PrintWeb Design & Development Course Descriptions
294-003 Web Writing & Visual Web Design (3 units) Register for this class.
This course combines two important aspects of web design that are often overlooked - how to write for the web and why do websites look the way they do. Just having flashy photos or interesting text does not make a good site. How it is presented is equally important. The web-writing component will look at understanding your audience, what is good writing, the importance of style, and grammar. The visual web design component will look at art and colour theory, website design, website prototyping and website interfaces.
We continue with understanding your audience, identifying criteria for good writing, and examining the importance of style and grammar. Together these tools will provide the student with a deeper understanding of the complete web design process and better ways to create a professional online presence.
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294-004 Building a Website (3 units) Register for this class.
This practical course introduces students to the construction of websites and internet technology. It is designed to provide real world experience in the creation and implementation of site design. Students will learn current market tools and develop an understanding of the underlying technologies. Focus will be given to cutting-edge technologies including HTML, XHTML and cascading style sheets (CSS) as well as Macromedia's industry leading Dreamweaver.
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294-005 Animation for the Web (3 units) Register for this class.
Learn to create powerful web based animation with Macromedia Flash. Discover how Flash gives webmasters the ability to combine vector graphics, streaming media, time lines and layers to produce dynamic animation and compelling content. This course focuses on how to produce powerful and dynamic animation to your site, and create a lasting impression with truly interactive content.
You will learn the technical skills necessary to create and combine a variety of media types, including text, digital images, animation, sound, and video. These technical skills will provide you with a basis upon which to evaluate works of multimedia and to consider more theoretical issues of delivery, such as interactivity, user interface, and usability. Pre-Requisite: 294-004 Building a Website
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294-006 Introduction to Web Graphics (3 units) Register for this class.
In this course, students will be introduced to the various types of graphics on the web and how they are produced to create professional grade web sites. The students will develop a strong foundation in Adobe Photoshop CS3 skills, the industries leading graphics software. The course begins with a thorough overview of the main Photoshop tools and progresses to challenge the student’s creative skills, by designing web elements such as headers, navigation bars, backgrounds, banner ads, icons and web site prototypes. Students will explore the different types of web graphics and learn how to prepare optimized files for the web.
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294-009 Building Interactivity on the Web (3 units) Register for this class.
In this course, students will move beyond basic, static, HTML pages by creating interactivity on websites by jumping into web page source code and including JavaScript/Dynamic HTML and Cascading Style Sheets code. Topics within the course include rollovers, revolving banners, dynamic framesets, form element manipulation, customizing a page based on time, handling events, adding and using cookies, and understanding CSS and DHTML. A good understanding of HTML coding is required. Pre-Requisite: 294-004 Building a Website
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294-012 Advanced Photoshop & Design (3 units) Register for this class.
This course covers advanced topics in Photoshop and image editing as well as page layout using In Design. During the course, students get hands-on experience as they delve deeper into Photoshop. Topics covered include the Photoshop environment, advanced selections and selection masks, image manipulation, compositing, colour correction, photo retouching, layers and layer styles, gradients and patterns, vector paths, and web tools. The layout portion of the course will introduce the students to In Design, documents setup, importing text and images, and manipulating type and text. Pre-Requisite: 294-006 Introduction to Web Graphics
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294-013 Building Database Driven Websites (3 units) Register for this class.
Building database driven websites is designed to enable web developers to build dynamic and interactive web applications using a database. The course is aimed at people who do not come from a programming background, and focuses on PHP Hypertext Preprocessor and the MySQL database. Pre-Requisites: 294-004 Building a Website & 294-009 Building Interactivity on the Web
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294-014 Web Entrepreneurship (3 units) Register for this class.
A series of guest speakers will present the entrepreneurial web designer with guidelines for setting up and maintaining a web design business. Topics include: Starting up a business, legal/accounting advice, business budgets/funding, networks and security, writing proposals, marketing your business and community resources. By the end of the course, students will submit a business plan and sample project proposal.
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294-016 Web Design & Development Final Project (3 units) Register for this class.
The Web Design & Development (WDD) final project is a self-directed course in which students utilize their skills to assist real-world clients in constructing a website or a web-based solution to satisfy the client’s business needs.
Working together with CCE and faculty members, a student arranges a placement with a company/organization. The student and company/organization enter an agreement whereby the student designs a project which results in a free website or web-related solution for the company. The project concept must be within the scope of the skills learned during the WDD Program.
Once the formal proposal is approved, it is expected that approximately 100 hours will be devoted to complete the project. Projects should be designed based on this 100-hour target.
Students must select an advisor from the WDD faculty and are responsible for seeking out a host company or organization. The WDD Program Manager is available to assist the student by fielding questions and providing Final Project information and guidelines to the host site. The Faculty Advisor, with input from the Site Supervisor, determines the student’s final grade.
If needed, students may arrange for extra lab time at the Downtown Centre in addition to the regularly scheduled student lab hours. Pre-Requisites: The 4 required courses
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294-019 XML (3 units) Register for this class.
XML is the next standard for electronic data delivery and standardization, and is quickly becoming one of the most important technologies on the web. Learn how XML works, and how it is being used to revolutionize information sharing. Whether you are new to the field of markup languages and XML, or have worked with it before, this course serves as an exciting introduction into the power of XML, and its impact on your everyday computing.
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