assessment

today, i am going to give an ungraded quiz.

why an ungraded quiz?

a major push for us at lccc is the notion of assessment - are we actually teaching what should be covered in the class. so i created the quiz to assess how well you understand a specific outcome of this course:

The students shall: evaluate appropriate use and strategies for client-side
scripts, server-side scripts, and compiled server programs.

i will use the results to assess how well i covered the material. i think we covered it adequately. this will show one way or another.

you should also use this quiz to self-assess. if it seemed really easy - good for you. it should. if you struggled with just a few - no worries - might just be the wording, or maybe you need to brush up a bit. but if the quiz was baffling, then we need to work together so you understand this concept, as it is critical.

form design...

read a chapter about form design from the book defensive design for the web, by the design team 37signals.

the chapter reiterates much of what i discussed in class re:form design, supplements it with real examples and even *gasp* goes beyond what i covered in a few areas. very easy to read. i am going to order the book into the library.

validation

here's a nice page about validation. the code is kind of involved - the good news - it's fairly well commented

besides the code - the text is good. this particular validation does one field at a time as entered - and does the whole form when submitted - how do you think they do that?

reminder...

just as a reminder to those keeping blogs:
you are to make 2 posts per week:
one post should be your reflections on ciss243
one should be a link relevant to what we are discussing