Advanced Coding for Designers
  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks

Advanced Coding for Designers

Issued by Division of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

Earners of this badge understand the process of developing CMS templates and HTML/CSS functional prototypes to better communicate with a team of Front-End Developers. They are able to perform usability testing past the Design stage. The concentration is on HTML/CSS, Interaction Design with jQuery, CMS and templating through WordPress and PHP, and UX Design theories applied to an interactive and responsive interface.

  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • This course enhances cross-functional collaboration with Development teams by letting students experiment with practical Front-End Development challenges such as Responsive Design, Interaction Design, and CMS templating. Students gain greater empathy and communication skills for both the Development team and the users.
  • Students answer a multiple choices quiz comprised of overall knowledge questions related to the relationship between UX and coding theories, technical coding questions and exercises.
  • Students create a WordPress template with an interactive and responsive interface. In doing so, they apply technical skills such as HTML/CSS, jQuery, PHP, while incorporating Interaction Design and UX Design theories.
  • Students demonstrate their ability to bring a concept to life through Front-End Development.