CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) Courses

The CIW Site Development Associate course teaches you essential Web page development skills. You will learn to develop Web sites using Hypertext Markup Language version 5 (HTML5) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). You will learn to write code manually, as well as use graphical user interface (GUI) authoring tools. You will also work with images, create hyperlinks, and add tables, forms, video and audio to your Web pages. If you want the knowledge and skills to design or improve Web sites, this course is for you.

The CIW Web Foundations Associate Course covers the latest CIW 1D0-610 exam. This syllabus is the most popular vendor-neutral Web Design Certification in the world and is ideal for those who are new to web design or wish to update their digital literacy skills and will help to gain a well-rounded knowledge of web design & the web design industry. CIW courses are designed by industry professionals to cover the most up to date web design subjects. The Web Foundations course is split into three separate sections (Internet business, data networking and Web site design) and includes the hottest topics in web design such as HTML5, CSS and other emerging Web technologies.

The CIW Advanced HTML5 & CSS3 Specialist Course is the first course to be released from the new CIW Web and Mobile Design Professional Series and prepares candidates to take the CIW ID0-620 exam. The course is designed to give students an essential knowledge of HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript Programming. These 3 technologies are known as the "HTML5 Family" or "Web development trifecta" and can help create Web pages that easily adapt to tablets, mobile devices, gaming devices, smart TVs and traditional desktop PCs.

The CIW User Interface Designer Course will teach students about the strategies and tactics necessary to design user interfaces, with particular attention given to the creation of user interfaces for mobile devices. This course focuses on knowledge of specific development techniques and strategies and students who complete this course will have a deep knowledge of creating user interfaces that are engaging, easy to use, simple to navigate, as well as being visually impressive.

The CIW Data Analyst Course will teach students how to use data to analyse all aspects of a company's operation and make appropriate business decisions. It covers how to compare and contrast structured and unstructured data and you will teach how to deploy tools for capturing and analysing data, including Hadoop, R Project, and custom database solutions. The course also shows how to understand the information using the data obtained from new and traditional data sources, including Web and social media logs, marketing, sales, technical support, and customer relations and you will also learn how to determine relationships between organisational efforts and business outcomes. Finally, students will study the ways to capture and represent data, including creating dashboards, executive summaries, reports and charts, using both traditional and Web-based tools.

The CIW Social Media Strategy Specialist Course focuses on the use of social media in business and teaches students how to create social media campaigns, and how you can analyse and present data in order to address organisational issues and make appropriate business decisions. This course will also cover the foundations of social media technologies, communication methods and how to engage consumers using various tools.

The CIW Database Design Specialist Course teaches students how to plan and design relational databases. You will learn about the theory behind relational databases, relational database nomenclature, and relational algebra. The course includes sections on Structured Query Language (SQL) and optimising databases through normalisation. The CIW Database Design Specialist course prepares candidates to take the CIW ID0-541 exam. This qualification is also one third of the CIW Web Development Professional certification.

The CIW JavaScript Specialist Course focuses on the fundamental concepts of the JavaScript language. This course will empower you with the skills to design client-side, platform-independent solutions that greatly increase the value of your Web site by providing interactivity and interest. You will learn how to use JavaScript to communicate with users, modify the Document Object Model (DOM), control program flow, validate forms, animate images, create cookies, change HTML on the fly, and communicate with databases. This course is part of the new CIW Web Development Professional Series and prepares you to take the new CIW ID0-735 exam.

The CIW Perl Specialist Course focuses on the fundamental concepts of the Perl programming language. In this course, you will learn the basic syntax and control structures needed to write Perl scripts. Topics such as data types, flow control, arrays and hashes, regular expressions, and subroutines will be discussed. You will learn how to interact with text files and how to access command line arguments and environment variables.

The CIW Perl Specialist course prepares candidates to take the CIW ID0-437 exam.

The CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) Web Security Associate Course teaches about Network Security and Firewalls and how to secure your network from unauthorised activity. This course teaches you about security principles, such as establishing an effective security policy, and about the different types of hacker activities that you are most likely to encounter. Individuals with these security skills can pursue or advance careers in many aspects of online and network security.

The CIW Web Design Specialist Course is suitable for students who want to gain the necessary skills to specialise in Web design and already have an existing knowledge of basic HTML Programming. This syllabus builds upon the web authoring skills taught in the CIW Web Foundations Associate and covers the essentials and best practices of web design, including design theory, web tools and technologies. The CIW Web Design Specialist course prepares candidates to take the CIW ID0-520 exam. Students who pass the CIW Web Design Specialist and the CIW E-Commerce Specialist certification will also earn the advanced CIW Web Design Professional certification.

The CIW E-Commerce Specialist Course is designed for students who already have an understanding of web technologies and want to gain a good understanding of e-commerce practices and site design. To be a member of a web or marketing team it is important to have a good working knowledge of e-commerce standards and this course will teach students how to conduct business online and manage the technical issues associated with constructing an e-commerce website. You will also learn about the similarities and differences between traditional and electronic commerce, and you will explore e-commerce technologies at various levels of sophistication. The CIW E-Commerce Specialist course prepares candidates to take the CIW ID0-525 exam. Students who pass the CIW E-Commerce Specialist and the CIW Web Design Specialist certification will also earn the advanced CIW Web Design Professional certification.