If you have your RIT web pages on Grace rather than Gibson (the new RIT web server), you will need to migrate your site to Gibson. Instructions can be found on the ITS web server, and require you to log in with your DCE user ID and password.

Once your Gibson site has been activated (test it by going to http://people.rit.edu/~yourid), create a webdesign directory in your Gibson www directory, and in it place an index.html page from which you will link all subsequent assignments. (The url to the page should be http://people.rit.edu/~yourid/webdesign/ .) The page must include a (recognizable) picture of yourself and your name, and should include placeholders for links to your midterm and final personal projects, and a link to your class weblog.

Do your best to use the principles of design you learned in 320/741; I want to see the best you can do (that does not mean putting in every type of bell and whistle you can imagine; keep it simple and clean!)

Remember to design for your audience--which in this case is me. I'll be using this page for three primary tasks: associating your face with your name, finding your individual projects, and finding your blog (which is where you'll be putting all your in-class exercises).

I will grade both your coding and your design; be sure to use standards-compliant HTML or XHTML, and CSS for all your formatting. (That means no Flash--it all must be entirely accessible even on a browser with no graphics enabled.)

Please have the site done by noon on Sunday, March 16th. The page should appear properly at the URL specified above by that time.