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| About the Class |
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Required Materials for CIS137 Managing a Successful Web Project 33631 |
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My Students |
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Prof. Al Fichera |
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916-781-0585 |
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afichera@sierracollege.edu or use the Contact Page Form |
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http://cis137.info/ |
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The required textbook for this course is
Web Usability: A User-Centered Design Approach, by Lazar. 
It's important you buy these books because:
- There will be required reading from the books
- Homework assignments will come from the books
- I will test on material from the books
- It will help you get a better grade in my course
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The Second required textbook for this course is
Web Development: A Visual Spatial Approach, by Craig Baehr
Organized into four sections—Project Planning; Content Development; Structure and Design; and Usability.
- Provides in-depth and equal coverage to planning, structure, content, navigation, design, graphics, interface, usability, accessibility and scripting.
- Chapter Headings Include:
- Process of Web Development
- Project Planning
- Research and Content Development
- Document Markup and Publishing
- Site Structure
- Navigation Systems
- Visual Design
- Interface Design
- Usability and Accessibility
- Text Link to the Baehr Student Web Site
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Review of Lazar's Web Usability Chapters
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Web Usability
Chapter 2 - Defining the Mission and Target User Population
Chapter 3 - Requirements gathering What Info is Needed?
Chapter 4 - Requirements gathering with Users-How to do it?
Chapter 5 - Information Architecture and Site Navigation
Chapter 6 - Page Design
Chapter 7 - Designing for Universal Usability
Chapter 8 - Physical Design
Chapter 9 - Usability Testing
Chapter 10 - Implementation and Marketing
Chapter 11 - Maintaining and Evaluating Web Sites
Case study: The Eastman Kodak Company
Case study: The National Cancer Institute Cancernet web site
Case study: National Football League web site for children
Case study: The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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