Basics of Web Design: HTML5 & CSS3: Pearson New International Edition - Softcover

Felke-Morris, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292025468 ISBN 13: 9781292025469

Publisher: Pearson, 2013

Synopsis

Intended for use in a beginning web design or web development course

 

The Basics of Web Design: HTML5 & CSS3, 2e takes a unique approach to prepare students to design web pages that work today in addition to being ready to take advantage of HTML5 coding techniques of the future. The text covers the basic concepts that web designers need to develop their skills:

• Introductory Internet and Web concepts
• Creating web pages with HTML5
• Configuring text, color, and page layout with Cascading Style Sheets
• Configuring images and multimedia on web pages
• Web design best practices
• Accessibility, usability, and search engine optimization considerations
• Obtaining a domain name and web host
• Publishing to the Web

 

Teaching and Learning Experience

To provide a better teaching and learning experience, for both instructors and students, this program will:

• Apply Theory and/or Research: A well-rounded foundation of hard and soft skills will help students as they pursue careers as web professionals.
• Engage Students: Hands-on practice exercises and a running case study offer real-world perspective, and keep students interested in the material.
• Support Instructors and Students: Student files for web page Hands-on Practice exercises and the case study are available on the companion website.

About this title

About the Author:

 

Dr. Terry Ann Felke-Morris is an Associate Professor at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. She holds a Doctor of Education degree, a Master of Science degree in information systems, and numerous certifications, including Adobe Certified Dreamweaver 8 Developer, WOW Certified Associate Webmaster, Microsoft Certified Professional, Master CIW Designer, and CIW Certified Instructor.

 

Dr. Morris is an innovative instructor and was awarded the Harper College 2002-2003 Glenn A. Reich Memorial Award for Instructional Technology in recognition of her efforts. In 2006, she received the 2006 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Online Course Award for use of Internet technology in the academic environment. Dr. Morris was chosen by the Instructional Technology Council (ITC) as the recipient of their 2008 Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award for Excellence.

 

With over 20 years of information technology experience in business and industry, Dr. Felke-Morris published her first website in 1996 and has been working with the Web ever since. A long-time promoter of Web standards, she has been a member of the Web Standards Project Education Task Force. Dr. Morris is the author of the popular Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML textbook, currently in its sixth edition. She was instrumental in developing the Web Development degree and certificate programs at Harper College and currently is the senior faculty member in that area. For more information about Dr. Felke-Morris, visit http://terrymorris.net.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1292025468
• ISBN 13: 9781292025469
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384