- Course structure & what to expect over 12 weeks
- Install & configure VS Code with Live Server & Prettier
- How the browser, HTML, CSS & JavaScript fit together
- MC S02 Module 1 – Build Dynamic Websites
- MC S02 Module 2 – Develop Complex Page Layouts
- MC S02 Module 3 – Develop Complex Cascading Style Sheets
- MC S01 Module 1 – Originate & Develop Concepts
- MC S01 Module 2 – Manage Client Problems
- MC S01 Module 3 – Lead & Facilitate a Team
- Low-fi wireframes in Excalidraw, then Figma for hi-fi
- AI platform tour: Claude, Gemini — strengths & differences
- Prompt craft: give context, be specific, iterate in small steps
- MC S01 Module 4 – Match ICT Needs w/ Strategic Direction
- Translate the wireframe into a real folder structure & HTML skeleton
- Pick your colour palette, typography & Bootstrap version
- Set up the homepage layout first, then stub the other pages
- Wire up the navbar & footer across every page
- Drop real content into each section (no more lorem ipsum)
- Check responsive behaviour on mobile width as you go
- Cross-cohort session with the wider campus
- Wrap up the Lead & Facilitate a Team assessment (S1)
- Intro to Mark — handover and what to expect next week onward
- Open build session — bring questions on your project
- Last chance to grab feedback from Tim before handover
- Mark joins from Week 11 onward
- Quick intros with Mark — current builds, blockers and goals
- Push every page to a working first pass (no dead links, no lorem ipsum)
- Tighten navigation & footer consistency across pages
- Cross-browser smoke test — Chrome, Firefox, Safari + mobile width
- First validator pass — log every HTML & CSS error you find
- WAVE accessibility scan — capture issues to fix in Class 23
- Run W3C HTML & CSS validators, fix any errors
- Accessibility audit with WAVE + a manual keyboard test
- Final content sweep — copy, images, links, meta tags
- Upload to the HUB and confirm receipt
- Show & tell — a short walk-through of your site to the cohort
- Peer review + final trainer feedback round with Mark