1. Creative Technologies Martin Stanhope – Programme Leader/Senior Lecturer HND / BSc (Hons) Computing & Website Development (CWD) Martin Stanhope CWD Programme Leader for years 2 and 3

2. HND / BSc(Hons ) Computing courses Computing Computing & Website Development Computer Networks & Security

3. Computing Courses Full-time course structure CourseYear 1 (HE4)Year 2 (HE5)Year 3 (HE6) HND (2 years) 120 - BSc (Hons) (3 years) 120 1 module = 20 credits 6 modules per year = 6x20 = 120 credits HND = 2 years = 2 x 120 = 240 credits BSc(Hons) = 3 years = 3 x 120 = 360 credits

4. Web Designers vs Web Developers Web designers.... Design the visual style, layout and structure of websites. Skills Artistic skills (drawing, layout etc) Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Background Arts/Graphic Design qualification with some web content skills (HTML/CSS) (Example 1)Example 1 Web developers Analyse the requirements of clients and develop software solutions for web sites and web applications. Skills Programming Databases Background A technical computing qualification with emphasis on programming for the web. (Example 1; Example 2)Example 1Example 2

5. Computing & Web Development Development languages & technologies used  HTML & CSS  JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX  PHP  XML and related technologies  SQL  ASP.NET, C#  Adobe Flash ActionScript  Java

6. Computing & Web Development Level HE5 modules (2 nd year)  Level 2 Project (Dr. Gill Green)  Web Programming (Martin)  Database Theory & Practice (Martin)  UNIX (Dr. Rob Campbell)  Mobile Applications Design (Adam Isherwood)  Internet Applications & Server Systems (Martin)

7. Computing & Web Development Level HE6 modules (3rd year of the degree)  Prof. Issues in Computing  Major Project (40 credit module)  Web Application Project Management + 2 of the following 3 options  Web & Systems Based Programming  Network Security  Facilitating E-Commerce

8. Computing & Website Development (CWD) Career opportunities – Skills required by employers Team players who are able to communicate well with designers, developers, customers and end- users. Creative individuals who understand the software development process. Multi-skilled individuals who are able to create solutions for the web and mobile devices

9. Computing & Website Development (CWD) Thank you for attending. Please meet up for a coffee if you wish to discuss transferring to CWD. Martin Stanhope (ms5@bolton.ac.uk)ms5@bolton.ac.uk CWD Programme Leader (Years 2 & 3)