MU4007 Web Design and Management Syllabus:

MU4007 Web Design and Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To have the exposure to Design Thinking and Web Design standards
 To assimilate the Design Principles
 To Understand the responsive design and development with front end web technologies and frameworks
 To get familiarity with Web Hosting services and Security
 To Design and build a Website with HTML, JS, CSS / CMS – Word press or other open source tools

UNIT I WEB DESIGN STANDARDS AND USABILITY

Design Thinking, W3C Standards for HTML and CSS, JavaScript and Web APIs, Web Accessibility standards, Graphics, AUdio and Video, Accessibility, Internationalization, Mobile Web and Privacy.

UNIT II WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Setting a vision, strategies for simplicity, Understanding the web environment, Design for multiple screen resolutions, Planning the site, Planning navigation, create the look and feel, Designing for the user, Designing for accessibility, Don’t make people think, How people really use the web, designing for scanning not reading, Designing the home page, Forms that work, Usability testing, Web Design best practices.

UNIT III WEB DESIGN WITH CSS, JAVASCRIPT AND OTHER LIBRARIES

Web Authoring tools – Creating Web Graphics – using CSS – CSS Selectors, Typography, Color Modes, aesthetics – Formatting text – Colors and Background – Padding, Borders and Margins – Floating and positioning – Page Layout with CSS – Transition, Fluid Layout, Flexbox, and Responsive Images Layout with CSS Grid, Using SVGs for Resolution Independence, Transitions, Transforms and Animation, Media Queries – Supporting Different Viewports- Sass for Responsive Web Design – Mobile-First or Desktop-First – Images and Videos in Responsive Web Design – Javascript – Using Java Script, Jquery, React, ANGULAR for designing web pages

UNIT IV WEB HOSTING and SECURITY

Web Hosting Basics, Types of Hosting Packages, Registering domains, Defining Name Servers, Using Control Panel, Creating Emails in Cpanel , Using FTP Client, Maintaining a Website Concepts of SEO : Basics of SEO, Importance of SEO, Onpage Optimization Basics, WebSite Security.

UNIT V CASE STUDY AND CMS

Using HTML, CSS, JS or using Opensource CMS like WordPress, zoomla, DRUPAL, design and develop a Website having Aesthetics, Advanced and Minimal UI Transitions based on the project – Host and manage the project live in any public hosting.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

On Successful completion of the course ,Students will be able to
CO1:Use Web standards guidelines for designing websites
CO2:Design and build responsive web pages with CSS
CO3:Design and build interactive web pages with JavaScript Jquery, React, Angular,
CO4:Explore the hosting services available and Manage, Maintain and Support Web Apps
CO5:Use Web authoring tools and create websites consistent with standards.

REFERENCES:

1. https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/
2. Steve Krug, “Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)”, New Riders Press, 2014.
3. Giles Colborne, “Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design”, 2nd Edition, New Riders Press, 2018.
4. Jeol Sklar, Principles of Web Design, Course Technology Inc, 6th Edition, 2014.
5. Jennifer Niederst Robbins, “Learning Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics”, O’REILLY 5th Edition, 2018.
6. Ben Frain, “Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS: Develop future-proof responsive websites using the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques”, 3rd Edition, Packt Publishing, 2020
7. Jon Duckett, “HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites”, John Wiley and Sons, edition 2014
8. Jon Duckett, Jack Moore, “JavaScript and JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development “, 1st Edition, Wiley, 2014
10. WordPress – http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/wp-tutorials/
11. Harvey M. Deitel,Paul J,,Abbey Deitel.,”Internet & World Wide Web How to Program”, fifth edition , Pearson Education, 2020.
12. Scobey, Pawan Lingras, “Web Programming and Internet Technologies An ECommerce Approach”, Second Edition, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2016.
13. Laura Lemay Rafe Coburn Jennifer Kyrnin, “Mastering Html, Css & Javascript Web Publishing”, SAMS/BPB Publishers, 1st Edition, 2016.
14. Steven M. Schafer, “HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible, 5ed”, Wiley India, 2010
15. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/books.html