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| 4 Months Course Duration with NPR 10,000 startup salary |
The Web Design Certificate Program will teach you to develop the visual graphic and information design skills required to create compelling Web sites. You’ll learn professional applications for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash.
Program projects include HTML page markup, CSS-based layout and typography, home page and navigation design, Flash graphics and animations, and more.
Description
Looking to launch your career in the exciting field of Web design? This Web Design Program focuses on the fundamental technical and aesthetic skills required for this challenging field.
As a student, you'll gain proficiency in the software programs that every Web designer needs to know: Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Flash. You'll learn how to create digital images and animations and build standards-compliant Web sites using either HTML/CSS hand-coding or Web editing programs. Hands-on projects will give you experience in professional Web design. Assignments include digital retouching and compositing, HTML page markup, CSS-based layout and typography, home page and navigation design, Flash graphics and animations, mouseover effects, competitive analysis, site maps, wireframes, mood boards, color palettes, blog layout, and portfolio site design.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this program, you'll be able to:
- Prepare bitmap images for print or the Web using basic Photoshop retouching and correction techniques, collage, and compositing
- Create standards-compliant Web page layouts by hand-coding using HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Publish Web pages to a Web server using Dreamweaver FTP
- Develop Web page and site layouts using Adobe Dreamweaver and CSS
- Use color, typography, and composition in developing page layouts
- Design Web layouts, graphics, navigation buttons, and banner ads using Adobe Fireworks
- Design basic Flash page graphics, animations, ads, and promotional sites
- Develop a systematic approach to Web design projects using site maps, wireframes, usability, and competitive analysis
- Develop a creative approach to Web design projects using mood boards and design comps Transform comp layouts into valid HTML/CSS Web pages using hand-coding
- Design Web page layouts for a range of business clients
Course Outline:
- Photoshop Basics
- HTML and CSS Essentials
- Dreamweaver I
- Color Theory
- Fundamentals of Typography
- Web Graphics Using Fireworks
- Flash Basics
- Web Design I
Prerequisite
The certificate program is designed for adult learners interested in building skills and portfolio for a design career. Students can enroll at any time, with monthly class starts. The program is open admissions: students must be 18 or over and provide high school or college transcripts prior to starting classes.
