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Current Catalog Year: 2025-2026

Course Blurbs and Essential Objectives

CIS-1151   Website Development   3 Credits
 
This course explores the creation of effective websites and pages. Topics include the application of website development tools and management of site content, presentation, and behaviors. Students explore and modify Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and use JavaScript code. Students manage a website's associated files and folders, web publishing client/server process, and administration of a website.
 
    1. Evaluate a variety of websites for content, style, accessibility, and functionality.
    2. Analyze how web-based media can perpetuate systems of inequality or promote social change.
    3. Identify current trends in web design and development including content management systems, build tools, and version control.
    4. Describe accessibility, copyright, security, and other legal and ethical considerations in web design.
    5. Examine the role of the web server and server-side permissions.
    6. Explain the differences between HTML and XHTML and the importance of semantic HTML 5.
    7. Create a web page in both an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and a WYSIWYG editor.
    8. Use a variety of media file formats and describe the characteristics of each format and their effect on quality and speed.
    9. Demonstrate the appropriate and effective use of HTML tags in web page design.
    10. Demonstrate the effective use of inline, internal, and external CSS for style and positioning HTML elements.
    11. Compare PHP and JavaScript as they relate to the construction and interactivity of a web page.
    12. Create a form to collect data and understand the options for processing and storing that data.
    13. Describe logistics and costs involved in planning, implementing, hosting, and maintaining a website.
    14. Design and build a multi-page website that includes internal navigation, consistent style, and interactive elements, and effectively conveys information, thoughts, and ideas.
   


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