Job ready skills for designers and developers. Employment ready for small to medium sized business web development, contract work or personal use and government organizations.
Together the Web Design Certificate Program and the Open Source Web Development Certification Program complete the Web Developer Diploma. In this Program you will learn how to build visually stunning, competitive, dynamic, interactive web and e-business applications to meet or exceed personal or customer needs. The Web Developer Program provides a complete set of the most up to date techniques for real-world solutions for both the front and back end of web applications
Back-End: CMS (content management systems), DMS (document management systems), LMS (learning management systems), e-Commerce shopping carts, security, user interaction, forums, blogs, wikis, hosting, search engines, ssl, photo galleries, advertising, portals, calendars, statistics and chat rooms
Front-End: Use Adobe (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash 8) and Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CS2 to produce industry standard web sites including Flash Animation, Video and Audio, client and project interactions, design analysis for branding strategies and implementation of logs, web designs and other various.
This is the Full Meal Deal and will teach you a complete set of functional skills for the Web. A one-of-a-kind program taught by professionals in the industry. There is no better way to gain job ready industry standard skills then to learn from the people that are designing and developing web sites every day for hundreds of clients.
It astounds me everyday just how much I learned from northstudio and
in such a short period of time. I am really grateful for the education
I received from your school and working as an intern. It completely
prepared me for this job. It was really a pleasure coming in there
everyday. And I meant what I said, if things get really crazy there and
you guys need some extra help I'll come in on the weekends and give you
a hand. Holly Zubot |
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There is no better way to gain job ready industry standard skills than to learn from the people that are designing and developing web sites every day for hundreds of clients.
This Web Developer Diploma Program is perfect for students to get up to date job ready skills in web design and development of systems using industry standard programs such as Dreamweaver 8, Fireworks 8, Photoshop and Illustrator CS2 and best of all use Flash 8 to build interaction and animation right into your web site right down to user interaction and CMS systems.
Our design and development team and school are located in the same building so you will be able to interact with our team of designers and developers while they are at work. You will gain valuable experience with access to a real design studio.
This is a 100% instructor led program taught by our own web development team. Instructors are in the class with students at all times either instructing or helping with assignments. Help can also be found from all members of the northStudio.com team including interns, coops students, faculty and other members throughout the building. Its a busy place so there is always someone to help with whatever you are working on.
The course curriculum is continuous and each module flows perfectly into the next so that you understand the process and development techniques to build functional web sites of all types of clients as we do every day.
No Previous computer skills are required although students with problem solving skills or are solution oriented will be more successful.
Students that have completed the Web Design Certificate have met all prerequisites.
We strongly encourage students that have current understanding of basic web site technology including but not necessary are HTML, XHTML, CSS, browsers, and keyboarding. Students with demonstrated problem solving skills will be more successful.
The instructor for each component of the course will be taught by an industry professional currently working in the industry. You will also have speakers from northStudio.com's design, programming, and Project Management Departments to gain real world understanding and to see real client projects.
northStudio.com (parent company of VSBT) will make some current and past projects available to students to learn from real world solutions. View web sites for harpists, trampolines, whale watching, helicopters, computers, accommodation, elections, medicine, restaurants and more. Some course material will be from our team of senior and junior Designers and application developers experience currently working at northStudio.com.
This program is designed for serious students that would like to develop dynamic, interactive web applications and e-business solutions with visually stunning designs and intuitive navigation for personal or professional use in large organizations, design studios, or even to work on a freelance basis designing, developing and maintaining Internet and Intranet web sites.
Web Design Certificate course
Open Source Web Development Certificate course
Books: while not mandatory are highly recommended as an aid to instruction from the instructor. Books are not included in the course cost.
Computers available to students are all brand new within the last few months and are loaded with all software and hardware needed throughout the Program.
Our computers are all brand new with 19’ Flat Panel monitors
* AMD 64 3200+
* 2G of Ram
* A8N-VM Mother Boards
* DVD Burner
* Floppy
* Wireless Internet
* 200G Hard drives
If you have your own laptop you can use our wireless connection
Web Design Component (11 weeks)
Outline
Design:
During the design component of the course you will design logos, web templates, modify photos, create effects and designs in Flash and more.
WebSite(s)
You will independently plan, design and complete your own Web Site that meets or exceeds the needs of your client. You will choose a web site that you would like to develop for yourself, a client, potential client, or friend. Many students find web site contracts that pay during school.
Once completed you will publish and then market your web site on the internet.
The project is the student's choice and may benefit themselves such as an online portfolio or web site to sell their services
Hosting will be provided by northStudio.com with an IP address for as long as you are a student. This includes an e-mail address and area to FTP or transfer files. The hosting account comes with all the extras including bulletin boards, guestbooks, password protected directories, email lists, error pages, scripts, chat rooms, SQL databases, PHP and more.
Upon completion of this Program you will be able to:
Create, manage, update, and consult on web sites for small, medium and large size businesses.
You will be able to interact and manage clients as well as the web site you are creating. Your final project will be to create a fully functioning web site, publish and then market it on the internet.
To receive a Certificate of Completion for the Web Developer Certificate Program there is a final exam to test your knowledge of web sites and application development. Each graduate will have a separate certificate in both Web Design and Web Application Programming & e-Business with the option to become certified as a Web Developer upon successful completion of the exam.
There is a growing demand for web designers and developers today. Employers regularly call and ask for potential graduates ready to develop or maintain web sites. We currently have many design and development companies requesting students to employ for a variety of jobs with private companies, and government organizations all throughout BC. Students have access to employers for potential employment.
We are conveniently located across from the Saanich city hall, next door to HSBC Bank, Tim Horton's and Yoshi Sushi. Other amenities include:
Boston Pizza
Tim Horton’s
Save On Foods
Mother Computers
Fairways
Little Caesars
Subway
Walmart
Fairways Market
The Internship Program (IWEP) complements the Web Design Program and solidifies the classroom experience while providing a large portfolio for student use.
You work along side us in a busy studio interacting with clients and eventually designing and building web sites from start to finish. While refining your skills working independently and with our design team you may build as many as 1-15 full web sites depending on your aptitude and may maintain as many as 200. Students will be encouraged to develop their own style and work methods and will have plenty of time to use all the things they learned in the classroom. We have many students requesting internships. All VSBT students will be given priority in seat availability.
