Catalogue Description:
Prerequisite: Some Internet experience.
Explore and learn to use the many existing web-based education tools that focus on teaching technology. Evaluation of resources for age appropriateness and gender preferences. Students will develop a web-based tool to teach a technical subject of their chouse. (Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.) Traditional grading only.
Introduction: This course is a continuation of techniques and exploration of effective web design. Students will further develop their skills in order to create a connection between structure of websites and the design of websites. They will continue to focus on web techniques surrounding subject matters in usability, formality, accessibility and presentation. Students will also focus on developing their skills in web content management as well as designer to client relationships.
Students will work on short in-class examples that will help strengthen their understanding in the standard web languages, specifically XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Actionscript. They will also work on long-term assignments that will focus on web content management and site pitches. The goal is for students to have a firm grasp on how to successfully complete a site for future clients.