Web Design Professional Certification Program

Are you a creative person who like working on a computer? Web design may be the perfect field for you. Every business needs to present a new and exciting image to their audience, the public. Good web designers help companies present their best ideas using a combination of technology and designs. Using these tools, you may be the one to help your company or clients get the message to the public. This program, offered by our accredited school partners, consists of the following:

Adobe Creative Cloud
Have you ever seen a beautiful, colorful website or a really neat video clip and wondered how it was made? Our Adobe Creative Cloud course will answer those questions and much more! Our course provides a comprehensive overview of Creative Cloud design elements and covers seven programs that all function in unique ways to make design interactive and fun. We provide an overview of how to use Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Adobe to create and design stunning images, pages, websites, and interactive files.

Web Design
Are you interested in learning how to design web pages and websites in the newest version of HTML5? As you know, the main language for displaying content on the web is called HTML. But web design is more than just coding HTML. Web design is an exciting field that brings together coding, design, color, images, video, communication, business, and leadership. Web design is part of the software and online development industry. The U.S. Department of Labor predicts the growth of this occupational area to be 27% from 2014 – 2024, which is much faster than the average for all occupations. Searching the job posting sites, you will find the median pay around $64,970 per year ($31.23 per hour) and top earners can be over six figures. If you strike out on your own to follow the entrepreneurial path in creating your own apps, then the sky is your limit, and national averages indicate that 1 in 7 web developers are self-employed. The main reason for this high growth is the growing demand for new websites and website revisions. Web design styles come and go. New technology gives web marketers new tools to incorporate into websites. Expanding mobile and smart devices allow web content to penetrate into more facets of daily life. Growing concerns over cyber security will also accelerate investment by governments and companies in advanced web technologies and systems. You will learn the skills you need through the real-world project-based learning approach.

You will also learn the key industry and design concepts, including Design Aesthetics, Wire Frames, Video and Imagers, Color, Writing for the Web, Future Trends, and Workplace Ethics. You will gain the design and technical skills needed to go from concept to finished product. You will learn how to determine customer needs, create a project plan, and produce the website. You will acquire and practice the skills required to develop quality websites. As you work through the real-world projects, you will develop interpersonal skills in communication and project management. Your work in this course will help to build your career ready portfolio.

Enroll through one of our accredited university or college partners today!

Web Design Module 1 - Internet Basics and HTML
• Internet and the Web
• Network Overview
• The Client/Server Model
• Markup Languages
• HTML Overview
• Web Page Template
• Elements
• Lists
• Your First Web Page
• HTML Validation

Web Design Module 2 - Configuring Color and Text with CSS
• Overview of Cascading Style Sheets
• Using Color on Web Pages
• Inline CSS with Style Attributes
• Embedded CSS with Style Elements
• Configuring Text with CSS
• Span Element
• Using External Style Sheets
• Center HTML Elements with CSS
• The Cascade
• CSS Validation

Web Design Module 3 - Visual Elements and Graphics
• Configuring Lines and Borders
• Types of Graphics
• Image Element
• HTML5 Visual Elements
• Background Images
• More About Images
• Sources and Guidelines for Graphics
• Guidelines for Using Images
• Accessibility and Visual Elements

Web Design Module 4 - Web Design
• Design for Your Target Audience
• Website Organization
• Principles of Visual Design
• Design to Provide Accessibility
• Writing for the Web
• Use of Color
• Use of Graphics and Multimedia
• More Design Considerations
• Navigation Design
• Design for the Mobile Web

Web Design Module 5 - Page Layout
• The Box Model
• Normal Flow
• CSS Float
• Hyperlinks in an Unordered List
• Header Text Image Replacement
• Practice with an Image Gallery
• Positioning with CSS
• CSS Debugging Techniques
• HTML5 Structural Elements

Web Design Module 6 - Links, Layout and Mobile
• CSS Sprites
• Three-Column CSS Page Layout
• CSS Styling for Print
• Designing for the Mobile Web
• Viewport Meta Tag
• CSS3 Media Queries
• Responsive Images
• Testing Mobile Display
• CSS3 Flexible Box Layout

Web Design Module 7 - Tables and Forms
• Table Rows, Cells and Headers
• Span Rows and Columns
• Configure an Accessible Table
• Style a Table with CSS
• Input Element Form Controls
• Scrolling Text Box
• Image Buttons and Button Elements
• Style a Form with CSS
• Server-Side Processing
• HTML 5 Form Controls

