sleduc on January 1st, 2010

Chapter 1: Adding Life to Web Pages with PHP

Goals

Learn the basic syntax and commands of PHP

Terms

HTML
PHP
Web Form
Browser
<?php ?>
Variable
Quotes
Echo
$_POST
Web Server
Array
Superglobal
Mail()

Concepts

HTML on Client side
PHP on Server side
PHP Syntax and command structure

Resources

Graphical Secure File Transfer Applications

Fugu (Mac)
WinSCP (Windows)

SSH (Secure Shell) Client

Terminal (Mac) - is already on all Macs
PuTTY (Windows and Unix)

HTML Editor

Kompozer

phpMyAdmin

Hulk Server Access

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sleduc on January 1st, 2010

Goals

Learn to create and manipulate a slide presentation

Resource

The tool: OpenOffice.org Impress
The learning resource: InPictures Web Site Tutorials, http://inpics.net/impress.html

Terms

Format
Preview
Tables and charts
Design templates
Master slide
Rearrange
Animate
Transitions
Speaker notes
Handouts

Concepts

Creating a Presentation
Customizing Presentations
Working with Animation
Preparing Live Presentations

Projects

Creating a Presentation

Create a slide
new slides
Insert pictures
Format text
Format pictures
Preview a presentation

Customizing Presentations

Insert tables and charts
Employ design templates
Employ [...]

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sleduc on January 1st, 2010

Goals

Learn to create and manipulate a word processed document

Resource

The tool: OpenOffice.org Writer
The learning resource: InPictures Web Site Tutorials, http://inpics.net/writer.html

Terms

Cut, copy and paste
Bullets and numbering
Styles
Tabs
Breaks
Headers and footers
Columns
Pictures
Draw and paint
Tables
Templates
Word count
Table of Contents

Concepts

Wordprocessing Basics
Formatting and Efficiencies
Special Features
Advanced Features

Projects

Writer Basics

Create a new document
Cut, copy and paste
Format words
Format paragraphs
Use bullets and [...]

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sleduc on January 1st, 2010

Goals

Learn to create and manipulate a database

Resource

The tool: OpenOffice.org Base
The learning resource: InPictures Web Site Tutorials, http://inpics.net/base.html

Terms

field
key field
record
search
query
sort
database management system
mail merge

Concepts

Database Basics
Tables
Forms
Queries
Reports

Projects

Database Basics Tutorials

Create a new database
Create tables
Create forms
Create queries
Create reports

Working with Tables

Modify tables
Create new tables
Specify data types
Specify field properties
Edit records
Find records
Sort and filter records
Create table [...]

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sleduc on January 1st, 2010

Goals

Build a web portfolio

Terms

HTML
Tags

html
head
style
body
h1, h2, h3, etc.
p
ul, ol, li
a (link)

CSS

Selector
Property
Value

Concepts

HTML and CSS web structure and design

Projects

Build a Web Portfolio

Tutorials

Day 0 The What,Why and How

History of HTML
Head and Body logic
Clean document formatting

HTML (<html> </html>)
Head (<head> </head>)
Style (<style> </style>)
Body (<body> </body>)
Opening and closing tags (<h1> </h1>)
Header (<h1> </h1>, <h2> </h2>, <h3> </h3> , etc.)
Paragraph (<p> </p>)
Lists (<li> [...]

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sleduc on January 1st, 2010

Goals

Learn to create and manipulate a spreadsheet

Resources

The tool: OpenOffice.org Calc
The learning resource: InPictures Web Site Tutorials, http://inpics.net/calc.html

Terms

cell
cell format (number, text, value, function, calculation, date, currency)
row
column
label
macro
replicate
template
worksheet
“what if” questions
range
absolute
relative reference

Concepts

Basic Calculations
Formatting Worksheets
Manipulating Data
Advanced Calculations
Making Data Visible

Projects

Basic Calculations

Add
Subtract
Multiply
Divide
Calculate averages
Find the maximum value

Formatting Worksheets

Format text
Format cells
Adjust columns and rows
Print worksheets

Manipulating Data

Move, copy, and paste
Add/delete columns
Add/delete [...]

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