm.

During the first three weeks of the semester and the two weeks right after fall break, the instructor will on-campus and the lectures and lab days will be in-person in the classroom with the instructor present.

During the other weeks the lab days will continue to be in-person in the classroom, but with a lab tutor present to help answer questions. The lectures during these weeks will be delivered via Teams meeting link here: https://josephus.sergeantservices.com/meeting_room/w1

Attending online lectures is mandatory with 5 points attached to each meeting time. To receive all 5 points at an online meeting you must do all of the following:

• Connect to the W1 Teams Meeting Room (https://josephus.sergeantservices.com/meeting_room/w1) before the start of the session.
• Participate appropriately in the session with your camera on and remaining engaged until the session is dismissed by the instructor.

You will lose a point for each minute you are not present (not to exceed 5 deductions in a checkin session).

Lab Days

IMPORTANT: Showing up to lab day and doing work for another course will yield a 0 for participation. If you know in advance you will have to be absent on a lab day you can receive credit by doing the following:

1. Prior to the start of class on Thursday do the prelab assignment and post your work in your online repository. ALSO, leave a comment in the lab day assignment in Canvas letting the instructor know you will be absent. This will earn you up to 3 points.
2. Prior to Friday at midnight leave a second comment in the lab day assignment in Canvas explaining your progress since the first comment. Once again, your progress on the lab day exercise needs to be pushed to your repository. If you have completed all lab day steps by the deadline, you will receive 7 points.

Homework Assignments

Typically, on Tuesday homework is due and we introduce the lab day instructions and homework assignment for the week along with lecture topics to support them. Thursday is lab day. This schedule will be modified as needed through the semester.

A homework assignment is considered late if it is not submitted at or before the beginning of the class period on the day it is due. Late homework assignments will receive a 20% point penalty and must be completed within a week or the original due date. Assignments that miss the one week deadline will receive a grade of 0 (unless there are extenuating circumstances).

A primary goal of this course is for each student to become an independent problem-solver. Achieving this goal requires that each student practice solving problems independently. The ideal, therefore, is that each student should make a habit of completing every homework assignment without assistance. There are times, however, when you may become stuck and require assistance. In each assignment I provide a description of resources that are allowed. It is the job of the student to read and comply with those guidelines.

Typical penalties for not following specified guidelines is a zero on the assignment for a first offense, and an F in the course for the second offense.

Exams

The instructor will be physically present for the Midterm Exam. That exam will be hand-written during the scheduled class session. The instructor will not be present for the Final Exam so it will be administered as follows:

• The final exam is scheduled for 1:00pm on Tue 09 Dec and you will show up to the classroom with your computer.
• The exam will be presented in online form and will require use of the lock-down browser (instructions for downloading and using the browser will be provided in advance).
• The exam is time-limited based on the length of the class period so you will need to work quickly and efficiently.

The Role of AI Tools in this Course

There are, however, times when you can get help from an AI tool. When a topic is introduced on Tuesday, if there are concepts related to that topic you do not understand you can ask an AI tool to explain the topics to you, give you practice questions to solve, and give you feedback

So imagine in a typical week:

Monday at 11:59pm

The previous homework assignment is due. You can look at the topics scheduled for the upcoming week, but do NOT look at the lab day and homework assignments if you plan to get learning help from an AI tool.

Tuesday at 1:20pm

We introduce new topics. Feel free to consult with an AI tool to help you learn about the topics introduced in the lecture as long as you haven't read the upcoming assignements and don't ask questions pertaining to any specific assignments in the course.

Wednesday

You complete the prelab. Once you start the prelab you may not use the AI for any part of this course. From now until you've turned in the current week's homework you may not use an AI tool for any part of this course.

Thursday

You do lab day work on your own. Start the homework assignment.

Students with Disabilities

Student Support

In addition, all full or part-time students are eligible to receive free, confidential, and voluntary counseling services at HSU. Services include consultation, evaluation, counseling, and crisis support services for students facing issues impacting their overall well-being. To obtain any of these services, students may call The Office of Counseling Services at (325) 671-2272, email counseling@hsutx.edu, or begin the intake process by completing our online forms at:https://www.hsutx.edu/intake.

Academic Integrity

Cases of suspected academic dishonesty will be handled in accordance with university policies outlined in Undergraduate Catalog and in the Student Handbook. The current catalog prescribes that “no student who has violated the Academic Integrity Policy will be allowed to graduate from Hardin-Simmons University with honors.” Penalties will be assigned at the discretion of the instructor and typically range from failure on the assignment to failure of the course. A general rule-of-thumb is that a first offense (if not too major) will result in a zero on the assignment and a second offense will result in an F for the course. The current catalog states that an F earned in this way cannot be replaced by retaking the course.

Computer Account Use

Attendance

Accordingly, absence from more than 25 percent of class meetings and/or laboratory sessions scheduled for a course (including absences because of athletic participation) is regarded as excessive, and a grade of F may be assigned as deemed appropriate by the professor.

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