Spring 2023 SUNY WCC Peekskill Newsletter

SUNY Westchester Peekskill • 27 North Division Street Peekskill NY 10566 • 914-606-7300 9 New! Remote Web Design Certificate Program – 64 Hrs Web Design is a non-credit, remote, synchronous certificate program. Students must register for the entire program at time of registration . This program will focus on design principles and front-end programming using languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Students will learn to use tools like Chrome Devtools, Adobe Photoshop, and Dreamweaver. Students will utilize the design thinking process to work as a collaborative web development team, prototype, and to evaluate and test a finished portfolio piece. Portfolio pieces will be online websites ready for professional use. Register for the entire certificate for $1,350! Web Design Strategy Students will learn the fundamentals of website design and the production process. The course will introduce students to the design research process. Topics will include: user personas, sitemaps, journey maps, wireframes, and how to design a mock-up using the Adobe Creative Suite including basic image editing. CE-DGART 2140PE Tues., Feb. 7-Mar. 28, 6:30-8:30 pm. Coding HTML & CSS This course provides students with how the web is structured and how to approach interface design. Students will learn the anatomy of HTML, HTML documents, elements, tables, attributes, how to embed images and multimedia, and how to style the web with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Topics such as CSS Selectors, the box model, backgrounds and borders, styling text, and layouts will be explored. In addition, students will also learn how to debug HTML elements using the DOM inspector tool. CE-DGART 2141PE Thurs., Feb. 9-Mar. 30, 6:30-8:30 pm. Coding Responsive & Interactive Websites Students will take a deep dive into CSS programming and website interfaces for various devices for responsive design. The class explores topics such as responsive front-end frameworks, floats, positioning, flexbox, grid, typography, and media queries. Digital accessibility and 508 compliance will be addressed and incorporated into the curriculum. Websites will be developed into a mobile application. CE-DGART 2142PE Tues., Apr. 4-May 23, 6:30-8:30 pm. Custom WordPress Website Students will learn how to design and develop a fully customizable WordPress website. Topics like WordPress Themes and Child Themes, Plugins, Widgets, custom CSS, the WordPress admin/dashboard, and domain and hosting will be explored. The WordPress Website project produced in the class will include all the work students have created in the certificate program and may be used for their portfolios. CE-DGART 2143PE Thurs., Apr. 6-May 25, 6:30-8:30 pm. Pete Connolly, Digital Photography Certificate All non-credit classes will be charged a one-time non-refundable $5.00 registration fee per semester. Courses held on the Valhalla campus will have an additional Student Services Fee of $4.75. Returned Check Fee The charge for a returned check is $25. REFUNDS For 100% refund, requests must be received at least two business days prior to the start of the class: There are no refunds after that time . All requests must be emailed to peekskill@sunywcc.edu . Refunds are processed through the Bursar Department. Online payments are credited to your credit card. All other payments are refunded as a paper check to the mailing address on file. Allow 4-6 weeks to be processed. To register for certificate program classes, you must call 914-606-7300 or email Carmen Marrinan at carmen.marrinan@sunywcc.edu Abraham Martinez , instructor of the New Web Design Certificate, is the owner of Chaotic Soft, a web design company in Westchester. He is a COMPTia A+ certified Technician with 20 years’ experience in computer programming, graphics, and web development. Mr. Martinez has a BA from Lehman College in Computer Graphics and Imaging, Micro-Applications. He is originally from Brooklyn and enjoys building racecars, drones, and miniature robots. He also does digital graphics and photography in his spare time. Previously he taught at CUNY and worked at Lehman College.