Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5: Level 1 (Macintosh)
Course Specifications
Course number: 084938
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will design, build, and upload a website.
Target Student: 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.
Hardware Requirements
- Multicore Intel® processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- 1.8GB of available disk space for software installation and
an additional 10 MB for the course data files
- A 256-color monitor with 1280x800 resolution
- A DVD-ROM drive
- Internet connection
- Network connectivity
- Windows web server (preferably IIS)
- FTP address with 192.168.0.1
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
- Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5
- Apple Safari
Course Objectives
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 Content
- 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: 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