Course+Competencies

=Course Competencies=

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Topics || Competencies || Web site goals || · List the communication and business objectives for a web site · Identify the target audience and develop use case scenarios for a web site || Design concept development || · Contribute to a brainstorming session on design concepts for a web site. · Generate design concepts that address the goals of a web site. · Present a design concept to a group and respond to a critique of the concept. || Web page design Typography Color Layout Information design || · Discuss interface design heuristics and explain their importance. · Recognize the guidelines for the use of typography on the web. · Develop appropriate color palettes for a web page. · Identify different grid based layout solutions for a web page. · Design a layout that addresses issues of information hierarchy and relevant user experience. · Design web page comps specific to a design concept (solution). || XHTML CSS Form design || · Identify rules for writing well-formed and valid XHTML · Discuss the benefits of the separation of structure, presentation, and behavior in interface design. · Design a web site with fixed width and variable width (depending on screen resolution) · Use CSS to visually design the presentation of XHTML · Build a working XHTML form to allow visitor input/response || Web site production || · Use appropriate file naming and directory structure conventions · Code, text and debug a web site for cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility · Use features of Dreamweaver to code, test and debug XHTML, CSS for a web site · Use ftp client to upload web site files to a server || Accessibility and Search engine optimization || · Identify issues of accessibility that need to be addressed on a web site · Identify methods of optimizing a site for search engines · Identify on-line resources for interactive designers. || Research and Resource library || · Create a library of on-line resources for interactive designers. || Web standards and accessibility || · Identify the organization that drives the web standards movement · Discuss the current trends and issues of web standards and accessibility · Develop web sites that are web standards compliant ||

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