This course can be applied toward a program:
- Web Design (required)
Online: Self-Paced
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This introductory course guides you through the website design process, from identifying your audience and developing an information architecture to choosing a layout and other design elements such as visual hierarchy, whitespace/negative space, color and typography. You'll also learn best practices aurrounding usability and accessibility. In addition, the course introduces the three main website languages: HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
On top of that, you'll learn how to launch a website by selecting a domain host and website address.
Average weekly commitment: 3+ hours. Total course commitment: 12+ hours.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain the significance of web standards and The Web Standards Project
- Describe the ‘mobile-first’ approach to web design and compare how different browsers, computers and mobile devices interact with the web
- Understand current best practices and conventions in UX design and appraise various websites for structure, design, usability, and accessibility
- Identify and describe different design principles that contribute to an effective interface design (UI Design), including alignment, colour, white space and visual identity.
- Explore various website layouts and identify the advantages and disadvantages of each
- Summarize the process of publishing a website, including selecting a domain host and URL address
Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Web Design
Module 2: Web Standards
Module 3: User Experience (UX) and User Interface Design
Module 4: Layout and Design
Evaluation Method
Graded
Registration
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