Advanced Career Certificate in Static and Dynamic Web Design

About Course

The certificate introduces students to the world of web design. It focuses on the fundamentals of website creation from preparing the graphics in imaging software to constructing the page using HTML and CSS codes.

Participants will have a hands-on approach using the appropriate formatting languages and software. Open-source blogging tools and Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Joomla, Mangento and Drupal will also be explored allowing participants to apply their design, HTML, and CSS skills and increase their productivity. This will make them able to produce a fully functional website at the end of the course. Practical Web page hosting and maintenance will also be covered.

How to use Adobe Photoshop to create high quality photos, graphics for product illustrations, logos, animations, and websites, Adobe Illustrator to design an image, brochure, magazine or web page.
How to create an effective, interactive web-based portfolio to use during a job search.
How to create web pages with hypertext links, tables, frames, and forms, working with content and layout, and creating new frames and windows using HTML coding using HTML 5 and CSS 3.
Design web pages using adobe Dreamweaver a WYIWG web publication software on the market today.
Most popular content management systems like WordPress, joomla, Drupal.
Design responsive webpages using Twitter’s bootstrap studio.

Course Content

Web Design Fundamentals
Web Design teaches students about the guiding principles behind web and mobile usability. The course provides instruction on how to develop a usable, accessible website for desktop computers and mobile devices. Topics covered include writing for the web, designing navigation, and usability testing.

HTML 5 Coding
This courses teaches you how to create web-pages with hypertext links, tables, frames, and forms. You’ll also learn covers cascading style sheets, programming with JavaScript, working with content and layout, controlling mouse and keyboard events, and creating new frames and windows.

Designing web pages with CSS and Bootstrap

Introduction to Internet Multimedia
This course will build on information that you already know about the web but assumes that you have little or no information about the various types of multimedia you can include for Internet projects. This course provides the basics for multimedia that you can use on the web, including graphics, sound, video, and animation. Therefore, success in this course will give you the invaluable knowledge that you’ll be able to apply at work and in your studies.

Photo Image Editing 1
This course begins coverage of Adobe Photoshop in regard to the production of print and web-based graphics. The students learn how to use the Photoshop software and apply smart design principles to multimedia products such as print brochures, dynamic graphics, animation, websites, video, and interactive CD-ROM content.

Photo Image Editing 2
The course focuses on visual communication through diverse theme-based projects where issues of representation and meaning production are emphasized. It also addresses main design notions, such as visual organization, information, hierarchy, and typography.

Multimedia and Interactive
This course will provide instruction on how to develop engaging interactive projects integrating video, sound, graphics, and animation that you can publish to a variety of platforms.

Dreamweaver
This course is a tutorial on Dreamweaver, a visual web authoring tool. You’ll discover how to use Dreamweaver software to design and develop websites using coding tools and a variety of features. You’ll also learn how to publish your website. This course shows you how to use Dreamweaver Help and Accessibility as well as how to publish to a remote site. You’ll also use Dreamweaver to complete several graded website projects throughout this program.

Portfolio Development
This course covers the process of developing and maintaining an electronic portfolio. Topics covered are the preparation and organization of graphic creations, such as logos, websites, and brochures. This course culminates in the presentation of an electronic portfolio utilizing graphics created throughout this course.

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