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The CIW subject comprises two courses, CIW Foundations and CIW Site Designer: By studying the CIW curriculum and passing the exams, you can demonstrate the critical job skills necessary for Web team members. CIW certification establishes an inpidual as an expert in Internet technologies. When you have passed both exams, you will be a CIW Professional.

1. Internet Business Foundations (2 days)

Internet Business Foundations is a 2 day course designed to guide students through the Internet and its wide array of useful resources. Students learn how to use key Internet technologies, such as Web browsers, e-mail, newsgroups, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, and search engines. Students gain experience configuring both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer to access rich multimedia, including RealPlayer, Shockwave and Flash content. Students also use a variety of Web-based search engines to conduct advanced searches and learn the basics of electronic commerce and security issues.

2. Networking Technology Foundations (4 days)

Network Technology Foundations is a four-day class designed to teach students fundamental networking concepts and practices. Topics include network architecture and standards, networking protocols, TCP/IP, Internet servers, server-side scripting and database connectivity, and security.

3. Site Development Foundations (4 days) 

Site Development Foundations is a four-day course designed to teach students Web page creation and other aspects of Web authoring. Students gain experience developing Web pages in a text editor and a graphic user interface (GUI) editor. Students also learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and study the basics of Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML), JavaScript, Dynamic HTML (DHTML), and the Document Object Model (DOM). After completing this course, students will be able to create simple Web pages containing text, graphics, hyperlinks, tables, forms, and frames.

CIW Site Designer consists of 2 modules of 4 days and 2 days respectively. These are:

1. Design Methodology and Technology-Tools

Web Site Design-Tools is a 4 day course that teaches students how to create and manage Web sites with tools such as Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0 and Flash 4.0, FrontPage 2000, and various multimedia standards. Students will also implement the latest strategies to develop third-generation Web sites and evaluate design tools. The course focuses on theory, design and Web construction, along with information architecture concepts, Web project management, scenario development and performance evaluations.

2. Design Methodology and Technology- Languages 

Web Site Design-Languages is a 3 day course that teaches students how to create and manage Web sites with languages such as Dynamic HTML, and CSS standards. Students will discuss future technology standards, and explore the incompatibility issues surrounding current browsers. The course focuses on theory, design and Web construction, along with information architecture concepts, Web project management, scenario development and performance evaluations.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Institute of Public Administration - IPA

The Institute of Public Administration is Ireland’s only public service development agency focused exclusively on public sector development. It delivers its service through:

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