IT 111 Week 8 Podcast - Winter Quarter

The short video (6:48 minutes) above is a demonstration that shows how to save the CSS and XHTML from the web sites that offer layout templates. I've included links to a couple of the web sites in the Class Links page - see the sections that correspond to Chapter 6 and 7.

This podcast has some announcements and also encourages you to download, install, and use the Web Developer Extension that is available for Firefox. I'm including links to a couple YouTube movies that show you some of the great features of the developer tools.

Video #1 (4:31 minutes)
Video #2 (6:51 minutes)

Listen to the Week 8 Podcast (3:52 minutes)
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IT 111 Week 7 Podcast - Winter 2009

The screen snapshot to the left is for the Newseum and I decided to include in my podcast show notes for two reasons. First, it's a very, very cool web site. You can find the front page of newspapers in the US and around the world and either go to the newspaper's web site or print the front page.

Second, the Newseum web site represents what I like the best about the Web and Internet. It's a resource that would be impossible to duplicate in any other format and it's free. Check it out and tell me what you think.

This week's podcast has a brief overview of the Chapter 7 Assignment. I think you'll enjoy using pseudo classes to make interesting navigation links. And three column layouts using CSS are also introduced in Chapter 7.

Listen to the Week 7 Podcast (3:27 minutes)
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IT 111 Week 6 Podcast - Winter 2009

This podcast has several announcements about the President's Day holiday weekend coming up, a book recommendation, and a quick overview of Chapter 6.

The book pictured to the left, Don't Make Me Think!, is one of my favorite books on web design and usability. There are two copies in the NSCC library if you want to check it out before you buy it.

Have a good weekend, everyone!

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IT 111 Week 5 Podcast - Winter 2009

This short video (2:35 minutes) shows how to determine the dimensions (width and height) and file size of an image using Firefox. I hope it will be helpful when working on the Chapter 4 Assignment.

This podcast includes some announcements, some tips for the Chapter 4 Assignment, and a brief overview of the Chapter 5 Assignment. It mentions a screen reader simulation used by visually impaired people who surf the web and a web-based image editing site called Photoshop Express. I hope you'll check out the screen reader simulation (takes a few seconds to load so be patient) as it will great motivation for including the alt attribute in all your image tags along with good descriptions of the images.

Listen to the Week 5 Podcast (6:47 minutes)
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