This course is an introduction to publishing on the World Wide Web. Topics include creating web pages with the Hyper Text Markup Languages (HTML), organizing a series of pages into a web site, and uploading web pages to a server. The course makes extensive use of the computer tools necessary to insert HTML tags, create images, and view web documents. It also prepares apprentice web designers and publishers to identify the information dissemination needs of a client, design an appropriate web solution, and implement it. Subjects include:

• Evaluate information dissemination situations that are suitable for online publishing on the Internet's World Wide Web.
• Compare and contrast the goals, techniques, and costs of web publishing with traditional print publishing.
• Develop web pages by applying structured design principles using HyperText MarkUp Language (HTML).
• Apply the software, hardware, and networking tools necessary for publishing documents on the World Wide Web.
• Research the World Wide Web's open standards process and the evolution of the Web as an international communication medium.
• Incorporate design concepts in realistic web design projects individually and as a member of a team.
• Identify the information dissemination needs of a client, design an appropriate WWW solution, implement it, present the solution to the client, and revise as necessary.
• Evaluate existing World Wide Web sites for style, structure, and usability.
• Develop strategies for expanding, maintaining, and improving WWW sites once they have been created.