Website Design Training Scheme
Design
A course by
NMIT
An online micro-credential that equips learners with essential front-end website design skills to support small businesses or personal portfolios, focusing on user-friendly design, basic coding understanding, and digital visual communication.
Online study
Flexible online learning from anywhere
Core skills this course teaches
Design user-friendly websites based on user requirements
Learn to gather and analyze user requirements to design websites that are easy to navigate and meet user needs.
Create visual designs suitable for business or personal use
Develop basic graphic and visual design skills to create theme-related designs for websites supporting businesses, events, or portfolios.
Understand basic coding and tools for web design
Gain foundational knowledge of code concepts and tools that assist with simple web functionalities.
What You're Signing Up For
This online programme will equip you with easy-to-learn website design skills to enhance a business's visual communication. You will learn to identify user requirements, create theme-related graphic and visual designs, understand basic code and tools, research design trends, and be introduced to professional practices including customer service, pricing, and copyright. The course is fully online and self-paced with 15 lessons expected to take about 5 hours each, including two assessments. No prior IT expertise is required but familiarity with common computer software like Microsoft Office is expected.
Course Content
- Identify user requirements and design user-friendly websites
- Create theme-related designs using basic graphic and visual design skills
- Understand what code is and tools to assist basic applications
- Research trends and influences to guide design choices
- Introduction to tools for creating websites, securing URLs, and email hosting
- Introduction to professional practices: customer service, pricing, copyright, media release rights
- Two assessments: formative feedback mid-course and summative final assessment
What you need to know first
NCEA Level 2 or equivalent qualification
English proficiency at IELTS 5.5 or equivalent if English is not first language
Alternative entry possible via approved skills and experience
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Information Technology
Design and Creative Services
Future employment opportunities might be
Front-end Website Designer
Small Business Website Developer
Digital Visual Communicator