MALAWI SUSTIANABLE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK PROGRAMME

FIRST TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR WEB DEVELOPERS

PROGRAMME
 
  
Time
Activity
Day 1
Mon
 
21 Feb
2000
Session 1
0830
0900
1000
Registration 

Opening in S11 Lab 
 

Nyirenda
 
1000 - 1015
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 2
1015
Class
1215
SDNP PROGRAMME 
Nyirenda
 
1215 - 1400
Lunch
Session 3
1400
Class
 
1500
Internet network components - hardware 

Computers, cards, modems, LANS, hubs, bridges, routers, cables, telecommunications 

 

Longwe
 
1500 - 1515
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 4
1515
Class
1600
Internet network components - software 

Operating systems, network models, network protocols, TCP/IP, user programs: e-mail, browsers, client - server arrangement

Longwe
Nyirenda 
 
Time
Activity
Day 2 
Tue
 
22 Feb
2000
Session 1
0830 
 
Class
 
1000
TCP/IP clients on Windows 95/98 - setting up 

E-mail basics 

Web Browsers: 

- Internet Explorer, 

- Netscape Communicator 

The URL 

Introduction to Netscape Composer

Nuka
 
1000 - 1015
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 2
1015
 
Class
Lab
 
 
1215
Web authoring 1: Introduction to Web page creation 

Creating a simple page using Composer 

Editing keys and buttons 

Basic setup of a web page 

Introduction to HTML 

Creating pages from other programs 

Creating links 

Publishing a web page

Nuka
 
1215 - 1400
Lunch
Session 3
1400
Lab
1500
Web authoring 2: Adding Colour and Images 

Inserting Images 

Introducing colour to text 

Inserting images as background

Kamwaza
 
1500 - 1515
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 4
1515
Class
Lab
1600
Web authoring 3: Special Formats 1 

Lists 

Tables 

Frames 

Introduction to the Workshop Project

Kamwaza
 
 
 
Time
Activity
Day 3 
Wed
 
23 Feb
2000
Session 1
0830
Class
1000
Creating a web site: 

Site Mapping 

Building a web site

Nuka
 
1000 - 1015
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 2
1015
Class
1215
Critiquing Web site 

Web searching

Nuka
 
1215 - 1400
Lunch
Session 3
1400
Class
1500
Project: Creating a Site Map for the organisation web site
All
 
1500 - 1515
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 4
1515
Lab
1600
Project: Development of the organisation home page or index page   

  

Kamwaza
 
Time
Activity
Day 4 Thur
 
24 Feb
2000
Session 1
0830
Lab
1000
Getting Input into Web Authoring 

Scanning and OCR 

Photographs and graphics 

Importing from other programs 

Saving as HTML 

Processing Images

Kamwaza
 
1000 - 1015
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 2
1015
Lab
1215
  

Project: Developing the Organisation Web site 

All
 
1215 - 1400
Lunch
Session 3
1400
Class
Lab
1500
Forms: Introduction to Interactive forms 

Project: Developing the Organisation Web site

All
 
1500 - 1515
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 4
1515
Lab
1600
  
Project: Developing Organisation Web site
All
Session 5
1600
Class
2100
Project: Developing Organisation Web site
Longwe
 
Time
Activity
Day 5 
Fri
24 Feb
2000
Session 1
0830
Class
1000
Web authoring 4: Special Effects 

- Interactive Forms 

- CGI 

- Java 

- Dynamic Pages

Nuka
 
1000 - 1015
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 2
1015
Lab
1215
Project: Develop Organisation Web site 

Publishing the site 

Testing links and effects 

Evaluating / critiquing the site

All
 
1215 - 1400
Lunch
Session 3
1400
Lab
1500
Graduation: Workshop Certificates
Nyirenda
Workshop closing
Nyirenda
 
1500 - 1515
Tea/Coffee Break
Session 4
1515
Class
1600
  

Departure