Certified Internet Web (CIW) Site Designer

CIW Professional Site Designer

Course Details

This course is the ideal follow on from the CIW v5 Foundations series of courses. It builds on your existing knowledge and skills and prepares you for new or enhanced roles in Web publishing. Before taking this course you should also be familiar with an operating system such as Microsoft Windows XP.
 
Gaining the CIW Site Designer certification can help inspire confidence in potential employers. If you are a Web author, marketing and communications or PR professional, Webmaster, graphic designer, desktop publisher or technical writer this course will show you know how to design and publish Web sites and help fast track your career.

The course curriculum provides a balance of theory, technology, project management and hands-on development. The skills and concepts you acquire will help you design and publish Web sites and help bring mission-critical business information to the Internet and intranet for corporations.

Qualifications

The CIW Site Designer course prepares you to take the CIW v5 Site Designer exam (1D0-520). To take this exam, you need first to have gained the CIW Associate certification by studying the CIW Foundations course. This involves studying three components (Internet Business Foundations, Site Development Foundations and Network Technology Foundations).
 

Study Plan

Your course material will cover a wide variety of topics and subjects.

Your CIW Site Designer course is split into four books and 36 lessons. Together they cover a wide variety of topics and subjects, including:

• Web project management fundamentals
• Multimedia and the Web
• Ethical and legal issues in web development
• Cascading style sheets (CSS)
• Introduction to site development with Microsoft Expression Web
• Introduction to site development with Adobe Dreamweaver
• Multimedia with Flash – ActionScript, Masks & Practical Uses
• Plug-Ins and Java Applets
• Databases
• Web site publishing and maintenance

Assignments

Your course includes Case Studies which act as discussion points about real-world skills, applications and topics. These include project management issues, and the relationship between technology and business operations. There are 34 Case Studies throughout the course.

Guided, step-by-step labs also provide ideal opportunities to practice new skills. There are 34 labs in total.

Study Details

Each new study topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 295 hours of study.

Careers

At the end of your Home Learning Course, and with the qualification you want under your belt, the door to a new career or promotion is close at hand.

With this course you will be able to apply for jobs as a CIW Site Designer, Web author, marketing and communications professional, PR professional, Webmaster, graphic designer, desktop publisher or technical writer and earn about  £40,000*, or more a year.

*Source: IT Jobs Watch - 2008