This course is an extension of MDIA 1205 and/or MDIA 1206. It introduces the more advanced XHTML functions involved in creating interactive forms using CGI, frame-based websites, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). See MDIA 1205 or 1206 for technical requirements. Prerequisites: MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206

This course is a continuation of the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) concepts introduced in MDIA 1205/1206 and MDIA 2205. MDIA 3201 will begin with a review of the basic concepts and then move into more complex topics. Page layout, CSS menus, styling data-tables and forms will be covered. Advanced topics will be covered in a subsequent course. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205

This course concentrates on using and modifying commercial and/or freeware JavaScript routines to enhance the content of Web pages. To fully understand how JavaScript scripts work and how they may be modified, students will be asked to create short JavaScript routines using manual coding. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205

This course concentrates on using new media such as Flash to enhance Web pages. While utilizing Flash will form the basis of this course, students will be encouraged to employ other new media, as it becomes available. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205

Topics for this course will include: online shopping, enhancing your business with the Internet, the virtual storefront, setting up a company in British Columbia, creating a business plan, demographic research, targeting your population, designing an e-commerce site, serving an e-commerce site, using credit cards, security in e-commerce transactions, marketing and promotion, (including advertising considerations, using the print media, search service submissions, banner advertising and banner exchanges, trade links, and cross-linking), Internet malls and portals, maintaining your site, locating clients, client consultation, and services and fees. The content of this course will articulate closely with MDIA 4206 and the two may be taken concurrently. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205

This course is the culmination of the Associate Certificate program and will concentrate on the development of a comprehensive website for a real client. Students will be encouraged to locate a volunteer organization desiring a website or use some organization or business with which they are closely associated. In addition to locating the client, other tasks will include designing and storyboarding the site in consultation with the client, articulating the content of the site as dictated by the client, creating a domain name, mounting the site using a commercial ISP, registering the site with search services, cross linking the site with other similar organizations and maintaining and testing the site for a period of six weeks. The tutor will be constantly available for consultation during this process. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all required and elective courses.MDIA 4205 may be taken concurrently.

This course will deal with three broad design areas: website usability, website accessibility (for those with physical disabilities), and collaborative Web design. The course will also cover the theories behind design, navigation, layout, and the effective use of colour. The assignments will be specifically designed to simulate situations learners will encounter in the working world, both in a designer/client relationship and working collaboratively as part of a design team. By the end of the course, learners will have the tools to turn your sites into functional works of art that also meet all of the current design guidelines for usability and accessibility. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205

This course will focus on advanced Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) techniques and will build upon the skills learned in MDIA 3201 (Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This course will cover advanced page layout functions, floats, how to apply curves to box corners, learning the shorthand properties to minimize your CSS file length, how to deal with browser bugs and designing for a variety of media types. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 3201

This is an introduction to using XHTML (EXtensible HyperText Markup Language) and XML (EXtensible Markup Language) to enhance Web page design and for e-commerce applications. Topics will include moving from HTML to XHTML, XHTML element structure, style sheets (including CSS and XSL), using JavaScript to display XML, using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), and an introduction to XML DOCTYYPES and Schemas and their use. The course will include an introduction to using XML in a Web publishing environment. Prerequisite: Completion of the Associate Certificate Web Technologies.

This course is designed to build on the skills learned in the introductory Flash course to help students make their Flash animations more interesting and interactive. Topics for this course include: controlling multiple timelines, changing movie clip properties, variables, conditional statements, preloaders, draggable objects, controlling the mouse, and Flash in HTML. By the end of the course students will be able to make fully interactive Flash movies and incorporate them into their HTML to bring their sites to the next level. Prerequisite: Completion of the Associate Certificate Web Technologies.

This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of creating dynamic, interactive Web pages using Active Server Pages (ASP) technology. Topics will include: an introduction to ASP, ASP syntax, an introduction to VBScript, the request, response, server, application, and session objects, working with components, and connecting databases to ASP pages. Projects for the course will include creating an interactive guest book, a virtual radio station, a chat room, a classified ads database, and a restaurant menu database. Prerequisite: Completion of the Associate Certificate Web Technologies.

