Online Web Designer Training

To prepare students to gain entry-level employment as a web page designer by learning the aesthetic and technical aspects of creating engaging web sites.

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Examine the role of technology in business and society, including trends and their implications for the future
• Identify current uses for the Internet, including web searches, conducting research, and how to use email
• Describe how to navigate and troubleshoot Windows, including how to create shortcuts, customize your computer, and manage system settings and tools
• List basic editorial guidelines and procedures and recognize how they are applied to a create a well-written document
• Describe the factors that must be considered before a document can be laid out in a page layout program, and recognize the elements of a well-designed web page
• Identify a variety of typefaces and recognize how to select typefaces for your document
• Differentiate between digital art file formats, including raster and vector graphics
• Describe HTML and other web languages (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript), including the processes of using tags, creating hyperlinks, and incorporating graphics
• Design webpages using HTML, integrating graphics and links
• Recognize the qualities of good websites and the processes that go into creating websites
• Create and add pages to websites using Dreamweaver, one of the most popular applications for designing and developing websites
• Describe e-commerce and factors that go into setting up an online business, including Internet security issues and the measures taken to protect e-commerce
• Identify the principles of file transfer protocol, file types, Internet connections, and file-transfer speed

The advantages of learning at home; types of study materials; types of examinations; accessing and using the features of our website; determining what kind of learner you are; establishing a study schedule; using study tips; preparing for and taking examinations.

Getting online; selecting an Internet Service Provider (ISP); Internet tools and services: electronic mail (email), newsgroups, bulletin boards, Internet Relay Chats (IRCs), Telnet, World Wide Web (WWW); shopping safely online.

Where to find browsers online; how to use a browser, including loading URLs, moving to other pages, saving pages and graphics, bookmarking, downloading, using email and search engines, setting preferences, plug-ins.

Modifying the Windows® desktop and program menu; customizing the Windows® operating system.

Performing and prescribing system maintenance; resolving resource conflicts; creating a disaster plan.

“Hands-on” exercises in identifying and addressing system problems; gathering system information using the Windows® operating system.

The fundamentals of good writing; using document stylesheets and other common references.

Design elements that make or break the “look” of a web page; selecting an appropriate typeface.

The role of computer graphics in document layout; creating new or manipulating existing artwork, graphics, and photographs; multimedia, virtual reality, and animation.

Defining styles in CSS; how to display WEB elements; CSS basics and functionality; cross-browser techniques.

This lesson teaches how to create web pages with hypertext links, table, frames, and forms.

Textbook: HTML and XHTML Demystified

Lessons designed to give “hands-on” experience with Dreamweaver®MX, including planning and creating a site, working with navigational structures and hyperlinks, editing text, and displaying links and images.

Textbook: Adobe® Dreamweaver® Introductory Concepts and Techniques

“Hands-on” lessons using Dreamweaver® Help, Accessibility, and publishing to a remote site.

Use your new skills to complete real-life projects.

Fortifying a secure web site; firewalls; secure forms; encryption; user profiles.

Planning an online business; legal concerns; determining costs; storefront set-up; processing credit cards.

Overview of current programming languages and strategies, including CGI, DHTML, XML, Java,™ and more.

Uploading a web site to a local or remote server; features of RJ-45, T-1, and coaxial connections; quantifying upload times for single and multiple page sites.

Applying knowledge about securing and administering e-commerce web sites.

Use all the skills you learned in the program to design a dynamic web site. Write text, choose and add graphics, add pages, and publish the web site.