Website Creation and Design
Course Credits: 15
Course Curriculum:
Programing manuals and online tutorials as necessary
Course Description
This class focuses on Web page planning, design, layout, construction, setup and maintenance of a Web site. HTML/XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets, Photoshop, PHP, MySQL and various other Web page and image creation tools may be used as necessary in this course. Student will create and maintain an online portfolio.
Student Objectives:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
- Define terms associated with the World Wide Web and the hypertext markup language.
- Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the Internet and the various tools utilized.
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic Web design principles.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to design and create Web pages using XHTML, CSS and other emerging technologies.
- Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate use of color and typography on the Web.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to edit digital images from scanners and digital cameras.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of image compression; utilize various tools and techniques.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the client/server relationship and various protocols used on the Internet