CGD241 INTEGRATED WEBSITE DESIGN (ADVANCED AUTHORING: DREAMWEAVER) 3 credits This project-based course, the third in the web design series, builds on the skills learned in CGD 240 with the focus on Dreamweaver (code and design view), effective graphic design concepts, and advanced HTML and CSS techniques. Topics include: a brief review of CSS 2 fundamentals; generated content properties; CSS layout solutions; CSS navigation with you-are-here states; pixy style rollovers; CSS sprites; sliding doors technique for tabbed navigation and rounded corner boxes. Students will be introduced to more advanced web design tools such as JQuery, Javascript, and PHP scripts; JQuery fly-out menus and Lightbox image gallery; form styling with PHP data processing: CSS image maps and remote rollovers; rounded corners; transparency. Students will also learn about HTML email campaigns, mass mailing solutions and wireframe considerations; favicons; site search; social media and blog connections, and an introduction to CSS 3 and HTML 5 that you can use now. Search engine optimization (SEO), accessibility requirements, browser testing and usability testing will be explored. Students will employ advanced skills in: website project planning; interviewing and working with clients; acquiring domain names; web hosting space; and managing a web hosting account. Multi-tasking web development is emphasized throughout the course. Course work includes web pages that reinforce the techniques learned and two extensive creative websites. Prerequisites: CGD109, 240 (Grade C or better) or permission of division dean. Fall. CGD242 ADVANCED WEBSITE ANIMATION (FLASH WEBSITES) 3 credits This project-based course builds on the fundamental Flash skills learned in CGD110 while shifting the focus to building Flash websites, Flash intros and interactive headers with flexible marketing areas. Advanced Flash techniques and Actionscript (2.0 and 3.0) will be used to assemble text, images, animation, sound, and video into dynamic interactive web pages. A foundation in basic Flash is necessary for participation. Course work will include two mini-projects and two full website projects. Prerequisites: CGD109, 110. Prerequisite or co-requisite: CGD240 or permission of division dean. Spring.
CGD244 DESIGNING FOR E-COMMERCE (DESIGNING ONLINE STORES) 3 credits Shopping online is now as common as stopping at your neighborhood corner store used to be, and the ability to create an online store is an essential element of a web designer's skill set. This course examines the basic components necessary for an e-commerce website including: design considerations; additional considerations for clients who want to maintain their own store; payment methods; shopping carts; sales tax; credit card processing; merchant accounts; SSL; shipping and return policies; managing a store’s content; managing the administrative back end. Marketing your store, writing great sales copy, and promoting products, as well as HTML email campaigns and tracking store statistics, will be explored. Students will research a variety of online store solutions and discuss selecting the right solution to match a client's needs. Topics include: building an e-commerce store from scratch; customizing pre-built store templates; add-ons for increased functionality (product zoom); dedicated store building software; digital download solutions; Wordpress-basics and e-commerce, JavaScript and PHP scripts; and stores with databases. Students will plan and build two e-commerce store websites and one Wordpress website. Student stores will not include operational shopping carts or payment systems. Prerequisites: CGD109, 240, 241 prerequisite or co-requisite. Fall. CHC101 COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH CARE 3 credits This course is an introduction to the theories and practices of complementary health care. Wellness and disease are explored in terms of their relationships to lifestyle behaviors, responses to change and transition, and consciousness (mindfulness or moment-to-moment awareness). There will also be an introduction to several complementary treatments that can be incorporated into one’s lifestyle to improve and enhance health. Complementary health care practitioners will be guest speakers complementing the program with their expertise. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, FYE101, or placement. Fall. CHC102 FOUNDATIONS OF YOGA 3 credits This course will examine in detail the multifaceted jewel known as yoga from its earliest beginnings in ancient India to its contemporary applications in the health field. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, philosophy and psychology of yoga, yoga as a science of well being, and the psychophysiology of yoga. Students will practice techniques of yoga to include breath and mind work. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, FYE101, or placement. Fall. 183
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