Standards for Web Pages
in Immunology
- General Web Standards
- Standars for Your Favorite Immunology Protein
(YFIP)
Due 2 PM March 17
- Standards for term paper on a immune-related
disease, illness, or condition
Due 2 PM April 24
- Immunology Student Pages
General Standards
for Web Pages
These assignments are designed to let you practice what you
have learned during the semester. To maximize the educational value of these
assignments, you may work in groups for the technical aspects, but producing
the content must be done on an individual baiss. This work is covered by
the Honor Code and if you have any doubts, please ask me. See the Department's plagiarism
policy for further guidence.
There are certain guidelines I want
you to follow for all your web 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 web pages
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., 2006) 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. ". Do not use the
style (Campbell, page 1000). Full citations should be located at the bottom
of each page and not on a separate reference page.
- All figures must have figure legends and in these figure
legends, you must cite your sources, and provide hyperlinks when appropriate.
You must seek permission to reproduce any figures not your own.
- At the bottom of each page, you must put your contact information
and a link back to the immunology web page <bio.davidson.edu/immunology> and
the college (see the bottom of this page as an example).
- Use relative
links for all the pages you create rather than absolute links. This
will prevent problems in the future if the BioServer is reorganized again.
- Finally, you should know that I grade content and not
presentation. If you spend time making fancy graphics, that is OK
as long as it enhances your ability to communicate to the reader. The
text is the most important part of your web page so concentrate on that
rather than whizbang layout.
- Put your references on the same page as the content of your web assignments.
Do not make a separate page for references.
Before you create your first web assignment, you should take
a few minutes to think about your overall web site. You are going to produce
at least two web pages. To make it easier for everyone to read your pages,
you should have a "front page" that you must call "home.html".
I will create a link to your front page and
it will be easier for me if all of you use the same file name. From this
front page, you can gradually add relative links to your web pages as you
produce them. This front page is where you may put any bells and whistles
that you want to have fun with your web page. I will only grade its functionality
(i.e. do all the links work, are all the images visible, etc.)
I have provided a list of web resources that
may help you with some aspects of creating web pages. If you have never created
a web page before, tell me ASAP.
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Guidelines for your home page
on Your Favorite Immunology Protein (YFIP)
Due 2 PM March 17
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. I would prefer you to choose a protein we discussed
in class but one which is not currently a hyperlink on the reading
schedule. Before you choose, do a Google search for your protein and
the word Davidson to see if it has been done before. If so, keep looking.
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?
- Did you choose a molecule that could be added to the list of links for future
students to use?
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 "Jmol figure" to go with YFIP?
References
- Are your references current or do they all date from < 1990??
- 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? Test out your page on a different computer
than the one you used to create it. (Avoid ZDS = Z drive syndrome.)
- Are all your images visible?
- Does it work on all platforms and browsers?
I use Safari on a Macintosh for standard grading.
- Did you name a file with spaces or non-standard format?
- Is it easy to read your text (i.e., black letters on white 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 2 PM April 26
Your assignment is to write a term paper
the describes an immune disease or condition. You should choose something
you are interested in, but also balance that against choices of students
from past courses. Ideally, you'd choose something that could use in future
years.
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 wild-type?
- 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?
(good thing)
- Do you have figures in your paper that only add to the whizbang effect?
(bad thing)
- Did you give proper credit (with hyperlink if appropriate), and get permission
if necessary, for your figures?
- Do you have good figure legends?
- Are there any Jmol 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 < 1990??
- 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? Test out your page on a different computer
than the one you used to create it. (Avoid ZDS = Z drive syndrome.)
- Are all your images visible?
- Does it work on all platforms and browsers? I use Safari on a Macintosh
for standard grading.
- Did you name a file with spaces or non-standard format?
- Is it easy to read your text (i.e., black letters on white 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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