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		Design Methodology and Technology

CIW Site Designer Series Course:

Design Methodology and Technology (5DMT)

Design Methodology and Technology is a five-day course that teaches students how to create and manage Web sites with tools such as Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0 and Flash 4.0, FrontPage 2000, Dynamic HTML, and various multimedia and CSS standards. Students will also implement the latest strategies to develop third-generation Web sites, evaluate design tools, discuss future technology standards, and explore the incompatibility issues surrounding current browsers. The course focuses on theory, design and Web construction, along with information architecture concepts, Web project management, scenario development and performance evaluations.

Topics

Overview of Design Concepts

Web Technology

The Nature of the Web

Design Concepts

New Technologies

Evaluating Your HTML Skills

Web Page Layout and Elements

The Truth About Web Users

Effective Page Layout

Color

Fonts

White Space

Usability Testing

The Importance of Usability

Usability Testing

Navigation Concepts

Why Is Navigation Critical?

Browsers and Navigation

Primary and Secondary Navigation

Navigation Hierarchy

Site Structure, URLs and File Names

Familiar Conventions

Guided Navigation

Navigation Action Plan

Web Graphics

Images

Digital Imaging Concepts

Bitmap vs. Vector Graphics

Image File Formats

Graphic Applications

Creating Images

Image Optimization

Multimedia

Multimedia and Web Sites

Current Capabilities

Animation

Audio

Video

Goals of a Multimedia Site

Multimedia Site Design Basics

User Interaction

Selecting Multimedia Elements

The Web Development Process

Design Teams

Bottom-up Approach

Development Phases

Defining the Project Goals

Understanding the Business Process

Defining a Vision

From Vision to Strategy

The Metaphor

Mindmapping

The Mindmapping Process

Mindmapping a Web Site

Site Implementation Factors

Determining Site Implementation Factors

Site Characteristics Calculating Download Times

HTML Standards and Compliance

What Is HTML?

Web Browser HTML Support

The HTML Standard

HTML 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.2

HTML 4.01 and XHTML

Tables and Page Structure

Creating Page Structures with Tables

Diagramming the Table

Borderless Page Structure

HTML Frames

Frames and Framesets

The <FRAMESET> Tag

The <FRAME> Tag

Targeting Hyperlinks

Adding a Frame to a Frame

Frameset Attributes

The <NOFRAMES> Tag

Metadata

Document Identification

Search Engines

Delayed File Change

Cascading Style Sheets

Style Sheets

Cascading Style Sheets

Defining and Using Styles

Changeable Style Elements

Site Development with Microsoft FrontPage 2000

FrontPage Views

FrontPage Menus and Toolbars

Opening Webs and Files Shared

Shared Borders

Framesets

Styles

FrontPage Themes

DHTML Toolbar

Web Forms

FrontPage Components

Web Reports

Site Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0

Page Layout

Creating Image Maps

Creating Templates

Frames with Dreamweaver

Rollover Images

Web Forms

Behaviors

Modifying Layers

Dreamweaver Library

Editing HTML

Jump Menus

Macromedia Exchange

Web Pages with Allaire HomeSite 4.5

HomeSite Templates

Handling Files in HomeSite

Target Audience

Web authors, marketing and communications professionals, PR professionals, Webmasters, graphic designers, desktop designers, technical writers, and library scientists.

Job Responsibilities

Implement and maintain hypertext-based Web sites using authoring and scripting languages; create Web content; use Web management tools and digital media tools; and apply human-factor principles to design.

Prerequisites

Students must have CIW Foundations certification or equivalent experience.

Duration

30 hours