Location: Illinois institute of Technology
Pre-requisites:
- High School Diploma/GED
- Some college preferred
- Solid familiarity with MS Windows OS
- Comfortable working in MS Office especially Word and PowerPoint
- Basic coding knowledge helpful
Training timeframe: Beginning in late May 2012; up to 21 weeks
Certifications to be earned:
- Certified CIW Web Foundations Associate certification
Examples of jobs that use this type of technology certification: Web Developer, Web Editor, Webmaster, and Web Administrator.
Summary of skills learned:
- Servers, file system, networking, and graphic design fundamentals
- Internet Technologies
- Designing and management of Web sites
- Web site application development
- Database and programming fundamentals
- Web 2.0
Percentage of course that is instructor-led vs. online: 100% instructor-led instruction. Online classroom in the Blackboard Learning System provides for additional study, review, and 24/7 participant communication.
Course descriptions: The Web Design and Development training track is a must for Web designers, providing the tips and tools that will help to establish a solid career. Participants will learn Programming the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) for Web pages with emphasis on creation of interfaces to handle Web-based form data. Security of Web sites is covered with an emphasis on controlled access sites. Setup, administration and customization of content management systems including blog and portal sites are introduced. Participants design and create a major Web site with multiple pages and cross-linked structures, including basic CGI programs with Web interfaces and process data flows from online forms with basic database structures. Current technologies included in this course include Perl, PHP, MySQL, and Content Management Systems (CMS). This program is fast-paced and advanced and requires that participants have a basic knowledge of coding and strong familiarity with the internet.
