Web Developer Diploma
The Complete Web Development Package
Completely new updated program for April 2009!
Job ready skills for designers and developers. Employment-ready for small to medium sized business web development, contract work or personal use and government organizations.
Together the Web Development and Internet Marketing Certificate and the Drupal Open Source Development Certificate complete the Web Developer Diploma. In this Program you will learn how to build visually stunning, competitive, dynamic, interactive web and e-business applications to meet or exceed your personal or your customer's needs. The Web Developer Program provides a complete set of the most up-to-date techniques for real-world solutions for both the front and back ends of web applications
Back-End: CMS (content management systems), DMS (document management systems), LMS (learning management systems), e-commerce shopping carts, security, user interaction, forums, blogs, wikis, hosting, search engines, SSL, photo galleries, advertising, portals, calendars, statistics and chat rooms.
Front-End: Use Adobe Creative Suite CS3 (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator) to produce industry standard web sites, including Flash Animation, Video and Audio, client and project interactions, design analysis for branding strategies, and implementation of logs, web designs and other various components.
Included in the Web Developer Diploma:
- Web Development and Internet Marketing Certificate (WDIM)
- Drupal Open Source Development Certificate (DOSD)
Optional Work Experience - Post Graduate Internship Work Experience Program (IWEP) – Design
- Post Graduate Internship Work Experience Program (IWEP) – Programming
Web Developer Diploma- now available on a Mac or PC
This is the Full Meal Deal and will teach you a complete set of functional skills for the Web. A one-of-a-kind program taught by professionals in the industry. There is no better way to gain job-ready industry standard skills then to learn from people who are designing and developing web sites every day for literally hundreds of clients.
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one-of-a-kind program taught by professionals in the industry.
There is no better way to gain job-ready industry standard skills than to learn from people who are designing and developing web sites every day for hundreds of clients.
This Web Developer Diploma Program is perfect for students who want to get up-to-date, job ready skills in web design and systems development, using industry standard programs such as Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, and -- best of all -- using Flash to build interaction and animation right into your web site, right down to user interaction and CMS systems.
Our design and development team and school are located next door to each other,so you will be able to interact with our team of designers and developers while they are at work. You will gain valuable experience with access to a real design studio.
This is a 100% instructor led program taught by our own web development team. Instructors are in the class with students at all times, either instructing or helping with assignments. Help can also be found from all members of the northStudio.com team, including interns, co-op students, faculty and other staff members throughout the buildings. It's a busy place so there is always someone to help with whatever you are working on.
The course curriculum is continuous and each module flows perfectly into the next so that you understand the process and development techniques needed to build functional web sites for all types of clients, as we do every day.
No Previous computer skills are required, although we have found that students with demonstrated problem solving skills or who are solution-oriented will be more successful.
We strongly encourage students who have a current understanding of basic web site technology including (but not necessary all of): HTML, XHTML, CSS, browsers, and keyboarding.
Each component of the course will be taught by an industry professional currently working in the industry. You will also have speakers from northStudio.com's design, programming, and Project Management Departments to gain real world understanding and to see real client projects.
- Chris Deakin: main instructor (front-end)
- Gord Christmas (PHP, SQL and Open Source, programming)
- Rene Hache (CSS, Themeing, Open Source)
- Jeff Lorton (graphic design)
- Simon Vreeswijk (hosting domain names and search engines)
northStudio.com (the parent company of VSBT) will make some of its current and past projects available to students so they can learn from real world solutions. View web sites for harpists, trampolines, whale watching, helicopters, computers, accommodation, elections, medicine, restaurants and more. Some course material will be taken from our team of senior and junior Designers and application developers' experiences learned while working at northStudio.com.
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This program is designed for serious students who would like to develop dynamic, interactive web applications and e-business solutions with visually stunning designs and intuitive navigation for personal or professional use in large organizations, design studios, or even for working on a freelance basis designing, developing and maintaining Internet and Intranet web sites.
