Welcome!

This course is an introduction to the design, creation, and maintenance of web pages and websites. With it, you will learn how to critically evaluate website quality; learn how to create and maintain quality web pages; learn about web design standards and why they're important; and learn to create and manipulate images.

Course Objectives

• You will gain the skills and project-based experience needed for entry into web design and development careers.
• You will be able to use a variety of strategies and tools to create websites.
• You will develop awareness and appreciation of the many ways that people access the web, and will be able to create standards-based websites that can be accessed by the full spectrum of web access technologies.

How to Use This Course

The current page is your home page for the course. Create a short cut in your home drive for easy reference. The course is organized into the following nine units. Each unit is further organized into modules, and each module includes one or more lessons.

This course has many features from a framework course from the University of Washington. I've modified it to better fit our schedule and added some assessment activities to judge your comprehension of the concepts. Additionally, you'll have some "forum" questioins to research and answer on our discussion board.

Proceed through the course by completing each unit, module, and lesson in order. The units are listed below. Lessons for each unit are all listed on the Lessons page, and are linked below for easy access. Please know that I will release folders as we get to them. If you need to work ahead for a specific reason (homebound, extended absence, etc.) let me know, and I will get the files to you.

• Pre-Unit: Getting started and organizing.
• Unit One: Designing and Planning Web Pages
• Unit Two: Creating Web Pages with HTML
• Unit Three: Formatting Web Pages with Style Sheets
• Unit Four: Graphics
• Unit Five: Scripting (Time Permitting)
• Unit Six: Quality Control
• Unit Seven: Website Management and Authoring Tools
• Unit Eight: Client Website