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CIW Web Design Series
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Having a working knowledge in the areas of Web design and e-commerce is a must for a Web Design Professional. This series is ideal for any entry-level and more experienced professionals who work in the fields of Web site design, e-commerce and graphic design, as well as entrepreneurs who want to be able to develop and manage their business online.
The Web Design series consists of two specialist certifications and one professional certification:
CIW Web Design Professional
Web Design professional CIW Career Academy Now Available for self-study students
To earn the CIW Web Design Professional certification, you must take and pass two certification exams:
CIW Web Design Specialist
CIW E-Commerce Specialist
Passing each of these exams earns you the related individual certification. If you pass both exams, you will be awarded the advanced Web Design Professional certification in addition to the individual certifications.
Target Audience
Web and graphic designers
Web marketing professionals
Creative directors
Art directors
Advertising professionals
CIW Web Design Specialist
Web Design Specialist
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Certification Name:
CIW Web Design Specialist
Exam ID: 1D0-520
Number of Questions: 70
Passing Score: 70%
Time Limit: 75 minutes
Course Name:
Web Design Specialist (CS6)
(Formerly CIW Site Designer)
Average Salary: $70,124
Exam Objectives
Course Description
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Prerequisites
A basic understanding of Internet functionality and tools, and X/HTML
Optional: CIW Web Foundations Associate or equivalent knowledge
Course Components
US Instructor-Led
EMEA Instructor-Led
US Self-Study
EMEA Self-Study
CIW Career Academy Career Tracks
Web Design
Web Design & Development
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Salary Statistics
The CIW Web Design Specialist course is for the individual who wants to develop the skills necessary to specialize in Web site design. In this course, you will build upon your basic Web authoring skills to learn the essentials and best practices of Web design, including design theory, tools and technologies.
Students with little or no background in Web design should consider starting with the CIW Site Development Foundations course to learn the basics of Web site authoring and development.
Certification
The CIW Web Design Specialist course prepares candidates to take the CIW Web Design Specialist exam, which, if passed, earns the individual the CIW Web Design Specialist certification. Candidates who also earn the CIW E-Commerce Specialist certification earn the advanced CIW Web Design Professional certification.
Average Salary - $70,124 for Web Design Specialist
The 2015 annual mean salary of an IT professional who has been awarded the CIW Web Design Specialist certification is $70,124. This salary was calculated based on the 14,000+ IT professionals who responded to the 2016 IT Skills and Salary survey that was conducted by Global Knowledge in September of 2015.
Target Audience
Web designers
Internet consultants
IT professionals
Marketing professionals
Web and graphic artists
Business professionals
Skills Taught (Refer to course description for more details)
Web site development essentials, including the site development process, customer expectations, and ethical and legal issues in Web development.
Web design elements, including aesthetics, the site user's experience, navigation, usability and accessibility.
Basic Web technologies, including Hypertext Markup Language [HTML], Extensible HTML [XHTML] and extended technologies, image files, GUI site development applications, and site publishing and maintenance.
Advanced Web technologies, including multimedia and plug-in technologies, client-side and server-side technologies, and Web databases.
Popular production tools, including Microsoft Expression Web, and Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash.
Design and development technologies, including Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript, Java applets and Dynamic HTML.
Current issues in Web design, including the extensibility of design tools, compatibility of these tools, open-source applications and the functionality of current Web browsers.
CIW Web Design Specialist - Course Description
Web Design Specialist
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(Adobe CS6 Web Edition)
The Web Design Specialist course teaches you how to design and publish Web sites. General topics include Web Site Development Essentials (such as the site development process, customer expectations, and ethical and legal issues in Web development), Web Design Elements (such as aesthetics, the site user's experience, navigation, usability and accessibility), Basic Web Technologies (such as basic Hypertext Markup Language [HTML], Extensible HTML [XHTML] and extended technologies, image files, GUI site development applications, site publishing and maintenance) and Advanced Web Technologies (such as multimedia and plug-in technologies, client-side and server-side technologies, and Web databases).
In this course, you will work with popular production tools such as Microsoft Expression Web, and Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash. You will study design and development technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript, Java applets, Dynamic HTML, plug-ins, multimedia and databases. You will also explore the extensibility of design tools, incompatibility issues surrounding these tools, and the functionality of current Web browsers.
