University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Information and Library Science

INLS 181: Internet Applications

Class Schedule

Note: You must bring your required laptop computer to class daily (unless other instructions are given). The computer should be configured for wireless network access to the campus network.

1. Wednesday August 21: Effectiveness on the Web (online class notes)
   • Course overview and introduction
   • Fundamentals of effective Web design
   • Read: none
   
   
2. Wednesday August 28: HTML and Protocols (online class notes)
   • HTML review
   • Protocols on the Internet
   • Read: Review Niederst chapters 8-16
   
   
3. Wednesday September 4: When will computers be easy?
   • Movie: The Paperback Computer
   • Note: laptops are not required for this class session
   • Read: none
   
   
4. Wednesday September 11: Multiple browsers, multiple users (online class notes)
   • Browsers, standards and compatibility
   • HTML standards
   • Validation of HTML
   • HTML editor review
   • Installing and testing with multiple browsers
   • Display resolution issues
   • Due: Assignment one, Site Critique (due date: Friday September 13 at 6:00 pm)
   • Read: Niederst chapters 1-3, 6-7
   
   
5. Wednesday September 18: Cascading style sheets (online class notes)
   • Cascading style sheets (CSS): concepts and use
   • Authoring CSS
   • Validation of CSS
   • Read: Niederst chapter 17
   
   
6. Wednesday September 25: Graphics
   • Graphics: concepts and use
   • Graphics standards
   • Non-standard Web-based graphics formats
   • Graphics animation
   • File sizes
   • Authoring and manipulating graphics
   • Incorporating graphics into Web pages
   • Read: Niederst chapters 19-23
   
   
7. Wednesday October 2: Running on the server
   • Server-side includes
   • CGI authoring and debugging
   • PHP, Perl
   • Database interactivity
   • Due: Assignment two, CSS Implementation
   • Read: Niederst chapters 4, 18
   
   
8. Wednesday October 9: Client-side programming
   • Javascript
   • Other scripting languages
   • Java applets
   • Read: Niederst chapters 28-29, 31
   
   
9. Wednesday October 16
   • No classes due to fall recess (begins 5:00 pm)
   
   
10. Wednesday October 23: Flash & midterm
    • Flash
    • Shockwave
    • Authoring tools
    • Usability issues
    • Midterm exam 7:30 - 8:30 pm (online exam taken in class)
    • Read: Niederst chapter 26
    
    
11. Wednesday October 30: XML
    • XML concepts
    • XML standards
    • XML and Web searchability
    • Archiving and metadata on the Web
    • Read: Niederst chapters 27, 30
    
    
12. Wednesday November 6: New devices & DRM
    • WAP
    • eBook formats
    • Digital rights management
    • Due: Assignment three, XML Implementation
    • Due: Email your term project proposal to Prof. Newby
    • Read: Niederst chapter 32
    
    
13. Wednesday November 13: The semantic Web
    • Semantic Web ideals
    • The Semantic Web today
    • Read: Tim Berners-Lee Semantic Web Roadmap; skim Dublin Core elements
    
    
14. Wednesday November 20: Audio and video
    • Note: Guest lecture, as GBN will be at the TREC meeting in Gaithersburg
    • Audio standards
    • Webcasting and streaming concepts
    • Video standards
    • Metadata (MPEG7)
    • The future of AV
    • Read: Niederst chapters 24-25
    
    
15. Wednesday November 27
    • No classes due to Thanksgiving recess (begins 1:00 pm)
    
    
16. Wednesday December 4: Planning for the future
    • Informal student presentations of final projects
    • The future of the Web
    • The future of computing and networking
    • Today's greatest problems, revisited
    • The role of information professionals in shaping the future
    • Read: None
    • Due: Final project