ART 3010 Web Design & Development

The Web Design and Development course will introduce students to the processes and language(s) used in designing functional websites. Students will gain knowledge in trends and techniques used for ideal user experience by studying new technologies and ways of accessing the web. In the course, students will learn the UX/UI design process, HTML5, and CSS3. Students will create websites and applications through site mapping/navigation, information architecture, wireframing / page layout, image, typography, accessibility.

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Reflection

In the Web Design and Development course, students learn about user experience design (UX) and human-computer interaction (HCI) through lectures and studio practice. Before learning to design and code websites and applications, students begin the semester by reviewing the history of the web and the technological progress that has impacted designing for the web. In the first project of the semester, students work in teams to experiment with user interaction by analyzing their own experience with the website in which they are viewing. In the project, students reviewed layout, information architecture, global and secondary navigation, visual/interactive content, and typography: readability and comprehension. Assignments in the course include design thinking process: product research, brainstorm, site-maps, wireframes, and prototyping. Currently, students have been learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Open-source applications to build a website from scratch. This coming academic year (2019-2020) I will incorporate Adobe XD into the course curriculum. Adobe XD is user-friendly software for designing wireframes and prototypes for application design.