Beginner's Web Design Level 3

Nowadays, almost anyone can throw together some sort of website using available design tools. But to design a great website, a website that works, a website that can make money? Well, thats where professional web designers come in.

Course description:

Our course in Web Design is a paper-based course offering you over 280 pages of tutorials and helpful information. It also includes a CD-Rom. You will be asked to submit 10 assignments for marking. However, it is a step by step course presented in a friendly, easy to understand way. There is no jargon whatsoever.

course content:

Section 1 - Concentrating on HTML - giving the student a thorough grounding in HTML mark-up.

Unit 1: The internet

• What is the Internet?
• How did it come about?
• World Wide Web
• Accessing the Web
• The Internet and You
• Installing a Browser
• Internet Providers
• Browsing the Net
• Favourites
• Accessing a Web Page stored in URL
• Printing a Web Page
• Saving a Web Page
• History

Unit 2: Organising files and folders

• Introduction and Procedure
• Assignments Folder
• Supporting CD ROM
• WebEx Folder

Unit 3: Email communications

• Reply
• Forward
• New Message
• From
• To Copy (Cc) and Blind Copy (Bcc)
• Multiple Send
• Subject
• Message
• Spell Check
• Send
• Sent Items
• Deleted Items
• Address Book
• Sending Attachments
• Sending Folder
• Preferred Message
• Save and Print Messages Received
• Access and Store Attachments
• Different Email Formats
• Send/Receive All
• Security
• Your Email Identity

Unit 4: Create your first web page

• Welcome to HTML
• View the Source Code
• To Print the Source Code
• How to make HTML Tags Work
• Organising the Layout of Your Page
• Body Attributes
• More Control
• Adding Images
• Using and Image as a Background

Unit 5: Hypertext links

• Hypertext Links Explained
• How to Create Hyperlinks
• Using Text as a Link
• Using an Image as a Link
• Open Linked Page in a New Window

Unit 6: The use of lists

• Why do we use Links?
• The Ordered List
• The Unordered List
• Nested Lists
• Definition Lists
• Navigating with Lists Hypertext Links and Anchors

Unit 7: Advanced HTML formatting

• Controlling Text and Background
• Adding Colour to Text and Background
• Download a HEX Code Generator
• Adding Colour to Body and Text
• Adding Colour to Hypertext Links
• Set the Colour for a Selection of Text
• Setting the Font Style
• Setting the Font Size
• Combine the Font Attributes
• An Alternative Way to set the Font Size

Unit 8: Forms and feedback

• Feedback via Email
• Feedback via Forms
• Radio Buttons
• Check Boxes
• Selection Menu
• Text Boxes
• Align the Boxes
• Password Boxes
• Text Areas
• Submit the Reset Buttons
• Create Your Own Submit Button
• What Happens When the Submit Button Is Pressed?
• Using a Form in a Live Web Site
• CGI Form Handling

Unit 9: Tables

• HTML for Tables
• Set up Your First Table
• Tables within Tables
• What can be placed in a Data Cell?

Unit 10: More about images

• Overcoming Image Loading Problems
• Create a Heading
• Create a Button Image
• Selecting Colours in PSP
• Advanced Image Placement
• Images as a Background
• Re-sizing Images
• Compression of JPEG Images
• Displaying Photographs
• Saving Images From the Web
• Creating Animated Images
• The PNG
• Organising Files and Folders
• Using Layers

Unit 11: Frames

• Creating a Basic Frames Site
• Nesting Frames
• Not all Browsers can Display Frames
• Formatting Options
• Creating a Heading
• Linking Frames
• Confused Search Engines

Unit 12: Image maps

• What is an Image Map?
• Creating an Image Map

Unit 13: Multimedia

• Animations
• Video
• How to insert a Video File
• Sound
• MIDI Files Explained
• Using Sound Files
• Obtaining Sound and Video Files

Unit 14: More creative techniques

• Creating a Splash Page
• Invisible Spacers
• Horizontal Rules-The Sequel
• Scrolling Text

Section 2  Bringing the student up to date with the latest web standards and the use of cascading style sheets. Includes an introduction to the 2 main types of web development software, a clear explanation of search engine optimisation methods that work, and information on web accessibility and usability issues. Culminates in the final assignment which requires the student to build and publish a complete web site.

Unit 15: HTML editors - introduction to CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor

• Introduction
• HTML Editors

Unit 16: WYSIWYG web editors - introduction to Dreamweaver

• What You See Is What You Get
• Macromedia Dreamweaver CS3
• Define a Site
• Create a New Document
• Adding a Style Sheet
• Adding More Style
• Design a Professional Site
• A Quick Rundown of Additional Features

Unit 17: Preparing your website for the internet

• W3C
• HTML 4
• Define The Nature of the Document
• Define the Contents of the Document
• Meta Information
• Meta Information for Search Engines

Unit 18: Publishing your website

• Publishing Your Site
• The FTP Program
• How to Use CuteFTP

Unit 19: Promoting your website - SEO/SEM (search engine optimisation/marketing)

• Offline Options
• Online Web Site Promotion
• SEO/SEM
• FAQ

Unit 20: Aesthetics

• Site Aesthetics

Unit 21: Web accessibility guidelines

• Web Accessibility and why it is Important
• Disability Discrimination (DDA)
• Benefits of an Accessible Website
• Accessible Forms
• Label Prompt Text

Unit 22: Web usability basics

• Descriptive Link Text
• Site Map Provided
• No Unannounced Pop-Up

Qualification information:

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course).

The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards' Quality Licence Scheme. This means that UK Distance Learning & Publishing has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet certain quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to an Ofqual regulated qualification but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills towards regulated qualifications in the future. The unit summary can be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this sector. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by UK Distance Learning & Publishing to meet specific learners' and/or employers' requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. ABC Awards' endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

ABC Awards is a leading national Awarding Organisation, regulated by Ofqual, and the Welsh Government[1]. It has a long-established reputation for developing and awarding high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. As a registered charity, ABC Awards combines 180 years of expertise but also implements a responsive, flexible and innovative approach to the needs of our customers.

Renowned for excellent customer service, and quality standards, ABC Awards also offers Ofqual regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14; all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK.

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