Clay Spinuzzi's Courses

Course Description

COURSE OBJECTIVES
- To develop advanced web design skills related to readability, usability, and presentation

- To demonstrate those skills through innovative web design work using XML, CSS, and related technologies

- To critically examine web design work.

Instructor, Text, Class Location

Instructor: Clay Spinuzzi, clay.spinuzzi@mail.utexas.edu
Office: Parlin 17, 471.8707
Hours: TTh 8-9:30 or by appointment
Texts: Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity by Jakob Nielsen; Maximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone by John M. Slatin, Sharron Rush

Class location and hours: TBA

Attendance

You are allowed five unexcused absences. The sixth absence will cause you to fail the course. Excused absences include religious holidays, family emergencies, and illnesses. If you need an absence to be excused, contact me before the absence or as soon as possible afterwards with appropriate documentation.

You will get half credit for classes in which you attend only partially. For instance, if you come to class late or leave early, I'll count it as half an absence unless you have cleared it with me beforehand.

Late Assignments

Hand in each project by the beginning of the class period that it is due. If a project is late, I will lower it one letter grade for each class day that it is late. Short, out-of-class assignments are not accepted late. You can not make up in-class work.

Honesty

Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the university. Since such dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of the University, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. For further information, please visit the Student Judicial Services website.

Here's what you can do to cover yourself against plaigiarism or collusion:

• Read the Student Judicial Services site on academic integrity.
• At any stage of your writing, keep your drafts, notes, papers,and research materials. If a question of plaigiarism arises, you'll have a paper trail. (In addition to protecting you in RHE 330c/STS 331, paper trails will also protect you in a variety of other academic, public, and work-related contexts.)
• Don't use editing services. Don't ask anyone, even family or friends, to edit your paper or help you write it. You need to do that work yourself.
• If you need additional help with your writing, contact the University Writing Center, the University of Texas Learning Center (UTLC), Student Judicial Services, or other official University organizations. These organizations are trained to help you without colluding in plaigiarism.
• Last but not least, ask me if you have any questions about honesty.

Special Needs

The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. To determine if you qualify, please contact the Dean of Students at 512.471.6259; 512.471.4641 TTY; or http://www.utexas.edu/depts/dos/ssd. If they certify your needs, I will work with you to make appropriate arrangements.