Week 1 (10/4/2008): Introduction to WWW Development (mp402)

mp402 students,

Again, welcome to the online portion of this class which consists of the a blog <http://mp402.blogspot.com> and a Google Group website <http://groups.google.com/group/mp402 and email LISTSERV <mailto:mp402@googlegroups.com>. You have all been added to the group and blog, which I will be configured to be closed. Let me know if you are having trouble accessing them.

I have posted the links to the course syllabus, Week 1's slides for the introduction, coursework and lecture, and the coursework files, in the Pages section of our Google Group under "mp402: Lectures and Coursework".

To recap your Week 1 class assignments,

• Familiarize yourself with the Class Blog and Google Group
  
  • Setup your class Gmail account and profile picture
• Familiarize yourself with the Museum of the City website
  
  • Research the business area/type and begin thinking about the business goals
  • Identify 2-3 competitor/related URLs (per team member), enter in a bookmarks file and post to your team groups.
  • Review the client survey (p. 44-45) and technical survey (p. 57) files in preparation for Week 2
• Read Chapters 1-2 (p. 10-36)

I encourage you to upload a picture of yourself to your Google group profile (on the My Groups top right menu) and using your regular name. That will aid me in recognizing you and associating names with faces more quickly.

Thanks, Richard.