Web Development and Internet Marketing Certificate Program Content
Our program content is always being adapted to the new and changing design and development needs of employers and clients. The expertise of our instructors, designers and developers helps to keep content fresh, up to date, fun, and 100% applicable to the needs of people and industry today. We use the latest versions of both software and computers for our programs.
- Program Introduction / Outline (1 session)
- File Management (1 session)
- Computer Accessories and Tools of the Trade (1 session)
- Web Fundamentals and Current Design Trends (1 session)
- Illustrator CS3 (5 sessions)
- What’s New
- A Quick Tour
- The Work Area
- Selecting and Aligning
- Creating Shapes
- Transforming Objects
- Drawing with the Pen Tool
- Colour and Painting
- Working with Type
- Working with Layers
- Blending Shapes and Colours
- Working with Brushes
- Applying Effects
- Applying Appearance Attributes and Graphic Styles
- Working with Symbols
- Combining Illustrator CS3 Graphics with Creative Suite
- Illustrator – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- Photoshop CS3 Extended (5 sessions)
- The Work Area
- Basic Photo Corrections
- Retouching and Repairing
- Working with Selections
- Layer Basics
- Masks and Channels
- Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs
- Typographic Design
- Vector Drawing Techniques
- Advanced Layering
- Advanced Compositing
- Preparing Files for the Web
- Photoshop – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- Writing for the Web (1 session)
- Psychology of the User Experience (1 session)
- Plain Language and Effective Communication (1 session)
- Search Engine Optimization (1 session)
- Domain Names, Hosts and FTPs (1 session)
- Professional Web Practices and Standards (1 session)
- HTML/XHTML and Handcoding – A Primer (1 session)
- Dreamweaver CS 3 (5 sessions)
- A Quick Start
- Customizing your Workspace
- Applying Cascading Style Sheets
- Working with Text
- Designing with Images
- Inserting Links
- Crafting Page Layouts
- Creating Interactive Pages
- Integrating Ajax with Spry
- Constructing Forms
- Adding Multimedia / Flash Video
- Publishing to the Web
- Dreamweaver – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- PHP and mySQL – A Primer (1 session)
- Drupal and CMS (1 session)
- Professional Flash Design and Best Practices (1 session)
- Flash CS3 (5 sessions)
- Getting Acquainted
- Working with Graphics
- Creating and Editing Symbols
- Working with Text
- Adding Animation
- Creating interactive Files
- ActionScript Basics
- Using Components
- Working with Sound and Video
- Loading and Optimizing Flash Content
- Publishing Flash Documents
- Flash – Professional Development Secrets (1 session)
- Cascading Style Sheets – Positioning and Layout (2 sessions)
- Fireworks CS3 (3 sessions)
- Editing Bitmaps
- Using Vector Tools
- Working with Layers
- Adding Text
- Creating Buttons
- Advanced Techniques and Masking
- Optimizing and Exporting
- Fireworks and Dreamweaver for CSS Development (1 session)
- Cascading Style Sheets for Print (1 session)
- Cascading Style Sheets for Cell Phones / Mobile Devices (1 session)
- Device Central – Development and Testing of Flash and Web Applications for use in Mobile Devices (3 sessions)
- Project Week Preparation (1 session)
- Project Week (5 sessions)