This program is for you if you:
- Are currently running/starting your own business and would like to create, manage or update your own dynamic web applications;
- Would like to start your own Web Design Development Company;
- Would like a job in the Web Site Development Industry;
- Are looking to augment other career choices or your existing career;
- Want to learn in a real-world environment;
- Want to meet industry, staff and client connections in the industry;
- Want to be able to develop competitive world wide web solutions;
- Want to create applications with PHP, SQL, Javascript, CSS, XHTML, HTML;
- Want to create CMS (content management systems), document management systems, e-commerce shopping carts, security, user interaction, forums, blogs, wikis, hosting, search engines, SSL, photo galleries, advertising and more;
- Have an interest in Internet Technologies;
- Are interested in having fun, learning and playing on the internet (and supporting yourself at the same time).
- Adobe Creative Suite CS3
- Education versions of Adobe Creative Suite CS3 are greatly discounted from store prices once you are registered with VSBT.
- Students will be required to purchase their own copy of software for home use or if they are using their own laptop at VSBT. VSBT students who use VSBT computers during the course will be supplied with all software needed.
While no books are mandatory for this course, certain books are highly recommended as an aid to instruction. Books are not included in the course cost.
Computers available to students are all brand new within the last few months and are loaded with all software and hardware needed throughout the Program.
Our computers are the new 20" Apple iMacs with dual operating systems. Our students have the choice of either macOSX or Windows XP. Both have identical applications for this program.
If you have your own laptop you can use our wireless connection.
Web Development and Internet Marketing Certificate Component (11 weeks)
- Course Introduction / Outline (1 session)
- File Management (1 session)
- Computer Accessories and Tools of the Trade (1 session)
- Web Fundamentals and Current Design Trends (1 session)
- Illustrator CS3 (5 sessions)
- What’s New
- A Quick Tour
- The Work Area
- Selecting and Aligning
- Creating Shapes
- Transforming Objects
- Drawing with the Pen Tool
- Color and Painting
- Working with Type
- Working with Layers
- Blending Shapes and Colors
- Working with Brushes
- Applying Effects
- Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles
- Working with Symbols
- Combining Illustrator CS3 Graphics with Creative Suite
- Illustrator – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- Photoshop CS3 Extended (5 sessions)
- The Work Area
- Basic Photo Corrections
- Retouching and Repairing
- Working with Selections
- Layer Basics
- Masks and Channels
- Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs
- Typographic Design
- Vector Drawing Techniques
- Advanced Layering
- Advanced Compositing
- Preparing Files for the Web
- Photoshop – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- Writing for the Web (1 session)
- Psychology of the User Experience (1 session)
- Plain Language and Effective Communication (1 session)
- Search Engine Optimization (1 session)
- Domain Names, Hosts and FTPs (1 session)
- Professional Web Practices and Standards (1 session)
- HTML/XHTML and Handcoding – A Primer (1 session)
- Dreamweaver CS 3 (5 sessions)
- A Quick Start
- Customizing your Workspace
- Applying Cascading Style Sheets
- Working with Text
- Designing with Images
- Inserting Links
- Crafting Page Layouts
- Creating Interactive Pages
- Integrating Ajax with Spry
- Constructing Forms
- Adding Multimedia / Flash Video
- Publishing to the Web
- Dreamweaver – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- PHP and mySQL – A Primer (1 session)
- Drupal and CMS (1 session)
- Professional Flash Design and Best Practices (1 session)
- Flash CS3 (5 sessions)
- Getting Acquainted
- Working with Graphics
- Creating and Editing Symbols
- Working with Text
- Adding Animation
- Creating interactive Files
- ActionScript Basics
- Using Components
- Working with Sound and Video
- Loading and Optimizing Flash Content
- Publishing Flash Documents
- Flash – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- Cascading Style Sheets – Positioning and Layout (2 sessions)
- Fireworks CS3 (3 sessions)
- Editing Bitmaps
- Using Vector Tools
- Working with Layers
- Adding Text
- Creating Buttons
- Advanced Techniques and Masking
- Optimizing and Exporting
- Fireworks and Dreamweaver for CSS Development (1 session)
- Cascading Style Sheets for Print (1 session)
- Cascading Style Sheets for Cell Phones / Mobile Devices (1 session)
- Device Central – Development and Testing of Flash and Web Applications for use in Mobile Devices (3 sessions)
- Project Week Preparation (1 session)
- Project Week (5 sessions)
- Post Graduate Work Term 1 for Design - (optional 6 months)
Drupal Open Source Development Certificate (11 weeks)
Goals:
- Getting Comfortable with theming
- Better understanding of HTML elements
- Understanding Drupal architecture
- Advanced CSS techniques and workflow
- Determining client needs
