This course is starting out well. The instructor had the forums configured to support each of the assignments. In addition, she had a Link area to each of our assignments as well. That's a pleasant change from the previous courses I've taken.

On the downside, some of the information is a bit out of date (ie using Netscape Navigator 7 in the web browser comparison chart), however that's nothing new compared to the other courses in this program.

Some of the work in xml seems to be bleeding in that it only works on certain browsers. I do, however like the fact that in assignment #2, we're given xml and it's up to us to style it. Too bad it's xml and not xhtml though. Shades of the CSS Zen Garden. Great practice.

Unit 7 is using the XML DOM, and uses a proprietary Microsoft version. This is unsettling, as a standards based XML DOM does seem to be available. More research required. . .

Getting into the home stretch of this course, and it's getting a bit strange. Some assignments work with IE but not Firefox and vice versa.

I recommend this course, as it provides us with an introduction of some of the emerging web standards.

So far, the Instructor gets a B, course gets a C.