About this course: The capstone will develop a professional-quality web portfolio. Students will demonstrate the ability to design and implement a responsive site for a minimum of three platforms. Adherence to validation and accessibility standards will be required. The evolving student implementations will be reviewed each week by capstone peers and teaching assistants to make sure that the student keeps up with the agenda of the course. Upon completion of this course students will feel comfortable creating and/or updating existing front-end sites, utilizing existing frameworks, and testing sites for accessibility compliance. This course is only open to students who have completed the first four courses in the Web Design for Everybody specialization: Introduction to HTML5, Introduction to CSS3, Interactivity with JavaScript, and Advanced Styling with Responsive Design.

Created by: University of Michigan

Taught by: Colleen van Lent, Ph.D., Lecturer
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Basic Info	Course 5 of 5 in the Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization.
Commitment	6 weeks of study, 6-8 hours/week
Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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WEEK 1

Week One: Introduction

Welcome to the Web Design for Everyone Capstone!!! It really is my intention to make sure that everyone who completes this capstone will have a product they are proud of. The challenge is that "everyone" is actually a very diverse group of people, each pers...

2 videos, 10 readings

WEEK 2

Week Two: Design Phase

Students will submit wireframes for a multi-part online portfolio. The topic of your site is your choice, but you will be expected to fulfill a small checklist of requirements with respect to the amount of proposed content and the variety of HTML5 tags. Emph...

3 readings

Graded: Design Sketch demo for a site coded from scratch

WEEK 3

Week Three: Review and Preparation Phase

This week you will continue to review your fellow students designs. Feedback will be based on layout, proposed content, and accessibility. The goal is that these peer reviews will inspire you to attempt something more on your site (or provide the feedback th...

8 videos, 6 readings

WEEK 4

Week Four: Coding Phase

Using the feedback you received from other capstone participants you will begin to style your portfolio. At the end of Week Five you will have the opportunity to submit your intermediate work for review.

2 videos, 2 readings

WEEK 5

Week Five: Validation and Review Phase

This week you will validate and test your site. You will write a summary of the results and explain (if necessary) why you needed to violate any coding conventions.

3 readings

WEEK 6

Week Six: Revise and Submit Phase

We will conclude with a period of peer-review and modifications to your site. By the end of this week you will have a unique, responsive, accessible portfolio. Congratulations!!

1 video, 2 readings

Graded: Demo you portfolio (designed from scratch)

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