70-196 Publishing on the World Wide Web
9 units, Carnegie Mellon University
This is an introductory course in Publishing on the World Wide Web. The class has both a classroom component and a lab component. Over the past two decades, the World Wide Web has become an essential communications venue for private individuals and businesses alike. The classroom component of this course examines a variety of topics related to web publishing including the design and usability of web sites, the appropriate use of file formats, the emergence of ecommerce, the integration of other media, the increased use of mobile devices, the sudden rise of social media, the increased use of 3D environments on the web, the delivery of streaming media across the web, and other topics. The lab component of the class takes the students through a series of exercises beginning with HTML and CSS and progressing to the use of Adobe Dreamweaver, one of the premiere web development software programs. Students use these tools to make welldesigned functional websites exhibiting the principles learned in the classroom component of the class. The students are instructed in some of the latest web publishing methods, such as the use of HTML5, CSS3, and fluid grid design which allows the same HTML file to be automatically reconfigured for mobile devices, tablets, and desktop computers. Scripting languages and the development of databases for websites are beyond the scope of this class. Open to undergraduates of all class years. No prerequisites. Formerly course number 70643.
Prerequisites: none listed
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