Academic year
2016-17
Is found in:
- International Curriculum, programme stage 3
This is a single course unit.
Study load:
3 credits
Weight:
3,00
Total study time: 75,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2016 () or 15.03.2017 ()
Organisation of education
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
- exam contract (to obtain a credit).
- exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: Vermeulen Steven
Language course: No
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Semester 1 or Semester 2
Objectives
Students learn to design a website, using images, tables, forms and will be able to put them on the internet. Websites are designed using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.
Contents
1. Introduction to webdesign
2 Basic principles of HTML and CSS
3 Website design editor
- Surroundings
- Planning and implementing the site structure
- Layout
- CSS
- Hyperlinks
- Images and illustrations
- Lists
- Tables
- Templates
- Forms
- Uploading the site
- Using DIVs
Order of enrolment
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Prerequisites
Having a fair practical knowledge of and being able to use a computer (managing files and data, using e-mail, using a browser…).
Final objectives
1 Having a basic knowledge of and an insight in HTML/XHTML and CSS and being able to evaluate and combine in a discerning way.
Indicators:
- Knowing the building up of HTML pages
- Knowing the most important tags
- Knowing the difference between relative and absolute hyperlinks and being able to make these in a fluent way -understanding the importance of the separation of the structure (HTML) and the presentation (CSS) of a web page
- Being able to use CSS in a web page (embedded style sheet, linked style sheet)
- Knowing the most important CSS characteristics: colour, background colour...
2 Being able to make a (static) website using a website design editor.
Indicators:
- Being able to work with sites in a website design editor.
- Being able to:
- work with hyperlinks (as well as the use of a named anchor).
- work with lists (ordered and unordered), inclusive of nested lists.
- work with tables (as well as using header cells, joining cells...
- work with CSS (tupe selectors and class selectors).
- Knowing the most important characteristics of graphic file formats (gif, jpeg and png).
- Including images in web pages.
- Making a website based on DIVs and tables.
- Developing forms.
- Uploading a website.
3 Functioning with complete autonomy and a large degree of initiative.
Indicators:
- Designing a website and putting it on the internet.
- Showing creativity in designing a website.
Organisation of education
Question-and-answer method.
Seminars.
Study guidance
Coaching when doing exercises.
Chamilo.
Evaluation
- First exam oppertunity:
- non-period bound evaluation: /
- period bound evaluation: Assessment of a personally designed website (the student has to present the website by giving explanations)
- Second exam oppertunity:
- Assessment of a personally designed website (the student has to present the website by giving explanations)
Key words
Web design, P175 Information Science