CIW Design Methodology and Technology (CS4): Academic Student Guide


Publisher: Official CIW Curriculum
Code: ECL05CDDMATPL906
ISBN:  1593026471
Course Length:  30-60 hours
Prerequisites:  Instructors should be CIW v5 Master Designer certified or have equivalent knowledge and experience.


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In this course, you will work with popular production tools such as Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash. You will study design and development technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript, Java applets, Dynamic HTML, plug-ins, multimedia and databases. You will also explore the extensibility of design tools, incompatibility issues surrounding these tools, and the functionality of current Web browsers.

Design Methodology and Technology will also teach you to manage the Web site development process. You will learn about new technologies and traditional strategies involving the Web designer job role. Throughout this course, you will learn how Web sites are developed as managed projects, relate Web site development to business goals, and apply guidelines for user accessibility to Web site development. You will also consider site design from several perspectives. You will approach design from the Web user's perspective so that you can identify with user interests and needs. You will also assume the roles of Web designer and project manager, as you work through the Web site development process by evolving a Web presence site into a working prototype Web project.

This course provides a balance of training in theory, technology, project management and hands-on development. The skills and concepts taught in this course enable corporations to overcome the challenges of bringing mission-critical business information to the Internet and intranet environments. All CIW v5 courses offer Case Studies for class discussion about real-world skills applications, and updated topics such as project management and the relationship between technology and business operations. Guided, step-by-step labs provide opportunities to practice new skills. Students are challenges to review skills after each lesson in the Lesson Summary and Lesson Review sections. Included in this Instructor Guide are Additional Activities, Optional Labs, Lesson Quizzes and a Course Assessment.

Instructor materials include lab files, completed lab files, instructor notes in the margins, answer keys, activity worksheets, implementation table/syllabus, a customizable PowerPoint slide presentation and more.