Professional Development

User Experience Design (Fall 2013)

Have you ever used a website or app that makes it hard to do what you want? This class explores the UX Design process and leverages it to bridge the gap between functionality and aesthetics, creating a better experience for your users.

Online - Asynchronous
Aug 26 - Dec 13
Online - Asynchronous
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Web Design 1 (Fall 2013)

In this class, students will be introduced to designing for web and screen. This includes web-specific design fundamentals, best practices, and review of current web design trends.

From ideation to client review, students will be guided through each step of the design process including ways to find inspiration, wireframing, using design tools, and preparing a design for client review. Students will complete a final web design project and continue building and refining their web portfolio.

Online - Asynchronous
Aug 26 - Dec 13
Online - Asynchronous
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Web Development 1: CSS (Fall 2013)

In this class, students learn how to apply style to HTML using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Students will create well crafted web pages using various CSS selectors and properties, including fonts, colors, divs and spans, layout, and positioning.

This five week online class is a blend of tutorials, readings, development projects, and online discussion. The class is geared toward the beginning to intermediate web developer or designer; students are assumed to have a strong fluency with HTML.

Online - Asynchronous
Sep 30 - Nov 1
Online - Asynchronous
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Web Development 1: HTML (Fall 2013)

This class introduces the fundamentals language the web: HyperText Markup Language (HTML). Students explore how the web works, tags, links, images, lists, tables, forms, web standards (old, new, and evolving), directory structure, wireframing, web development best practices, and lay the foundation for further web development in the next class, Web Development Basics: CSS.

This five week online class is a blend of tutorials, readings, development projects, and online discussion. The class is geared toward the beginning to intermediate web developer or designer.

Online - Asynchronous
Aug 26 - Sep 27
Online - Asynchronous
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Web Development 1: Topics and Projects (Fall 2013)

In this class, students expand on their understanding of HTML and CSS, laying a foundation for more advanced development work.

Students will explore advanced topics, such as: CSS frameworks, emerging web standards, client and server side scripting, mobile development, development tools, and more. Students complete a large project for their portfolio, proceeding from ideation to final web site.

Prerequisite Class: Web Development Basics: CSS.

Online - Asynchronous
Nov 4 - Dec 13
Online - Asynchronous
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Web Development 2: JavaScript and jQuery (Fall 2013)

In this class, students will expand on HTML and CSS skills by bringing projects to life with JavaScript and JavaScript libraries.

These languages will be used as the vehicle to add interactive and rich experiences to websites. Additionally, students will explore a variety of content management systems (CMS), learning to customize and manage these platforms. Topics include: fundamental programming concepts, best practices for interactive development, coding for interactive design, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, Wordpress, Drupal, and related technologies.

Online - Asynchronous
Aug 26 - Dec 13
Online - Asynchronous
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Web Development: CSS (Summer 2013)

In this class, students learn how to apply style to HTML using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Students will create well-crafted web pages using various CSS selectors and properties, including fonts, colors, divs and spans, layout, and positioning.

This five week online class is a blend of tutorials, readings, development projects, and online discussion. The class is geared toward the beginning to intermediate web developer or designer; students are assumed to have a strong fluency with HTML.

Online - Asynchronous
Jul 8 - Aug 9
Online - Asynchronous
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Web Development: HTML (Summer 2013)

This class introduces the fundamentals language the web: HyperText Markup Language (HTML). Students explore how the web works: Tags; links; images; lists; tables; forms; web standards (old, new, and evolving); directory structure; wireframing; web development best practice;, and lay the foundation for further web development in the next class Web Development Basics: CSS.

Online - Asynchronous
Jun 3 - Jul 5
Online - Asynchronous
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Digital Painting with a Wacom Tablet (Summer 2013)

This class is designed to help artists interested in understanding the tools and methods of painting digitally in Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter using Wacom technology.

Discussions and demonstrations of digital best-practices, various stylistic interpretations, customization of brushes and tools, and walkthroughs of each method will be provided. The class will discuss the benefits of painting in these programs, as well as ways to effectively and expertly approach using a tablet within the framework of each program.

Monday
Jun 17 - Jul 22
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Introduction to Book Design (Summer 2013)

Do you want to publish your own book–a book that that looks more like yours than a generic template? If so, this class is for you.

Tuesday
May 28 - Jul 30
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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