Using the XHTML and CSS skills you have gained thus far, you will create an interactive résumé. In this document, provide all the relevant information you would normally include in a résumé, including your name, contact information, educational preparation, relevant experience, skills (especially computer skills), references, and so on. To adhere to current résumé practices, format your job descriptions in parallel unordered lists arranged in reverse chronological order. Make these lists parallel by verb. (You may find additional unordered lists are appropriate, as well.)
To make the document interactive, provide links to relevant items, such as your e-mail, your own Web site or blog (if applicable), your workplace, Missouri State University, etc. If you want these sites to open in new browser windows or tabs, you must use JavaScript to accomplish the task because the target attribute is deprecated in XHTML Strict. The appropriate script and instructions appear on the course Web page. Plus, we'll discuss how to integrate the JavaScript during class one evening.
In addition, please include a relevant image (such as a photo or personal logo), scaled appropriately, on your résumé. Make sure this image uses the appropriate file format for its purpose. This image will have to reside on an external server to show up; we’ll how to accomplish this task in an upcoming class. For any abbreviations or acronyms your audience might not know, add the appropriate elements to your code. Further, include an embedded style sheet to control the presentation of your document. (Normally, you would compose and attach an external style sheet, but because the résumé is going to occupy only one Web page, using an external style sheet would prove cumbersome.) You have flexibility in the way you style your résumé, but it should follow appropriate Web practices and result in a professional-looking document you would willingly send to prospective employers.
You must compose the interactive résumé composed in a plain-text editor for your computer platform, and you must create your own design, not reply on templates or sample documents. Likewise, the XHTML and CSS must pass the official W3C validation tests. Further, you must make sure the XHTML is structurally sound. Unfortunately, the validator doesn't always catch structural errors.
On the due date, you will submit the résumé to me via e-mail attachment.