DMWDepartment
Digital Media and Web Development
The practical digital skills a creative practice runs on: planning and building a portfolio website, making it accessible and fast, photographing and filming your work, and organizing the files behind it all.
Courses, in suggested order
These courses are being written now. Each opens for enrolment when it’s finished — the outlines below are the proposed curriculum.
- DMW 101
Digital File Organization
Stop losing files: folder structures, naming conventions, versioning, backups you have actually tested, metadata, archiving and clean client handoffs.Digital Media and Web DevelopmentFoundation9 lessons · ~8 hPlanned - DMW 102
Introduction to Web Design
How websites work and how to design them: HTML structure, CSS, responsive layout with flexbox and grid, web typography, navigation and images, ending with a published page.Digital Media and Web DevelopmentFoundation11 lessons · ~20 hPlanned - DMW 103
Photography for Artists
Photograph your artwork accurately with a phone or camera: exposure, white balance, lighting flat and glazed work, 3D pieces, process and installation shots, editing and export.Digital Media and Web DevelopmentFoundation11 lessons · ~14 hPlanned - DMW 201
Creating an Artist Website
Plan, build and launch a portfolio website that helps the right people find, understand and contact you, using a site builder or a simple hand-built site.Digital Media and Web DevelopmentIntermediate12 lessons · ~20 hIn development - DMW 202
Video Editing for Artists
Make short videos about your work: planning for platforms, shooting process footage, editing, timelapses, captions, colour, sound and export, using free or paid editors.Digital Media and Web DevelopmentIntermediate9 lessons · ~16 hPlanned - DMW 203
Accessible Website Design
Design and build websites everyone can use: WCAG 2.2 principles and levels, Ontario's AODA requirements, accessible content and interaction, and practical testing.Digital Media and Web DevelopmentIntermediate13 lessons · ~18 hIn development - DMW 204
Website Performance Fundamentals
Make image-heavy portfolio sites load fast: Core Web Vitals, lab and field measurement, image formats and responsive images, fonts, scripts, caching and a performance budget.Digital Media and Web DevelopmentIntermediate11 lessons · ~14 hPlanned