Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: Level 1
Course number: 084502; One day; Instructor-Led
About this Course
You will design, build, and upload a website.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for novice web designers, web developers, website designers, and graphic artists with some programming background who need to build simple websites and want to utilize the features of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. The course covers the Adobe Web Communication using Dreamweaver CS5 objectives, and is intended to help prepare students to take the Adobe Certified Associate exam. Please refer to the CD-ROM that came with this course for a document that maps the Adobe Web Communication using Dreamweaver CS5 objectives to the content in the Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 series.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success in this course, it is recommended that you first take the following Element K course (or have equivalent knowledge): Web Design with XHTML, HTML, and CSS : Level 1.
At Course Completion
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- identify basic web design concepts and customize the Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 interface.
- build a website.
- design web pages.
- create reusable site assets.
- work with different types of links.
- upload a website.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Dreamweaver
Topic 1A: Identify the Basic Concepts of Web Design
Topic 1B: Locate Dreamweaver Interface Elements
Topic 1C: Customize the Interface
Lesson 2: Initiating a Website
Topic 2A: Identify the Elements of a Project Plan
Topic 2B: Determine the Workflow of a Web Project
Topic 2C: Define a Website
Topic 2D: Create a Document
Lesson 3: Designing Web Pages
Topic 3A: An Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Topic 3B: Format a Web Page
Topic 3C: Identify Copyright and Citation Requirements
Topic 3D: Insert Images
Topic 3E: Insert Tables
Topic 3F: Import Data from Other Applications
Topic 3G: Organize Files and Folders
Lesson 4: Creating Reusable Site Assets
Topic 4A: Create and Use Library Items
Topic 4B: Update Library Items
Topic 4C: Use Snippets
Topic 4D: Create a Template
Lesson 5: Working with Links
Topic 5A: Create Hyperlinks
Topic 5B: Create Anchors
Topic 5C: Create Email Links
Topic 5D: Create Image Maps
Topic 5E: Create Image Link Rollovers
Lesson 6: Uploading a Website
Topic 6A: Validate a Website
Topic 6B: Upload Files onto a Site
Appendix A: Using Frames
Appendix B: Using Dreamweaver Extensions
Appendix C: New Features in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5