COMM 241 - Graphic Designer Web Pages

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
In this advanced electronic skills class, the student will build on skills learned in their previous classes to create and design a web page with Graphic Design sophistication and flair.

Prerequisite COMM 112 and COMM 110.

A. Design type for the web page.

B. Create graphics for the web page.

C. Design and create a Graphic Designer web page.

D. Design tiled backgrounds.

Content
A. Tools of web page design.

B. Advanced techniques of web page design.

C. Preparing files for importing into a web page program.

D. Techniques for designing stylized fonts and art for the web page.

E. Design of a web page using appropriate Graphic Design sophistication.

Student Evaluation
Evaluation will be based upon student presentations and creative projects.Bibliography
Gardiner. Digital Photo Illustration. KY: Van Nostrand, Reinhold, 1994.

Maran, Ruth and Paul Whitehead. Creating Web Pages Simplified. NY: IDG Books Worldwide, 1996.

McClelland, D. and Katrin Eismann. Web Design Studio Secrets. NY: IDG Books Worldwide, 1998.

Smith, Bud, and Arthur Beback. Creating Web Pages for Dummies. NY: IDG Books Worldwide, 1996.

Weinmann, Lynda. Designing for Web Graphics 2 - How to Prepare Images and Media for the Web. New Riders Publishing, 1997.

Whitney, Patrick. Computers in Design. NY: Random House, 1985.

Whitney, P. F. and C. Kent, Eds. Design in the Information Environment: How Computing is Changing the Problems, Processes and Theories of Design. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985.