Web Page Development and Design

PREPARATION   LEVEL  COURSES

B320  WEB  PAGE  AND  INTERACTIVE  MEDIA  DEVELOPMENT  I

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 1

Grade level: 11, 12

Web Page and Interactive Media Development I is a skill level course designed to prepare students to plan, design, create, and maintain web pages and sites.  Students will learn the fundamentals of web page design using HTML, HTML editors, and graphic editors as well as programming tools such as JavaScript.  Students will work in a project based environment to create a working website.  Students will learn to create pages, add hyperlinks, make tables and frames, create forms, integrate images, and set styles.  Students will use image editing programs to manipulate scanned images, computer graphics, and original artwork.  Instruction will include creating graphical headers, interactive menus and buttons, and visually appealing backgrounds.  Students will use hardware and software to capture, edit, create, and compress audio and video clips.

B420  WEB  PAGE  AND  INTERACTIVE  MEDIA  DEVELOPMENT  II

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 1

Grade level: 12

Web Page and Interactive Media Development II is a skill level course for students who have completed Web Page and Interactive Media Development I.  Instruction will include using multimedia authoring applications and programming tools such as JavaScript to create a web site that combines text, hyperlinks, images, video, and sound.  Instruction will include using hardware and software to capture, edit, create, and compress audio and video clips as well as create animated text, graphics, and images.  Other topics will include using tables to align images with text, creating newspaper style columns, and inserting side menus and call – outs.  Students will learn how to use templates, cascading style sheets, and interactive elements to enhance web pages.  Students will learn to create dynamic forms that include multiple choice questions, comment boxes, and buttons.  Students will learn how to connect to a database and retrieve and write data.

Students are encouraged to develop a portfolio project that demonstrates their expertise in areas such as multimedia authoring, web development, audio and video editing, and advanced JavaScript applications to create interactive web pages.

B401  COOPERATIVE  OFFICE  EDUCATION

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Cooperative Office Education is a capstone course designed to assist students in the development of effective business sills and attitudes through practical, advanced instruction in school and on the job through cooperative education.  Approximately half the school day is spent taking classes at school and the other half in on – the – job training supervised by the designated training sponsor and coordinated by the teacher – coordinator.  The related class at school is planned to develop skills and attitudes that are applied on the job.  A training plan is developed jointly by the teacher – coordinator, training sponsor, and student that identifies training provided.  Training in the related class at school focuses upon the student’s career and technical education, with additional assignments based upon areas where on – the – job performance indicates a need.  Related instruction also includes workplace skills such as seeking and applying for employment, communicating on the job, maintaining professionalism, workplace ethics, etc.

Current generation equipment is utilized in this course to develop information management competencies required for employment in this cluster of careers.  Instruction involves the use of simulations and computer – assisted instruction, as well as specific application software for database management, accounting, word processing, financial modeling, business graphics, and communications between information processing systems.

Z401  INTERRELATED  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATION

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Interrelated Cooperative Education is designed for junior and/or senior students interested in pursuing careers in vocational occupations.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with job survival skills and career exploration skills related to the job and improving student’s abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified vocational cooperative coordinator is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  Occupational task lists form the basis for training plans.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis: further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job-seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organization and job termination.  In addition, classroom instruction includes technical skills as identified on occupational task lists.