The capstone will develop a professional-quality web portfolio. Students will demonstrate the ability to design and implement a responsive site for a minimum of three platforms. Adherence to validation and accessibility standards will be required. The evolving student implementations will be reviewed each week by capstone peers and teaching assistants to make sure that the student keeps up with the agenda of the course.
Upon completion of this course students will feel comfortable creating and/or updating existing front-end sites, utilizing existing frameworks, and testing sites for accessibility compliance.
This course is only open to students who have completed the first four courses in the Web Design for Everybody specialization: Introduction to HTML5, Introduction to CSS3, Interactivity with JavaScript, and Advanced Styling with Responsive Design.
This course is part of the Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization
Web Design for Everybody Capstone
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Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) SpecializationUniversity of Michigan
About this Course
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Skills you will gain
Web DesignHtmlJavaScriptCascading Style Sheets (CCS)
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1Week One: Introduction
Welcome to the Web Design for Everyone Capstone!!! It really is my intention to make sure that everyone who completes this capstone will have a product they are proud of. The challenge is that "everyone" is actually a very diverse group of people, each person coming in with different skill sets and interests. So in this course you will pick from one of three portfolio options to complete. The goal of this approach is to help students self-select into appropriate peer groups.
2 videos (Total 13 min), 11 readings, 1 quiz
11 readings
Special Announcement for New Capstone Students10m
Important FAQs10m
Help us learn more about you!10m
Portfolio Objectives10m
Portfolio Requirements10m
Building your site from scratch10m
Building your site from a template10m
Building your site using a framework10m
Portfolio Grading Rubric10m
Previous Week One Office Hours10m
Extra Resources10m
Week
2Week Two: Design Phase
Students will submit wireframes for a multi-part online portfolio. The topic of your site is your choice, but you will be expected to fulfill a small checklist of requirements with respect to the amount of proposed content and the variety of HTML5 tags. Emphasis will be on ability to demonstrate mobile-first paradigm design.
4 readings, 1 quiz
4 readings
Wireframes/Design Sketches10m
Previous Week Two Office Hours10m
Assessing the Design Sketches10m
Notice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission10m
Week
3Week Three: Review and Preparation Phase
This week you will continue to review your fellow students designs. Feedback will be based on layout, proposed content, and accessibility. The goal is that these peer reviews will inspire you to attempt something more on your site (or provide the feedback that lets you know you may want to scale down your own expectations.) You will begin to create the content of your site as you wait for the reviews of your project to be created.
8 videos (Total 53 min), 6 readings
8 videos
Using the WAVE Tool6m
Utilizing Developer Tools5m
Sticky Footers10m
Embedding a Google Calendar5m
Using Bootstrap to Add a Carousel7m
Adding a Lightbox Plugin5m
Font Awesome5m
6 readings
Previous Week Three Office Hours10m
WebAIM quick reference10m
OPTIONAL: Recent article on accessibility10m
The Safari Web Inspector Guide10m
Firefox Developer Tools10m
Preparing your Images10m
Week
4Week Four: Coding Phase
Using the feedback you received from other capstone participants you will begin to style your portfolio. At the end of Week Five you will have the opportunity to submit your intermediate work for review.
2 videos (Total 10 min), 2 readings
2 readings
Working "locally"10m
Previous Week Four Office Hours10m
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By DD•Mar 14th 2018
Whoa! I finally completed it! Thanks to the Professor and teaching staff for all the help! This is a fabulous course and I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in web development. :)
By LH•Nov 14th 2016
Great course ...thanks to Professor DR. Van Lent and her team. I have learned a lot about Responsive Web Design and the need to take accessibility into account when undertaking web design.
Instructors
Colleen van Lent, Ph.D.
LecturerSchool of Information
Charles Severance
Associate ProfessorSchool of Information
About University of Michigan
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.
About the Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization
This Specialization covers how to write syntactically correct HTML5 and CSS3, and how to create interactive web experiences with JavaScript. Mastering this range of technologies will allow you to develop high quality web sites that, work seamlessly on mobile, tablet, and large screen browsers accessible. During the capstone you will develop a professional-quality web portfolio demonstrating your growth as a web developer and your knowledge of accessible web design. This will include your ability to design and implement a responsive site that utilizes tools to create a site that is accessible to a wide audience, including those with visual, audial, physical, and cognitive impairments.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Once you enroll for a Certificate, you’ll have access to all videos, quizzes, and programming assignments (if applicable). Peer review assignments can only be submitted and reviewed once your session has begun. If you choose to explore the course without purchasing, you may not be able to access certain assignments.
What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
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