Web Design Concepts:
Four hours per week during 8 weeks
As the web becomes a critical part of every companies profile, more and more people are finding the creation of web pages and web sites a part of their role. This course is for people who find themselves with web design responsibilities but who have had no formal design training.
The course will highlight the essential building blocks of good design, what works and what doesn't on screen and how to make the best use of type, colour and space. You will also cover usability issues, explore cross-platform issues and highlight how to solve common web design problems.
Tuition: $989.00 CAD
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Web Design Concepts
Designed for those new to the web design, this course is designed to help you develop new skills and improve your confidence when making design decisions.
What is design? |
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Examples of good and bad design
Questions to ask before you design anything
Defining your audience
Maintaining a consistent brand identity
Good navigation |
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Key design elements |
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A guide to: relevance, contrast, proportion,
consistency, restraint and detail
The essential building blocks of web design |
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Shortcuts to good design
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Maintaining a swipe file
Good information architecture
Laying out a web page
Using web applications such as Dreamweaver
Organizational tools
Using white space
Rules, borders, boxes and drop shadows
Maintaining online and offline consistency |
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The power of type |
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Constraints of type on the web
Text legibility
Text hyperlinks
Special type effects
Less is more |
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Working with color |
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Choosing colors
Developing a color theme
Using Hexidecimal colour
Understanding RGB
Websafe colors |
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Effective use of images |
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Using images for maximum impact
Optimizing images
Using images as navigation aids |
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Solving common design problems |
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Minimizing text
How fonts work on the web
Browser and plug-in compatibility
Cross platform issues |
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REGISTRATION FORM
REGISTRATION STEPS:
- Fill out our Registration form.
- One of our staff members will contact you at the telephone number you included on
your registration form to confirm your registration.
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2 methods of payment
The payment is made:
- by a credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD and AMERICAN EXPRESS)
- from your PayPal account through the system PayPal
 
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