Critical Path - Special Topics

WEEK #

- Date MODULE

- Topics ASSESSMENTS

- Start Dates ASSESSMENTS

- Dues Dates

Week # 1

Wed. May 13

COURSE OVERVIEW

Review BlackBoard LMS
Course Resources
Critical Path

Tutorial / Demonstration

N / A

Week # 2

Wed. May 20

MODULE 1

CORE CSS REVIEW

The Cascade
Specificity
Inheritance
Layout Modes

Tutorial / Demonstration

Week # 3

Wed. May 27

MODULE 1

NEW IN CSS

CSS Variables / Custom Properties
Selector Combinators: direct child, adjacent sibling, general sibling
:is() pseudo-class
:where() pseudo-class
Native CSS Nesting using ampersand (&) operator

Exercise 1.1

TBD
20 %

Week # 4

Wed. June 3

MODULE 1

NEW IN CSS

KeyFrame Animations
Smooth Transitions
Scroll Driven Animations
View Transitions

Tutorial / Demonstration

Exercise # 1.1 - DUE before the start of class

Week # 5

Wed. June 10

MODULE 1

NEW IN CSS

@container Queries
container-type property
inline-size property
container-name property

Exercise 1.2

TBD
25 %

Week # 6

Wed. June 17

MODULE 1

NEW IN CSS

Dialog Element
PopOver API
dialog::backdrop
[popover]::backdrop
Focus Management

Tutorial / Demonstration

Exercise # 1.2 - DUE before the start of class

Week # 7

Wed. June 24

MODULE 1

NEW IN CSS

Cascade layers
CSS Libraries & Frameworks
BootStrap CSS
TailWind CSS

Tutorial / Demonstration

Week # 8 June 29 - July 4 READING WEEK - NO CLASSES

Week # 9

Wed. July 8

MIDTERM GRADES DUE

MODULE 2

AI TOOLS

History of AI
How AI works
Ethical Considerations for Using AI

Exercise 2.1

TBD
25 %

Week # 10

Wed. July 15

MODULE 2

AI TOOLS

AI image, audio, and video resources
Prompt Techniques

Tutorial / Demonstration

Exercise # 2.1 - DUE before the start of class

Week # 11

Wed. July 22

MODULE 2

AI TOOLS

Coding Assistants, IDEs, ADEs
Cloud-Based AI App Builders

Tutorial / Demonstration

Week # 12

Wed. July 29

MODULE 3

NEW IN WEB DEV

Traditional Web Hosting Providers
FTP
Netlify
Github Pages
Vercel

Tutorial / Demonstration

Week # 13

Wed. Aug. 5

MODULE 3

NEW IN WEB DEV

Spec Driven Development
Agent Skills
Model Context Protocol
Project Planning & Prompt files
Progressive Web Apps (PWA)

Project 3.1

TBD
30 %

Week # 14

Wed. Aug. 12

MODULE 3

NEW IN WEB DEV

Web Components
HTML Custom Elements
The Shadow DOM
HTML Slot Element
HTML Template Element

Tutorial / Demonstration

Week # 15

Wed. Aug. 19

MODULE 3

NEW IN WEB DEV

Suggestions for Further Learning

Open Lab Time

Project # 3.1 - DUE