BTAC 184 - Internet and Basic Web Design

Credits: 5
Students apply the necessary online skills to be successful using the Internet. Topics include understanding and using the Internet, web, FTP, E-mail, HTML, web graphics, browsers, browser plug-ins, relative/absolute addressing, and other related aspects. Students produce a web site using a variety of available technologies.

Enrollment Requirement: BTAC 100 with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor consent. Recommended: BTAC 150.

Course Fee: $30.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Discuss and describe the history of the internet, World Wide Web.
Discuss and test other Internet applications.
Recognize and apply HTML tags.
Develop a homepage.
Develop .jpg and .gif images using a paint/graphics program.
Demonstrate the use of .jpg and .gif image files in a web page.

Program Outcomes

Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.
Integrate Microsoft Office software applications to present information in a meaningful manner.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.