Web and screen design 2 - Standards in IT application

Module title:

Web and screen design 2 - Standards in IT application

Module overview:

This module provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to make web pages, use appropriate tools, and apply the ways of thinking required to make a website with a modern user experience.

This module is core to subspecialisation in Design and provides the foundation for web page design and light development modules that students will take in the following semesters. Skills brought by this module will contribute significantly to student’s development as professionals in respecting fields.

The module assessment is based on individual student projects. In these projects, students must create a website according to the given specification.

Literature:

Required readings:
1.Schafer, S.M., (2010) HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible Fifth Edition, Indianapoli, Wiley Publishing Inc

Supplementary readings:
1.Goldstein, A., Lazaris, L., Weyl, E. (2015) HTML5 and CSS3 for the Real World, Collingwood, SitePoint Pty. Ltd
2.Duckett, J. (2010) Beginning HTML, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Indianapolis, Wiley Publishing Inc