HTML/JAVA Team

Team Mentors: Mrs. Tracy Chamberlain, Dr. Linda Hayden

Team Members

Courtney Fields, Sophmore/Computer Science Major
Katrina Godwin, Freshman/Computer Science Major
Kuchumbi Hayden, Sophmore/Computer Science Major
Shakiya Rodgers, Freshman/Computer Science Major

Abstract

The first generation of static World Wide Web Pages is gradually giving way to dynamic sites with elements that bounce, shake, shimmy, swirl, sing, and scroll. There also is a steadily rising number of elements with which users can interact. This has become possible through new technologies that enable browsers to handle in-line video, real-time audio, and animated graphics.

Student HTML/JAVA researchers will learn to produce documents in HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the language used on the World Wide Web to create web pages. The web pages will include: backgrounds, images, animated GIF images, tables, frames, JAVA applets, and shockwave technology.

Researchers will learn to use JAVA to enhance our current web pages. JAVA connects with HTML and the web through a special HTML tag called APPLET, which allows developers to included special JAVA programs on Web pages. Students will integrate applets into existing web pages as well as create their own applets.

They will also learn to use Shockwave, a multimedia development tool, to give them the ability to quickly and easily create interactive applications that are portable across multiple platforms. Researchers will use Shockwave to liven our current web pages by animating logos, taking visitors on virtual tours, conducting surveys, and delivering computer based training. Shockwave technology consists of 3 components:

  • Shockwave -- enabled authoring tool.
  • Afterburner -- a post-processor that compresses and optimizes the file for distribution over the Internet.
  • Plug-ins for Netscape.

Researchers are responsible for maintaining and updating the ONR/NERT web pages. Students will also setup and maintain a http server for the ECSU homepage and are responsible for updating and maintaining all web pages for the university's homepage. They will assist students, staff, and faculty in the scanning of logos and photos for incorporating into web pages.

The HTML/JAVA team is hard at work maintaining the web pages.

Certificate of Appreciation is presented by Summer 1996 HTML/JAVA student researchers to Dr. Hayden