The professional course in Webmastering focuses preparing students to become professionals in website management and website administrators. Webmastering aims to endow students with the skills needed to design, create, maintain, and improve websites, ensuring that they function effectively and address the needs of end users.
Curriculum
What you will learn.
01
Website design
Students learn the ABCs of website design, including creating web templates, selecting colours, fonts, and layouts, to produce eye-catching and user-friendly websites.
02
Web development
Under this component, skills like programming and web development, as well as the use of programming language like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and others are acquired to ease website creation and customization.
03
Content management
Students learn how to manage the website content, including creating, editing, and publishing articles, images, videos, and other media.
04
Technical maintenance
Skills related to technical maintenance, including managing software updates, correcting errors, securing the site against online threats and optimising performance, are also taught.
05
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Students learn about search engine optimisation techniques to improve website visibility in search results.
06
Web analysis
Students are trained on the use of web analytics tools to track site traffic, analyse user behaviour, and make data-driven decisions.
07
Web project management
The course includes project management skills for planning, executing, and monitoring projects related to the creation or updating of websites.
08
Social media Interaction
Students learn to manage social media accounts linked to websites, publish content, interact with subscribers, and grow an online presence.
Upon graduation, graduates in this program will be ready to work as webmasters, website administrators, front-end web developers or web content managers. They could also work in a variety of sectors including but not limited to e-commerce, media, business, communications agencies, non-profit organisations, etc. Their role is to keep websites running smoothly, ensure they are user-friendly and help achieve their employers’ or clients’ online objectives.