Certificate in Adobe Web Design

Course Format

The Certificate in Adobe Web Design class meets twice per week on Monday and Wednesday evenings in White Plains (Westchester Campus) OR Tuesday and Thursday evenings at our Midtown Campus (New York, NY ). This is an instructor-led course taught by Adobe Certified Expert instructors. PCBT (Pace Center for Business and Technology) is an Adobe Authorized Training Center.

Evening classes: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm (2.5 hours) Five hours per week for 17 weeks. Total Adobe Web Design classroom hours - 85 hours.

We have a Saturday section available in Midtown for spring / summer 2013 session. Saturday Classes: 9:00 am to 2:30pm (5 hours - with 1/2 lunch break) Five hours per week for 17 weeks. Total Adobe Web Design classroom hours - 85 hours.

COST: $2950

You Will Learn To

Using several Adobe Software tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash Professional and Flash Catalyst, students will learn how to PLAN - DESIGN - BUILD + MAINTAIN a fully functional website. Students will also learn how to FTP their website and content to a web hosting service: including how to add / host mulitple websites under a single domain name (folder).

Who Should Enroll

Students who are literate in PC or MAC based software and / or operating systems who want to learn how to build websites. Anyone with a print background / graphic designers, marketing and communications professionals looking to acquire a strong foundation of skills and knowledge in digital design or applying these skills to the web. Web entreprenuers, small business owners, freelancers and others looking to learn how to build and maintain websites and other digital content for the web will find this course to be invaluable!

Course Description

This hands-on course delivers 85 hours of classroom instruction supplemented with outside class assignments. The learning objectives of the class are: to develop technology skills and soft skills of student learners to enable them to plan, design, build, promote and maintain a fully functional website. Each student will be required to build a complete website by the end of the course as a class project.

The course encompasses 4 major (overlapping) learning areas:

1. Software tools

Photoshop CS6 for retouching and optimizing photos and other raster (pixel)-based graphic files

Illustrator CS6 for creating vector graphics, including logos, posters and menus

Fireworks CS6 learn how to utilize slicing for creating Web graphics, including buttons and animated GIFS and entire front end pages

Dreamweaver CS6 for creating an HTML-CSS Website:

Flash Catalyst / Flash Professional CS6 for creating animations, picture galleries and event calendars for your Website

Bridge CS6 for managing offline assets

2. Technologies

“Alphabet Soup” (HTML, CSS, JS, SWF, AS2,AS3, AJAX, PDF, XML)

3. Soft Skills

Interview a client, assess client’s needs and develop a custom Website plan

Plan and schedule the processes involved in developing a website from initial planning to final delivery, on your own or in a team environment

Identify web development best practices and intelligently discuss the pros and cons of various Web development options

Attract traffic to a website using leading web marketing resources, including Search Engines

4. Web Design and Functionality

Design and modify spot graphics of various kinds, including logos, banners, posters, post cards, thumbnails, etc.

Qualify for Adobe Web Application Development (optional) in order to take your skills to the next level

Create a Website with the functionality listed below:

LINKS	Website Page By Age Functionality
HOME PAGE	Flash and Photoshop art melded into a cool „n? catchy home page / front end; Flash (SWF) elements to attract and engage the user (banner, ad, logo, picture gallery); home page is clean and clear as to the purpose of the site
CONTACT US	FORM for capturing user input (name, email, etc. – using PHP)
ABOUT US	Basic HTML page with general information
MENU	PDF downloadable / printable menu of choices available on the site
MULTIMEDIA GALLERY	SWF / Flash-based picture gallery and an MP3 player / Jukebox! (time permitting)

Detailed Course Outline

Class 1 Photoshop - Introduction and overview of class - The Photoshop Workspace / Adobe Bridge - Working with bitmap/raster images - Layers and Layer Styles - Saving for Web and Devices	Class 9 Dreamweaver - Cascading Style Sheets - Types of CSS - Modifying CSS - CSS lists	Class 17 - Introduction to Adobe Flash CS5
Class 2 Photoshop - Making and Refining Selections - Color and Gradients - Warping objects - Creating transparencies - Copyright and the Designer - Getting to know your client	Class 10 Dreamweaver - Class based CSS - Attaching CSS to HTML pages - Compound Tag CSS - FTP to host server	Class 18 – Adobe Flash CS5 Creating an Animated Movie with Sound - Part I
Class 3 Photoshop - Advanced Selections - Quick / Layer Masks (Non-destructive editing) - Advanced Text Editing - Actions and Batch Processing - Creating a Slideshow / Photo Gallery in Bridge	Class 11 Dreamweaver - CSS Templates - Dividing a page into sections - Creating a CSS layout from scratch	Class 19 – Adobe Flash CS5 Creating an Animated Movie with Sound – Part II
Class 4 Photoshop - Photo Retouching - Designing a Website in Photoshop - Slicing /Preparing files for Dreamweaver	Class 12 Dreamweaver - Compound Type (Hybrid) CSS - Floats (no tables) - CSS Enable / Disable - AJAX / Spry Widget Drop-Down Menu - Transfer local CSS to externally linked page	Class 20 - Flash Catalyst CS5
Class 5 Dreamweaver CS5 - Web Planning Q&A - Creating a site - Looking at HTML screen - Defining template	Class 13 Dreamweaver - Behaviors - Rollovers - Targeting - CSS for other media types - Slicing - SPRY Tabbed Panel - SPRY Accordion Panels - Browser Lab	Class 21 - Flash Professional CS5
Class 6 Dreamweaver - Working with Tables - Adding pages - Creating link	Class 14 Dreamweaver - HTML forms - PHP to process form - SPRY Verification	Class 22 - Flash Professional CS5
Class 7 FTP setup Dreamweaver - Web Planning Q&A - Creating a site - Looking at HTML screens - Graphics	Class 15 – Adobe Fireworks CS5 - Web Prototyping and Slicing - Part I	Class 23 - Flash Professional CS5
Class 8 Dreamweaver - Defining a template - Editable regions - Creating Reusable content - Anchored links - Library items	Class 16 – Adobe Fireworks CS5 - Web Prototyping and Slicing - Part II	Class 24 - Flash Professional CS5 - Presentation of student websites, class wrap up / evaluations

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