This course provides students with the background and foundation skills required for designing and implementing Web sites for public and private organizations. Marketing and design techniques will be applied using state-of-the-art software. Students can earn dual credit with the Missoula College Course, Interactive Web II (MART232)
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Course Goals
Organizations need professional workers to conceptualize web solutions to solve problems. Students will gain practical experience planning, developing, designing and implementing effective, functional, and attractive html documents by:
- Creating a personal or business website designed to project the goals and image of the site.
- Utilizing market research, photo manipulation, and content development packaged into an .html format for web publishing.
- Creating a portfolio for future job opportunities.
Student Performance Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate brainstorming by envisioning a website through detailed web planning by communicating the purpose of the website, top tier goals and evaluative techniques, file management structure, navigation, metadata title/keywords/description, geographic considerations, priority public identification including needs, wants and accommodation, and web page content strategies.
- Construct a simple personal student introduction using a plain text editor incorporating student generated text and images, lists, headings, rules, and relative and absolute links.
- Compare and contrast layout grids for mobile, tablet, and desktop web functionality.
- Use industry standard html web applications and tools to create, arrange and troubleshoot web elements, such as text, images, video, animation, links (internal, external, email, anchor, social networking), and sound.
- Assemble web assets needed to construct a complete website using current W3C web document type standards, Search Engine Optimization strategies, and best web practices in CSS liquid/fixed container layout, navigation, and attractive web arrangement using principles and elements of design in an accessible web format.
- Employ creative photo editing techniques to correct, rotate, crop, master selections, layer images, use layer masks, and use blending modes to create visually appealing images.
- Use photo editing software to create, edit and customize digital images in appropriate image size, resolution, and file type optimized for the web.
- Maintain consistent file management and file structure necessary to publish to a web server.
- Publish website using file transfer protocol in Dreamweaver.
- Appraise website through research, peer review, and personal assessment of website strengths and weaknesses.
- Apply and follow ethical guidelines for privacy, plagiarism, and copyright to published website.