The job of a Web Designer consists of handling the audio-visual production of a project on the Internet. Architecture, graphic design, ergonomics and user-friendliness, interactivity and coherence of information are some of the parameters that must be taken into account by the Web Designer in order to ensure that the final product is successful.

The Web Designer track teaches the use of graphic design and visual conception software such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, graphic interfaces for editing websites and certain indispensable languages used in professional website editing, such as XHTML and JavaScript.

It is divided into three levels:

• basic knowledge of

graphic interfaces for the web, structure, content management and graphic prototyping of a website, categorized under Web Publisher (30 sessions),

• the main focus of the training includes

HTML editors recognized as the current standard for editing professional websites, as well as the languages XHTML and JavaScript. These skills are required for the position of Web Designer. (30 sessions)

• specialization in tools for editing

multimedia applications and tools used in interactivity (Flash 8 and its corresponding language ActionScript 2, Motion Graphics), categorized under Multimedia Publisher, which follows the other levels. (40 sessions).

The development of Internet technology has long allowed businesses to use the Internet as a platform for marketing, sales (e-commerce) and client management (customer relationship mangement). Intranet platforms have become an indispensable tool in management (web services). Multimedia applications can be used to manage information on the public with the aid of interactive terminals or radio relay channels. Programming skills are required for Web Editing.

Other options of specialization:

• Database programming in PHP / MySQL

Web Programmer Certification

Classic static websites (HTML) become simple business cards. The current demands made by businesses tend toward dynamic websites, which use databases and allow real-time management of information fluxes.

• Flash Platform (ActionScript 2.0, Flash

Lite, OOP, XML, Rich Internet Applications)

Web Developer Certification

Flash, with the language ActionScript 2.0, is an object-oriented development platform which offers the opportunity to develop interactive applications that utilize databases and function in a multiplatform environment.

This type of demand for multimedia sites and applications (interactive terminals, intelligent cameras, TV on the Internet, etc.) constitute the largest part of the market’s current and future demand.