Web Design Course
The course will equip you with all the skills necessary to understand information, user interface design, and the ability to plan and design a multi-page website project, for both desktop and mobile.
There are many job definitions within the web design discipline. A Web Designer is a person who creates the visual elements of websites. Web designers design the overall look for a website and let a Webmaster/Developer do the actual coding. Most often, they are also proficient with web graphics and images.
Students have 6 months to complete the course. This course is entirely self-paced, this means that students can study online and in their own time. Enrolments in the Web Design Course are taken all year round any day of the year. The approximate time to complete the course is 200 hours. This varies from student to student.
Back–end developers and web developers are broadly called software engineers, their’s is an entirely different skill set to web design. Web designers and developers communicate with each other and often collaborate to create complete website projects.
If you’re looking to take your graphic design work into the world wide web, then this is the course for you. In the Web Design Course you will have the opportunity to put together a beautiful showcase of your work, that works across a host of different devices and screens!
Some students have no immediate plans to undertake further study, yet think it wise for them to keep their options open. This course will give you the skills you need to design websites in a team, collaborating with other designers, clients and developers!
The 6 modules within this course have been designed holistically, aimed to nurture a designer new to the world of web through the design and deployment process of a site.
Module 1 - Introduction to Web Design
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Module 1 offers an overview of what role an understanding of graphic design plays in web, UI and UX design. Students will examine the fundamental principles and philosophies of graphic design from the new perspective of working within the constraints of designing for the internet. Module 1 will coalesce these skills together to bring students to the point of laying out an online feature article.
Definition: A definition of web design and it’s associated and specialised industries.
History: The history of digital communication from Blaise Pascal’s numerical proof for the calculator To Modern times. Major milestones are marked with defining moments from that year, decade or era.
Roles: Explanation of the various specialities and roles within the field of web design and development. An understanding of the skill sets involved in these roles.
Module 2 - Visual Design Elements in the Web Environment
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Module 2 explores the use of images, multimedia and web-unique elements in website design. In this module students will critically analyse the use of these web design elements, accounting both for their effectiveness in the design and also their performance on the site. Module 2 will also begin to foster students’ understanding of the role of wireframe prototypes in a webpage’s design and how to implement a grid system over a page.
Vocabulary: Learn many of the most common filetypes and documents encountered online both as a user and designer.
Elements: Look into the most commonly utalised web design elements and how they function to contribute to or detract from a greater website’s design.
Hierarchy: Explanation Of the purpose and use of hierarchy in page layout design to make user readable and understandable interfaces.
Grid Systems: Introduction to grid systems in website design. Students will look at applying grid layouts to a page in order to size, shape and position their web elements.
Module 3 - Designing Information and Navigation
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Module 3 builds a familiarity and experience with working and designing for a fully scoped website. Students will expand upon their knowledge of single page hierarchies and design systems and translate into multi-page and multi-level website structures.
Information Architecture: The categorical or structural description of a website, looking at how the user will journey through the site and how to give a consistent, layout to multi-level sites.
Taxonomy: The descriptive terminology used to label items, pages, or products in an online shop, blog or portfolio.
Target User Analysis: How to define the key demographics and descriptors for user groups high value and vital user groups to the site. Analysis looks at the intent, digital literacy and conversion efficacy of these groups.
Responsive: Introduction To designing to differing screen and interface devices.
Module 4 - Scoping and Project Design Specification
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In Module 4 students will begin to work on their Main Web Design Project for their work in the Web Design Course. Students will be allowed to choose their website design client from a list of supplied clients, create a site for their own design work or choose a real world client of their own.
Design Brief: The aspects of written analysis looked at in each of the earlier modules will now be applied to the student’s chosen project.
MVP: The Minimum Viable Product is the minimum level of design necessary in order to demonstrate how the site will look and feel to the client.
Specifications Document: Students completing each assessment in this module will consider each aspect of the design process, including product research and scheduling.
Module 5 - Project Design Prototyping
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Module 5 simulates the design process after the review of the Minimum Viable Product. Students will be tasked with incorporating client feedback into their design and then extending that design from a one page render to a full prototype.
Prototype: Create an Adobe Xd prototype of the site. This includes all unique pages, structured with correct hierarchy and hyperlinking.
User Interface: How to approach User Interface (UI) design when working with desktop and mobile devices. Students will look at rules and guidelines to make sure their work is always accessible.
User Experience: Students will be taught the sciences of User Experience (UX) design
Module 6 - Publishing a Design Online
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Module 6 students take their finished website prototypes and deploy them to the internet using their own chosen publishing platform. Students will develop an understanding and competency with major world-wide publishing platforms, from there they will choose one platform and build their entire website’s design.
Publishing Platforms: An online service that web designers can utilise in order to deploy their designed sites live to the internet. Squarespace, WordPress, Shopify and Wix are all covered in this course.
Deploy: The process of converting a designed Adobe Xd prototype into a working, functioning and interactive website.
Domain Name: The process of creating, configuring and deploying a domain name live. Additionally looking at the colloquial expectations of different domain names and how to pick one that is best for the intent of your site.
“Any folks wanting to expand their learning in a practical and creative way then this is the course for you. The course is all kinds of awesomeness and I highly recommend it!”
“I was able to work from home after the course. I also didn’t ever feel alone, I was always on the forum and teacher’s portal working through any challenges.”
“You can take it anywhere with you and it fits in nicely with the rest of life. I now work as a freelance designer in my hometown of Melbourne.”
How much is the course?
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Do I need previous experience?
Web design students must be qualified graphic designers or experience developers to enrol, if you are unsure about your eligibility please contact us.
How do I enrol?
Enrolment is easy, you may enrol any day of the year. Be online and studying within a matter of seconds after enrolling through our enrolments page.
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When can I start my studies?
You may enrol any day of the year. Be online and studying within a matter of seconds after enrolling through our enrolments page.
Will I learn to create a website?
As you work through the modules in this course, you will be nurtured through designing, and deploying your own site live and online!
What will I need?
The complete list of the equipment requirements for the Web Design Course available on the FAQs page.
What will this course be assessing?
You can read about what will we will be looking for in your assignments in our Student Handbook.
What are my responsibilities?
The responsibilities outline for students of The Graphic Design School is outlined on our Checklist page.
Tutor
Danny has over 15 years’ experience in advertising, visual communication and filmmaking.
“I grade assignments at night, from the same studio I'm running sports media campaigns in by day. If something you're working on wouldn't survive a client meeting, I'll tell you — because that's the conversation you'll be having six months from now.”
Tutor
Lee-Anne worked for top advertising agencies including TBWA before being headhunted by Virgin in London, where she spent 7 years as an in-house designer.
“I still freelance for international clients while tutoring at TGDS. Everything I'm seeing in the market — the shift to design systems, the motion requirements, the AI tools designers now deal with — it feeds back into how I grade and what I tell students to focus on.”
Tutor
Paloma is a Senior Designer and Art Director who started her career in London working with international and European brands.
“Feedback is where the learning actually happens. I'll take the time to tell you what's working and what isn't — properly, not just 'looks good'. It takes longer to write but you leave the module knowing why, not just what.”
Tutor
Toni has three decades of experience in design and communications.
“I've taught at four universities, run my own practice, and worked in healthcare design. What I've learned is that good teaching isn't about being the cleverest person in the room. It's about noticing where a student is stuck and asking the one question that unlocks the next step.”
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