Course Description
A required course for all Advertising Design and Graphic Arts students. Topics include creative user interface design and best workflow practice. Students will design a website using an (X)HTML template, and will develop design, typography and web programming skills. (X)HTML and CSS will be taught.
Over the semester, you will:
Design and build an effective portfolio site
Gain a solid foundation in current markup languages and applications.
Explore industry standards in layout design and functionality
Upload a fully operational site to a personal URL
A large emphasis will be placed on awareness of the design world by observing the principles of design in our community: books, publications, web sources, museums and graphic art organizations. Students are expected to gather reference materials for all their projects
Student Learning Outcome
A student passes this course when s/he:
- Displays working knowledge of HTML and how it functions; learned how the internet generally operates and can use this knowledge to better strategize in designing.
- Is able to hand code rudimentary web pages: links, styles, images, meta tags
- Has created and purchased relevant URL and is able to ftp to it using Text Wrangler
- Understands image optimization for the web
- Understands and can compose CSS (style sheets)
- Shows proficiently in creating usable, well-crafted web designs in Photoshop, then converting and coding within a code editor
- Has created and published a working contact form
- Has published a fully operational portfolio site and knows how to use the admin panel of their ISP account.
Grading
90% = Course projects/assignments
Project (Portfolio Site) 40%
Assignment 20%
Midterm (Site Design) 10%
Final 20%
CP/P/A 10%
(Class preparation/participation/attendance)
Recommended text
HTML & CSS, Design and Build Websites
Jon Duckett; Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011
Required Hosting Provider:
Kionic – http://www.kionic.com
You can purchase a URL and host it at Kionic. Approximately $40 for a year, depending on how you choose to pay. You must have this service to participate in the class at all.
Other Resources
Kionic.com, godaddy.com, www.w3.org, www.lynda.com, www.w3schools.com
