Web Design
Students will learn to create professionally designed websites, following current best practices in web design. Learning is accomplished in a self-paced lab environment with students completing lessons and projects in each topic area above.
Class Resources
- Web Designer ~ Heather Peel: http://foliageweb.com/
- GOOGLE Made with Code: https://www.madewithcode.com/projects
- Learning About Fonts & Typography - http://www.fonts.com/content/learning
- FREE Website Builders: http://www.top10bestwebsitebuilders.com/
- YouTube Video on HTML5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPxo7Y6JyA
- Learn HTML in 12 minutes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWPMSSsVdPk
- Why HTML is coding NOT programming: http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/2012/04/05/why-html-is-not-a-programming-language/
- HTML Quick List of Tags: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quick.asp
- Website Color Schemes: http://designshack.net/articles/inspiration/25-awesome-tools-for-choosing-a-website-color-scheme/
- Color Scheme Designer: http://colorschemedesigner.com/
- Image Compression: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/speed/img-compression/
- Custom Banners and Headers: http://www.colourlovers.com/
- Online Photo Editor: http://pixlr.com/
- Cool Text in Photoshop: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/04/50-stunning-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/
- Photoshop Tutorials on YouTube: http://mashable.com/2010/04/11/youtube-photoshop-tutorials/
- Photoshop Tools 101: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8xcuT48QzA
- Web Development with InDesign: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/06/23/a-web-developer-s-guide-to-adobe-indesign/