Netskills Workshops at Nottingham

Netskills, the premier UKHE IT training organisation, will be running the following series of web development workshops at Nottingham University in February 2005:

Web Pages From Scratch: An Introduction to Creating Web Pages

Tuesday 8th February

A practical workshop for those who are users of the web and wish to
start creating and publishing their own web pages. It includes an
introduction to XHMTL and CSS style sheets for formatting, using
graphics, lists and tables, plus an investigation of key
design issues and the use web authoring tools.

Enhancing Your Web Pages: Further HTML, Style Sheets and Accessibility

Wednesday 9th February

A practical workshop for those who have mastered the basics of HTML
and wish to start creating more exciting web pages. It focuses on
the use of CSS style sheets for enhanced presentation and HTML forms
for creating user interfaces. The workshop goes on to explore
interactive technologies and accessibility issues.

Accessible Web Design

Thursday 10th February

Designing web pages that are accessible is both good practice and a
legal requirement. This workshop is designed to raise awareness of
accessibility issues, particularly those raised by the Special
Educational Needs and Disabilities Act (SENDA). Participants will
gain practical experience of the skills required to develop
accessible and usable web sites, including writing valid XHTML,
using CSS for presentation and layout and the use of evaluation
services.

Full details of these workshops, together with booking forms are available from the Netskills website at
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/forthcoming.html

Your professional development on these workshops can be accredited by BTEC. Further details are available from
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/accreditation/