Web Design Specialist will also teach you to manage the Web site development process. You will learn about new technologies and traditional strategies involving the Web designer job role. Throughout this course, you will learn how Web sites are developed as managed projects, relate Web site development to business goals, and apply guidelines for user accessibility to Web site development. You will also consider site design from several perspectives. You will approach design from the Web user's perspective so that you can identify with user interests and needs. You will also assume the roles of Web designer and project manager, as you work through the Web site development process by evolving a Web presence site into a working prototype Web project. Hands-on labs include real-world scenarios based on a previously live version of the Habitat for Humanity International Web site. Note that students will build prototype pages using Habitat for Humanity content. This content is provided by Habitat for Humanity with permission to use it in labs teaching site development skills. The prototype pages that students build do not necessarily represent, duplicate or simulate the current live Habitat for Humanity Web site, which can be visited at www.habitat.org.
Topics
Overview of Web Design Concepts
Web Technology
The Nature of the Web
Web Design Concepts
New Technologies
Evaluating Your XHTML Skills
Web Development Teams
Web Teams and Tasks
Web Project Management
Web Project Collaboration
Your Web Design Portfolio
Your Web Design Business
Web Project Management Fundamentals
Web Project Management Phases
Project Documentation and Communication
Web Site Development Process
Bottom-Up Approach to Web Development
Understanding the Business Process
Defining a Web Site Vision
From Vision to Strategy
Web Site Specifications
The Metaphor
Mystery Meat Navigation
The Mindmapping Process
Creating a Web Site Wireframe
Creating a Web Page Wireframe
Web Page Layout and Elements
Web Users and Site Design
Effective Web Page Layout
Branding and the Web
Color and Web Design
Fonts and Web Design
Web Site Usability and Accessibility
Audience Usability and Accessibility
Defining Usability
Web Site Usability Testing
Web Page Accessibility
Browsers
Browsers and Navigation
Browsers and Design Considerations
Browser Adoption
Major, Minor and Alternative Browsers
Creating Aliases with TinyURL
Utilizing CAPTCHA
Navigation Concepts
Why Is Navigation Critical?
Primary and Secondary Navigation
Navigation Hierarchy
Site Structure, URLs and File Names
Familiar Navigation Conventions
Guided Navigation
Navigation Action Plan
Web Graphics
Web Site Images
Digital Imaging Concepts
Raster vs. Vector Graphics
Graphics Applications
Image File Formats
Creating and Optimizing Images
Essential Graphic Design Concepts
Multimedia and the Web
Multimedia and Web Sites
Current Multimedia Capabilities
Animation and the Web
Audio and the Web
Video and the Web
Goals of a Multimedia Site
Multimedia Site Design Basics
User Interaction
Selecting Multimedia Elements
Ethical and Legal Issues in Web Development
Ethics and Law in Web Development
Ethical Issues and the Web
Legal Issues and the Web
HTML and the Evolution of Markup
Function of Markup Languages
SGML: A Short History
What Is HTML?
HTML Goals
The HTML Standard
HTML 1.0 and 2.0
HTML 3.0 and 3.2
HTML 4.0 and 4.01
Separating Format from Structure in HTML
Extensible HTML (XHTML)
Reference Sites for Web Developers
XML and XHTML
What Is XML?
XML Goals
What Is an XML Document?
Rules for Well-Formed XML
HTML Transition to XML
What Is XHTML?
