The document provides an outline for a Certificate course in Web Authoring. It includes 5 units covering introductions to computers, the internet, and design. It also covers topics like web design, SEO, SEM, and web hosting. The course outline lists chapter topics, exercises, practical lab sections covering designing, SEO, and a final project. Software covered includes Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, and CorelDraw. Popular scripting languages like JavaScript, PHP, and ASP are also mentioned.