CompuScholar: Web Design (Online Access Code)

Technology is constantly advancing and the need for programmers has never been higher!

Give your homeschooled students a computer science education that can help them understand fundamental computer and programming concepts with Compuscholar. After purchase, you'll receive an email with a code that provides access for one year (two semesters / 34 weeks of daily work) for one student; it is a self-paced course- perfect for homeschoolers who enjoy flexible schedules! Designed to appeal to multiple types of learners, lessons integrate both written text and audio-visual components.

Course features include:

• Step-by-step self-study lessons

• Integrated instructional videos
• Automatically graded lesson quizzes, chapter tests and an electronic gradebook
• Hands-on programming and computing projects with easy-to-follow solutions
• Teacher's guides, project grading rubrics, and fully coded activity solutions

Web Design will teach students (Grades 6-12) how to create their own web pages using HTML and CSS. Each chapter contains one or more hands-on programming labs; students will also have the opportunity to work on two fun, high-quality websites with professional features and experience the phases of a project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, and testing. This course covers fundamental web design skills such as:

• Basic web site layout

• HTML5 symbols and elements
• Text styles
• Hyperlinks and navigation bars
• CSS effects, spacing and positioning
• Graphics and image editing
• Tables
• Page design principles
• Dynamic menus
• Embedded audio and video
• JavaScript and jQuery

This Web Design course does not require any pre-requisite knowledge or courses beyond basic computer skills such as browsing the web, loading and saving files, and using the operating systems on a Windows or Mac computer. No knowledge of programming is required.

System Requirements:

• Windows 7, 8, 10

• Mac OS Version 10.7 or higher
• Any HTML5-compliant web browser
• Komodo Edit (a free, cross-platform software) or alternative IDEs at teacher discretion
• Please Note: No physical Android device or smartphone service is required for this course. All development is done in a free software emulator that runs on a computer.