IT Web Design Web Design Specialist (Adobe CS6 Web Edition) with Exam
CIW
Summary
- Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price
Overview
The Web Design Specialist course teaches you how to design and publish Web sites. General topics include Web Site Development Essentials (such as the site development process, customer expectations, and ethical and legal issues in Web development), Web Design Elements (such as aesthetics, the site user's experience, navigation, usability and accessibility), Basic Web Technologies (such as basic Hypertext Markup Language [HTML], Extensible HTML [XHTML] and extended technologies, image files, GUI site development applications, site publishing and maintenance) and Advanced Web Technologies (such as multimedia and plug-in technologies, client-side and server-side technologies, and Web databases).
What jobs will I qualify for?
- Lead Design
- Web Designer
- Web and Graphic Artists
In these roles you could earn up to £37,500 per annum (source Reed salary checker 2016 UK only and IT Jobs watch 2016 UK Only)
HTML, CSS are the top rated developer skills required by employers (source IT Jobs watch 2016 UK Only )
This course is also suitable for IT professionals in the following areas
- Internet consultants
- IT professionals
- Marketing professionals
- Web and graphic artists
- Business professionals
Description
When can I start?
You can enrol at any time, start today.
What support will I gain? ( Please see attached detailed course component document)
Students will receive one year access to our CIW online platform containing the following:
- CIW Official Courseware include narrative instruction, technical term definitions, skills objective callouts, handson labs, study and assessment questions, review projects and real-world case studies. You can choose CIW courseware in electronic format available on our online CIW platform
- CIW Exam Study Guide provide focused study for individuals preparing to take high-stakes CIW certification exams. Each CIW Exam Guide features: Information about taking CIW certification exams. • A table listing CIW exam objectives, including knowledge domains and individual skills objectives. • Enumerated content sections that summarize each skills objective. • Sample exam questions.
- CIW Supplemental Materials (online) For each CIW course we provide supplemental materials, some of which are required for coursework and some of which are optional but of interest for further study. These materials include: • Lab files required to complete the course labs. • Handouts. • Answers to exercises and quizzes. • Appendixes with related information.
- CIW Pre-Assessment (online) We offer an online pre-assessment test that mirrors the number of questions and distribution of skills objectives covered on the high-stakes CIW Web Design Specialist certification exam. The CIW Pre-Assessment helps students determine their existing skill levels and their preparedness to take the CIW Web Design Specialist training courses. It also helps identify knowledge areas in which students need to focus their studies in order to pass the certification exam.
- CIW Movie Clips (online) Movie clips provide supplementary instruction in a multimedia format, and enhance the CIW coursebook narrative and labs. CIW Course Mastery (online) CIW Course Mastery is an online tool that delivers CIW course review questions. This tool is based on research in learning and memory, and it delivers an accelerated teaching solution that reduces training time and boosts retention of material in the learner's memory to provide 100-percent mastery of all content.
- CIW Online Exercises The Online Exercises test knowledge of the topics presented in the course and help students prepare for the certification exam. The Exercises are presented in a variety of formats including flash cards, matching exercises, true-false questions, crossword puzzles and fill-in-the-blank exercises.
- CIW Practice Exams (online) The CIW Practice Exams consist of a variety of tests designed to assess the students' knowledge of specific skills objectives.
- Virtual Labs (WDS) The virtual online labs provide all the software and files necessary to complete the labs in this course. Software includes: • Microsoft Windows 7 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0• Mozilla Firefox• Microsoft Expression Web 3 • Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 • Adobe Fireworks CS5 • Adobe Flash Professional CS5 • QuickTime• Adobe Flash® Player 10
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CIW exam voucher for any Pearson Vue centre
What skills will I gain?
In this course, you will work with popular production tools such as Microsoft Expression Web, and Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash. You will study design and development technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript, Java applets, Dynamic HTML, plug-ins, multimedia and databases. You will also explore the extensibility of design tools, incompatibility issues surrounding these tools, and the functionality of current Web browsers.
Web Design Specialist will also teach you to manage the Web site development process. You will learn about new technologies and traditional strategies involving the Web designer job role. Throughout this course, you will learn how Web sites are developed as managed projects, relate Web site development to business goals, and apply guidelines for user accessibility to Web site development. You will also consider site design from several perspectives. You will approach design from the Web user's perspective so that you can identify with user interests and needs. You will also assume the roles of Web designer and project manager, as you work through the Web site development process by evolving a Web presence site into a working prototype Web project. Hands-on labs include real-world scenarios based on a previously live version of the Habitat for Humanity International Web site. Note that students will build prototype pages using Habitat for Humanity content. This content is provided by Habitat for Humanity with permission to use it in labs teaching site development skills. The prototype pages that students build do not necessarily represent, duplicate or simulate the current live Habitat for Humanity Web site
You will receive the CIW professional award in Web Design Specialist on passing the CIW exam at any Pearson VUE test centre.
Module Breakdown ( Please see course description attached for more detail
Overview of Web Design Concepts
Web Development Teams
Web Project Management Fundamentals
Web Project Management Phases
Web Site Development Process
Web Page Layout and Elements
Web Site Usability and Accessibility
Browsers
Web Graphics
HTML and the Evolution of Markup
XML and XHTML
Web Page Structure — Tables and Framesets
Cascading Style Sheets
Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets
Site Content and Metadata
Site Development with Microsoft Expression Web 4 — Introduction
Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Basic Features
Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Advanced Features
Site Development with Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 — Introduction
Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
Dreamweaver Layout Options
Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Basic Features
Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Advanced Features
Creating Web Pages Using Open-Source Tools
Image Editing with Adobe Fireworks CS6
Multimedia with Adobe Flash Professional CS6
Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Tweens
Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Movie Clips
Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — ActionScript, Masks and Practical Uses
JavaScript and DHTML Fundamentals
Plug-Ins and Java Applets
HTTP Servers and Web Applications
Databases
Web Site Publishing and Maintenance
Who is this course for?
Web authors, marketing and communications professionals, PR professionals, Webmasters, graphic designers, desktop designers, technical writers, and library scientists.
Requirements
Students taking this course need a basic understanding of Internet functionality and tools, and X/HTML. No prerequisite courses or certifications are required prior to taking this course or the corresponding certification exam. However, the course and exam are challenging and comprehensive. CIW offers the Web Foundations Associate curriculum to provide the base of foundational X/HTML and Internet knowledge necessary for this course. The CIW Foundations courses are not required, but for many candidates they are extremely helpful.
Career path
What jobs will I qualify for?
- Lead Design
- Web Designer
- Web and Graphic Artists
In these roles you could earn up to £37,500 per annum (source Reed salary checker 2016 UK only and IT Jobs watch 2016 UK Only)
HTML, CSS are the top rated developer skills required by employers (source IT Jobs watch 2016 UK Only )
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