MK-2-122

• Media culture 2014 - Online media
• Media culture 2015 - Online media
• Media culture 2016 - Online media
• Media culture 2017 - Online media
• Media culture 2018 - Online media

• 1 (2018-08-01 to 2018-10-21)
• 2 (2018-10-22 to 2018-12-31)

English

Optional

First

2

10 cr

The course aims to enable students to design, maintain and administer a range of CMS installations that meet the specified needs of a client.

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to

1. Understand the benefits of automating the input and maintenance of a web site

2. Understand the importance of completely separating structure and content

3. Create and administer a Wordpress web site

4. Create a Wordpress theme for a specified user group

5. Integrate Wordpress with other online services to fully manage a site's content

Block 1: introduction to Wordpress ; creating a wordpress.com site

Block 2: administering, theming and customising a site

Block 3: IDEs: using DesktopServer and phpStorm; the anatomy of a theme

Block 4: developing a single-page site; customising a theme

Block 5: creating a site built using Foundation

Block 6: finalising a Foundation based site

Block 7: wordpress, social sites and forums: Buddypress and BBpress

Block 8: creating a social site from scratch

Students must

1. Understand the fundamental principles of web design

2. Understand the principles of pixel-based design theory

3. Demonstrate an ability to use a broad set of current tools

4. Be able to create a working web site that follows current best practice.

5. Specifically students must be able to work with html 5, css 3 and the Zurb Foundation framework.

The course will contain numerous playlists drawn from Lynda.com

• Lectures - 40 hours
• Individual- and group instruction - 50 hours
• Practical exercises - 80 hours
• Project- and production work/artistic activities - 60 hours
• Internet-based studies - 40 hours

• Total workload of the course: 270 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 270 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Project 1: a wordpress installation to a brief
Project 2: a one-page installation to a brief
Project 3: a theme created using Foundation
Project 4: a social media site

Projects 1 to 3 will count for 20% each. Project 4 will count for 40% of the marks.

The emphasis is on the practical work done within deadlines. Absence without notifying the teacher affects the grading even if all tasks would be finished within given timetable.

Kelly Owen

Kelly Owen

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit (19 students enrolled)

12 months after course has ended

2018-08-13 to 2018-09-09

Date will be announced later - Reports and productions