Where to find web design class

This website will live on with information for previous classes, but Chris is currently using a new website for his Web Design Class at Drake University.

If you're interested in digital media workshops or custom web design work in Des Moines, please contact Chris Snider.

Student website for Fall 2016

View student website for this semester:

CSS Challenge

CSS Challenge files

CSS Exercise files

CSS files.

FTP files

Download FTP files.

CSS intro files

Download the CSS intro files.

Images for class Sept. 8

Photos for class on Sept. 8:

Photo 1

Photo 2

Image for class Sept. 1, 2016

Download this image of Meredith Hall to use on our websites.

Student websites - spring 2016

Here is a list of websites for students in Chris Snider's Web Design Class in spring 2016.

The sites are a work in progress - at least until their final due date of April 26, 2017.

Here's the website assignment.

Andrew Beall

Rachel Berggren 

Hannah Bigot 

Christopher Burdett

Sarah Coleman 

Geoffrey Daley

Morgan Gstalter

Michelle Kofman 

Jennifer Krane 

Giuliana LaMantia 

Anne Matte 

Turner Olson 

Jenna Pfingsten 

Melissa Studach 

Tanner Van Beek 

Madelyn Vogt

Olivia Wassen 

Julia Wolf

Student websites - Spring 2015

Here is the list of student websites for this semester. They're still works in progress, but will be updated throughout the next two months.

Christy Baccam

Brandon Bader

Lauren Baker

Garrett Carty

Jessica DiDominick

Chris Fairbank

Avery Gregurich

Jennifer Heartley

Kim Hennen

Jacob Jensen

Hannah Keisker

Heather Kilby

Jenna Koretz

James Maertens

Trevor Marchuk

Korrie Merley

Mark Reiter

Ruth Ronnau

Ethan Turner

Tim Webber

Dan White

Claudia Williams

FTP files

FTP files

CSS intro files

Download: CSS intro files

Image for class Jan. 29

Download this image of Meredith Hall to use in class.

What you need to know for the J105 final

The final exam is 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9. It is worth 10 percent of your grade.

About the test

• Multiple choice and short answer
• Open notes, book, internet

Topics to know

• How basic HTML works
• How basic CSS works
• Purchasing hosting and domain names
• Uploading your site via FTP
• Wordpress posting, plugins, widgets
• Google analytics
• SEO and SEO research
• Very basics of creating responsive web sites

Files for class Nov. 18

Responsive design.

Websites for fall 2014

Here are students' websites for Web Page Design this fall.

Niels Bauder
Ashley Beall
Quinn Becker
Austin Cannon
Megan Friel
Austin Garner
Amanda Goodwin
Katie Hanson
Chance Hoener
Tucker Jacob​
Alicia Kang
Josh Lee
Ethan Loh
Susan Nourse
Laura Plumb
Lexi Ruskell
Chris Siegel
Allison Trebacz
Colton Warren
Matthew Wright

CSS Challenge files

Challenge files

FTP files for class Sept. 18

FTP/file structure.

CSS Intro files

Download: CSS intro files

Files for class Sept. 4

Files for class on Sept. 4:

Make smaller Photoshop

Make smaller PicMonkey

Slice image