Web Design Course
Start Date: Semester 2 (March 2021)
An interactive 6-week introductory course to web coding. By the end of the course, students will have created their own personal portfolio website that will offer a unique insight to prospective employers and will differentiate themselves from the crowd. Each week will consist of a pre-recorded lecture, a coding challenge, anda 1 hour drop-in session to address coding issues and questions.
Content covered includes:
- HTML: webpage structure, text, lists and links
- CSS: changing colours, page layout, responsiveness
- jQuery
At the end of the course, students will be able to deploy their coded website onto the worldwide web. This will be followed with a talk by a professional guest-speaker on how students’ personal websites can be utilised in tandem with social media to access the open and hidden job market! Furthermore, a certificate of recognition will be awarded upon completion.