71152 Web Design

About the course

This course is for students wanting to learn the concepts and techniques of effective web design. The course will enable students to design websites that are usable, accessible, and validate to the latest World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendations. A web-authoring tool will be used to assist in the production and maintenance of valid web documents.

You will be able to produce, promote and maintain a navigable collection of web documents and gain some understanding of the team process of web design. This course prepares students for advanced studies in web project management and web programming, and to participate in the online world.

This course is available in the following programme(s):

OP5266 Certificate in Web Design and Writing
OP7010 Bachelor of Applied Science
OP7020 Bachelor of Arts
OP6020 Diploma in Knowledge and Emerging Technologies

What's in the course

  • Internet: origins and developments, protocols, web technologies, user agents, standards, separation of presentation/document structure, accessibility
  • Usability and testing: user-centric design, cross-platform design, usability testing
  • Web Design Principles: site planning and navigation, links, page design principles, textural design, colour and images, multimedia
  • Team processes: web project development, project planning, proposal and blueprint, integration and testing, launch and signoff, maintenance.

What students learn

Students will be able to

  • Develop web pages that validate to the latest W3C recommendation
  • Develop a collection of web documents that are usable and accessible using web authoring and online tools
  • Select appropriate processes to be used by a web design project team to produce and maintain a collection of web documents that satisfies business requirements.

Pre-Requisites

Applicants will be required to demonstrate that they have basic Internet searching, email and file management skills, a basic knowledge of HTML, access to an HTML editing tool, access to the Internet and access to a recent versioned browser.

Assessment

In-course work 100%

Fee

New Zealand Student Fee      $588.00

Additional Fee Information

What do I do now?

Important! - Please take the pre-entry test for this course.

Request a copy of the brochure.
Download an enrolment form (pdf).
For further information free phone 0508 650 200 or email.

Other Information

Required software:
Students will require access to an editing tool capable of supporting the production of valid web documents, for example Macromedia HomeSite 5.
A recent version of browser will be required, for example Internet Explorer 5.0, Netscape 6.0, Opera 6.0 or later version.