Website Creation & Design   

Focus is on creating audience appropriate dynamic web sites. You will discover how to use flow charts and navigational plans to design the framework for your sites.  Learn how to rewrite print based copy for use on the web, establish content guidelines and create sites that are accessible, usable and flexible. Analyze web site audiences and apply web usability testing principles to ensure good website design and traffic flow. Textbook required.

In this introductory course, you'll learn to create a professional website without having to write code by hand and covers HTML5 and CSS3 for responsive web design. You will also learn how to create HTML-based headings, paragraphs, lists, and tables; insert graphics; add links to text and images; apply cascading styles sheets; and customize the Dreamweaver workspace. And finally, publish a finished site to the Web. Prerequisite: A working knowledge of your computer and operating system. Knowledge of HTML is recommended.

Textbook required. Software Required: Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 or CC.

A continuation of the Introduction course, Dreamweaver Advanced will present material for the serious or professional web designer. Concepts explored include: HTML5 and CSS3, typography, layouts, navigation, interaction design, managing CSS, working with javascript behaviours and CSS interactivity, utilizing advanced time saving features within Dreamweaver, and developing mobile websites using Dreamweaver and jQuery Mobile. Prerequisite: Adobe Dreamweaver. Knowledge of HTML is recommended. Textbook Required.

Software Required: Adobe Dreamweaver CC. 

This course will develop the student’s design and image creation skills using Adobe Photoshop. The student will be able to source images, create, develop, and assess various design solutions and execute projects in a professional manner.

Software required: Adobe Photoshop CC No textbook required.

Have you ever needed to design your own business card or a flyer for an event? If so, this is the course for you. Design Basics will give you the building blocks of design. You will learn about fonts, different layout techniques, and simple layout concepts essential to effective graphic design. Prerequisite: Knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop would benefit the student as assessments may need to completed using these packages. Students cannot get by with only access and knowledge of MS Word.

Textbook required. Software Required: As well as a word processing software program, students will require a design/page layout program (such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXpress or Corel Draw) capable of creating and saving small graphic design compositions in jpeg or PDF formats.

The demand for cross-platform web-based applications has increased tremendously with the rapid growth of mobile and remote computing. This course is aimed at students who wish to develop professional, database-driven web sites that can be accessed with equal ease from any web-enabled computing device. Students will install the Apache and MySQL servers on the platforms of their choice and develop web-based applications in PHP and SQL. Prerequisite: HTML Introduction Textbook Required. 

Students will learn some of the most important topics of HTML, from the basics of creating Web pages with graphics and links, using tables, and controlling page layout, to more advanced topics including cascading style sheets, and adding pre-written JavaScript to HTML documents. Also how to create a multimedia Web page, and create a Web page with forms. No Textbook Required. 
Software Required: Any word processing software, Basic text editor, Web Browser that supports frames and HTML 4 and up. Students do require access to server space for the final assignment in this course. Note, students my need to pay an additional fee if an acceptable free alternative cannot be sourced.

This course expands upon the basic skills you have in developing Java applications to developing more robust Java applications.  You will learn some of the more advanced Java topics such as utilizing inheritance, the swing toolkit, layout managers, the event model, exceptions and file input/output. Prerequisite: Java Introduction or equivalent Textbook Required. 
Software Required: JAVA SDK, JAVA IDE - both free downloads. Can support MAC users. Have students contact instructors immediately upon logging into course to confirm compatibility with their MAC version.

This course provides the beginning programmer with a guide to developing applications using the Java programming language.  This course covers object-oriented programming concepts including: creating and using classes and methods, loop structures, string method, if/thenelse, joptionPane Class and arrays. Prerequisite: Introduction to computers or equivalent, programming experience is an asset. Textbook Required. 
Software Required: JAVA SDK, JAVA IDE - both free downloads -Can support MAC users. Have students contact instructors immediately upon logging into course to confirm compatibility with their MAC version.

This subject introduces the student to computer programming using the JavaScript programming language. While JavaScript is the language of instruction, the course covers the essential concepts and constructs which are part of most modern programming languages, including sequence, selection, repetition, variables, arrays, and objects. This course leads the student from writing the simplest of programs to creating programs that interact with the elements in a web page. Using only a simple text processor and a browser, the student will write and run programs that utilize variables, calculations, arrays, if statements, loops, objects, and events. In addition to writing programs, the student will also be instructed in the elements of good programming style and their importance.Prerequisite: HTML Introduction Textbook Required.
Software required: Web Browser, Text Editor such as EditPad Lite, Editplus or PSPad.