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Certificates: Certificate "Basic knowledge of web design and CMS"
Certificate "Graphic Design" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Basic knowledge of web design and CMS
Basics of web design HTML and CSS with VS Code (approx. 9 days)
HTML introduction
Basic framework tags for text creation (h1-h6, p, br, span)
Text format commands
Integrating graphics
Links (internal, external, phone, mailto links)
Lists and tables
CSS introduction
Integration options for CSS specifications (internal, external, inline style)
Basic commands (text design, font color, background color)
Correct syntax structure
Checking with W3C validation tool
HTML containers
Use and styling of containers
Introduction to the box model
padding, margin, border, border-radius and their shorthands
Classes, IDs, selectors
Introduction to VS Code
Additional extensions for VS Code (e.g. Live Server, Emmet Commands, Copilot (AI))
AI usage in combination with VS Code
CSS Flex-Box introduction
Layouts with Flex-Box
Alignment with Flex-box
Introduction to positions
Static, absolute, fixed, sticky, relative
Left, right, top, bottom, z-index
Introduction to Responsive Design
Media queries, breakpoints
Landscape, portait mode
CMS basics with WordPress (approx. 4 days)
Introduction to WordPress (installation, updates, dashboard, frontend, backend)
settings
Media management
Comments
Creating and editing pages and posts
Blocks and their functions
Recurring blocks
Themes and Theme Editor
Templates and possible applications
Introduction to plugins
Form plugin
Search engine optimization plugin and use of AI-generated texts
Legal requirements and project management (approx. 2 days)
Internet law and helpful plugins for implementing the GDPR
WordPress tools for implementing the GDPR
User administration
Accessibility
Project management
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To reflect on and consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Graphic design
Design software, AI and modern design workflows (approx. 2 days)
Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign at a glance
Affinity Suite: Photo, Designer and Publisher at a glance
Creative Cloud Libraries, Adobe Fonts, Adobe Color and Adobe Stock
AI in the design process: Firefly, generative tools, prompting
Opportunities, limits and areas of application of AI
Basics of graphic design (approx. 2 days)
Art vs. design
Design disciplines, design principles and design process
Design thinking and idea development
Design laws of perception
Visual flow and arrangement
Figure-ground relationship
Shape and color (approx. 2 days)
Point, line, surface and shape
Format and proportions
Color theory and color effects
Contrasts, harmonies and color concepts
Color in the context of brand, effect and legibility
Images (approx. 3 days)
Image quality and image formats
Pixel and vector graphics
Visual language, visual impact and visual storytelling
Research, brainstorming and mood boards
Images in corporate communication
Basics of image editing and AI-supported image development
Image rights/rights of use
Typography and layout (approx. 3 days)
Font classification and font selection
Reading typography, detailed typography
Typographic hierarchies
Workflow in layout design
Type area and design grid
Developing and evaluating layout concepts
Overview of file output (print, digital)
Corporate and brand design (approx. 1 day)
Corporate design vs. corporate identity
Logo design, signet and word/image mark
Color, form and typography systems in brand identity
Style guides and consistent design systems
Accessibility (approx. 1 day)
Basics of accessible design
Design criteria for accessible communication (e.g. legibility, contrast, color selection)
Digital media and cross-media (approx. 1 day)
Basics of digital publishing and responsive design
File formats for web, app and social media
AI-supported content adaptation for various channels
AI-based layout optimization for mobile designs
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
Once you have completed the course, you will have a sound basic knowledge of web design and content management. You can work with the VS Code program and are familiar with the WordPress CMS.
After the course, you will also have mastered the basics of creative work and visual communication. You will understand how design, advertising and presentations work and have basic design, methodological and technical knowledge.
This course is aimed at anyone who wants to acquire sound basic knowledge in the field of multimedia. These are, for example, people who want to work in online or technical editing, online marketing, social media marketing or e-business.
Your future area of work can be in the editorial field, but above all in the creation of advertising media. The skills you acquire are in demand across all media sectors. With the appropriate know-how, self-employment is also an interesting prospect.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).