Standards for Home Pages in Immunology

Dr. A. Malcolm Campbell

General Web Standards
Standars for Your Favorite Immunology Protein (YFIP)
Due noon March 3
Standards for term paper on a immune-related disease, illness, or condition
Due noon April 21
Immunology Spring 2000 student Pages

General Standards for Web Pages

There are certain guidelines I want you to follow when producing your home pages for this course:

At the top of every page, add this line; "This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College."
Do not have any fancy backgrounds on any page other than your first page. In general, it is better to keep it simple.
Do not have any animations on any page other than your first page, unless it is a part of your presentation (e.g. no moving eyeballs, or dancing bears).
The color of text should be black on a light-colored background, for easy reading (see how bad this is?).
All references (e.g. Campbell et al., 2000) to WWW resources must be written in the proper format (as described in Online! chapter 8) and must be hyperlinks if they are web references. You must use the (Name, Year) form of CBE style citations. Do put a comma between the name and the year, and do not say "and others" but rather I want you to use "et al. ".
You may not use more than 50% of your references from the WWW. Therefore, you will have to use the library's collection or ILL papers for at least half of your references.
All figures must have figure legends and in these figure legends, you must cite your sources, and provide hyperlinks when appropriate.
You should have at least one link to appropriate sites off campus.
At the bottom of each page, you must put your contact information and a link back to the molecular web page <bio.davidson.edu/immunology> and the college (see the bottom of this page as an example.

Guidelines for your home page on Your Favorite Immunology Protein (YFIP)
Due noon March 3

Your assignment is to select a protein or molecule that has an important function in the immune system. You can choose any protein except one of the MHC's or an antibody. When making your selection, you might want to keep the following questions in mind:

Selection

Did you choose a protein included in the "no-no" list (i.e. MHC I, MHC II, or antibodies)?
Did you choose a protein that has an interesting role in the immune system (e.g. don't choose tubulin and say that it is necessary for proliferation of cells)?
Did you start early enough to order extra references by ILL if necessary?

Content

Is the summary of YFIP well written?
Did you use more than just the textbook for your information?
Did you properly describe YFIP's function in the immune system?
Did you describe any drugs that are known to bind to YFIP?
Did you describe what happens when an organism is missing or has a mutant form of YFIP?

Graphics

Did you get permission for figures when appropriate?
Do you have good figure legends?
Did you find a "chime figure" to go with YFIP?

References

Are your references current or do they all date from < 1980??
Did your references use both web and print sources (maximum of 50% via the web)?
Did you use proper citation style set CBE (Chapter 8 of Online) with in-text references in the style of (Smith et al., 1999)
Did you go beyond the basics in your literature search?

Technical Issues

Do all your hyperlinks work?
Are all your images visible?
Is it easy to read your text (dark letters on light background)?
Did you provide the student assignment disclaimer on your page?
Did you provide links back to the immunology page, and any other appropriate pages?
Did you provide your email address for readers to use when contacting you?

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Guidelines for your term paper on a immune-related disease
(choice must be cleared with instructor first)
Due noon April 21

Topic Selection:

Did you pick an interesting topic?
Is there a clear link between the immune system and your chosen disease/ illness/ condition?

Content of Your Paper:

Is your paper well written?
Did you demonstrate your knownledge of which cells and or proteins are directly involved?
Did you clearly define how this aberrant phenotype differs from wildtype?
Did you discuss any treatments or cures and by what mechanism they work?
Did you collect information in sources beyond our text book and web sites?
Did you define all acronyms you used?

Graphics:

Do you have figures in your paper that improve the clarity of your text?
Do you have figures in your paper that only add to the whiz-bang effect?
Did you give proper credit (with hyperlink if possible), and get permission if necessary, for your figures?
Do you have good figure legends?
Are there any chime images that would help clarify which protein is involved or what drugs are used?

References:

Are your references current or do they all date from < 1980??
Did your references use both web and print sources (maximum of 50% via the web)?
Did you use proper citation style set CBE (Chapter 8 of Online) with in-text references in the style of (Smith et al., 1999)
Did you go beyond the basics in your literature search?

Technical Issues:

Do all your hyperlinks work?
Are all your images visible?
Is it easy to read your text (dark letters on light background)?
Did you provide the student assignment disclaimer on your page?
Did you provide links back to the immunology page, and any other appropriate pages?
Did you provide your email address for readers to use when contacting you?

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