Webmaster: Advanced HTML & CSS – Level 4 Course
The Webmaster: Advanced HTML & CSS – Level 4 Course is aimed at students with a pre-existing knowledge of HTML and CSS and will show how responsive web design (RWD) can be used to build stunning responsive websites which allow an optimal viewing and interaction experience using the very latest HTML5 and CSS technology.
The course is an ideal follow-on programme to our Webmaster: HTML and CSS for Beginners Course or for those students who already have a good working knowledge of these programming languages.
The growing number of users who access the Internet via smartphones and tablet computers means that modern web designers must build pages that are responsive to the screen size, automatically adjusting the content to suit the user’s device. Responsive web design is a methodology which aims at providing an optimal viewing experience – easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling – across a wide range of devices, from computer monitors, through laptops and tablets, to smartphones. A responsive website automatically adapts the layout to the viewing environment by using fluid, proportion-based grids, flexible images, and CSS3 media queries.
As well as learning important responsive web design techniques, you will also be introduced to all of the important new HTML5 elements and, via the magic of CSS3, you will apply a range of special effects, including transitions, transformations, and animations.
The course will show how the new HTML5 API’s will allow you to incorporate great features into your website such as brilliant drag & drop and geo-location map facilities, as well as the versatile canvas API which allows you to create two and three-dimensional graphics on the fly, right there on your web pages.
On successful completion of the course, students will receive the Distance Learning Centre Webmaster – Advanced HTML & CSS Web Design Diploma with comprehensive feedback and analysis of your completed work, as well as an Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate.
uNITS
The Webmaster: Advanced HTML & CSS – Level 4 Course includes the following units:
Unit 1: Introduction
The following topics are covered:
- Before We Get Started;
- Getting Started with HTML5 & CSS3;
- What’s New In HTML5?;
- Creating An HTML5 Document;
- HTML5 Document Validation;
- Incorporating A CSS3 Style Sheet;
- What’s New In CSS3?
- CSS3 Document Validation;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 1 – Build Your HTML5/CSS3 Home Page.
Unit 2: Responsive Web Design
The following topics are covered:
- What Is Responsive Web Design?;
- Responsive Web Design With CSS3;
- Proportional Layouts;
- Scaling Images;
- Converting From Fixed To Fluid Design;
- Cross-Browser Considerations;
- Examples Of Responsive Web Design;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 2 – Update Home Page To Be Fully Responsive.
Unit 3: HTML5 Semantic Elements
The following topics are covered:
- Introduction;
- The Header, Footer & Nav Elements;
- The Section, Article, & Aside Elements;
- Other Semantic Elements;
- The Role Of DIV And SPAN Elements;
- Dropped Elements & Attributes;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 3 – Build Your Own “About Us” Page.
Unit 4: Introduction to CSS3
The following topics are covered:
- Background To CSS3;
- Understanding Cascading Style Sheets;
- Internal, Inline, & External Style Sheets;
- CSS3 Rules & Selectors;
- New CSS3 Colour Formats;
- Text Effects & Transformations;
- Multi-Column Layout;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 4 – Build Your Own Products Page.
Unit 5: Styling Content & Layout with CSS3
The following topics are covered:
- Recognising Content Boxes;
- Setting Margins & Padding;
- Sizing & Positioning Elements;
- Formatting Borders;
- Specifying Backgrounds;
- Text Formatting;
- Using Shadows & Gradients;
- Lesson Review & Quiz; Assignment 5 – Build Your Own Information Page.
Unit 6: Styling Lists & Tables with CSS3
The following topics are included:
- Introduction;
- List Style Types & Positioning;
- Defining Shorthand Lists;
- New HTML5 Table Elements;
- Assigning Elements as Table Components;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 6 – Build Your Own Store Front.
Unit 7: Stylish HTML5 Forms
The following topics are covered:
- HTML5 Form Components;
- Acquiring Text Input;
- Email, Telephone, & URL Inputs;
- Check Boxes & Radio Buttons;
- Selecting Options & Uploading Files;
- Standard Buttons & Image Buttons;
- Date, Time, & Range Inputs;
- Add Some Style With CSS3;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 7 – Build Your Own Contact Page.
Unit 8: Using CSS3 to Create Special Effects
The following topics are covered:
- Understanding CSS3 Transitions;
- CSS3 Transformations;
- CSS3 Animations;
- Enhancing Your Text;
- Using Special Cursors;
- Hiding & Revealing Elements;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 8 – Add Some Effects to Your HTML5 Pages.
Unit 9: Optimising & Organising your CSS3 Code
The following topics are covered:
- Resetting Browser Defaults;
- Organising Your Style Sheets;
- Optimising Style Rules;
- Specifying Default Styles;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 9 – Optimise & Organise Your CSS3 Style Sheets.
Unit 10: The Powerful HTML5 API’s
The following topics are covered:
- The Drag & Drop API;
- The Web Storage API;
- Inter-Document Messaging;
- The History API;
- The Geolocation & Google Maps API;
- The Canvas API;
- Incorporating Audio & Video;
- Lesson Review & Quiz;
- Assignment 10 – Shape Drawing Exercise.
Key Information
Cost
Course Format
Self-study Time
Delivery Time
Prerequisites
Students require a good knowledge of HTML Programming. This course assumes you have completed the Webmaster: HTML & CSS for Beginners Course or have studied HTML to an equivalent level.
We recommend this course is completed on a PC with the Windows Operating System or on an Apple Mac. As this is an online course it can be accessed on any Internet Ready computer.
Course Duration & Online Support
You can start this course at any time, and you would be registered for a one-year period. You also have access to a personal tutor who can be contacted by email. Your tutor is available to assist with any queries and to mark your assignments for the Awarding Body.
As the course is self-study, you can complete it as quickly as you like. Support extensions are available if students do not complete the course within the one-year period.
Assessment
You will be assessed on coursework which is detailed in the course materials. The coursework requires you to create and submit webpages as your assignments. Your work can be sent back to your course tutor by email or by post.
Open Awards Certification
On successful completion of this course students will receive our Webmaster – Advanced HTML & CSS Diploma with comprehensive feedback and providing the assignments have been completed to the required standards students will also receive a Level 4 Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate with 9 Open Awards Credits.
The completion of this course alone does not lead to an Ofqual regulated qualification but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills towards regulated qualifications in the future. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of difficulty involved in successful completion by the learner.
You can find further information on qualifications/certificates and their levels on the Ofqual’s level descriptors page.
The certification is issued through Open Awards. Open Awards are an Awarding Body Organisation approved by Ofqual. Set up in 1981, Open Awards (Previously the North West Region of the National Open College Network – OCNNW) have been in business for over 30 years and are a not for profit organisation and a registered charity.
