Abstract
As an experienced and inspired graphic and web designer, I present new methods of teaching the principles of web design and coding to the students. It is necessary for today’s web designers to professionally know and understand HTML+CSS coding. Learning coding is like a learning new language. But while the misspelling in a language is usually not affecting the understanding of the whole phrase, the smallest misspelling in coding leads to the failure of the whole coding. In order to stimulate my students to understand the coding and become proficient in it, I come up with the games for them. For example, I give different HTML and CSS tags to each of the students, and then ask the whole group to form the displayed coding. Each of the students represents different tag in a page, and talks about his/her role in the forming of the page, and based on the coding we imagine the final visual design. My students find these exercises productive, as they are actively involved in the creative process of web design. I use quizzes to test my students’ proficiency, and base our HTML+CSS games in class on the feedback from these.
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Web design, Graphic design, Education, HTML, CSS, Coding, Students
