CIW Site Designer Part 1: Web Design Concepts and Site Development

Audience

The target audiences for this course are End Users Application Developers. Additionally Web authors marketing and communications professionals PR professionals Webmasters graphic designers technical writers and library scientists. Learners will have completed either the CIW Foundations certification or the i-Net+ certification. Both of these provide a foundational knowledge about Internet networking servers and clients design and development security and using the Internet for business. This course helps prepare candidates for exam 1D0-420.

Objective

• Identify the features of the Web basic Web design concepts page layout and elements usability testing and navigation concepts.
• Identify the elements in a Web site include the page layout elements colors and the fonts used in a Web site.
• Identify the various Web graphics and multimedia concepts of Web site design.
• Identify the various phases of the Web development process and the site implementation factors.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Web Site Design Concepts

• Match the advantages of the Web over traditional media with the situations that describe the advantages.
• Match a scenario with the type of Web site development approach that is best suited for the scenario.
• Match the descriptions of Web sites with the assumptions that were made to create the Web sites.
• Match Web site page layout elements with the situations in which they are used.
• Match a page layout format with the scenario for which the page layout format is best suited.
• Identify the Web page that best follows the design guidelines for using colors on Web sites.
• Identify the Web page that best follows the design guidelines for using fonts on Web sites.
• Identify the scenario that best follows the guidelines for the usability testing of a Web site.
• Match the results of the usability testing of a Web site with the modification to be implemented on the Web site.
• Identify the most appropriate combination of decisions while defining hyperlinks on a specific Web site.
• Move to a Web site by using browser built-in navigation elements.
• Match the techniques used for the positional awareness of a user with the situations in which they are used.
• Identify the file structure on the Web server that is appropriate for navigation within a specified set of files.
• Identify the most appropriate set of navigation guidelines for a Web site.

Unit 2: Web Graphics and Multimedia

• Identify the situations in which graphics are used on a Web site.
• Identify the rationale for selecting a specified type of Web graphic in a situation.
• Match image file formats with the situations in which they are used.
• Match the guidelines that enable you to optimize images with the situations in which they are used.
• Identify the appropriate decision that will enable you to absorb the limitations of using multimedia on a Web site.
• Match the types of animation with the situations in which they are used.
• Match the types of audio file formats with the situations in which they are used.
• Match the types of video file formats with the situations in which they are used.
• Identify the situations in which the goals of a multimedia design are met using the spiral concept.
• Select the most appropriate multimedia element that should be used in a specific situation.

Unit 3: Web Development Process

• Match each Web development phase with the activities in the phase.
• Identify the skills required for developing a specified Web site.
• Identify the Web development goal met by a decision made for a specified Web site.
• Select the best example of a vision statement for a specified situation.
• Select the set of strategies that help achieve the objectives of a specified Web site.
• Identify the metaphor that conforms to the guidelines for metaphor selection.
• Identify the mindmap that correctly uses the mindmapping process to develop a specified Web site.
• Identify the site implementation factors to be considered during the development phases of a Web site.
• Match a set of characteristics with the Web site that has the characteristics.
• Calculate the time required to download a page in a specified situation.

Duration

7

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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