- Maintaining/update your Drupal site
- Fundamentals of PHP
- Fundamentals of MySQL
- XAMPP: setting up your own test server
- Going Live
- Cross-browser testing
- Module: finding, testing
- Creating your own module
- Setting site for SEO
- Working with a developer/designer
Outline:
- Introduction/synopsis
- Recommended books
- Setting your environment
- Setting up your browser(s)
- Setting up multiple version of IE
- Installing Drupal/Hosting requirements
- Basic CMS configuration
- Creating basic content
- Working with blocks
- Customizing Menus
- Introduction to PHP
- Variables & Conditionals
- Loops, switches & trinary conditions
- Function library
- Exploring XHTML elements
- CSS syntax
- CSS specificity/selectors
- CSS techniques: styling list
- CSS techniques: image replacement
- CSS Positioning & Layouts
- Explaining theme engine
- Exploring template variables
- Creating a basic content type with template
- Create a page/node specific template
- Creating a basic theme
- Styling the theme with CSS
- Taxonomy intro
- Finding & installing modules
- Content Types & CCK
- Constructing various content types
- Introduction to databases
- MySQL basics/phpMyAdmin
- Useful modules (FCK & IMCE)
- Useful Modules (Smartypants, update status, devel)
- Views Introduction
- Viewsfield/Inline View
- Node Queue
- PHP: Functions (arrays & objects)
- PHP: Creating Functions
- Theming Views
- News site project: Implementation
- News site project: cck's & view
- News site project: Theming
- News site project: Theming override
- B&B site project: Implementation
- News site project: CCKs & views
- B&B site project: Theming
- B&B site project: Theming overide and final touches
- eCommerce (Ubercart)
- SEO setup
- Browser
- Personal Projects
Design:
During the design component of the course you will design logos, web templates, manipulate photos, create effects and full animations in Flash and more.
Open Source:
During the open source component of the Web Developer Diploma Program you will create a fully functioning web application with user logins, administration, management options for clients, photo galleries, and shopping carts to which you will add all of your design components
WebSite(s)
You will independently plan, design and complete your own Web Application that meets or exceeds the needs of you or your client. You will choose a web site that you would like to develop either for yourself, or for a client, potential client, or friend. Many students find web site contracts that pay during school.
Once completed, you will publish and then market your web site on the internet.
The project is the student's choice and may provide a benefit to themselves, for example an online portfolio or web site to sell their services.
Hosting will be provided by northStudio.com with an IP address for as long as you are a student. This includes an e-mail address and area to FTP or transfer files. The hosting account comes with all the extras including bulletin boards, guestbooks, password protected directories, email lists, error pages, scripts, chat rooms, SQL databases, PHP and more.
Upon completion of this Program you will be able to:
- Create, manage, update, and consult on web sites for small, medium and large size businesses;
- Interact and manage clients as well as the web site you are creating. Your final project will be to create a fully functioning web site, publish it, and then market it on the internet.
To receive a Diploma of Completion for the Web Developer Diploma Program there is a final exam to test your knowledge of web sites and application development. Each graduate will have a separate Certificate in both Web Design and Open Source Web Development and e-commerce, with the option to become certified as a Web Developer upon successful completion of the exam.
There is a growing demand for web designers and developers today. Employers regularly call us to ask for potential graduates who are ready to develop or maintain web sites. We currently have many design and development companies requesting students they can employ for a variety of jobs with private companies, and government organizations throughout BC.
We are conveniently located across from the Saanich city hall, next door to HSBC Bank, Tim Horton's and Yoshi Sushi. Other amenities include:
- Boston Pizza
- Tim Horton’s
- Save On Foods
- Mother Computers
- Little Caesars
- Subway
- Walmart
- Fairways Market
Optional Internship Work Experience Program (IWEP)
The Internship Program (IWEP) complements the Web Design Program and solidifies the classroom experience while providing a large portfolio for student use.
You work alongside us in a busy studio interacting with clients and eventually designing and building web sites from start to finish. While refining your skills working independently and with our design team, you may build as many as 15 full web sites depending on your aptitude, and may maintain as many as 200. Students will be encouraged to develop their own style and work methods, and will have plenty of time to use all the things they have learned in the classroom. We have many students requesting internships, however all VSBT students will be given priority in seat availability.
