WD1: Web Design
11 weeks / 198 hours
$5,000 Special Price $3,900
Mon. - Fri., 01:30 pm - 04:30 pm
Mon. - Fri., 01:30 pm - 04:30 pm
Mon. - Fri., 01:30 pm - 04:30 pm
Mon. - Fri., 01:30 pm - 04:30 pm
WD1: Web Design is an introductory web design course at NYBI. Though designed for beginners, those who have experience in web design will not be disappointed.
This course covers HTML5 / CSS3, Javascript and JQuery on Adobe Dreamweaver; web graphics, principles of good web pages, layout techniques with Adobe Photoshop, contents management system (CMS) using Wordpress, and the responsive web pages on Bootstrap framework.
Each student will receive his/her own domain such as student's name.com and student's shop.com for up to one year.
Students are asked to start from the beginning, and hand-code their first pages in text editor, and gradually work up to a responsive web design and the search engine optimizations (SEO).
Web Design Curriculum
Web Design Syllabus
- Basic design principles
- Photoshop skills
- Web graphics: GIF, JPG, and PNG
- Color and typography for web
- Vector Drawing and Adobe Illustrator
- Adapting a design from Photoshop to HTML
- Photo retouching
- Video Editing
- Design a vector animation
- Set up WordPress website
- Creating a post
- Creating a page
- Utilizing categories, media, widgets and comments
- Add-ons and Themes
- Plug-ins
- Advanced WordPress features
- Build a Bootstrap website with the basic template
- Grids, labels, badges, panels, wells and jumbotron
- Typography, styling tables and forms
- Images, media objects and buttons
- Navigation systems
- Javascript plug-ins
- Other utilities and controls
- Less/Sass and advanced topics
- Search engine optimizations
- Social Networking
- Google Adwords
- Measuring visitor interaction
- Google Analytics
- Webmaster Tools
Prerequisites
- High School Diploma/ GED, and basic computer literacy.
Occupational Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be qualified to be a web designer, website manager or website administrator.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
A student who cancels within 7 days of signing the enrollment agreement but before instruction begins receives all monies returned with the exception of the non-refundable registration fee.
Thereafter, a student will be liable for:
- The non-refundable registration fee plus,
- The cost of any textbooks or supplies accepted plus,
- Tuition liability as of the student's last date of physical attendance.
Prior to or during the first week
During the second week
During the third week
During the fourth week
After the fourth week
0%
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100%
See the School Policies page for the second quarter or thereafter.
