IT Skills for VCOs

Funded by Big Lottery FundFunded by Big Lottery Fund

 

Web Design Training

Learn the skills to design and manage your own website - from understanding how web pages are created to building and updating a site for your organisation or community.

Learn about working with images, the choice of software, who else to get involved, how to register a name, hosting, and a lot more.
All workshops are delivered by experienced web designers with many years experience of working within the community sector. They are run as a series or can be attended separately, depending on existing skills.

Most courses are run as five, 3-hour sessions spread over five weeks. 

How to get a website

This course provides a non-technical overview of how web pages are created. This includes understanding your requirements, planning a site and developing a web design brief. It looks at the choices that best meet your needs and weighs up the benefits of building a website in-house or through an outside developer.

Beginners web design

This entry-level course provides the perfect grounding for developing the skills you need to build and manage a website, whether you’re starting a page from scratch or updating an existing one. You’ll be introduced to basic concepts and tools and explore the best options before creating your own site.

Intermediate web design

Building on the basic concepts you’ll start developing skills in image manipulation, creating templates and learn how to manage your site on an ongoing basis.

Advanced web design

As your web design skills develop further our advanced workshops help tackle specific issues and keep your knowledge up to date. Workshops cover topics such as accessible web design, RSS, search engines and the use of content management systems [CMS].