Web Design & Development Certification

George Washington University
Center for Professional Development

Interactive Media Program, Web Design & Development

Fall 2001–Summer 2003

3.8

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: Understand standards and theory of XML: How XML is related to SGML; determine if an XML document is well-formed and valid; understand what a DTD is and why they are necessary; describe how to apply style information to XML documents; describe the types of linking that are possible among XML documents. Final project: Develop a simple XML application and supporting DTD.

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: Learn how to create animated and interactive web sites with Flash. Final project: Produce a personal online Flash-based resume/portfolio to include drawing techniques, importing graphics, keyframe animation, motion tweening, morphing, actions and behaviors.

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: To provide a logical, coherent understanding of the concepts of interactive multimedia; understand variety of software to help identify the right programs for specific needs, and how to use those programs. Final project: Produce an interactive application involving capturing and presenting at least six media files (i.e. images from digital camera, computer generated images, sounds as AIFF files, music in MIDI format, analog and/or DV, 2D and 3D animations).

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: Examine the process of planning and managing a media project. Final project: Identify and prioritize objectives for a media project; write a project plan detailing objectives, audience, tasks, responsibilities, timeline and budget; create a design prototype (mockup) of proposed project; identify what software and technology to be used.

Grade:: B (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: Learn basics of Web site development: Server, database, internet and site relationships; server-side vs. client-side processing; HTML markup; optimizing Web pages; Web-safe colors; optimizing Web images.

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: Hands-on practice for building and managing a useful Web side with advanced Web develoment techniques in Dreamweaver: applying accessibility features, working with templates, creating forms, creating and using cascading style sheets, and incorporating dynamic content into web pages.

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: Review and polish HTML and XHTML; become proficient with HomeSite (ColdFusion Studio); understand DOM; learn advanced HTML, layers (DIV tags), and CSS without using WYSIWYG editor; learn JavaScript in more detail; survey server-side programming languages ASP, ColdFusion, PHP, Perl, JSP and XML.

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: To master basic Web application development skills using ASP: Design and develop a relational data model in MS Access; write database queries using the SQL; use the five built-in server objects that support ASP development; use the ADO to make queries to databases; use the ASP scripting objects; use third-party ASP components.

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: create simple JavaScript scripts, interact with browser error-handling features, test JavaScript syntax, detect the use of different language components, and evaluate coding best-practices guidelines. Understand DOM and DHTML practices using JavaScript with CSS.

Grade:: A (2.4 CEUs)
Course summary:: To expand upon basic ASP development skills by planning, designing, developing and testing a substantive ASP project.

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