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Class Thursday, February 1, 2018

 February desktop wallpaper now available!

 Today (and tomorrow’s) goals:

  1. Finishing up your webpage:
    • Finish your webpage project by the end of class
    • Complete your webpage checklist and review form
    • Complete the review form for someone else’s webpage
  2. Publishing your work:
    • Publish your webpage online (optional)
    • Update your portfolio on the class website with screenshots of your webpage
  3. Watch and learn:
    • See how to upload files to the class directory on the school website
    • Participate in the class webpage show and tell
  4. Do these:
    • Complete survey about webpage project
    • Complete additional mini projects as assigned

 When you’re done:

  • Project check list and review:
    1. Fill out the project checklist to make sure you have included everything required
    2. Websites are a work in progress!! Here is your chance to get some feedback on your site before it is graded. The goal is to make your page even better than you thought it possibly could be!
    3. Step 1- complete your own review of your webpage using this form
    4. Step 2- complete a review of someone else’s webpage using this form
    5. Step 3- make any changes to your webpage to make it better
  •  Posting Your Work Online

    • Some of you: Work with me to get your webpage online here (optional)
    • All of you: We will look at our class directory on the school website and I will show you how to upload files there. Remember from September- how to get your website online
    • All of you: Add screen shots of your webpage to your online portfolio:
      1. Log in here (user name is first name, password is whatever you chose; if you can’t log in, see me)
      2. Click Pages from the left-hand menu, then search for your name in the search box at the top right. When you find your name, your portfolio page should be right below it. Click edit to start adding content to the page.
      3. Please make sure you link your portfolio page to your other page (should say “My Portfolio” somewhere on your main page- like this)

     Special projects when you’re all done!

    • For everyone: Webpage project survey
    • For everyone: Read about and view examples of CSS background blend modes (blending a background image and background color). Then see this article to look at examples of how to combine two background images with blend modes and how to combine a gradient with a background image (only read up to Mix Blend Mode Examples).
    • For everyone: Find an example of a website using a background blend mode (either two background images blended together, a background image blended with a background color, or a background image blended with a gradient). Remember this site and/or write it down to share it with the class later.
    • Optional: Create a poster for our bare wall: click here for instructions

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