Web Design 2- Syllabus
COMPUTER MAGNET – Web Design 2
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND EXPECTATIONS
Instructor: Mr. Esparza
Credit: 5 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: Introduction to Web Design- Level 1
Phone: 720-423-7135
E-mail: jerry_esparza@dpsk12.org
Spring 2011
Download Web Application 2 syllabus pdf file
Content Overview:
This course continues the process and tools for website creation and publishing content on the World Wide Web. Students will learn both professional and Web 2.0 tools including Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash Fireworks, and Final Cut Express tools. Students will learn how to create animation for the web and how to make a video that is web compatible. The foundation for web creation will be using CSS to build your website. Cascade Style Sheets (CSS) is the current web standard for web design layout.
Tools:
Dreamweaver, PhotoShop, Fireworks, Garageband, Blogging, Inspiration, Flash, Final Cut Express
Projects:
- Upgrade current website with Flash animation.
- Design a practice TJ website
- Best Practices:Site Map, Color Theory, Graphic Optimization, Two-Click Navigation, Focus/Theme, File Management, CSS, Animation, Drop down Menu, Video integration
- Web Standards: Information Architect, Graphic Designer, Content Manager
- Create a new website to be posted for "real world" purposes base on the web project rubric.
Key Learnings:
- Animation
- Timeline
- Frames
- Layers
- Symbols
- Motion Tweening
- MovieClips
- actionscript
- Prototypes
- Slicing Images
- Optimization
- Exporting to Dreamweaver
- CSS
- Templates- starter pages
- Typographics
- Tables
- Layouts
- Backgrounds
- Production
- Dreamweaver Templates
- Dreamweaver CSS
- Flash- Actionscript
- Flash – Animation
- Final Cut Express- Video editing, compressing, and importing
- Fireworks- Prototypes