WMC 2

Course Overview + Grading

1st week

Term overview

2nd & 3rd week

Students file their CMS System for the next part

Jekyll SSG via Github Pages - 10% of the grade

Quickstart for GitHub Pages (Jekyll)

• The page must be deployed automatically upon `git push`
• You must have at least three distinct pages, linked to each other
• Use syntax highlighting for at least one small code example
• Add a local image and show it embedded in a page
• A snazzy theme must take care of the look and feel of your page

4th week - 9th week

Content management systems (CMS) - 45% of the grade

Individual per-student projects

Each student selects a distinct CMS system (including documente management systems, web shops as well as wiki software) and installs it in Linux

Each student fills their CMS with

• an installation manual reproducing the steps required to install their CMS in Debian Linux (current netinstall)
• at least two additional pages including links between the pages
• at least three images (including screenshots)
• internal and external links
• a video (preferably embedded, but a link is also ok)

Every student presents their CMS in 10 minutes

• Explanation of the installation process and possible issues
• Demonstration of the live CMS and changes to the content
• Explanation on if or how search engine optimization (SEO) is supported by the CMS
• Are plugins free software; recommendations
• Educated recommendation for proper usage scenarios
• Future updates & future proof
• HW Requirements per User

10th week - 14th week

Intro to Static site generators (SSG) - 45% of the grade

• Getting Started — Eleventy + Learn Eleventy (GitHub repo)
• Installation and configuration of eslint with eslint-config-airbnb
• The site has to be (automatically) deployed upon git push
• 10 minutes presentation

15th week

Finalizing grades

16th week

Open Content

Intro to LaTeX

17th week

Open Content

Grading

>87.5: 1, >75: 2, >62.5 : 3, >50: 4, ≤50: 5

Please note that the above schema MAY be subject to a grading curve for individual tests or assignments.

To avoid plagiarism and prevent cheating, all grades (including tests, projects and assignments) require a short oral defense to be valid.

Late assignment policy: the points for each assignment filed after its due date are multiplied by 0.8 for each started week after the due date.
For example: a student files an assigment one day late and would receive 97 points if filed before the due date. The student gets 97 * 0.8 = 77.6 points instead. Another student files an assignment with 100 points 16 days after the due date. 16 days means the third week after the due date has started. Hence the student is awarded 100 * 0.8 * 0.8 * 0.8 = 51.2 points.

Content of the Curriculum (2nd Term)

• Presentation of Information in Websites
  • Design website content using current web standards
  • Select appropriate tools for creating and testing websites
  • Publish a website online through a provider
  • Create websites using static site generators (SSGs)
  • Tools for developing and testing web pages
  • Markup language, style sheets for modern page layouts
  • Responsive web design
• Information Systems and Content Management Systems
  • Select, install and use content management systems (CMS)