DIMA 1530 - Designing with WordPress

4.5 Credits

Students learn to apply design and visual communication principles as they create websites using a Content Management System (CMS) known as WordPress. Students learn how this CMS fits into a larger visual communication strategy, and learn how to create a visual web presence for a company, product or brand.

Prerequisites: (2) DIMA 1500 and DIMA 1520 or DIMA 1325

Lecture Hours: 3.5
Lab Hours: 3.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Apply design principles and translate visual communication to the Wordpress CMS.
Create a cohesive, visual web identity for a company’s brand and products.
Create web mockups using an industry-standard bitmap image editor.
Customize the design of Wordpress websites using HTML & CSS.
Research and evaluate open-source Wordpress resources.

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