Web designers build websites.
Web designers create the webpages that appear on the Internet. Sometimes they are tasked with creating graphics or illustrations, while at other times their primary concern is the architecture of the website. While there are software programs to assist in website creation, many professionals use or at least understand the basic languages of the internet, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) or Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML). Web design courses for beginning and intermediate students are available at multiple locations in New Hampshire.
NHTI
According to its website, NHTI is the sole community college in New Hampshire that offers dormitories, intercollegiate athletics, a student center and a campus housed in multiple buildings. Located in Concord, NHTI also offers students organizations and clubs, cultural events, community service opportunities health services and student counseling.
As of 2010, NHTI offers two web design courses. The first, web design and development, gives students an overview of the basics of graphic design as it relates to the web. Students learn about website planning and testing, page layout, website navigation and web hosting. Other topics include color and images, website marketing and legal issues. Students in this course design, develop and publish their own websites.
Web design and development II continues where the first course leaves off. Students learn to create animation, develop interactive websites and add sound. Projects include creating an animated website with audio. Class participants also learn to publish multimedia sites, create drop-down menus and study vector graphics.
NHTI
31 College Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-7134
nhti.edu
White Mountains Community College
New Hampshire's White Mountains Community College has a main campus in Berlin as well as centers in Conway, Littleton and Woodsville. The school is geared toward both undergraduate students interested in transferring to four-year schools as well as adult learners seeking to enhance their professional skills.
White Mountains Community College's web design I course is three credit hours and gives students an introduction to webpage design, navigation, layout, tables and forms and image creation. The web design II class is also three credits and covers interactive web pages, HTML forms, database lookup and surveys, shopping carts and cookies.
White Mountains Community College
2020 Riverside Drive
Berlin, NH 03570
800-445-4525
wmcc.edu
Lakes Region Community College
Students at Lakes Region Community College in Laconia are of all ages and backgrounds. This includes students fresh from high school, those returning for a certificate and professionals interested in advancing their careers.
Lakes Region Community College offers two courses in web design. The first, designing for the web I, teaches students website development in Adobe Dreamweaver software. Class topics include interface, workflow, site management, cascading style sheets, tables, behaviors and optimizing images for the Internet. Students receive weekly critiques that address both typography and graphic design.
Designing for the web II continues with Adobe Dreamweaver software. Students learn about accessibility, media objects and Spry tools. As in the first course, weekly critiques address both typography and graphic design.
Lakes Region Community College
379 Belmont Road
Laconia, NH 03246-1364
603-524-3207
lrcc.edu
