Web Authoring  Short Courses

This course teaches the fundamental concepts in web site design, management and implementation using HTML 4/XHTML. It also provides an important foundation for students who may be interested in industry certification programmes or other web-based technologies such as PHP, XML and JavaScript. Students will be expected to design and produce a working site.

Course Information

Start DateStart TimeDurationCostCourse CodeApply
Thursday 4 October 2012 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £360.00 CE1586 Course Full
Friday 5 October 2012 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £360.00 CE1586 Enrollment Closed
Friday 18 January 2013 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £360.00 CE1586 Enrollment Closed
Thursday 24 January 2013 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £360.00 CE1586 Enrollment Closed
Thursday 2 May 2013 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £360.00 CE1586 Apply Now
Friday 3 May 2013 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £360.00 CE1586 Apply Now

Tutor Info

Faezeh Seyedarabi works as a Web Accessibility Consultant at Test Partners Ltd. Faezeh has an MSc in Logic and Computation and have completed her PhD Programme in Information Science involving search engine personalisation and user interface design. She is also Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). For more information please visit www.faezeh.co.uk

Eligibility

Microsoft Windows and the use of a web browser.

What will I learn?

  • Context: About the Internet and Web. W3C and web standards. Resources and tools e.g. code editors, HTML exports from productivity suites such as MS Office and WYSIWYG editors. The processes and skill sets involved in site planning, design and construction. Site management. Client-server solutions. Platform and browser compatibility. Prototyping.
  • Coding: Fundamentals of HTML including doctypes, formatted text, links, images, image maps, tables, forms, and meta tags. Overview of XHTML, CSS (stylesheets) and other site content such as JavaScript and Flash.
  • HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) including usability and accessibility.
  • Graphics. Vectors and bitmaps. Web image types. Image optimisation. Example uses.
  • Other issues: Fundamental security and good programming considerations. Testing and validation. Site publicity/marketing e.g. search engine submission.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the fundamental characteristics of the Web, such as its development
  • Design and create a web site including graphics content.

Recommended Reading

Castro, Elizabeth (2006) HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide: With XHTML and CSS (Visual QuickStart Guides) Peachpit Press

Leads To...

After this course you can progress to Web programming using PHP/MySQL.

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