Web Design Fundamentals FWDP 1100

This course covers the theory and best practices of web design fundamentals. Topics include screen-design principles; web layout and design; digital colour theory; typography fundamentals; image and web graphics sourcing, handling and copyright. Students will learn the best practices in creating designs for responsive web sites that adapt to different screen sizes using the fundamental design and usability principles for layout, such as visual hierarchy, colours, fonts, readability, proportions, alignments, and white space. In this class, students will explore in detail the differences between raster and vector graphics and basic techniques suitable for digital image creation, manipulation, and management. Students will develop practical skills will be developed in how to colour correct, resize, and resample images as well as how to use transparency settings and automate the resizing and saving of large numbers of images for the web. Evaluation will include lab assignments.