TAYLOR'S Holds Web Design Workshop For Indonesian Students

Forty students from two secondary schools in Pontianak, Indonesia had an engaging time exploring about Web design at a workshop themed “Sell it to the World” led by Taylor’s School of Computing (SOCIT) Lecturer Mr. Lili Budiman. 

Mr. Budiman observes the participants

Held at SMA St. Paulus Pontianak, the four-hour workshop exposed participants from SMA St. Paulus and SMA Santo Emanuel to the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to create an effective and attractive Web page. They were guided to think creatively and innovatively to develop a “Hip, Funky and Cool” Web design.

Through interactions with Mr. Budiman and hands-on activities, participants learned about planning and developing Web pages using markup languages like HTML, Javascript and CSS. In addition, they also got to familiarise themselves with several software used to design sophisticated Websites, namely Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft FrontPage and Microsoft Powerpoint.

The highlight of the workshop for the students was creating an actual website to market a product of their choice. This assignment was divided into three phases:

• Phase 1 – Create a storyboard to detail the overall organisation of the websit
• Phase 2 – Develop a prototype using Microsoft Powerpoint
• Phase 3 – Implement the website by using Microsoft FrontPage

The participants were motivated to come up with the best ideas and designs as three awards were given out for Best Storyboard and Best Implementation, respectively.

Mr. Budiman said he enjoyed facilitating the workshop as the students were eager to learn.

“For many of them, it was their very first time to create a website, but they were fast learners and asked a lot of questions!

According to SOCIT Dean Ms. Banumathy Devi, this workshop was tailor-made to ensure students gain the right fundamentals, are able to apply what they have learned and have a fun time.
“The Internet has become such an important tool in the 21st century and it has become a vital part of everyday life - providing everything from news to shopping to music to videos - and is likely to become even more important in the years to come. Having the ability to design a Webpage that catches people’s attention is certainly a valuable skill,” she added.