Higher Advanced Diploma In E-Commerce VIT004

Develop a mix of skills in I.T. and marketing, which are in high demand world wide. E-commerce is a must-have skill for managers in any industry not just IT because all businesses now use the World Wide Web as another point of sale. To successfully sell on the web, marketing managers and business managers should have knowledge of the way business and marketing combine on the web. COURSE STRUCTURE

Choose any twelve (12) modules from the list below and must include Research Project 1 and Work Experience/Industry meetings.

Module 1.

• Introduction to the Internet and HTML
• The most important HTML Tags
• Simplification through HTML Construction Software
• Creating Links
• Loading a Site onto the Internet
• Adding Graphics
• Designing a Web Site that Works
• Advanced Features

Module 2

This module will expand on website database development techniques and more using Microsoft\'s ASP.NET technology.

Module 3

• Introduction To Digital Technology - How images are captured and stored, categories of equipment & software, scope of applications
• Equipment
• Digital Technology - Colour, resolution, sensors
• Digital Cameras
• Taking Photographs
• Scanners
• Uploading Images
• The Digital Darkroom
• Compositing & Imaging - Production & manipulation of images
• Special Effects
• Outputs & Applications- Printers, The Internet

Module 4

• Introduction - what is e-commerce (more than the internet)
• Success and failure - what makes the difference
• Promotional strategies - are different on the internet
• Optimizing web site potential
• Increasing web site exposure
• Automating supply of goods, services and cash flow
• Managing constant change
• Dealing with e-commerce problems

Module 5

• Introduction
• The Variables
• Understanding conditional statements
• I/O handling
• Controls and Objects - An Introduction
• Structured Programming using Modules
• Properties, methods, events & classes
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Using controls
• Debugging
• Developing a complete VB.NET application

Module 6

• Learning The Menus
• Working with Digital Image Files
• Understanding the Tool Palette
• Using Layers, Actions and History
• Digital Painting, Shapes and Colours
• Selecting, Resizing, Transforming and Masking
• Adjustments and modifications
• Adding Filters and Styles
• Preparing Files for Print and Web

Module 7

• Nature and Scope of the Publishing world
• Desktop Publishing A