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Webmaster Certificate Program

Webmaster: The person responsible for updating and maintaining a Web site for a company or organization.
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Management and Planning Level
  
Class 1: Web Marketing and Design
– 18 hours
Design and Code Level 1
Class 2: Basic Website Construction with Dreamweaver (Tables)
– 30 hours
Class 3: Basic Website Construction with CMS
       -
WordPress-Web Development for the Right Side of Your Brain
– 18 hours
Images Level 1
Class 4: PhotoShop or PhotoShop Elements
– 18 hours
Class 5: Images for the Web
– 18 hours
Class 6: Digital Photography class
– based on the needs of your skills and web site (contact Kathy Eyster to select the appropriate level)
Advanced Classes
Class 7: Web Development with Dreamweaver II
– - 18 hours
Class 8: Web Development with Dreamweaver (CSS)
– 24 hours
Class 9: Basic Web Programming
– 30 hours
Total class hours: approx 198 hours

Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center is proud to announce the Webmaster Certificate Program This program will take our popular web development class series to the next level. Many of the Western Montana students, who request and take the new courses as they are added, have developed web sites that demonstrate that they deserve additional recognition beyond each course certificate. A certificate program will also give these students documentation to prove their skills for job descriptions that include webmaster skills.

With those goals in mind, the Webmaster Certificate Program will give students documentation that demonstrates hands on implementation abilities in the topics covered in the web development classes. Besides the requirement of completing the specific courses listed below, this certificate includes the review of a web site you have build, based on the criteria listed after the required classes list. (All courses will be available to students who are not interested in the certificate program. The current attendance certificates will continue to be given to all students who attend any of the courses.)

Webmaster Level Certificate

Documentation - 25%

  1. One paragraph that describes what your web site should do for your organization.
  2. One paragraph that describes the model of your web site.
  3. One page description of your web site content.
  4. Site map for your web site with 5 additonal pages for future development. Pages are indicated by boxes. Links are indicated by lines, labeled with the link wording.

Web Site - 60%

  1. A web site with a home page, two sections of two pages each, a links page, and an about us page.
  2. The web site can be structured with tables, CSS or a CMS. If you use a CMS, you must still be able knowledgeable about the site structure and formatting.
  3. All font formatting must come from a well organized and commented style sheet.
  4. All pages must have unique, well-crafted title tags.
  5. All non-trivial, inserted images, must have well-crafted alt tags.
  6. Images must include inserted and background images.
  7. All links should work. Links to outside web pages should open in a new window.
  8. The home page should clearly identify your organization and topic with both graphics and text.

Testing - 15%

  1. List 3 tasks you would like your tester to be able to do on your web site.
  2. Give your tester the list.
  3. Make notes about how well your tester was able to do those tasks.
  4. Ask your tester what the best feature of the site is.
  5. Ask your tester for two things to change on the site.
  6. Turn in your list and your tester comments.

Other Course Features

  1. Each student will meet with instructor for initial review of current skills and program explanation.
  2. Each student web site will be reviewed with written suggestions of possible changes.
  3. Each student will receive 2 hours of individual help time with their project.

 

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