Course Units
Web Development (Process & Tools)
- Web Development Process (view link), suggested roles (view link)
- Web Development Tools (PPT), advantages and disadvantages (worksheet)
- Web Hosting – The Big Picture (view link)
- Intro to Design Thinking (view link), summary of Design Thinking Process (view link)
- Prototyping with Figma & FigJam (view link)
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Search Engine Optimization (PPT), Image SEO (link)
- SEO presentation by guest speaker: Vitalii Starov (LinkedIn), slides (2025)
- SEO Reference Guide (PDF), Digital Main Street 2025
- How to Write a Blog Post, by Thomas Durham (view)
- Blog Planner (view)
HTML & CSS
Website Building Platforms: WordPress, Shopify, Wix
- Intro to WordPress (PPT)
- WordPress Themes: Classic vs. Full-site Editor (PPT)
- Shopify (PPT)
- Academic Partnership with Wix, Wix Webinar presented by Caitlin Herring (Watch)
Digital Sustainability: Sustainable web design / UX (pages 3&4)
- KEA Charrette 2024 International Design Workshop (PDF)
Resources
WordPress
- WordPress.com
- AI Assisted WordPress (watch webinar)
- Support Guides
- WordPress Webinars
- Lisa Sabin-Wilson, & Matt Mullenweg. (2021). WordPress for dummies (9th ed). Wiley
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Das, S. (2021). Search Engine Optimization and Marketing: A Recipe for Success in Digital Marketing. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429298509
- Duong, V. (2019). SEO management: methods and techniques to achieve success (1st edition). ISTE.
- Papagiannis, N. (2020). Effective SEO and Content Marketing: The Ultimate Guide for Maximizing Free Web Traffic. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
Accessibility
Design
HTML & CSS
Royalty Free Images
Adobe Dreamweaver
Hanadi Alnawab 