Web Design for Everybody Capstone

About this course: 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.

Created by:  University of Michigan

• Taught by:  Colleen van Lent, Ph.D., Lecturer

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Basic Info Course 5 of 5 in the Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization Commitment 6 weeks of study, 6-8 hours/week Language English How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 4.7 stars Average User Rating 4.7See what learners said Coursework

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Week 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, 11 readings expand

1. Reading: Special Announcement for New Capstone Students
2. Video: Welcome
3. Reading: Important FAQs
4. Discussion Prompt: Students from earlier cohort - READ ME
5. Reading: Help us learn more about you!
6. Reading: Portfolio Objectives
7. Reading: Portfolio Requirements
8. Video: Portfolio Options
9. Reading: Building your site from scratch
10. Reading: Building your site from a template
11. Reading: Building your site using a framework
12. Reading: Portfolio Grading Rubric
13. Reading: Previous Week One Office Hours
14. Reading: Extra Resources
15. Discussion Prompt: Template sources
16. Discussion Prompt: Framework options
17. LTI Item: Introduce yourself

WEEK 2


Week 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.


3 readings expand

1. Reading: Wireframes/Design Sketches
2. Discussion Prompt: What is the topic for your portfolio?
3. Reading: Previous Week Two Office Hours
4. Reading: Assessing the Design Sketches

Graded: Design Sketch demo for a site coded from scratch

WEEK 3


Week 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, 6 readings expand

1. Reading: Previous Week Three Office Hours
2. Video: Using the W3 Validator
3. Video: Using the WAVE Tool
4. Reading: WebAIM quick reference
5. Reading: OPTIONAL: Recent article on accessibility
6. Video: Utilizing Developer Tools
7. Reading: The Safari Web Inspector Guide
8. Reading: Firefox Developer Tools
9. Video: Sticky Footers
10. Video: Embedding a Google Calendar
11. Video: Using Bootstrap to Add a Carousel
12. Video: Adding a Lightbox Plugin
13. Video: Font Awesome
14. Reading: Preparing your Images

WEEK 4


Week 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, 2 readings expand

1. Video: Setting Up a Byethost Account
2. Video: Uploading Files to Your Account using Byethost
3. Reading: Working "locally"
4. Discussion Prompt: Hosting Options
5. Reading: Previous Week Four Office Hours

WEEK 5


Week Five: Validation and Review Phase
This week you will validate and test your site. You will write a summary of the results and explain (if necessary) why you needed to violate any coding conventions.


3 readings expand

1. Reading: Previous Week Five Office Hours
2. Reading: Why Validate?
3. Reading: (Optional) Creating a screen capture video
4. Discussion Prompt: Validation Issues?? Put them here!
5. LTI Item: Demo your portfolio (coded from scratch)
6. LTI Item: Demo your portfolio (designed from a template)
7. LTI Item: Demo your portfolio (designed using a framework)

WEEK 6


Week Six: Revise and Submit Phase
We will conclude with a period of peer-review and modifications to your site. By the end of this week you will have a unique, responsive, accessible portfolio. Congratulations!!


1 video, 3 readings expand

1. Reading: Previous Week Six Office Hours
2. Video: Congratulations
3. Reading: Portfolio Grading Rubric
4. Reading: Post-Course Survey

Graded: Demo you portfolio (designed from scratch)