In this final Web Content Design course, students transition from mastering the tools necessary to code web pages to exploring how to use those skills to build useful, effective, and attractive websites.
Overview
In this course, students take a step back from the development skills used to build web pages and focus instead on the design elements that users see and interact with once those pages are published.
Participants learn to evaluate website design with an eye for aesthetics and usability, followed by hands-on experience designing effective pages of their own. The class concludes with a final project in which students build a website using everything they've learned in the series of Web Content Design courses.
Objectives
- Understand how to evaluate the design of a website
- Learn how to structure your website, web pages, and templates
- Find out the best places to acquire great legal resources you can use
- Walk through a comprehensive design process
- Use colors, fonts, images, and multimedia effectively
- Develop responsive websites with Bootstrap, a powerful mobile-first framework
- Build a website incorporating everything you’ve learned in the Web Content Design curriculum
Duration and Format
3 days (18 hours)
This course can be conducted at your location or in our Midwest training lab (12140 Woodcrest Executive Drive; St. Louis, MO. 63141).
Outline
The following topics are covered in this course:
- Design patterns
- Design theory
- Design structure
- Design components: balance, unity, emphasis
- Process
- Color
- Fonts and typography
- Images and multimedia
Intended Audience
This course is primarily designed as a final step in the sequence of courses offered in the Web Content Design track. However, the design theory covered is equally applicable to non-technical professionals who provide input regarding web design, such as web project managers, marketing teams, and others.
Prerequisites
Students who have completed "Exploring HTML5 and CSS," "Advanced CSS," and "Responsive Web Design with Bootstrap" may complete their web-design journey with "Mastering Effective Website Design."
For those interested in studying web-design best practices without completing the prerequisite courses, this course can be customized to accommodate non-technical participants. Contact us to discuss a custom training program tailored to the needs of your team.
Professional Training for Modern Technology Teams
Open Enrollment Courses
Open enrollment courses are a great, cost-effective option for organizations that have an immediate need to train a small number of employees.
Customized Training Programs
Customized training programs can be delivered on-site, in our training lab, or online to help organizations enhance the skills of their internal development teams.
