Web design (HTML/CSS/Dreamweaver) with business English

After the course, you will be able to create user-friendly and sophisticated websites, with a focus on HTML, CSS and Visual Studio Code. You will also improve your English skills for everyday working life and learn how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the workplace.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Web design with HTML, CSS and Visual Studio Code"
    TOEIC® certificate (Test of English for International Communication)
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    TOEIC®-Test (Test of English for International Communication)
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday 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.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 12 Weeks

Web design (HTML/CSS/Visual Studio code)

HTML and CSS (approx. 6 days)

HTML introduction

Basic framework

Tags for text creation (h1-h6, p, br, span)

Text format commands

Integrating graphics

Links (internal, external, phone, mailto link)

Favicons

Lists and tables

Correct syntax structure

Checking with W3C validation tool

CSS introduction

Integration options for CSS specifications (internal, external, inline style)

Basic commands (text design, font color, background color)

HTML containers

Use and styling of containers

Integration of YouTube and Google Maps

Video and audio player

Object-fit


VS Code (approx. 1 day)

Introduction to VS Code

Additional extensions for VS Code. (e.g. Live Server, Emmet Commands, Copilot (AI))

AI usage in combination with VS Code


Layout techniques (approx. 4 days)

Classes, IDs, selectors

Introduction box model

Padding, margin, border, border-radius and their shorthands

Flex-Box introduction

Layouts with flex box

Alignment with Flexbox

Introduction to Grid System

Layouts with Grid

Alignment with Grid System

Floating text around images with float and clear

General display properties of tags

Background images


Status and values (approx. 1 day)

Introduction of pseudo-classes (hover, active, focus, nth-child, first-child, last-child)

Pseudo elements (::before, ::after, content)

Specificity (value of codes)


Positioning (approx. 2 days)

Introduction to positions

Static, absolute, fixed, sticky, relative

Left, right, top, bottom, z-index

Dropdown menus

:target

:target in combination with navigation menus and modals


Forms (approx. 2 days)

Introduction to forms

Fieldset, legend

Inputs, textareas, labels, values, name, selects

Autocomplete

Form design with CSS

Integration of php-script in action with AI


Effects and fonts with CSS (approx. 1 day)

CSS transition effects

Transition, filter, transform

Color gradients, box-shadow, text-shadow

Font integration with @font-face


Responsive web design (approx. 2 days)

Introduction to responsive design

Media queries, breakpoints

Landscape, portait mode

Responsive images with picture and srcsets

Image editing, compression of images

Generating images with AI


Search engine optimization (approx. 1 day)

Introduction to SEO

On-page optimization and use of AI-generated texts

Performance optimization to improve SEO and presentation of suitable tools


CSS techniques and interaction (approx. 2 days)

CSS variables

Dark mode

Calculation with CSS

Introduction to CSS animations

Duration, delay, direction, timing-function, iteration-count, fill-mode

Animated burger button


One-pager and multilingualism (approx. 2 days)

Introduction One-Pager

Smooth-scroll

Integration of fontawesome library

Dealing with SVG graphics

Layer integration and CSS customization

Multilingual websites


Extensions and frameworks (approx. 1 day)

Introduction to Bootstrap

Use of Bootstrap components

Responsive design with Bootstrap


JavaScript (approx. 3 days)

Introduction to JavaScript

JavaScript/jQuery methods

Create jQuery Lightbox

Variables

If-else statements

Scroll, window, resize

arrays

For-loop

Math object


Legal requirements and project management (approx. 2 days)

Internet law

Copyrights in relation to AI/KI

Accessibility

Project management


Project work (approx. 10 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Business English

General language part (approx. 4 days)

Basic structures of the English language

Tenses (simple, continuous, perfect), questions

Active/passive voice

Adjective/adverb

Modal verbs

Conditional

British and American English

Important idioms

Presenting in English


Communicative part (approx. 5 days)

Establishing and maintaining customer contacts, telephone calls, correspondence

Presentation of business visits

Dealing with complaints

Describing products

Writing letters and emails using common phrases on topics such as orders, quotations

Communicating the hierarchical structure of the company


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Business English (approx. 6 days)

Writing business correspondence

Influencing

Professional discussion of topics such as company structure, marketing and sales

Reporting on market analyses, discussion of financial trends

On a business trip: At the reception, in the hotel, in the restaurant

Appearance in meetings

Describing processes and procedures

Conducting negotiations and reaching agreements

Developing and communicating plans/projects

Preparing presentations

English-language job descriptions

Anglo-Saxon application process

Writing the CV

Interview: confident presentation of experience and qualifications


Project work, certification preparation and TOEIC® certification exam (approx. 5 days)



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

Prerequisite for participation in the course is previous knowledge of English (secondary school level).

You know the complete workflow for a modern web design and produce user-friendly and sophisticated websites.

You will also improve your English language skills in a practical way so that you can be successful in the international workplace. The course concludes with the internationally recognized TOEIC® test, which provides you with the best possible proof of your acquired knowledge.

Web designers, web programmers, graphic designers, media designers, specialists from artistic professions or people who are responsible for the conception, design and practical implementation of websites and want to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.

The additional English qualification is useful for anyone for whom a solid command of the English language is important for their professional tasks.

Nowadays, almost all companies rely on an attractive Internet presence to represent them as a company. The main potential employers are graphic design, advertising, web, multimedia or full-service agencies, as well as software and database providers. Web design skills are required in almost all sectors. With the appropriate know-how, self-employment is also an interesting prospect.

With the meaningful TOEIC® test, you also provide a detailed insight into your acquired qualifications in the language environment and thus facilitate your career entry and advancement.

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).

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0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
free of charge from all German networks.

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.