How To Create a Website in a Weekend! (Project-Centered Course)
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How To Create a Website in a Weekend! (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Overview
Duration | 14 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course |
Credential | Certificate |
How To Create a Website in a Weekend! (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Highlights
- 33% got a tangible career benefit from this course.
- Earn a certificate from the State University of New York upon completion of course.
How To Create a Website in a Weekend! (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Course details
- What you?ll achieve:
- In this project-centered course*, you?ll design, build, and publish a basic website that incorporates text, sound, images, hyperlinks, plug-ins, and social media interactivity. We?ll provide you with step-by-step instructions, exercises, tips, and tools that enable you to set up a domain name, create an attractive layout for your pages, organize your content properly, ensure that your site functions well across different operating systems and on mobile devices, keep your site safe, and finally, let people know your site is online. We?ll even show you how to track your visitors. Throughout the course, you'll engage in collaboration and discussion with other learners through course forums and peer review.
- Once you complete your first website project using Wordpress, you can move on to our optional, extended module that covers more advanced techniques such as using a simple text editor, coding in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and more.
- What you?ll need to get started:
- This project-centered course is designed for learners who have little or no prior experience developing a web site. You will need a computer with a stable Internet connection. We?ll use Wordpress to get you started, provide lots of downloadable examples, and guide you through the process of giving and receiving constructive peer-to-peer feedback.
- *About Project-Centered Courses: Project-centered courses are designed to help you complete a personally meaningful real-world project, with your instructor and a community of learners with similar goals providing guidance and suggestions along the way. By actively applying new concepts as you learn, you?ll master the course content more efficiently; you?ll also get a head start on using the skills you gain to make positive changes in your life and career. When you complete the course, you?ll have a finished project that you?ll be proud to use and share.
How To Create a Website in a Weekend! (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Curriculum
Module 1: Prepping Your Site
Module 1 Introduction
Important Note about Course Deadlines and Timing
DESIGN
Instructions for Assignment 1: Finding Inspiration
Instructions for Assignment 2: Create a Mood Board
Module 2: Starting to work with Wordpress
Module 2 Introduction
ORGANIZING
Instructions for Assignment 3: Create a Sitemap
Instructions for Assignment 4: Create your Homepage
Instructions for Assignment 5: Add Hyperlinks
Module 3: Add Media, Social Media and Launch
Introduction to Module 3
MEDIA & SOCIAL MEDIA
Instructions for Assignment 6: Add Media and Social Media
Instructions for Assignment 7: Complete Homepage, & Add More Pages
Instructions for Assignment 8: Check Compatibility Across Platforms
Instructions for Assignment 9: Go Public!
Introduction to Module 4
Principles of Good Web Design, Part I (Guest Lecture: Melody Kim, Coursera)
Principles of Good Web Design, Part II (Guest Lecture: Melody Kim, Coursera)
How to Use Your Web Browser to Inspect Website Elements (Guest Lecture: Archana Sankaranarayanan, Coursera)
Using Browser Extensions to Learn About Font and Color (Guest Lecture: Archana Sankaranarayanan, Coursera)
Font Color, Size and Family (Guest Lecture: Joel Aguero, Coursera)
Color on the Web (Guest Lecture: Joel Aguero, Coursera)
Images on the Web (Guest Lecture: Joel Aguero, Coursera)