BCT 400

Enhanced Personal Homepage

BACKGROUND

You already know how to make a homepage and have done so in earlier classes. Now we want you to apply the new skills you are acquiring in this course, such as making original sound clips. You are also making an online resume, so we want to be sure you link from your enhanced personal homepage to your resume; you will have posted your resume on your bama account, so be sure to link to it from your homepage. If you need to brush up on NETSCAPE COMPOSER, go the tutorial for COMPOSER on the tutorials page.

We are hoping that you will use your personal homepage as part of your job application packet when you prepare to enter the job market. Some students use this personal homepage to give some idea to potential employers about them as a person. Other students make the page purely for fun, a very personal homepage to be shared with friends.

You can put your page on BAMA or post it on your own ISP. That's up to you.

INSTRUCTIONS

YOUR HOMEPAGE SHOULD HAVE THINGS ALREADY DONE IN BCT 300. BUT, if you DO NOT have your homepage from 300, your advanced page for this class should have these things PLUS the list for 400. The things for your basic page are:

At least five Icons or Images from the Internet
A least 6 digital images (use a digital camera or scanned images)
A Background Gif or Jpg for all of the Pages
At Least ten Hypertext Links to External URL Sites
At least five content pages included in your web site
Page Back or Back to Home Page Icons on all pages
Text Colors: Normal Text, Normal Link, Active Link, and Visited Text
At least one organizational link
Overall design
Overall creativity
Your linked Email address

Use either your existing 300 page or build your own homepage that includes the features above (basic) and the advanced, enhanced once below :

original sound clips
.midi, .wav file, and .avi file
animation
a link to your advanced PowerPoint you made in this class
a link to your .html resume you made in this class
a link to your team's community service project
a link to your course reader you made in this class
a link to your team scrapbook you made in this class
a link to your download/unzip webpage you made in this class. (This page does not count as the page with you sound and video clips. You should also add them in other pages.)
a link to our university
Remember to Follow the UA Web Policy and Guidelines
should reflect creativity, good taste, and professional skills in making a personal web page!

Important:

When you are saving ALL your files (sounds, webpages, images, etc.), DO NOT USE SPACES OR SYMBOLS IN YOUR FILENAMES. Get used to using lowercase letters, that way you keep consistent with all filenames. Many ISPs, including BAMA, are case sensitive, so there is a difference between uppercase and lowercase letters. If you use spaces your files will NOT come up when viewed online. A similar thing happens if the computer is trying to look for a name that has a different latter case, those files will not appear. BE CONSISTENT: NO SPACES, USE ONLY LOWERCASE.

POSTING YOUR HOMEPAGE

you are to post your advanced homepage on your bama account
you can also post it, instead, if you wish, on your other ISP account. If you are in doubt on this, send an email to your professor

TURNING IN YOUR PRODUCT

Send an email to your assignment mailbox: goals400@bamaed.ua.edu

In the SUBJECT, write PERSONAL HOMEPAGE

In the BODY, include your name, your SSN and the URL (address) where you have posted your homepage on the internet.

GRADING CRITERIA

ENHANCED HOMEPAGE	POINT VALUE
At least five Icons or Images from the Internet	10 points
Includes at least six photos (scanned or digital camera)	12 points
A Background Gif or Jpg for all of the Pages	2 points
At Least 10 Hypertext Links to External URL Sites	20 points
At least five content pages included in your web site	15 points
Page Back or Back to Home Page Icons on all pages	10 points
Your linked Email address	5 points
Original Sound Clip (.wav) that is appropriate, clearly related to the page, and operates correctly. How to insert a sound, click here.	10 points
Has an .avi. How to insert a video, click here.	3 points
Has a .midi and .wav file besides the original one shown above. How to insert a sound, click here.	4 points
Link to your Advanced Power Point	2 points
Link to your .html Resume	2 points
Link to your Course Reader	2 points
Link to your Community Service Project	2 points
Link to your Scrapbook	2 points
Link to your Download/Unzip webpage	2 points
Link to the University	2 points
Meets UA standards and policies	required
Looks professional, good grammar, spell checking, consistency in design	10 points
Reflects creativity, uses a wide range of technology skills, and is appealing to the web viewer	5 points
TOTAL POINTS	120 points