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Level 5
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Course duration: 16 weeks
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Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
This online course is for students wanting to learn the concepts and techniques of effective web design.
When you complete this course you will be able to design websites that are usable, accessible, and validate to the latest World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendations. A web-authoring tool will be used to assist in the production and maintenance of valid web documents.
This course will prepare you for advanced studies in web project management and web programming, and to participate in the online world.
For more information watch the course introduction video below.
What you will learn
When you successfully complete this course you will be able to:
- analyse a client’s business requirements for their website
- plan a website structure
- use design tools to develop wireframes in accordance with a client’s business requirements
- develop web pages that are usable and that validate to the latest W3C recommendation
- develop web pages so they are accessible, responsive, optimised for search engines
- incorporate interactivity in a web page
- undertake cross-platform testing to ensure web page consistency across platforms.
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed.
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable broadband internet and a data plan
Find out more about online learning
If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.