Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University - Washington, DC Campus
Washington, DC, United States
http://www.cdiabu.com/

E-commerce

Many of today’s Internet giants allow programmatic interaction with their services. In this module students learn the basics of incorporating web services into their applications to provide value-added functionality, including e-commerce options. Using AJAX techniques, this new functionality will be incorporated into students�websites....
 

Students learn the basic techniques for creating web applications that require heavy user interaction. AJAX has emerged as a powerful platform for building web applications with extensive client-side interactivity. Unlike older approaches, which require reloading the entire page with every postback, AJAX uses the JavaScript DOM, XMLHttpRequest object, XML and CSS to download and display only th......
 

ActionScript provides experienced Flash designers with the tools and experience they need to create dynamically generated, event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. This module teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties and methods and then proceeds through conditions, loops, event ......
 

This module explores the socialization of the web and web content. Students learn how to provide a complete solution for prospective clients that uses web development techniques and how these technologies are used to build community-centric websites. Students begin building their final projects, focusing not just on building websites, but on what it takes to build web communities....
 

Drupal is one of many Open Source content management systems. It provides an infrastructure that incorporates content socialization concepts such as blogs, podcasts, forums and newsletters and provides a collaborative authoring environment for content. Students learn how to leverage these features to provide a fully managed web environment for prospective clients....
 

Students learn the basic principles of object-oriented programming and the benefits of adopting this approach for some projects. Topics include the creation of classes and functions, overloading and encapsulation. Students learn to create an authentication system with PHP that uses object-oriented techniques....
 

This module allows students to extend their knowledge of PHP by manipulating and processing XML documents with PHP’s XML functions. Students learn to create their own XML parsers and understand the benefits of this approach for processing data from multiple documents. The options and benefits of different approaches will be discussed as they apply to large documents....
 

In this module students extend their knowledge of XML by using more complex XML documents. Students begin using XPATH and XSL to transform XML into formats suitable for their web applications. Topics include integrating and transforming data from multiple XML documents and an introduction to structured logic constructs within XSL and XPATH....
 

This module covers the principles of XML document structure and examines how organizations typically use XML to format data. Students are introduced to XSLT for the selective processing and formatting of XML data and integration of the formatted data into their web pages....
 

This module introduces the concepts behind integrating database content into web pages. Students receive a foundation in MySQL, an open source relational database, and Structured Query Language (SQL) concepts for the reading and writing of relational data. PHP is introduced as a way to connect to a database from within a website and intersperse the content into a web page....
 

Students learn how to build dynamic, interactive web pages using JavaScript. They develop a familiarity with fundamental scripting concepts such as objects, properties and methods and learn how to create image rollovers and pop-up windows, and use the Document Object Model (DOM) for basic form validation....
 

Get ready for your future in building next-generation rich media with the Web Development Certificate. Learn how to create dynamic, data-driven websites and Internet applications today’s users and companies are demanding. Working with the same tools the professionals use, you’ll develop content-rich websites that use databases and programming languages to display context-sensitive web content. ......
 

Web designers in today’s marketplace should have a basic understanding of how to make their web pages interactive. This module provides a gentle introduction to browser and server-side scripting. Topics include how to create interactive forms, automatic headers and footers, dropdown menus and rollovers. This module also provides an introduction to e-commerce features such as a PHP shopping cart......
 

This module focuses on creating animated Flash movies for the web. Students explore Flash drawing tools, work with text and animate objects, use symbols and instances, learn motion tweening and more. Emphasis is placed on integrating Flash into existing web pages....
 

This module introduces students to XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets. As a developing web standard, CSS gives designers greater control over the look and feel of web pages. Topics include working with type, color and page layout. Students also learn how to create basic navigation and rollovers using CSS. Learning when to employ CSS and to what degree is an important part of the course....
 

This module builds on Introduction to Web Design to help students further refine their understanding of HTML and maintaining websites. Students learn how to create usable and accessible web pages and templates as well as how to incorporate images and multimedia into HTML pages. Learning how to update and maintain large websites in a real-world setting is an important part of the course....
 

The class provides an overview of the developing field of web design, with lectures and exercises that help students develop basic web design skills. Topics include the history of web design and the Internet. Students learn the differences between designing for print and the web. The basics of HTML, how to host websites and how professional design teams are structured are all discussed....
 

This module focuses on prepress, the language of printing. Focus is on color management workflow and issues that can affect design. Students learn professional best practices for working with transparency, spot colors and calibration of equipment. Practical projects include working with Postscript printers, creating color wheels and understanding the effect that different papers and ink will ha......
 

This module focuses on professional page design using the desktop publishing program QuarkXpress. Students explore properties of page layout including typography, image placement and using drawing tools. Color management and printing are also discussed....
 

This module focuses on professional page design using the desktop publishing program Adobe InDesign. Students explore properties of page layout including typography, image placement and using drawing tools. Topics include using master pages, working with native Photoshop and Illustrator files, using paragraph and character styles, creating magazine spreads and exporting to PDF. Students will ha......
 

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