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Web Design Class for High School Students
Web Design Class for High School Students
In this web design course, high school students learn first-hand how websites are designed and created, and explore what makes a good user experience. Led by professional web designers, students discover the principles of successful UX (user experience) design, exercise creative project planning, create beautiful visual designs, and bring their designs to life in a final interactive website. No prior design or coding experience is necessary for this program.
The web design course for high school students and middle school students also includes the basics of the language behind the web, HTML and CSS, along with planning and visual design aspects of web design. Students interested in more experience with web programming should consider the Web Development Summer Program, either separately, or as a next step upon completion of this course. This web design class is offered both in the summer and as an after-school program during the school year.
Web design course for high school students topics:
- What makes a good website
- Designing a great user experience
- Structuring a website’s content
- Principles of strong visual design
- Typography on the web
- Preparing images for the web
- Creative problem-solving in web projects
- Introduction to HTML and CSS
Apps used for the web design class for high school students:
- Adobe Photoshop for image editing
- Adobe XD for site prototyping
- Code editing such as Sublime Text, Dreamweaver, or Notepad++
By the end of the web design course, students will have gained:
- Knowledge of UX (user experience) and visual design principles
- Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and how websites work
- Insight into the opportunities and challenges of a career in web design
- A final website showcasing their work
Web Design Class for High School Students - after school term sample schedule
The after-school class section meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST.
6:00 pm - Workshops start: learn new topics and techniques from live instructor
6:45 pm - Complete practice exercises
7:00 pm - Learn new topics and techniques
7:30pm - Individual or collaborative project work
7:45 pm - Complete, review and share projects
8:00 pm - Class ends
Web Design Class for High School Students - summer term sample schedule
The summer class section meets daily from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm EST.
10:00 am - Workshops start: learn new topics and techniques from live instructor
10:30 am - Complete practice exercises
10:45 am - Morning break
11:00 am - Learn new topics and techniques
11:45 pm - Project planning
12:30 pm - Individual or collaborative project work
12:45 pm - Complete, review and share projects
1:00 pm - Class ends for the day
Questions about the web design for high school student classes? Call us at: 781-376-6044.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs:
Please call 800-851-9237 or 781-376-6044 to schedule a course.
Web Design for High School Students Course Topics
Understanding User Experience (UX) Design for Websites
- Establishing a UX design strategy and process
- Tips for creating a great User Interface (UI)
- Essential UX and UI design principles
- Structure of a website
- Importance of typography in UX
- Building a wireframe for UX Design
- UX testing and feedback
- Taking advantage of motion in UX design
- UX feedback and iteration process
Building websites
- Web design tools
- Fundamentals of web design programming with HTML and CSS
- Graphics, color, & transparency
- CSS for formatting text
- Creating layouts with CSS
- Designing for browser compatibility
- Introduction to interactivity & multimedia
- Designing for mobile devices
There are no prerequisites for this course. It is open to high school students and middle school students ages 13 to 18. Computers are provided for use during the course.
Participants receive comprehensive curriculum for this class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI who are the authors of more than 50 books on digital design. AGI instructors have created many of the official training guides and books for Adobe Systems.