http://polaris.umuc.edu/~flazarus/
Welcome Message
Welcome to CMST 398J!
My name is Ferd Lazarus and I'll be your facilitator. I
hesitate to use the word instructor since experience has
taught me that the knowledge you students have is awesome.
The trick is sharing it. To facilitate this sharing I will
set up a mailing list that can be used, in addition to WebTycho,
for questions and comment. Good questions and comment will earn
gold stars, three of which are worth a grade point. If you catch
me in a serious error that is also worth a gold star. Also don't
hesitate to direct questions to my class e-mail account. All
must use numbered
Nova account e-mail for this class. If you
want a question held private please say so since I will publish
interesting questions in the spirit of sharing. Please take care
and not broadcast private material to the mailing list.
Send such items only to my private class e-mail account.
The e-mail address referenced above can be found on the
E-Mail Directory page.
Please remember to obtain a 'numbered' account, set up
your vectoring Web page, and send a message, including the vectoring
page URL, to my class account from your class account no later than
the end of the first week of class. (See
assignment #1.)
It is very important that you access my site-in-the-wild since it
updates the information found on WebTycho.
Please forgive the redundant connectivity.
Students enter the system from different
directions. However if some links don't work
as you think they should do let me know.
There will be a Final Exam. It will be open book and open notes.
Please note that you must register with the DE folks for this exam.
Where the rubber meets the road, starting with assignment #4, many
students discover that the deconstruction approach to learning to write
scripts is harder than it looks. So be forewarn, look at
assignment #4 and my sample deconstruction page NOW! If you don't understand something ASK!
In looking at student scripts I often notice html errors. Now
browsers are robust and will often accept bad code. I'm not so robust.
Do run your html through a validator such as the
WDG HTML Validator
I do understand that at times you may wish to break the rules to
achieve a particular effect. However when you do please comment
the rule you are violating and explain the effect you are trying to
achieve. If you don't I will deduct points for poor coding. Also
cross-browser compatibility must be retained.
Finally, I respond to ALL messages and assignments.
If communications breakdown and you do not hear
from me it is your responsibility to contact me.
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