Web Design Module 8 - Web Development and Multimedia
• Successful Large-Scale Project Development
• Domain Name Overview
• Web Hosting
• Choosing a Virtual Host
• Plug-Ins, Containers and Codecs
• Adobe Flash
• HTML5 Audio and Video Elements
• Multimedia Files and Copyright Law
• CSS3 and Interactivity

Web Design Module 9 - E-Commerce and Web Promotion
• E-Commerce Business Models
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• E-Commerce Statistics
• E-Commerce Issues and Security
• Search Engines
• Search Engine Optimization
• Listing in a Search Engine
• Monitoring Search Listings
• Link Popularity
• Social Media Optimization

Web Design Module 10 - JavaScript and jQuery
• The Development of JavaScript
• Popular Uses for JavaScript
• Document Object Model
• Variables
• Programming Concepts
• Form Handling
• Accessibility and JavaScript
• JavaScript Resources
• Adding jQuery to a Web Page
• jQuery Selectors and Methods

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 1
-- Overview of the Creative Cloud Suite
• Creative Cloud Applications
• Creative Cloud Application Management
• Downloading Apps
• Adding Work to Enhance
• Creating a Cover
• Common Menus and Commands
• Exploring Common Panels

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 2
-- Adobe Bridge
• Organizing and Managing Your Files
• Adobe Bridge Workspaces
• Taking Advantage of Metadata in Adobe Bridge
• Locating Files
• Using Keywords
• Metadata Template
• Saving Collections
• Using Automation Tools
• Getting Files from Your Camera

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 3
-- Photoshop CC
• Getting into Photoshop CC Basics
• Messing with Mode Matters
• Making Selective Changes
• Using the Photoshop Pen Tool
• Resolution Basics
• Creating a Good Image
• Working with Painting and Retouching Tools
• Using Layers
• Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 4
-- InDesign CC
• Getting Started with InDesign CC
• Touring the Workspace
• Working with Documents
• Working with Text and Text Frames
• Page Layout
• Drawing in InDesign
• Understanding color
• Clipping Paths, Alignment, and Objects
• Exporting to PDF and Printing
• Digital Documents Using EPUB

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 5
-- Illustrator CC
• Discovering Illustrator CC
• Using the Selection Tools
• Creating Basic Shapes
• Pen Tool and Placing Images
• Using Type in Illustrator
• Using Layers
• Transform and Distortion Tools
• Transparency
• Filters and Effects

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 6
-- Acrobat
• Essential Acrobat Information
• Creating PDF Files
• Adding Interactivity to PDF Files
• Editing an Extracting Text and Graphics
• Commenting and Annotation Tools
• Securing Your PDF Files

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 7
-- Adobe XD
• Experience Design Workspace
• Working with Artboards
• Adding Shapes, Paths, and Custom Shapes
• Working with Objects
• Importing and Exporting from XD
• Adding Text to Your XD Project
• Taking Advantage of Symbols and UI Kits
• Creating Interactivity in Adobe XD
• Sharing Your XD Project

Adobe Creative Cloud monthly access will be provided at no cost for the duration of the program.
All of our textbooks are now provided as eTextbooks*. You can access them on your laptop, tablet, or mobile device and can study anytime, anywhere. Technical requirements are:

Internet Connection
• Broadband or High-Speed (DSL, Cable, Wireless)
Hardware Requirements
• Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
• Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended

Software Requirements
• Operating Systems - Windows 7, 8 or 10; Mac OS x 10 or higher
• Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 or 2013 or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
• Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
• Cookies MUST be enabled
• Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
• Adobe PDF Reader

The Web Professionals Certified Web Designer Apprentice (CWDSA-apprentice) examination measures fundamental competencies for aspiring or practicing Web Designers. The examinee must demonstrate basic knowledge of Internet concepts, HTML5, CSS3 and WYSIWYG (visual) editors, Web graphics, Web multimedia, Web site design, Web site management, and basic legal issues at the standard defined by this test specification. The skills and knowledge measured by this examination are derived from an industry-wide and worldwide job task analysis which was validated through a survey of hundreds of designers. The results of the survey were used in weighting the domains and ensuring that the weighting is representative of the relative importance of that content to the job requirements of a Certified Web Designer Apprentice. The intent is to certify individuals in a body of knowledge that is identified and accepted as the baseline or foundation of any Web Designer.
The exam contains 70 questions. Examinees have 60 minutes to complete the exam. The exam is currently only available in English and available at testing centers throughout the U.S.
Each state may have additional licensing requirements, be sure to research your states requirements for employment by visiting your states occupation board.

This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.