Website Design | Free Workplace Education Spring 2025 - Tuesday Evening
Start Date: Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
Time: Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Length: 11 Weeks
Location: Virtual Via Zoom
Cost: Free
Requirements: Must be currently employed or self-employed in Nova Scotia.
Course Description
If you have been wanting to know how to create and manage your own
company’s website, Website Design (Level I) has your answers. You’ll
begin by exploring various website creation options and costs; and
proceed step-by-step so that you will know how to go from idea to
website launch. (Please note that this program does NOT include an ecommerce store.)
Standard Topics
- Web creation options
- Web host versus domain registrar
- Installing website on host
- Website designs
- Menu options
- Pages and posts
- Adding images
- Adding video
- Landing pages
- Photo prep
- Website tracking/reporting tools
Learning Outcomes
- Explore website creation options and costs (WordPress, Square, Squarespace, Wix, GoDaddy, MotoCMS)
- Identify the features of domains, hosts, and cpanels
- Install a website on a webhost
- Create and review design layouts and color patterns
- Create a website menu map and plan
- List current trends in website creation
- Create website pages linked to menus
- Identify the components of website branding
- Create a site map
- Register a website with Google My Business and Google Analytics
- Identify website file size rules
- Prepare photos for websites
- Apply metatags and alt text
- Create website content
- Describe the factors to consider when setting up security for websites
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Website Design | Free Workplace Education Tuesday Evening 6:00pm-9:30pm (Spring 2025)
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