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Web Development

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How to Build and Maintain a Website
Description

In this lesson, students will learn how to choose a meaningful and appropriate domain name for their website.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Register a domain name
  • Describe the components of an effective domain name
  • Evaluate the quality of a domain name
Description

In this lesson, students will learn the different steps needed to host a website, either online or using a home computer.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain what it means to host a website.
  • Describe what is needed to host a website, either online or using a home computer
  • Identify the advantages and disadvantages of hosting a website online or on a home computer
Description

In this lesson, students will learn about web CMS providers, the different benefits each offer, and how to choose the best fit for their website.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Understand the pros and cons of choosing a web CMS provider vs. building from scratch with HTML/CSS
  • Identify popular web CMS providers
  • Evaluate the features and offerings of different CMS providers
Description

In this lesson, students will learn what web optimization and web conversion rate are why they are important and useful.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain what web optimization is and why it is important in web communications. They will also be able to explain and determine a web conversion rate.
Description

In this lesson, students will learn how to optimize a web site, understand how a search engine works, and use their understanding of F-pattern reading, SEO, and the Yoast tool to further optimize a site.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain the basics of optimizing a web site and make their own adjustments to their sites, when needed, to optimize for the web.
Description

In this lesson, students test their knowledge of concepts from this module with a unit quiz.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Prove their knowledge of website hosting through a multiple choice quiz