Computer Information Science American River College
Courses

CISW 355: Web Imaging Projects

Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: ARTNM 402 (Intermediate Web Design) or CISW 350 (Imaging for the Web) with a grade of "C" or better
Hours: 27 hours lecture, 27 hours laboratory
Description: This course is a continuation of CISW 350. Projects and simulations developing graphics for the Web are created for the purpose of marketing and advertising on the Web. The steps, procedures, and common problems encountered when producing quality graphics for professional websites are discussed and practiced. Real and simulated projects include the following: compressing and uploading times, cropping and resizing, digital camera imaging, retouching and fixing photographs, photographic special effects and filters, rasterizing text, implementing backgrounds, buttons, themes, image maps, slicing, and simple animations.

Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • generate and manipulate graphics from a variety of graphics software
  • appraise and implement graphics for client and client base
  • compare different technologies that can be used to capture and acquire digital images
  • examine how color and image resolution affect image quality
  • differentiate Web graphic file formats and when to use them
  • analyze website concepts and marketing techniques
  • evaluate a user's short-term and long-term goals
  • plan how to get information, such as photos or existing logos, from users in a non-technical environment
Certificates requiring this course: