Adobe Dreamweaver CC

Hours: 32 / Access Length: 180 Days / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced
Retail Price: $375.00

Course Overview:

At the end of this class students will be able to create and manage web sites using Adobe Dreamweaver. Students will insert pictures and media objects into web pages. Students will use Cascading Style Sheets to format web pages. Students will use layers and tables for designing layout for pages. Students will manage sites using Dreamweaver's site management tools.

This course prepares a student to take the Adobe Web authoring using Adobe Dreamweaver certification exam.

Students will need a copy of Dreamweaver CC in order to do coursework.

Students will:

• Student will define a Dreamweaver site and create basic web page.
• Students will create a page layout for a web page.
• Students will manage cascading styles sheets in their Dreamweaver projects.
• Students will create a template for their Dreamweaver website.
• Students will add text and images to their web pages in Dreamweaver.
• Students will add navigation and interactivity to their web pages in Dreamweaver.
• Students will add Flash animation to a web page and design forms.
• Students will create a website that uses data from a database.
• Students will publish their websites to a web server.
• Students use Dreamweaver and the skills learned in this class to create a web site.

About This Course:

We are committed to offering world class interactive online courses that provide training and learning support for the student in a number of ways during their experience. This course structure has been developed to provide activities to guide students throughout the entire process of learning. Learning activities include hands-on assignments that allow students to use what they are learning to allow better transferable skills within their work environments.

When a student learns, they are not alone.   Each student will be supported by our student services department – which ranges from course mentors, registrar, and technical support assistance.   Every month students have a progress report run on them every month by our student services department to ensure they are making satisfactory progress.   If a student falls behind, we reach out to them personally by phone call every month to see if there is anything we can do to continue to assist them with moving forward in their course.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Getting Started

In this lesson, you will install the Dreamweaver software and class files, and get comfortable working with the Dreamweaver environment. If you are already familiar with other Adobe applications, then some of this will be familiar to you, but spend time getting comfortable with the information that is available to you on the screen. The more aware you are of where you are in a document and what the screen is telling you, the better you'll be able to handle any issues that come up.  You will take a tour of the Dreamweaver work space and learn about the tools that are available.   

Lesson 2: HTML and CSS

In this lesson, you will explore HTML and CSS. These two tools are the building blocks of all web sites. While using Dreamweaver to create and format pages, the pages will be created in HTML and CSS. Many times you'll find that there is a problem with the page and the only way to fix it is to use the code view. You may also find things that are easier to do within the code.

Lesson 3: Web Design Basics  

Now that you know your way around Dreamweaver and a bit about HTML and CSS, let's get to building web pages! You will look at building a page from an existing Dreamweaver template and look at how to customize the template appearance. This will be a regular way to start designing a website.

Lesson 4: Designing for Mobile Devices

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use "mobile-first" design which considers designing for mobile devices before designing for traditional desktop computers. You'll learn how to use two basic tools that adapt to this new design concept, media type and media query.  Finally, you will create and edit a web page for mobile and handheld devices. 

Lesson 5: Working with Templates

Your basic web pages should be taking shape, so now you will want to create more pages for your site. Instead of starting from scratch for each page or copying/pasting from your home page, you are going to create a template that can be used as a starting point for the other pages in the site. This template will contain the basic structure and formatting for your pages so that you can focus more on content.

Lesson 6: Working with Text and Images

In this lesson, you will start developing content for the pages. You'll look at different ways to structure the text on a web page, including lists, tables, and images. 

Lesson 7: Navigation and Interactivity

In this lesson, you will begin adding navigation to your site. This is something you'll definitely want to think about. You will also add some interactivity to the web pages as another option for organizing the content.

Lesson 8: Publishing to the Web

By now your site is fairly complete and you may want to share it with the world. You will walk through the process of publishing your site to a web server and what needs to be done to keep it up-to-date as changes are made.

Lesson 9: Adding Code and Animations 

This lesson focuses on extended coding techniques new to Dreamweaver CC 2017.  The new version includes improved tools and workflows for coders and developers.  You'll learn to write code using Emmet shorthand, and use Live Code to test and troubleshoot dynamic code.  This lesson also includes instruction on how to insert web-compatible video and animation to your web site. 

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

During this lesson, you will look back through all you have learned and apply this to a site of your own. You can finish up the site you've been working on all along for the Assignments or you can start over with a new site now that you've seen the complete process. Focus your attention first on your home page. Choose the colors, text and layout you want for your site. Once the home page is designed and you are happy with how it looks, then build a template and move on to the other pages.

All necessary materials are included.

Certification(s):

This course prepares a student to take the Adobe Web authoring using Adobe Dreamweaver certification exam.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.