Classes

As a web developer and/or designer it is important to keep your skills current. The web is a dynamic environment in which standards and technologies are constantly evolving. As the saying goes..."If you snooze, you lose." Below are a list of courses I am currently enrolled in and plan to take in the future.

In Progress

Principles of Multimedia and Web Design:

This course explores various aesthetic and ergonimic issues from both the user and technical standpoints of Web design. Students are introduced to development tools to aid in the creation of multimedia applications. Topics include the human computer interface, site navigation, browser safe design, HTML, CSS, XML, layout control, templates, plug-ins, and image manipulation.

Future courses

Web Animation and Interactivity:

Students will further develop their skills using advanced features of the development environments employed in the above listed course. Students will further explore web development via database connectivity, scripts, graphics, animation scripting, and digital cameras to develop catalog images.

Internet Video and DVD Development:

Students develop their skills in multimedia and streaming video tools that include: video capture, video editing, and video compression for streaming media. Students will be introduced to digital video software such as Final Cut Pro or Avid to create video that can be embedded into web pages or burned into DVDs.

Web Programming I:

Students will learn about web browsers and HTML coding. A web development tool will be used in the lab to generate web pages. The basics of bitmapped images and digital audio and video will be covered.

Web programming II:

This course includes dynamic HTML coding, and object-oriented JavaScript programming. VBScript is introduced as well as Apache and Jigsaw webservers. Multimedia programming will be performed using Real Player and VRML technologies.

Web Programming III:

This course provides and introduction to server-side programming including Java servlets, JSP (Java Server Pages), Microsoft ASP, Perl, and CGI technologies. XML (Extensible Markup Language) will be used to catagorize data. Server database programming will be introduced using SQL and ODBC.