PROJECT 1: A PERSONAL WEBSITE
                                                    GUIDELINES
Deadlines:
    The preplanning document for this project will be due by 6PM September 28th.  You may submit it electronically.  Late submissions will receive no credit.   
   The full project must be uploaded to Plaza by noon October 28th.  Late uploads will cost 10 points per day

Specifications:

     This project is a personal home page, so you may develop it in any way that you feel represents you personally.  There is one requirement, however.  Your site MUST include an Interest section, which displays depth of research. Choose something you’d like to know about and find out everything you can.  Then, write a narrative section about that topic for the home page, and include at least five links to other sites relevant to it, as well as at least one book.  You may not use the same topic for project 2, and the topic needs to be one you have never before seriously looked into. 

Note to More Experienced Students

 You are not allowed to use any tool in developing this project that has not been presented as part of this class.  Your site for project one must be all-new. Cribbing material verbatim from another website you may currently have will be treated as plagiarism.

 Academic Honesty

 Collaboration with another student or direct copying of HTML code from any source will result in a failing grade. Plagiarism from other web sites or print media will result in a failing grade.  For more information about Academic Honesty, see the syllabus.

Grading:

5% Preplanning Document

  • Must be complete and thoughtful
  • Preplanning documents submitted late will not be credited (as already specified)

30% HTML

  • 20% Correctness and readability
    • Tag names and attributes in a consistent case
    • Tags properly closed
    • Code well-spaced and consistently indented

  • 10% At least 3 HTML pages

30% Proper/consistent style of presentation

  • Colors and formats harmonious and consistent
  • Navigatability:
    • Links are obvious
    • User knows at all times where he/she is on site
    • No dead-ends (pages that force using the back button)
  • Portability:
    • Pages work on both Internet Explorer and Netscape

35% Content.

  • Overall quality of writing
  • Quality of research
  • Area of interest well-presented and researched
  • Minimum 5 links to relevant other sites;
  • At least one book reference*