The Biology Project Web Lecture Series

The June lectures are essentially repeats of the Spring lectures, with a few minor changes. Note that the lectures take place in two different rooms. One of the rooms is small, so please email Denice to reserve a spot if you'd like to attend one of the lectures in room 203.

All lectures are in the Chemistry & Biological Sciences (CBS) building which is just west of the Science Library.

The 4 lectures listed below are in CBS 216 (next door to the room the Spring lectures were in) and are open to anyone who is interested. There's plenty of room, no need to reserve a spot.
Monday, June 15 1:15-2:30	Denice Warren BP	A Practical Introduction to Web Site Design This talk will use existing UA web sites to illustrate tips on how to: make a site usable and worth coming back to establish a site identity make a site easy to navigate arrange content in a predictable way design for an audience improve the readability of web pages
Wednesday, June 17 8:30-9:45	Denice Warren BP	Preparing Images for the World Wide Web (aka, "Conceptual Photoshop") This talk will cover the basic concepts that are important when creating graphics for the web. Topics include: basics of digital image processing order of operations ptimizing graphics for the web pros & cons of different file formats bit-depth & color palettes
Thursday, June 18 8:30-9:30* *time still tentative	Carrie Russell Copyright Librarian	Copyright and the Web This session will focus on the copyright law as it applies to web site development. Real life web sites that infringe copyright will be shown and the rules governing fair use will be explored. Methods for protecting your own work will also be discussed.
Friday, June 19 8:30-9:30	Ken Williams MCB Dept.	Lost in Cyberspace?: Strategies for High Web Search Rankings An overview of how web-based search engines work, and strategies for achieving high rankings in user-initiated searches relevant to your site.
The 4 lectures listed below are in CBS 203--a smaller room. Please contact denicew@u.arizona.edu to reserve a spot.
Monday, June 15 10:45-11:45	Madeleine Lapointe BP	Instructional Design: Part 1 Where does one start? This lecture will cover strategies for developing for projects, sites, and pages, with an emphasis on how to create an attractive and functional web site. Topics include how to create an illusion of depth on your web pages.
Tuesday, June 16 8:30-9:30	Madeleine Lapointe BP	Instructional Design: Part 2 How do people learn? How do we create skilled learners? What should we keep in mind when creating learning materials for the Web? In particular, we will look at applications of learning theory to The Biology Project and ways faculty can use this design for their own content.
Tuesday, June 16 9:45-10:45	Denice Warren BP	Course Materials on the WWW: Examples from UA Webspace A guided tour of on-line syllabi, lecture notes, treasure hunts, problem sets, quizzes, simulations, discussion groups, and student projects.
Saturday, June 20 9:30-10:30	Ken Williams MCB Dept.	Building Website Infrastructure from a Not-Too-Technical Perspective A virtual case study of how to harness hardware, software and development tools to create a dynamic presence on the web.
Saturday, June 20 10:40-11:30	Rick Hallick	Tutorial Authoring with a FileMaker Pro 4 Database A database is used to create Biology Project web-based tutorials. After content has been entered into the database, creation of web pages is semi-automated.

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