Web Design and Development I
Intensive Introduction (suitable for beginner to intermediate students)
Taught by Kevin Sörensen.  Click here for Kevin's profile.

Quality Web design is about more than just laying out objects on the page.  Every design decision you make depends on the overall goals of the site, encompassing an understanding of how people use online environments to fulfill a broad range of needs.  Approach your designs from a comprehensive viewpoint, learning to employ aspects of interface design, content strategy, multimedia production, marketing, and basic graphic-design principles to create unique and effective projects which fulfill your online goals.  Create visual design and navigation systems that are intuitive and easy to use, and learn how to develop a professional, industry-standard strategy and style for every Web site that you produce.  Learn innovative design and management solutions while balancing technical and aesthetic issues.  This is an intensive hands-on course covering:

• FrontPage and Dreamweaver: Web sites from design to launch

• Graphics creation and Flash for animation and motion graphics

• HTML and CSS (cascading style sheet)

• Creating and implementing Java scripts

• Web-site publishing and management

• Domain name and hosting (i.e. how does a Web address actually "work")

• Online tools and other useful software

• Security related issues when using JAVA and VB Scripts

• Browser compatibility/incompatibility

• Troubleshooting in HTML

Develop attractive, easy-to-use Web interfaces utilizing a variety of applications.  Discover the secrets of managing successful Web sites while developing extraordinary design projects for your portfolio.

Course structure:

Week 1:     Internet and copyright (WWW consortium)
                   Browsers and compatibility
                   Software for Web Design
                   What is design?
                   First look at the Dreamweaver 8 interface
                   Creating your first basic page

Week 2:     Design Guidelines part 1.
                   What is Homepage Architecture?
                   Why is design more than just the looks?
                   What are tags?
                   Creating a basic page in Notepad

Week 3:     Design Guidelines part 2.
                   Creating a page using Frames
                   Introduction to CSS

Week 4:     Design Guidelines part 3.
                   Picture formats for the internet
                   Creating a page using Tables

Week 5:     Design Guidelines part 4.
                   What is a web-server and how to upload?
                   What is a Domain and how can a browser find it?
                   Creating a design combining CSS and Tables

Week 6:     Design Guidelines part 5.
                   What is backup and why?
                   Creating an advanced design using CSS and Tables

Week 7:     Creating animations in Flash 8

Week 8:     Troubleshooting flaws in the coding
                   Don’t reinvent the wheel!
                   Working on your own homepage

Week 9:     What is a Site Map and what tools are available?
                   Introduction to Java Scripting
                   Working on your own homepage

Week 10:   Java Scripting
                   Security Issues
                   Securing your homepage
                   Working on your own homepage

Throughout the entire course you will receive a lot of links to related topics and tools.  You will also have a temporary folder on a server in Europe so that you can practice and maybe have your friends evaluate your design(s).

Course Title: Web Design
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200

Spring Session 2010: March 12th to May 15th

Section E: Friday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)  Registration Closed
10 weeks from March 12th to May 14th (Course Code: WD107)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section F: Friday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)  Registration Closed
10 weeks from March 12th to May 14th (Course Code: WD108)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section G: Saturday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)  Registration Closed
10 weeks from March 13th to May 15th (Course Code: WD109)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email with further details.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Annex during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Spring Session 2010 will take place on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, February 26th, 27th, 28th, and March 1st, 2010, between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m..  Payments will be received in Ground-Floor Classroom at our ELC Learning Annex.  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 6 and 12 people).  Register early to reserve your place.  Payment must be received on time to complete your enrollment and maintain your reservation in the class(es) for which you have registered.  (Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.)
 

For detailed information, please feel free to contact one of our program coordinators: Telephone: 55889133 Fax: 55889133 EMAIL: inquiry(at)shanghai-classes.com
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