About the course
Websites play a significant role in the marketing and operation of various businesses as they serve as the virtual representation of a company. Hence, the expertise of professionals in creating captivating web pages that differentiate the company's brand from its competitors is highly valued across industries.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) offers the Web Design online short course to provide you with the fundamental principles of web design and the theoretical and practical skills to establish a robust online presence for your organisation or personal brand. You'll learn coding languages and how to test and publish web pages that display seamlessly on different devices.
Throughout the course, you'll put your learnings into practice by creating a four-page website and receive feedback from peers during group 'crit' sessions. By the end of the course, you'll have the confidence to pursue a career in the growing field of web design.
Course content
- Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
- Module 1: Introduction to web design
- Module 2: Planning a website: Content and structure
- Module 3: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- Module 4: Image optimisation for the web
- Module 5: Visualising a website: Colours, images, fonts, and layout
- Module 6: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Module 7: Styling HTML5 with CSS
- Module 8: Responsive web design
- Module 9: Writing web-optimised copy and linking pages
- Module 10: Testing, publishing, and maintaining a website
Registration
This course is offered by GetSmarter. Enrol and pay directly with the course provider.
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