Web Development & Design
HTML 5 Basic
Students will:
• Identify the advantages of using HTML 5 & some of its feature
• Describe basic HTML syntax and authoring guidelines
• Create simple web page with a basic document structure
• Define headings & paragraphs
• Create semantically meaningful document structures
• Apply phrase elements to logically define text content
• Apply attributes & markup quotes and abbreviations
• Write CSS styles
• Embed a style sheet & apply color
• Create an external style sheet and link them together
• Control font, font size, text alignment, line height & letter spacing
• Control box styles including borders, padding, margins, height, width and create rounded corners and shadows
• Create and modify tables, apply styles to tables and define table headers & footers
• Create internal & external links
• Format links using CSS & apply styles contextually
• Identify different image formats & embed images
• Write effective text alternatives & apply background images
HTML 5 Advanced
Students will:
• Plan a website effectively
• Discuss HML 5 authoring options & control a browser’s rendering mode
• Set character encoding and the document language
• Comment your code effectively & ensure basic HML 5 support in old browsers
• Create document outlines that make optimal use of the semantic structural elements of HTML 5
• Create page titles & descriptions that are optimized for search engine results pages and for other web sites
• Create interactive forms
• Learn to use data validation & create error feedback features
• Create form structure & styles
• Learn to use different form designs
• Learn to embed native audio & video
• Learn advanced CSS techniques
• Learn to use styles that improve efficiency.
• Create editable content and local storage
• Learn site testing basics
JavaScripting Basic
Students will:
• Identify some advantages and uses of JavaScript
• Use the SCRIPT tag
• Use variables, data types & functions
• Use arithmetic, comparison & Boolean operators
• Use control structures
• Identify JavaScript objects, properties & methods
• Use Math, String & Data language objects
• Write to a Web page by using the document.write() method
• Create a new window by using the window.open() method and change its attributes
• Handle events on a form
• Write scripts for list boxes, check boxes & radio buttons
JavaScripting Advanced
Students will:
• Display messages and scrolling text on the status bar
• Use timer events
• Add sound to a Web page
• Create image rollovers and display images sequentially
• Create, initialize, display & delete arrays
• Create custom objects and instances
• Identify JavaScript errors
• Fix errors in JavaScript code
• Use the JavaScript console
• Use frame names to write scripts & access multiple frames
• Set & modify cookie values and add entries to a cookie
• Store, read & display cookie values and delete cookies
Creating a Dynamic Website with PHP and MySQL - LAMP Open Source Software (Approved Hours: 36, Act 48)
You will learn all of the steps to build a product website for a business, using open-source tools that are robust, reliable and free. You will learn how to set up a database, build forms to maintain contents, and build interactive pages that make it easy for your customers to find your products. The code and techniques used here are equally useful for companies with many products, as well as artisans, craftspeople, small retailers, and others with just a few products. They can also be used to create dynamic websites allowing user logins, personalization, processing of forms and email, and much more. Bring a 2 Gig flash drive to class. Prerequisite: The HTML, XHTML & CSS course (WCOSY 6019) OR a general understanding of programming is suggested. Tuition $585, Course # WITAC 3000, Text: Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Fourth Edition by W. Jason Gilmore, ISBN # 978-1-4302-3114-1.
Dreamweaver® CS5 Basic Level 1 (Approved Hours: 12, Act 48)
You will design, build, and upload a website. You will modify page properties, define headings and paragraphs, create list and special characters. Add links within a site, create anchors and specify external links, create and format tables, and create basic forms. You will use images as links and create image maps. You will also gain an overview of HTML and web standards. This course will help you prepare to take the Adobe Certified Associate exam. Prerequisites: HTML, XHTML & CSS WCOSY 6019 and Knowledge of the internet. Tuition $245, Course #WCOAP 6511, Text: Axzo Press, Dreamweaver CS5: Basic, ACA Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual, ISBN # 978-1-4260-2089-6.
Dreamweaver® CS5 Advanced Level 2 (Approved Hours: 12, Act 48)
You will learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 to design and develop web pages in a WYSIWYG environment, but also have the ability to understand and work with the architecture and coding of web pages. We will work in code view, create Cascading Style Sheets, create effective user navigation, work with AP elements, automate tasks, create forms and author XML based data. Prerequisites: You should have completed WCOAP 6511 Dreamweaver® Basic Level 1 and WCOSY 6019 (HTML, XHTML & CSS) or possess equivalent knowledge. Tuition $245, Course # WCOAP 6512, Text: Axzo Press, Dreamweaver CS5: Advanced, ACA Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual ISBN # 978-1-4260-2092-6.
Flash CS5 Basic Level 1 (Approved Hours: 15, Act 48)
You will create and manipulate a wide variety of objects ranging from simple graphic designs to complex animation sequences using the Adobe® Flash® CS5 application. You will learn to add shapes, colors, and lines with drawing and painting tools; create symbols and instances; identify and compare image types; manipulate objects; create and modify text and convert text to shapes; identify animation tools and features, and create an animation; and enter simple code in ActionScript™ and add a code snippet to Flash. Prerequisites: You should be familiar with the Web and its terminologies, have a basic frame of reference for graphic and design applications, and have a desire to know the basic terminologies and components of ActionScript™ and its role as a Flash programming language. Tuition $304, Course # WCOAP 6040, Text: Axzo Press, Flash CS5: Basic, ACA Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual ISBN # 978-1-4260-2083-4.
Flash CS5 Advanced Level 2 (Approved Hours: 15, Act 48)
You will plan, design, and develop complex Flash projects using the Adobe® Flash® CS5 application. You will learn to plan a Flash project; design a project; manage symbols; lay out text in a Flash document; create advanced animations; add audio to a movie; work with ActionScript 3.0; publish a movie in different file formats; extend Flash by understanding JSFL and the Adobe® Extension Manager CS5. Prerequisites: You first take the Flash CS5 Basic Level 1 course WCOAP 6040 and have the desire to expand your knowledge of ActionScript™ 3.0. Tuition $304, Course # WCOAP 6041, Text: Axzo Press, Flash CS5: Advanced, ACA Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual, ISBN # 978-1-4260-2086-5.
SEO - Search Engine Optimization (3 Hours)
Get your site in Google and Yahoo’s top search results. Increase your site’s visibility and ranking on major search engines. Drive more “natural” and “organic” visitors using proven tagging and design principles. Simple, no gimmicks, proof of method’s success provided in class. Tuition $54, Course # WCOAP 6516.
