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VCT 1023 - Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: In this hands-on, project-oriented course, students will explore the many new and exciting options now available with HTML5 and CSS3. Students will design and create multiple page Web sites with text, graphics, multimedia elements, and interactivity. This course covers the use of HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language version 5), CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets version 3), the optimization of graphics, and the application of multimedia elements to produce efficient, interactive Web sites. Students will create Web sites to communicate a clients message through the application of the principles and elements of design.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): VCT 1013  and VCT 1018  or concurrent enrollment
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Basic HTML5 Structure and Formatting
  2. Creating Absolute and Relative Links
  3. HTML version 5 ¿ What is HTML5 and why use it?
  4. Implementing creative design solutions with CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets version 3)
  5. Introduction to interactivity with JavaScript
  6. Multimedia on the Web
  7. Planning and designing Web sites
  8. Preparing and optimizing Images for Web delivery
  9. Publishing and maintaining your Web site
  10. Research - the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
  11. The Web Design Process
  12. Understanding the Web Design Environment
  13. Web Typography with CSS3
  14. What is the Internet?
  15. What is the World Wide Web and how does it work?

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. construct links and anchors in an HTML5 document.
  2. use Absolute and Relative URLs.
  3. develop multiple page Web sites using HTML5.
  4. solve design and technical problems through the use of critical thinking.
  5. optimize graphic images for Web-page delivery.
  6. use CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets version 3) to implement design solutions and functionality.
  7. discuss the important role Web browsers play in the HTML5 development process.
  8. employ a creative information design process.
  9. use basic JavaScript to create more interactive Web pages.
  10. design Web pages.
  11. critique one¿s own work and that of other students in group discussions.
  12. explain the concepts of the Internet and the World Wide Web in context to the creation and development of Web sites.
  13. employ a creative visual design process.


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