Course Details
Design stunning Web pages …. and build yourself a brilliant career
Do you have design flair? Are you excited by the idea of exploring new possibilities?
If so, a career as a Dreamweaver Web designer could be the perfect choice for you. And our Adobe Dreamweaver course is the ideal way to get started.
Dreamweaver is the favoured design tool of many Web professionals, and this course will show you why.
You'll have every chance to discover and master its huge range of capabilities. And by the end of your course, you too will be ready to take your place as a Dreamweaver specialist.
You'll be working at the very frontier of digital design and motion graphics, with skills that could eventually qualify you for jobs paying salaries up to £36,000* per annum.
Latest Software Included: Adobe Dreamweaver Creative Suite 3
'As businesses become increasingly dependent on the Internet, multi-media design skills are in great demand. Adobe and the Home Learning College are helping more people to realise their ambitions of expanding their skills through the provision of high quality courses and with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Student Edition software, containing all the tools needed to produce cutting edge print, web, video, film and media rich interactive projects' - Alex Moore, Education Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems.
At the end of your course you will be able to take ACITP Diploma in Web Design Level 3.
By taking the Association of Certified IT Professionals (ACITP) Certificate in Web Design, you will be able to put yourself in charge of your career, to develop and grow at a pace to suit you, and stand out from other applicants when job hunting.
This course will add value to your CV by demonstrating your understanding of Web Design and show that you can create professional websites. It will also maximise your personal development, and will help you find your dream job, by showing a potential employer your commitment to the job and knowledge of the Internet.
The ACITP is a professional organisation with over 5,000 members that promotes standards of excellence in the use of Information Technology. Being a member of an organisation like this makes you stand out as a professional and can enhance your career prospects.
'As businesses become increasingly dependent on the Internet, multi-media design skills are in great demand. Adobe and the Home Learning College are helping more people to realise their ambitions of expanding their skills through the provision of high quality courses and with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Student Edition software, containing all the tools needed to produce cutting edge print, web, video, film and media rich interactive projects' - Alex Moore, Education Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems.
Unit 1 - Fundamentals of the World Wide Web
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HTML - what it is, how to use it, how to work with HTML tags
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Attributes and styles
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Viewing source codes
Unit 2 - Planning and organising your Websites
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Understanding paths and site structure
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Building a Website in Dreamweaver
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Adding folders and files in Dreamweaver
Unit 3 - understanding the Dreamweaver Interface
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Additional functional areas in Dreamweaver
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Additional buttons and options in the document tool bar
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Panel groups
Unit 4 - Layouts and Alignments: Building Your First Web page
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Setting text and link colours
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Colour considerations in Web design
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Previewing pages in a browser
Unit 5 - Working with text
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Text formatting with the properties inspector
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Creating hyper links
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Inserting page anchors
Unit 6 - Working with images
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Inserting roll-over images
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Inserting Flash video
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Using Bridge with Photoshop integration
Unit 7 - Controlling Page Layout
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CCC selector types
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CSS type declaration
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Designing with CSS positioning
Unit 8 - Advanced page design with cascading style sheets
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Creating and applying custom classes
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Styling body properties
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Using the new Dreamweaver CS3 management feature
Unit 9 - Dreamweaver's automated design tools
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Applying and updating templates
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Designing with behaviours
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Working with Dreamweaver extensions
Unit 10 - Communicating through tables, forms and media
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Designing a Web page with forms
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Creating a contact form
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Processing forms and using Formmail
Unit 11 - Publishing and managing site files
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Types of Web-hosting services
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Hosting services - key considerations
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Managing file transfers with the site panel
You will be asked to complete and submit a total of 11 assignments during your course. This will enable your personal tutor to see your progress, offer helpful feedback, and ensure you're getting the very most from your training.
You will also have the chance to complete a number of practical exercises as you work through the material. This way, you learn by doing. And you build your confidence as you put your new skills to the test.
Your Adobe Dreamweaver course is spread over five workbooks designed to allow you to learn at your own pace, in a logical way.
Each new study topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 160 hours of study.
This course is also available as a combined course with Adobe Flash. Which will teach you all about Flash, web animations, design interactivity and special effects. And your new skills will be in demand.
You don't need any experience of Website development before starting your course. However, it would be useful if you are familiar with either the Windows XP or Vista operating systems.
Note: The minimum computer hardware requirements for this course are
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Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon or Intel Core Duo processor
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Microsoft Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions)
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1GB of RAM, 3GB of hard disk space for installation
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DVD-ROM drive, broadband Internet access
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Your operating system must be at least Windows XP(SP2) or Windows Vista.
All our Adobe Dreamweaver course material is written by experts. To see an example of our course material, please click on the link below
As the scope and importance of the worldwide Web continues to grow, your skills are certain to remain in high demand.
Once you've got more experience behind you, you should be in line for a huge range of exciting Web design and development opportunities paying £22,000 - £35,000* per annum.
*Source: itjobswatch - November 2007