About this course: It used to be the case that everyone viewed webpages on about the same size screen. But with the explosion of the use of smartphones to access the Internet, the landscape of design has completely changed. People viewing your site will now expect that it will perform regardless of the platform (smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer). This ability to respond to any platform is called responsive design. This course will expand upon the basic knowledge of CSS3 to include topics such as wireframes, fluid design, media queries, and the use of existing styling paradigms such as Bootstrap. After the course, learners will be able to: ** Explain the mobile-first paradigm and the importance of wireframes in the design phase ** Create sites that behave across a range of platforms ** Utilize existing design frameworks such as Bootstrap This is the fourth course in the Web Design For Everybody specialization. A basic understanding of HTML and CSS is expected when you enroll in this class. Additional courses focus on adding interactivity with the JavaScript Programming Language and completing a capstone project.
Created by: University of Michigan
Taught by: Colleen van Lent, Ph.D., Lecturer
School of Information
| Basic Info | Course 4 of 5 in the Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Week One: Style with Responsive Design
What does it mean to have responsive design for your site? How can you tell if your existing site is responsive? This week we will begin with the theories behind the "mobile-first paradigm" - the idea that your mobile site should provide everything needed, not a pared-down version of a good page. We end the week by taking the first concrete step of using fluid measurements in your CSS.
6 videos, 9 readings
- Reading: Syllabus
- Reading: Resources
- Reading: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Video: Introduction to Responsive Design
- Reading: Help us learn more about you!
- Video: What is Responsive Design?
- Video: Testing Existing Sites
- Video: Benefits of Responsive Design
- Discussion Prompt: Optional Discussion: Site reviews
- Reading: Fluid Measurements background readings
- Video: Fluid Measurements
- Video: Code With Me: Fluid Measurements
- Discussion Prompt: Optional Discussion: Can a file use fluid and absolute measurements together?
- Reading: Notice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission
- Reading: Pixel to Em conversion tool
- Reading: Dynamically change the size of font with sliders
- Reading: Optional: CSS definitions of relative and absolute
- Discussion Prompt: Your personal Responsive Design Story
Graded: Basic Concepts in Responsive Design approaches
WEEK 2
Week Two: Basic Concepts
This week you will get a chance to put the theories into practice using media queries in your CSS. These queries can automatically detect the size of the browser being used to view the page so that you can decide what type of look you want to achieve. There will also be a discussion on common practices for designing your different views at various screen sizes ("viewports").
6 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Media Queries
- Video: Code With Me: Fluid Measurements and Media Queries
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz -- Challenge Problem
- Video: Wire Frames
- Video: Breakpoints
- Video: Media Queries Part Two
- Video: Code With Me: Responsive Navigation
- Peer Review: OPTIONAL -- Create a responsive style sheet
- Reading: OPTIONAL: Good examples of responsive design
Graded: Week Two Review: Media Queries and breakpoints
WEEK 3
Week Three: Use Existing Frameworks
After every good programmer has put in time creating sites from scratch, it is common to utilize existing tools out there. After all, why recreate the wheel? The work you have done up to this point will give you the knowledge needed to craft your own unique sites from these frameworks. This week we will work with Bootstrap, a framework that uses HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript (but don't worry if you have never used JavaScript yourself).
7 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Frameworks
- Video: Introduction to Twitter Bootstrap 3
- Video: Bootstrap Breakpoints
- Video: Getting Started with Twitter Bootstrap
- Video: Bootstrap Grid System
- Practice Quiz: OPTIONAL - Grid System Check
- Video: Code With Me: Grid Example
- Video: Bootstrap Navigation
- Discussion Prompt: Optional Discussion: Standards vs Convenience
- Peer Review: OPTIONAL - Use Bootstrap to create a responsive page
- Reading: Optional - Demystifying Bootstrap
Graded: Week Three Review: Bootstrap
WEEK 4
Week Four: Experiment!
This week is dedicated to solving those little issues that pop up when you move from theory to practice. We look at more advanced framework options and also hear from people who are using the techniques covered in this course.
9 videos, 4 readings
- Video: Responsive Images
- Video: Bootstrap Tables
- Video: Code With Me: Advanced Navigation
- Video: What Are Templates?
- Video: Optional Interview: M W
- Video: Optional Interview: H W
- Video: Optional: Interview with H N
- Video: Bootstrap 4
- Video: Conclusion
- Peer Review: OPTIONAL: Photo Gallery
- Reading: Optional: The Evolution of the Airbnb front-end deveopment
- Reading: OPTIONAL - Debugging your style
- Reading: OPTIONAL - More resources for learning to debug/develop
- Reading: Post-course Survey
Graded: Responsive Design Final Assessment
FAQs
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Ratings and Reviews
The knowledge are very limited in bootstrap. We need more practical understanding. For example, the code for the advanced navigation is almost completely out of course and we need a lot of personal study to be able to follow up.
Loved it! I was aware of responsive design before starting this course but this really helped to strengthen my knowledge. I was also vaguely aware of frameworks and Bootstrap - this really helped me to understand it better and want to try it :)
Thank you!
good platform to learn responsive design .
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Very informative and useful course. I haven learned tons of things to customize my site. I really love the professor by the way she teaches and designs course contents