CGS 1555: Intro to the Internet Syllabus

The $100 Direct Order WebYoda Associate Webmaster (WAW) Certification Package:

o pass a Web Yoda course, the student must complete all class exercises, bonus exercises, and homework assignments of the first four courses. The $100 special WAW package also includes a fifth course: HomeSite 5.0 whose content is not included on the test, but is the best tutorial on the HomeSite text editor. The online comprehensive exam consists of 60 questions drawn from the content covered in the four above classes. The topics covered in the four courses may be found at the following: http://www.webmastercertification.com/q50.cfm . The minimum passing score is 80%.

This certification is the prerequisite to the WebYoda Certified Webmaster (WCW), and provides the skills needed to acquire an entry-level Webmaster position for maintaining existing static Web sites or building simple Web sites from scratch. Web Yoda's CAW Webmaster certification courses and exam also prepare you to pursue advanced certifications offered by the World Organization of Webmasters (WOW). WOW is a non-profit organization, that provides the definitive Webmaster certification standards accepted by more training centers, course developers, and Internet professionals than any other.

Student Web Yoda Courseware Access

hese Web Yoda materials are designed for 12 hours of classroom/online training each, as well as future reference via the Web. (HCC has 45 hours of instruction for the three credit course.) The course content is continuously updated, and registered students can access the courseware via the Internet to keep up to date.

The HCC-Brandon computer labs do no longer have local access to these courses materials on their machines as the full-time faculty have decided not to have any association with Web Yoda nor the WOW Academy beginning November 2004. However, the computer science cluster at HCC reviewed these materials and voted unanimous that these courses were excellent in quality, but too expensive at $53.35 per course disk. Therefore, the limitation was placed by the Cluster that these coursewares are optional purchase only by each student in the distance learning classes at Brandon. The Dean at Brandon has approved the instructor's request to have these courses for student optional purchase. To work at home you MUST purchase the disk from the book store for $53.35/disk or directly from Web Yoda for $100 for the special WAW package or the WOW Academy package (eight courses plus two tests). If you purchase the disks for home use and after you have registered these disks you may access the course tutorials via the Internet from anywhere at: http://www.webmastercertification.com.

When you purchase the disks above after your initial meeting of e-Learning or campus CGS 1555 class, it is a blank disk with the Web Yoda label. It has two registration keys. The $100 package includes five (or eight)labels for the five (or eight certification) courses and an exam voucher or the eight required course for certification plus two tests (no HomeSite). The student at HCC must supply his/her own 3½ disk for each course.

One registration key is described below, then on-line there will be a prompt for the second required registration number, which is for HCC students only. All HCC students must choose in Step 9: John Taylor as the instructor, despite who is actually teaching the HCC course. John Taylor is the only instructor for Web Yoda at HCC and the Tampa Bay area. He will review your homework and issue credit at Web Yoda according to their strict standards of webmaster performance.

Registering Your Student Resource Disk:

1. Read the following steps before proceeding.

2. Go to www.webmastercertification.com.

3. New students must first "Become A Member."

4. Next, login to your Student Account.

5. Choose "Register Training Center Course Materials."

6. Find the listing for this course.

7. Choose the "Register" button next to this course.

8. Enter the registration key listed on the front of your student resource disk and click "Submit."

9. Choose your instructor and click "Continue."

10. Student and course registration complete.

Initialize Class Project/Download Files

To download the course files to the blank disk, go to the courseware click on Class Index, then Introduction and then choose Initialize Class Project:

And follow the directions (You have two Options: Locally of Via the Web):

Initialize your class project LOCALLY in BTECH 217:
1. Do not choose "Save to Disk" in Netscape or IExplorer.
2. Insert your Student Resource disk in Drive A:.
3. If Netscape asks what to do, choose "Open It."
4. If IExplorer asks what to do, choose "Run this program."
5. Press: Initialize your class project Locally!
6. Done!

