Web Design 2

1 Semester - 9, 10, 11, & 12th Graders

Description: The Web Design 2 course continues where Web Design 1 left off teaching students how to plan, organize, and create a website from start to finish. Moving away from WYSIWYG programs and delving into HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and other web programming languages.

What is this class

Type: Elective- Partially Fulfils Fine/Practical Arts Requirement

Prerequisite: Web Design 1 with a grade of C or higher.

Course Objectives:

  1. To create standards-based professional websites.
  2. To hand-code HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript to create the websites.
  3. To communicate; work effectively and productively with their peers in group projects.
  4. To create aesthetically pleasing, accessible, and technically sound dynamic websites.

Expectations: Instruction will be a combination of lecture, hands - on creating, guided individual and group projects, and reading assignments. Students will examine the how-to, ins and outs, and pitfalls of using graphics, color, and fonts on web pages as well as working with tables, forms, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Students will create standards-based websites that are accessible and usable by a full spectrum of users. The final project will be to produce a website for a teacher or club at DHS, or a website for a local non-profit company in the community.

Resources/ Content

HTML/CSS/JAVA Code Help

RGB/ HEX code for Colors

Adobe Fireworks

Web Based Images

Dreamweaver help/Support/Learn

Student Developed Digital Citizenship Games/Quizzes

Student Work Examples