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

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)