Key topics
a) CIW Foundations
- Internet Business Foundations
Explore a variety of job roles in the IT industry. Consider the roles of important Internet communications protocols in delivering basic Internet services. Identify a range of Internet-related security issues in the workplace, as well as various legal issues faced by IT professionals. Relate project management concepts and terms to the IT profession.
- Site Development Foundations
Gain the knowledge required to create websites with HTML and explore website design principles and navigational issues. Examine the features and uses of Extensible Markup Language (XML). Explore the processes of planning, developing and maintaining a website, and learn how to test and analyse a website’s performance. Identify the languages that are commonly used to connect databases to websites. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of running your own Web server compared to using a service provider.
- Network Technology Foundations
Learn how to configure common hardware for networking. Identify both the components and functions of servers that are commonly used on the Internet. Discover how to perform basic hardware and system maintenance for network-aware systems, and how to configure and troubleshoot wireless networks.
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b) CIW v5 Site Designer
- Site Development Essentials
Discover how to manage the website development process and how to meet clients’ expectations. Explore ethical and legal issues that are relevant to website development and design.
Learn Web design principles and discover how to use these to evaluate and develop a website’s aesthetic qualities. Discover how Web design principles can be used to enhance navigation, usability and accessibility – and so improve users’ experience.
Discover how to use HTML and XHTML, and extended technologies, to develop Web pages with enhanced webpage structure, format and usability. Explore the use of website creation through GUI site development applications. Gain experience of publishing and maintaining a website.
- Advanced Web Technologies
Explore the use of multimedia and plug-in technologies in enhancing a website, and discover how to use client-side and service-side programming to enhance the functionality of a website. Learn how to connect a webpage to a database.
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c) CIW v5 E-Commerce Designer
- E-Commerce Site Development
Gain practice of developing and hosting an e-commerce site using both instant storefront services and stand-alone e-commerce software. Discover how to incorporate payment-processing services into an e-commerce site. Learn how to maximize the audience usability of an e-commerce site.
- E-Commerce Technology and Security
Discover how to configure Web server software for an e-commerce site. Learn how to analyse and improve e-commerce site performance. Explore secure e-commerce transactions and learn how to secure an e-commerce site.
- E-Commerce Business, Marketing and Legal Issues
Consider the effects of e-commerce on business operations and revenue generation. Explore legal and governmental issues relating to e-commerce. Discover how to effectively market an e-commerce site. Learn how to implement strategies for effective customer service and how to manage customer relationships.
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Course Code
760
Hours of study
120 hours
Technical requirements
Processor greater than or equal to 1GHz 32 or 64-bit. L2 cache 256 KB. Hard disk 40 GB with at least 15 GB available space. At least 1 GB RAM. CD-ROM 32X. Network interface card (NIC) 10BaseT or 100BaseTX (10 or 100 Mbps). Video adapter Support for DirectX9 graphics with: WDDM Driver, At least 128 MB graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, 32 bits per pixel. Monitor Super VGA (1024 x 768) resolution. To complete the Design Labs it is recommended that students have Installed Microsoft Expression Web 3 and Adobe Web Standard CS4.