This course begins with an overview of the basic and advanced CSS functions necessary for writing DHTML and AJAX scripts. Other topics include DHTML basics, the DHTML environment, using objects and events, integrating dynamic CSS with DHTML, AJAX basics, and using CSS, DHTML and AJAX for page layout, content, navigation, and page controls. Prerequisites: May be taken as a stand-alone course with MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206, and MDIA 3201, MDIA 3207 and MDIA 4305 or equivalent as prerequisites.

This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of creating dynamic, interactive Web pages using PHP technology. Topics will include: an introduction to PHP, PHP syntax, using variables HTML forms and PHP, doing math in PHP,using strings, basic control structures, using arrays, employing regular expressions, creating functions,working with files and directories, using databases in PHP, employing cookies, creating Web applications, and debugging PHP scripts. Prerequisite: Completion of the Associate Certificate Web Technologies.

This course is the culmination of the Certificate in Web Technologies. The main goal of this course is to draw together all of the knowledge and skills that you have acquired in the Associate Certificate and the Certificate programs and present them in terms of a personal online portfolio. You should consider this course in the same class as a visual artist's design portfolio. There will be 10 assignments (portfolio pages) and each assignment should focus on a specific skill or technique, although you will also want to include other design elements to create a well balanced page. You should approach this course in terms of creating a marketing tool you can use to demonstrate your background and skill set to prospective clients. There will be no notes for this course but you may feel free to draw upon the expertise of our entire team of instructors for assistance. Assignments for this course will be assessed by a minimum of three instructors from the Web Technologies Program. The instructors chosen to do the assessment will be selected based upon the special skills/techniques selected for each assignment submission. The goal of this course is to aid learners in the development of an online personal portfolio illustrating the extend of their skills and techniques as developed in this program. The results will be very like that of a visual artists' portfolio. The portfolio, when complete, may be used for marketing purposes. Prerequisite: Completion of all courses in the Certificate Program.

This course will introduce students to the creation of web pages using the Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and the UTF-8 Character set. Students will learn to code web pages both manually and with the assistance of the open-source HTML editor Nvu (formerly Netscape Composer and available free at http://www.nvu.com). The use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) will be introduced. Students will learn to analyze commercial websites in order to gain insight into the design and storyboarding of their own pages. The course will also deal with publishing, marketing, and maintaining an Internet or Intranet site. This course is offered entirely on the Internet. Students must have access to the Internet, a personal e-mail account, and a PC pentium/dual core or Macintosh PPC/Intel with 512 MB or more of RAM. Prerequisite: Computer keyboard experience; Familiarity with the World Wide Web; Ability to download, install and maintain the necessary software; Ability to use e-mail (including attachments).

This course will introduce students to the creation of web pages using the Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and using the UTF-8 Character set. Students will learn to code Web pages both manually and with the assistance of the HTML editor Adobe Dreamweaver (available at academic prices at the BCIT bookstore http://www.bcit.ca/bookstore/). The use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) will be introduced. Students will learn to analyze commercial websites in order to gain insight into the design and storyboarding of their own pages. The course will also deal with publishing, marketing, and maintaining an Internet or Intranet site. This course is offered entirely on the Internet. Students must have access to the Internet, a personal e-mail account, and a PC Pentium/Dual Core or Macintosh PPC/Intel with 512 MB or more of RAM. Prerequisite: Computer keyboard experience; Familiarity with the World Wide Web; Ability to download, install and maintain the necessary software; Ability to use e-mail (including attachments).

This course proves a basic introduction to the Adobe Photoshop interface and tools. Topics covered will include the basics of colour and images; painting and editing tools; making selections; using layers; working with type, using paths, channels and masks; correcting digital colour; and using filters. The course will end with the process of optimizing images for delivery on the Internet. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205

This course covers all aspects of preparing images for publication on the Internet, including image file formats, browser-safe colours, transparency, tiling, typography, scanning, animations, image mapping, and graphical layout using image slices. The course will be offered entirely on the Internet. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205

This course deals with the procedures and processes involved in publishing audio and video material on the Internet, including audio file formats, audio sample rates, audio resolution, audio compression, video file formats, and video compression. Students must have access to hardware capable of digitizing sound as well as an audio digitizing software package such as Audacity (both platforms; free), SoundForge (for the PC), or BAIS Peak (for the Macintosh), and QuickTime Pro and Real Producer (free). Assignments will not require the digitization of video. Prerequisites: (MDIA 1205 or MDIA 1206) and MDIA 2205