Sep 19, 2026  
2026 - 2027 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog 
    
2026 - 2027 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog
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WDV 245 - Content Management Systems I


Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 2.00
Lab Hours: 2.00
This course is a hands-on course teaching students how to plan, design, and produce complete commercially oriented website applications using professional, open source, database-driven web content management software (WordPress). Students will learn to install, modify, and maintain CMS (Content Management System) software. Custom site templates will be created using a combination of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and a front-end development framework.

Prerequisite(s): WDV 101  or consent of instructor.
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Utilize content management system software to set up and configure a database driven website.

  • Utilize a front-end developer framework to customize the appearance and behaviors of a CMS.



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