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DIG 245 Critical Web Design

2-3GitHub Codespaces

Sep 4

📌 Complete these items before class

  • 📚 Module 1.3, pp. 40–43
  • View Source design

Learning objectives

Section titled “Learning objectives”
  1. Launch and use a GitHub Codespace to develop and commit code in a browser-based IDE.
  2. Complete and submit a web project with a README documenting its purpose and one technical learning.
  3. Give and receive structured peer feedback using “I Notice / I Wonder” to develop critical observation skills.

📌 Hello World due today — submit GitHub repo link + README.md to Moodle

🛠 Work during class: Module 1.3 GitHub Codespaces (pp. 40–43)

Individual — Hello World in Codespaces Launch your Codespace and complete Hello World using the Module 1.3 environment. Write a README.md: what is this project, and one technical thing you learned this week.

Critique — “I Notice / I Wonder” With 15 min remaining, pair up and share work on screen. Each partner gives feedback using only: “I notice ___” and “I wonder ___.” No praise, no criticism — just observing and questioning.

📚 Before next class: Read Ch 2 Context, pp. 45–51

📚 Codecademy (due Mon): Learn HTML — “Tables” + “Semantic HTML” · Learn Git & GitHub — “Basic Git Workflow”

📋 DevLog 2-3

Section titled “📋 DevLog 2-3”
  1. Validate your HTML page at validator.w3.org — screenshot the result (0 errors goal) and post to Moodle.
  2. Submit Hello World — GitHub repo link + live Codespaces URL posted to Moodle before class.
  3. Write your Hello World README.md — what the project is + one technical thing you learned. Must be in the repo.
  4. Screenshot your terminal showing a complete git init → add → commit → push sequence — post to Moodle.
  5. Document your “What’s in the Box?” finding — one surprising network request, what it was, why it surprised you. Post to Moodle.
  6. Leave a “I Notice / I Wonder” peer feedback comment as a GitHub Issue on your partner’s Hello World repo.
  7. Write your Git glossary — one plain-English sentence per milestone completed. Submit to Moodle or include in your repo.
  8. Complete Codecademy Learn HTML: “Tables” + “Semantic HTML” and Learn Git: “Basic Git Workflow” — screenshot progress.
  9. Reflect (2 sentences): What is one thing about file paths or version control that was confusing at first but now makes sense? Post to Moodle.
  10. Prepare for 3-1: Read Ch 2 Context (pp. 45–51) before Monday — write one observation about design that the reading confirmed or challenged.

📌 Homework