Key facts

Type	Weekly Classes
Location	Oxford
Address	Ewert House Ewert Place Summertown Oxford OX2 7DD
Dates	Mon 14 Jan to Mon 18 Mar 2013 Day: Monday Time of meeting: 5.30-8.00pm Number of meetings: 10
Subject area(s)	Computing
CATS points	10
Fees	From £230.00
Application status	Course ended
Course code	O12P606COW
Course contact	If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and client-side scripts have transformed the look of the Web, giving designers and developers outstanding control of website presentation and behaviour. This course provides a follow-on from the Beginner's Course in Web Design

Description

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and client-side scripts have transformed the look of the Web, giving designers and developers outstanding control of website presentation and behaviour. This course provides a follow-on from the Beginner's Course in Web Design and Development, taking the visual form and actions to greater depth.

An intermediate 10-week course that provides hands-on practical knowledge and experience of applying style to the latest standard CSS3 alongside HTML5 and the public JavaScript library jQuery.

The course is designed for students who have some experience of designing and building web pages using HTML such as that provided by the Beginner's Course in Web Design and Development. Students will have experience and competence in using Microsft Windows, files and folders, HTML and CSS.

During the course students will undertake exercises to develop their understanding and confidence with the core concepts of web development using standards based methods and tools.

Programme details

Week 1: The Browser Wars, What is a style sheet? Separating presentation and style from structure and content. Style declarations. Shorthand notation.
Week 2: Units of measurement. Element type selectors. Class and ID selectors. Pseudo-class/element descendent, parent-child, adjacent and attribute selectors. Selector grouping. Comments .
Week 3: Styling for others. Style conflicts. The cascade and inheritance. Specificity. Formatting text.
Week 4: Shorthand notation. Wireframes. Positioning, sizing, borders, background images and colour. Opacity. Drop shadows and text shadows. Collapsing margins.
Week 5: Colour notation and opacity. Floating and overlaps. Radial and linear gradients. Background images. Vendor-specific prefixes. Conditional comments for Internet Explorer. Multi-column text and CSS resets .
Week 6: Editing and resizing images. Creating rollovers. Pre-loading images for improved performance. Transforms and transitions. Introducing JavaScript. Show/hide elements.
Week 7: Navigation bars and links. Display. Horizontal lists. Preparing for the assignment.
Week 8: Formatting and validating forms.
Week 9: Introduction to the public JavaScript library jQuery to add functionality to web pages without programming.
Week 10: Media queries, the key to designing web pages for mobile devices.

Staff

Course aims

Course Aim:
This course aims to teach intermediate skills in designing, developing, publishing and managing contemporary websites.

Course Objectives:
1. To extend understanding of the skills of web design and development and the management of modern websites.
2. To develop an understanding of CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript libraries to organise, style and animate content following standards-compliant markup and practices.
3. To undertake weekly exercises applying technologies to solve simple problems in web design and development.

Assessment methods

Student's knowledge and understanding of the course material will be assessed through coursework and two short tests during the term. The coursework will be assigned early in the course, and is expected to continue throughout the term. The coursework will account for 80% of the total assessment, with 20% being allocated to class tests.

Assessment will be based on the demonstration of skills and an understanding of the topics, and on the ability to apply these in the creation of a web implementation using appropriate technologies.

Teaching methods

All classes will comprise a powerpoint presentation introducing each topic supported with discussion of some of the major issues and practical applications. Practical work will be assigned each week and this is expected to be continued in the students' own time in preparation for subsequent weeks.

Teaching outcomes

By the end of the course students will be expected to:
1. demonstrate the ability to design, develop and implement a contemporary website using HTML5, CSS3 and the public JavaScript library jQuery
2. demonstrate knowledge of key principles and technologies in intermediate website design, such as the purpose and application of HTML5, CSS3 and the public JavaScript library jQuery
3. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current development in web design and web standard

Fee options

Programme Fee

EU Fee: £230.00

Non-EU Fee: £230.00

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