Applying a Single Standard Consistently
Web Page Structure — Tables and Framesets
Creating Structure with X/HTML Tables
Diagramming a Basic X/HTML Table
Borderless Web Page Structure
X/HTML Frames and Framesets
The X/HTML Tag
The X/HTML Tag
Targeting Hyperlinks in X/HTML
The X/HTML Tag <br>Cascading Style Sheets <br>Style Sheets <br>Cascading Style Sheets <br>Defining and Using Styles <br>Changeable Style Attributes <br>Style Guides <br>Changes from CSS1 to CSS2 <br>Page Layout with CSS <br>The CSS Box Model <br>Document Flow and Positioning <br>CSS Positioning Schemes <br>Site Content and Metadata <br>Written Web Site Content <br>Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) <br>Metadata <br>The <meta> Tag and Document Identification <br>The <meta> Tag and Search Engines <br>The <meta> Tag and Delayed File Change <br>Site Development with Microsoft Expression Web 4 — Introduction <br>The Transition from FrontPage <br>Microsoft Expression Web 4 <br>Expression Web Views <br>Expression Web Menus and Toolbars <br>Opening Web Sites and Files in Expression Web <br>Developing W3C-Compliant Code with Expression Web <br>Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Basic Features <br>Page Layout Options in Expression Web <br>Creating a New Web Site Using Expression Web <br>Page Layout with CSS <br>Inserting Images with Expression Web <br>Creating Hyperlinks with Expression Web <br>Creating Image Maps with Expression Web <br>Creating Navigation Bars Using CSS <br>Expression Web's Dynamic Web Templates <br>Pasting Formatted Text with Expression Web <br>Pasting X/HTML content with Expression Web <br>Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Advanced Features <br>Expression Web Styles <br>Adding Interactivity to Web Pages <br>Creating Web Forms with Expression Web <br>Connecting to Databases <br>Expression Web Reports <br>Options for Replacing Old Webbots <br>Site Development with Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 — Introduction <br>Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 <br>Dreamweaver Layout Options <br>Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Basic Features <br>Page Layout in Dreamweaver <br>Creating Image Maps in Dreamweaver <br>Creating Templates in Dreamweaver <br>Importing Content in Dreamweaver <br>Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Advanced Features <br>Rollover Images in Dreamweaver <br>Dreamweaver Web Forms <br>Dreamweaver Behaviors <br>Dreamweaver Assets and Library <br>Editing X/HTML in Dreamweaver <br>Jump Menus in Dreamweaver <br>Site Search Forms in Dreamweaver <br>Adobe Exchange <br>Creating Web Pages Using Open-Source Tools <br>Open-Source GUI Editors <br>GUI HTML Editors <br>vs. Text Editors <br>Open-Source Text Editors <br>Creating a Static Web Page <br>Using Templates <br>Checking Spelling <br>Image Editing with Adobe Fireworks CS6 <br>Adobe Fireworks CS6 <br>Creating an Image Document in Fireworks <br>Adding Text to Images in Fireworks <br>Cropping Images in Fireworks <br>Image Layers in Fireworks <br>Image States in Fireworks <br>Transparent Images in Fireworks <br>Image Slices in Fireworks <br>Multimedia with Adobe Flash Professional CS6 <br>The History of Flash <br>Flash Technology Features <br>Developing with Flash <br>Flash Shapes <br>Color and Fills in Flash <br>Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Timeline, Layers, Symbols and Buttons <br>Flash Timeline <br>Flash Layers <br>Saving and Publishing Flash Movies <br>Flash Symbols <br>Flash Buttons <br>Customizing the Flash Library <br>Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Tweens <br>Flash Tweens <br>Motion Tweens in Flash <br>Shape Tweens in Flash <br>Tweening Text in Flash <br>Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Movie Clips <br>Flash Movie Clips <br>Adding Sound to Flash Files <br>Adding Flash Movies to X/HTML Files <br>Testing for the Flash Player Plug-In <br>Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — ActionScript, Masks and Practical Uses <br>Flash ActionScript <br>Mask Layers in Flash <br>Using SWF and SVG Files on the Web <br>Flash and Accessibility <br>JavaScript and DHTML Fundamentals <br>Why Script? <br>JavaScript and Common Programming Concepts <br>What Is JavaScript? <br>JavaScript vs. Other Languages <br>Embedding JavaScript into X/HTML <br>Using JavaScript to Communicate with the User <br>JavaScript Functions <br>Using JavaScript for Browser Detection <br>Dynamic HTML (DHTML) <br>Plug-Ins