Web Design and Development I
Intensive Introduction (suitable for beginner to intermediate students)
Taught by Joost De Geyter.  Click here for Joost'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:

Introducing Web concepts: HTML, Javascript, CSS, PHP, MySQL, FTP, Webserver, CMS.
Dreamweaver overview and how it fits into the Web concepts.
Current Web standards and best practices.
Planning and structuring a new site.
Dreamweaver workspace and setting up a site in Dreamweaver.
Creating new Web pages from scratch.
Adding text, basic tags, creating lists, importing text from MS Word.
CSS foundations and how to use it with Dreamweaver.
Adding images to your Website.
Internal and external links.
Working with tables and forms.
Working with templates.
Adding interactivity.
Adding video to your Web page.

Course Title: Web Design
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200

Spring Session 2012: March 6th to May 12th

Section A: Friday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 9th to May 11th (Course Code: WD103)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section B: Friday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 9th to May 11th (Course Code: WD104)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section C: Saturday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 10th to May 12th (Course Code: WD105)
Location: ELC Learning Center

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 Center during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Spring Session 2012 will take place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from Monday, February 20th through Monday, February 27th, 2012.  Payments will be received in the Registration Office at the ELC Learning Center.  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 8 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.)