Web design

Aim and purpose

The aim of this unit is to give learners a knowledge of how websites function and an understanding of their
purpose as business tools.

Web designers have the fascinating task of taking text, images, video and other resources
and crafting them into high quality documents for broadcasting across the world via the internet. Their brief is
to produce attractive and informative sites that are accessible to everyone.

Extra information

Web design is a skill that is becoming
more and more popular as the worldwide web expands and as companies see the advantage of using
browser technology for their company intranets. The unit provides a firm grounding in the concepts of web
design which will help learners to progress to employment or to another educational course and to become
valued employees with the key skills needed in their chosen employment.