and Java Applets <br>Plug-In Technology <br>Plug-In Installation <br>Adobe Shockwave and Flash Players <br>Adobe Reader <br>RealNetworks RealPlayer <br>Rich Media Content <br>Creating a Downloadable File <br>Introduction to Java <br>Java Applets <br>Applets and Animation <br>Applet Authoring Tools and Resources <br>HTTP Servers and Web Applications <br>What Is an HTTP Server? <br>Accessing Servers and Services <br>Basic HTTP Server Administration <br>Server-Side Technologies <br>Web Servers and Cookies <br>Enabling, Disabling and Deleting Cookies <br>Setting Cookie Files <br>XML and Web Applications <br>Syndicated Feeds <br>Databases <br>Web Design and Databases <br>Database Anatomy <br>Database Queries <br>Database Management System (DBMS) <br>Connecting Web Pages to Databases <br>Database Tools, Products and Programs <br>Web Site Publishing and Maintenance <br>Web Site Testing <br>Web Site Publishing <br>Web Site Hosting <br>Web Publishing with an FTP Client <br>Web Publishing with Expression Web <br>Web Publishing with Dreamweaver <br>Comparing Web Publishing Tools Maintaining Web Sites <br>Web Server and Web Site Security <br>Target Audience <br>Web authors, marketing and communications professionals, PR professionals, Webmasters, graphic designers, desktop designers, technical writers, and library scientists. <br>Job Responsibilities <br>Implement and maintain hypertext -based Web sites using authoring and scripting languages; create Web content; use Web management tools and digital media tools; and apply human-factor principles to design. <br>Prerequisites <br>Students taking this course need a basic understanding of Internet functionality and tools, and X/HTML. No prerequisite courses or certifications are required prior to taking this course or the corresponding certification exam. However, the course and exam are challenging and comprehensive. CIW offers the Web Foundations Associate curriculum to provide the base of foundational X/HTML and Internet knowledge necessary for this course. The CIW Foundations courses are not required, but for many candidates they are extremely helpful. <br>CIW Web Design Specialist - Exam Objectives <br>Web Design Specialist <br>Download Exam Objectives <br>Exam <a href="http://[SN].com/pass4sure/exam-detail/1D0-520"><b><font color="blue">1D0-520</font></b></a> <br>Domain 1: Site Development Essentials <br>1.1 Identify and manage elements of the Web site development process. <br>1.2 Meet customer expectations with Web site project and design. <br>1.3 Identify ethical and legal issues relevant to Web development and design. <br>Domain 2: Web Design Elements <br>2.1 Use Web design principles to evaluate and develop a site's aesthetic qualities and its ability to enhance viewer experience. <br>2.2 Use Web design principles to enable navigation, usability and accessibility. <br>Domain 3: Basic Web Technologies <br>3.1 Use basic HTML and XHTML (X/HTML) to develop a series of Web pages. <br>3.2 Use X/HTML and extended technologies to enhance Web page structure, format and usability. <br>3.3 Create image files, and use images in X/HTML pages and site design. <br>3.4 Create Web sites using GUI site development applications. <br>3.5 Publish and maintain a production Web site. <br>Domain 4: Advanced Web Technologies <br>4.1 Use multimedia and plug-in technologies to enhance a Web site. <br>4.2 Use client-side and server-side programming to enhance Web site functionality. <br>4.3 Connect Web pages to a database. <br>4.4 Conduct effective Internet marketing. <br>4.5 Create syndicated feeds using feed management services.<br> </div> <!-- BEGIN ProvideSupport.com Visitor Monitoring Code --> <div id="ciVXfN" style="z-index:100;position:absolute"></div><div id="sdVXfN" style="display:none"></div><script type="text/javascript">var seVXfN=document.createElement("script");seVXfN.type="text/javascript";var seVXfNs=(location.protocol.indexOf("https")==0?"https":"http")+"://image.providesupport.com/js/0zfixgpvaak2y1e3244hudikpu/safe-monitor.js?ps_h=VXfN&ps_t="+new Date().getTime();setTimeout("seVXfN.src=seVXfNs;document.getElementById('sdVXfN').appendChild(seVXfN)",1)</script><noscript><div style="display:inline"><a href="http://www.providesupport.com?monitor=0zfixgpvaak2y1e3244hudikpu"><img src="http://image.providesupport.com/image/0zfixgpvaak2y1e3244hudikpu.gif" style="border:0px" alt=""/></a></div></noscript> <!-- END ProvideSupport.com Visitor Monitoring Code --> </body> </html>