PreSkill: Introduction to Programming allows you to get started in web development !
Start Learning to Code Today!
One Nanodegree with four online courses over a single month! You will gain web skills and explore new tech careers… or enhance your current one.
Award-winning coding bootcamp, We Can Code IT, brings you a new pathway to entering the field of I.T.
Highlights
Start with Coding Fundamentals for FREE!
Explore HTML, CSS and JavaScript in Intro to Web Development.
Dig into more JavaScript and Object-Oriented code in Intro to Software Development.
Create your first technical resume in our Resume Development Workshop!
What you will learn
Our Preskill: Introduction to Programming Nanodegree is the first step towards your new journey in Web or Software Development! Meant for beginners, you’ll learn programming basics and fundamental computational thinking concepts, practices and perspectives while exploring HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through hands-on projects. You’ll walk away with an understanding of these coding languages and Object-Oriented principles. Finally, you’ll create a resume, learn about careers to put your new skills to use, and explore additional educational opportunities.
Apply for the IMAP Scholarship to cover your PreSkill tuition:
What is IMAP? IMAP is the Individual Microcredential Assistance Program and it is available to help Ohioians who are low income, partially unemployed or totally unemployed to attend a training program to receive a credential at zero cost! This is set up to cover all tuition at fees so you can move forward with your training.
We Can Code IT has IMAP scholarships available so students can attend PreSkill at zero cost. Click here to see if you qualify for an IMAP Scholarship.
COURSE 1: Coding Fundamentals
New to software and web development? This introductory overview helps you get a big picture perspective on what software and web development looks like, what programmers do, and get a feel for computational thinking. Participants use hands-on exercises and projects to demonstrate proficiency of coding fundamentals, build computational thinking abilities and begin approaching problems like a programmer.
COURSE 2: Introduction to Web Development
Intro to Web Development allows you to explore creating web pages. You'll gain real-world experience in common web languages like HTML and CSS. You'll explore how web pages use JavaScript to create interaction. You will get a taste of how to manipulate the Document Object Model of HTML using JavaScript code.
COURSE 3: Introduction to Software Development
Using a project-based approach to learning, you'll synthesize previous learnings and get introduced to Object-Oriented Programming. You'll even develop a basic software project using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS!
COURSE 4: Resume Development Workshop with Career Services
You'll reflect on your next steps in education and career advancement. Practical resume building skills are a focus. You'll learn about effective resumes and build your very first technical resume! You'll also have the chance to explore additional opportunities now that you have new knowledge about OOP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and computational thinking. You'll create a plan to move towards your next steps.
The new skills you’ll acquire after completing the Nanodegree
You'll gain the ability to describe and apply coding and computational thinking concepts abstractly and in JavaScript.
You'll be able to explain computational concepts, and practices like testing, so much as to tell someone generally how you would program a web page.
You'll learn skills to create a simple web page and write a CSS style sheet to modify its look and feel.
You'll practice how to change a webpage and create interaction on a it using JavaScript.
Object-Oriented programming will be introduced for familiarity.
You'll explore career and educational opportunities, walking away with a resume to promote yourself and your abilities.
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AFFORDING PRESKILL
If you are unable to afford PreSkill: Introduction to Programming Nanodegree, we have some options for you. Learn about Cleveland NTI scholarships, NCUS Scholarships, and Ohio IMAP Scholarships!
BADGES
Share your accomplishments on your resume and social media! Available badges include Coding Fundamentals, Web Development, Software Development, Resume Workshop and completion of the full Nanodegree!
New to software and web development? This introductory overview of programming helps you get a big picture perspective on what software and web development looks like and what programmers do. Participants use hands-on exercises and projects to demonstrate proficiency of coding fundamentals, build computational thinking abilities and begin approaching problems like a programmer.
Introduction to Web Development is a real-time course completed with an instructor over Zoom! It’s one of four courses within We Can Code IT’s PreSkill: Introduction to Programming Nanodegree. This real-time, instructor-led 14-hour online Zoom class allows us to work together to learn and practice HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, eventually creating a working web page and application!
The third course in We Can Code IT’s PreSkill: Introduction to Programming Nanodegree, Introduction to Software Development focuses on JavaScript, along with HTML and CSS, and incorporates the beginnings of Object-Oriented Programming. This real-time, instructor-led 16-hour online Zoom class allows you to work through real projects as you take a deeper dive into computational thinking in practice.
The fourth and final course in We Can Code IT's PreSkill: Introduction to Programming Nanodegree, our Career Advancement Resume Workshop is a real-time, instructor-led 3-hour Zoom class where you'll make your very first technical resume! Learn the difference between good and bad resume practices and work in teams to ensure your technical resume stands above the rest.
Fortune Teller Project is project-based learning that you will complete as self-study prior to many of our Java programs. You'll learn basics of computational thinking using the Java programming language.
Fortune Teller Project is project-based learning that you will complete as self-study prior to many of our Java programs. You'll learn basics of computational thinking using the Java programming language.
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