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2014-2015 Official General Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

BIT 173 - Basics of Website Creation


Potential Web authors should start here!  Develop the foundation for Web site creation including HTML, CSS, Web standards,  graphics, and basic Web editors.  Understand the tools needed to incorporate tables, links, graphics, image maps, and more into your Web documents.  Apply what you have learned to the creation of a Web site as a final project.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite:  BIT 170 Introduction to the Internet or the equivalent

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the HTML standards and specifications.
2.  Apply Page Validation in order to build valid XHTML 1.0 Standard pages.
3.  Create and design the framework and content for a Web site.
4.  Use sound writing principles to prepare a copy for a Web site.
5.  Use HTML/XHTML to create basic Web sites.
     5.1  Define and use HTML basics including tags, elements, attributes and values, comments, headings.
     5.2  Incorporate Hex colors into Web pages.
     5.3  Describe the importance and how to use Web-safe fonts.
     5.4  Create simple tables.
     5.5  Use Row and Column spans to customize tables.
     5.6  Create unordered and ordered lists.
     5.7  Create links within the page or to any document on the Web.
6.  Use Dreamweaver to create basic Web sites.
     6.1  Set up site and project files.
     6.2  Create the page layout.
     6.3  Add content to pages.
     6.4  Control the size, style and color of fonts with CSS.
     6.5  Describe local vs. remote locations and how to publish the Web site.
7.  Use Photoshop to manipulate and add basic graphics to a Web page.
     7.1  Change the size of graphics.
     7.2  Optimize graphics for the Web.
8.  Demonstrate the features of a Web site to an audience.