Our courses

The course consists of 10 lessons:

1. Getting Started With JavaScript
2. JavaScript Event Handlers
3. Expanding Your JavaScript Knowledge
4. The Document Object Model
5. Error Handling & Debugging
6. Building The Minefield Game App
7. Application Programming Interfaces
8. Introduction to JQuery
9. JavaScript Plus
10. Building The Owzat Cricket Game

Entry Requirements: Students require a good knowledge of HTML Programming. This course assumes you have completed the Webmaster – HTML and CSS Course or have studied HTML to an equivalent level.

Assignments: You will be assessed on coursework which is detailed in the course materials. The coursework consists of individual web pages and a complete final website. Your work can be sent back to your course tutor by email or by post

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Provide computer access; support submission of assignments; have appropriate browser installed to enable completion of assignments. If the CD-Rom is not possible to use, prisons can contact the supplier to request the course material in a downloadable file or a memory stick.

Tutor Support: Yes (12 months)

What’s Next? Webmaster Responsive Web Design, also from the Distance Learning Centre

Find Out More: From the DLC directly here

The course consists of ten lessons:

1. Introduction
2. Responsive Web Design
3. HTML5 Semantic Elements
4. Introduction to CSS3
5. Styling Content & Layout with CSS3
6. Styling Lists & Tables with CSS3
7. Stylish HTML5 Forms
8. Using CSS3 to Create Special Effects
9. Optimising & Organising your CSS3 Code
10. The Powerful HTML5 API’s

Entry Requirements: Students require a good knowledge of HTML Programming. This course assumes you have completed the Webmaster – HTML & CSS Course or have studied HTML to an equivalent level.

Assignments: You will be assessed on coursework which is detailed in the course materials. The coursework requires you to create and submit webpages as your assignments. Your work can be sent back to your course tutor by email or by post.

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Provide computer access; support submission of assignments; have appropriate browser installed to enable completion of assignments. If the CD-Rom is not possible to use, prisons can contact the supplier to request the course material in a downloadable file or a memory stick.

Tutor Support: Yes (12 months)

What’s Next? Webmaster Javascript Web Design, also from the Distance Learning Centre

Find Out More: From the DLC here

This course consists of 13 lessons:

1. The Earth and the Celestial Sphere
2. The PZX Triangle
3. The Sextant
4. Measurement of Time
5. Meridian Altitudes
6. Sun, Star and Other Sights
7. Compass Checking
8. Satellite Navigation Systems
9. Great Circle Sailing
10. Meteorology
11. Passage Planning
12. Passage Making
13. Communications

Entry Requirements: Applicants should have completed the RYA Coastal Skipper course, or have equivalent knowledge.

Assignments: Self-assessed within the workbook

Exams: One assessment paper – 2 hours long

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of coursework. No additional equipment is required, but access to a Portland plotter and divider are recommended.

Tutor Support: Yes

Find Out More: From the East Anglian Sea School here

The course has 10 lessons:

1. What is Yoga?
2. Breathing
3. Rhythmic Breathing?
4. Warm-up Routine
5. Rolls and lifts
6. Out in the Sun
7. Salute to the Sun
8. Eyes and Neck
9. Shoulders and Fingers
10. What is Relaxation?

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English

Assignments: 10, one at the end of each lesson

Exams: Self-Assessment test

Prison Support Requirements: Facilitating tutor support by sending off assignments

Tutor Support: Yes

What’s Next? Fitness Instructing Level 2 (Exercise to Music)

Find Out More: From BSY’s website directly