Basic Web Design

In this course, students will learn how to design a beautiful and functional website. Students will learn how to take their design and translate it into a live website using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) programing languages. HTML5 and CSS3 will be the standard versions used in the class. Students will understand design components of websites, including the use of color, layout and when to use different techniques, typography rules, and the importance of imagery. At the conclusion of the course, students will present a website to the class. Upon completion of this course, each student will have hands-on experience creating a fully functioning website.

Students do not need to have a previous technical background with HTML or CSS prior to taking this course.

Major Concepts

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Recognize and understand HTML web page elements
• Know how to write basic HTML code
• Understand and apply effective web design principles
• Enhance web pages using text formatting, color, graphics, images, and multimedia
• Understand and apply CSS to format web page elements
• Apply accessibility standards
• Plan, design, and publish a multi-page website

HTML Text Editor: Sublime Text

Image Editing Software: Pixlr

Webhosting and basic in-browser FTP: Github   Github Pages

Computer: Students must have access to a computer with internet access and an internet browser. The computer may run Windows or Mac OS.  No Chromebooks.