Course code

IFI6078.DT

old course code

IFI6078

Course title in Estonian

Meediatehnoloogiad

Course title in English

Media Technology

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course aim is to provide an overview of a Web project in a practical way focusing on Web 2.0 and content management systems with the design.

Brief description of the course

Content management systems principles, an overview of the most popular open source content management systems. Design process of creating an Internet portal (an idea - to implementation), using different content management systems, testing, validation. New Web technologies (RSS Feeds, wikis, social networking and Web 2.0 tools, etc.).
The course consists of lectures and practice, where students must actively participate. Students are divided in groups of 1-2. Each group must create CMS-based Internet portal, combined with various Web 2.0 capabilities. Design process is documented and evaluated. Each student must make and present a report of sub-themes of Web 2.0 (15-20 minutes).

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is familiar with the web creation and designing processes and understands Web design (creation) various stages;
- is able to analyze the design process (also to conduct the interview, evaluation in a different stages);
- knows about the user-friendliness and user-oriented web design;
- understands various options to create Web sites (HTML to CMS);
- knows how to analyze, choose suitable from the various content management systems;
- knows and uses at least one CMS: creates content, navigation, changes the design, adds modules etc;
- knows web creating standards in general;
- is familiar with Web trends, Web 2.0, social networks, social networks impact to the new WWW.

Teacher

Birgy Lorenz MSc

Study programmes containing that course

Crossmedia (BFRB/16.FK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/15.YK)
Crossmedia (BFRB/15.FK)
Computer Science (IFIFB/15.DT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/15.LT)
Computer Science (IFIFB/14.DT)
Crossmedia (BFRB/14.FK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/14.YK)
Crossmedia (BFRB/13.FK)
Computer Science (IFIFB/13.DT)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/13.YK)
Crossmedia (BFRB/12.FK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/12_1.YK)
Computer Science (IFIFB/12.DT)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/11_2.YK)
Computer Science (IFIFB/11.DT)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/11_1.YK)
Computer Science (IFIFB/10.DT)
Computer Science (IFIFB/00.DT)