or

Initialize your class project via the Web at home:
1. You are about to download the program "initdisk.exe" that will put the student resource files onto a disk. These files will be used throughout the course, as well as for creating your homework assignment.
2. initdisk.exe will not access any files on your machine or alter your machine in any way. It is only used to generate your student resource disk.
3. When you download the file, you will get a dialogue box telling you the location of where the file is being downloaded. It is important to note where the file is downloaded to for the following steps.
4. Download the initdisk.exe setup program to your machine.
5. If you are in a classroom training, insert your Student Resource disk in Drive A:. If you are taking this class online, insert a blank, formatted, 3.5" HD high density diskette into your Drive A:.
6. Open your Windows or NT Explorer (shortcut: Hold windows key and e key down simultaneously) and locate the initdisk.exe file you just downloaded. Or select Run from your Start Menu and run the initdisk.exe file from its current location.
7. Follow the on screen instructions in the initdisk.exe program to initialize your student resource disk.
8. Done!

The Web Yoda Classes at HCC and Bookstore/Web Yoda Costs

Course	HCC Course	Bookstore	Web Yoda
WAW Package
Mastering the Internet (WAW)	CGS 1555: Intro to the Internet	$53.35	$20.00
Beginning XHTML (WAW)	CGS 1555 & CGS 2820: HTML Authoring	$53.35	$20.00
HomeSite 5.0 (WAW)	CGS 1555, CGS 2820, COP 2822	Not Available	$20.00
Advanced XHTML (WAW)	CGS 2820: HTML Authoring	$53.35	$20.00
Cascading Style Sheets (WAW)	CGS 2820: HTML Authoring	Not Available	$20.00
WAW Test Voucher	Final Exam CGS 2820	Not Available	$35.00
WAW Special Offer	CGS 1555 & CGS 2820 (all above)	Not Available	$100.00
WCW Package
E-Business (WCW)	CGS 2069 E-Commerce	$53.35	$20.00
E-Marketing (WCW)	CGS 2167 E-Commerce Marketing	Not Available	$20.00
Web Design and Graphics (WCW)	CGS 2822: Web Site Creation or COP 2823: Graphic Design for Multimedia/Internet	$53.35	$20.00
Java Survival Skills (WCW)	COP 2822: Scripting for the Web: JavaScript	$53.35	$20.00
Paint Shop Pro 7.0 or Photoshop*	COP 2823:	$53.35	$20.00
WCW Exam Voucher	CGS 2069, CGS 2167, CGS 2822, COP 2823, COP 2822	not available	$35.00
WCW Special Offer	CGS 2069, CGS 2167, CGS 2822, COP 2823, COP 2822 (five courses & one exam)	not available	$100.00
WOW Special Packages
WOW-Academy Special Offer	8 certification courses, plus both exams	not available	$100.00
WOW-Academy Special Offer	8 certification courses, 6 tool courses, plus both exams	not available	$165.00
*Your choice of Graphics Course in WCW special package
Web Yoda Optional Courses
Flash 5.0 (optional)	CGS 2877 Digital Animation Design	not available	$35.00
Cold Fusion 101	CGS 2545: Web Databases	$53.35	$40.00

Students are not allowed to purchase the disks from the HCC Brandon Bookstore until Drop and Add has been completed. If you drop or withdraw from the course, you may NOT be refunded the cost of the disk courseware NOR may you sell the disk to another student, once the disk has been registered to you. Those disks nor registered may be sold to another student. The disk is good for life. The on-line courseware changes from month to month, term to term. When you register the disk with Web Yoda, that course will become available to you online under your member number for a lifetime.

You may purchase the Web Yoda disks and/or packages directly from Web Yoda:

Address:	WebYoda, Inc. 1859 Winery Way Tallahassee, FL 32311
Phone:	1-850-524-9632
Toll Free:	1-877-Web-Yoda
Fax:	1-850-656-1499
Email:	comments@webyoda.com

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