VCT 1123 - Interactive Web Design 1

Credits: 3
Hours/Week:
Course Description: In this hands-on, project-oriented course, students will explore the design and implementation of informative and modern websites. Students will design and create rich and visually engaging websites to communicate a client¿s message. The students will utilize industry standard software and modern design tools to create productive and captivating websites that incorporate functionality into a web page with HTML5 and CSS3. Students will design websites that demonstrate the principles of digital communication by employing the elements and principles of design.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
1. Planning and designing rich, visually engaging and informative web sites 

2. Designing and formatting with CSS3 

3. Color issues in web design 

4. Exploring the impact of web browsers on design 

5. Designing intuitive navigation 

6. Functionality with CSS3 

7. Creating rich and visually engaging content and informative animation
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. describe professional-quality websites. 
2. employ a creative visual design process. 
3. optimize graphic images for Web page delivery. 
4. employ a creative information design process. 
5. employ creative color techniques as they apply to Web page design. 
6. implement creative web design solutions with CSS3. 
7. employ multiple tools and techniques for rich and functional web pages. 
8. create informative web based animations. 
9. design and implement functionality for modern web sites with industry standard software. 
10. solve design and technical problems through the use of critical thinking. 
11. critique one’s own work and that of other students in group discussions.

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