CIW Advanced HTML5 and CSS3 Specialist Course

The CIW Advanced HTML5 & CSS3 Specialist Course covers the new CIW ID0-620 exam and is designed to give students an essential knowledge of HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript Programming. This course requires students to have a pre-existing knowledge of HTML programming and can help students to create Web pages that easily adapt to tablets, mobile devices, gaming devices, smart TVs and traditional desktop PCs. The course covers the following units:

• HTML5 Essentials
• Introduction to HTML5 and CSS3
• Migration to Mobile Devices
• The Web Development Trifecta
• The Evolution of HTML5
• HTML5 Structure Elements
• Validating HTML5 Code
• The Element
• The Element
• HTML5 APIs
• Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Technology
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Style Guides
• CSS and HTML
• CSS Terms and Syntax
• Applying CSS Styles
• Page Layout with CSS
• CSS Positioning Schemes
• The CSS Box Model
• Introduction to CSS Version 3 (CSS3)
• Introduction to CSS3
• CSS3 Selectors and Properties
• CSS3 Background Properties
• CSS3 Border Properties
• CSS3 Font Properties
• CSS3 Text Effects
• Using Advanced CSS3 Techniques
• Introduction to Advanced CSS3 Techniques
• CSS3 2D and 3D Transformations
• CSS3 Transitions
• CSS3 Animations
• CSS3 User Interfaces
• Creating Menus and Buttons with CSS3
• Introduction to JavaScript
• HTML5 and JavaScript
• Introduction to Scripting
• JavaScript Characteristics
• JavaScript vs. Other Languages
• Embedding JavaScript into HTML5 Documents
• JavaScript and Common Programming Concepts
• Objects, Properties, and Methods
• Variables
• Expressions and Operators
• JavaScript Events, Functions, and Methods
• User Events and JavaScript Event Handlers
• Introduction to JavaScript
• Functions
• Defining a Function
• Calling a Function
• Methods as Functions
• Errors in JavaScript
• Using HTML5 APIs
• Introduction to HTML5 APIs
• Document Object Model (DOM)
• Common HTML5 APIs
• The Canvas API
• The Offline AppCache API
• The Geolocation API
• The Drag-and-Drop API
• The File API
• The History API
• Retrieving Data with XMLHttpRequest
• Manipulating Data with jQuery
• Developing HTML5 Forms
• Introduction to HTML5 Forms
• Cross-Browser Compatible HTML5 Forms
• HTML5 Form Input Types
• New Form Elements in HTML5
• HTML5 Global Attributes for Form Elements
• Completing, Submitting and Validating User Input Forms
• Improving Forms with HTML5
• HTML5 Attributes for the element
• HTML5 Attributes for the Element
• Submitting Forms with the Element
• Concepts and Techniques for Validating User Input
• Validating User Input with HTML5 Attributes
• Validating User Input with JavaScript
• Designing for Mobile Devices
• Introduction to Mobile Design
• Mobile Web Sites vs. Mobile Apps
• Designing Web Sites for Mobile Devices
• Page Layout for Mobile Devices
• Navigation and Hyperlinks for Mobile Devices
• Images and Mobile Design
• Validating and Testing Mobile Web Pages
• Responsive Web Design

CIW Certification

On Completion of this curriculum, students can apply for the internationally recognized CIW Advanced HTML5 and CSS3 Specialist 1D0-620 Examination which is currently £90.00 + VAT each.

Distance Learning Courses Limited (t/a Distance Learning Centre) is a leading provider of distance learning/home study/Open Learning courses and a respected course developer. As well as developing our own course materials we are also agents for many other top distance learning providers and currently offer over 250 distance learning courses through the Distance Learning Centre website and we are also an authorised partner for distributing the official CIW Self Study Kits.

I am Michael Verinder, the managing director of Distance Learning Courses Limited and I have been developing and delivering distance learning courses for over 20 years. Distance Learning Courses Limited is a family based business and my involvement in this area started after my Dad developed our first Webmaster Course back in 1993 I soon ended up doing the course myself and this eventually led to me tutoring the course.

Since then we have gone from strength to strength and we continue to develop innovative course materials and the Distance Learning Centre website was created as a platform to offer a wide range of distance learning courses. The Web Design courses remain a popular course choice but equally we offer a range of courses that can lead directly to specific job roles such as teaching assistant and child care courses that lead to full QCF qualifications or GCSE, IGCSE and A Level Courses which are still massively important for many job roles and further education applications.

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• The NHS
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