Why Study This Course?
Want to build your own website but don’t know where to start? This course gives you the practical and creative skills to build a website for a business or a personal portfolio. You’ll learn to use Adobe Photoshop and WordPress, two powerful and widely used tools. This course is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their digital skills and create a professional online presence.
You will:
Gain practical skills that can support your personal and professional development.
Become more confident using digital tools.
Learn to design and build your own website from scratch.
This course covers:
Planning and mapping a website
Correcting and enhancing images for your site using Adobe Photoshop
Resize and save images with the correct formats for use in a website
How hosting and domain names work
How to sign-up and publish a free website using Wordpress.com
Create, edit and delete pages in your site
Create effective Navigation systems to move between web pages
Create, edit and delete blog posts
Share your posts in social media
Add media and embeds to your site (photos, videos, maps)
Create contact forms
Customise the look of your site
You will:
Gain practical skills that can support your personal and professional development.
Become more confident using digital tools.
Learn to design and build your own website from scratch.
You should be computer literate and have experience of using the Internet.
Familiarity with file management is essential (you must be able to create a folder and navigate through files and folders).
You may have some existing skills with Adobe Creative Cloud products such as Photoshop or Indesign.
Assessment is ongoing. You will complete classroom exercises which will inform you and the tutor of your progress. You will work towards a project of building a website for a business, portfolio or subject of your choice.
If you require further course information or advice and guidance that is not answered in this outline, please get in touch.