CIS 251 - Fundamentals of Web Design I

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 2.00
Lab Hours: 2.00
This course provides an overview of web design techniques, hypertext markup language (HTML), creating device- and platform-independent websites using responsive web design techniques, cascading style sheets (CSS), and search engine optimization (SEO). Students will also learn the overall website production processes with particular emphasis on design elements involving layout, navigation, accessibility, and interactivity. This course will give students an in-depth understanding of web design concepts and techniques that are essential to planning, designing, creating, testing, publishing, and maintaining websites.

Prerequisite(s): CIS 210
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Determine user needs for a website.
Describe the website development planning process.
Explain web design principles, roles, and required skills.
Identify web publishing issues.
Explain webpage typography issues.
Explain webpage multimedia and animation issues.
Discuss adding and editing webpage audio and video elements.
Demonstrate competency regarding planning and designing websites based on user needs.
Create web assets.
Code a website.
Implement a website.
Maintain a website.

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