Introduction to Dreamweaver CS3

A not-for-credit course, offered through the Marlboro College Graduate Center, providing an introduction to Dreamweaver for those with no background in website design or management.

Introduction to Dreamweaver

0 credits

Description

An introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, focusing on basic concepts like site management, basic site layout, template customization, and general comprehension of CSS and HTML, the languages used to develop a website.

Intended Audience and Rationale

Community audience, largely business owners wishing to build or maintain their own websites.  Prior experience with Dreamweaver and/or HTML is not required.

Goals

• To get the basic skills to develop a simple, static website suitable for a small business.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the concept of website planning.
• Download a Dreamweaver template and modify it to meet the business needs.
• Understand file management and FTP.
• Understand web hosting and domain names/URLs, and how hosting is set up for a site in general terms.

Topical Outline

• General website planning
• File and site management in Dreamweaver
• Basic HTML concepts: titles, links, meta tags, image insertion
• Create a basic layout for a web page.
• FTP the site to a web host.
• Small introduction to behaviors in Dreamweaver, if time permits.

Instructional Procedures

Course will meet Monday nights from 6:30 to 8:00 PM for instruction, 8:00 PM to 8:30 PM for lab time.  Course meetings will be held on:
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
November 12, 19, 26

(Jen is away on November 5 at a conference; however, the Grad Center will be open for lab time if students wish to attend.)

Evaluation Procedures

No evaluation required.  Students will receive feedback in class on their work.

Format

• Class 1: Introduction, Site planning overview. 
• Class 2:  Overview of Dreamweaver and what it does.  File management and site management. Ugly Web Pages.
• Class 3:  Incorporating images and meta tags. Introduction to CSS and including it in a site.  Layouts in Dreamweaver.
• Class 4: Site templates and their advantage. Customizing pages.
• Class 5: CSS Part 1.
• Class 6: Review, questions, problems, getting back on track. CSS Part 2.
• Class 7: FTP and web hosting, Extra lab time.
• Class 8: Present final work, final questions.

Prerequisites

None.

Instructional Resources

Books and software are discussed separately.

You may want to purchase a thumb drive/flash drive/dork stick for storing and transporting your files. 50 MB of space should be more than enough.

About the Instructor

Jen Kramer McKibben is the founder of Focused Consulting LLC. She specializes in web site design focused on the clients' needs and spoken in language they understand. For nearly seven years, she has worked to develop sites that are functional, usable, accessible, and supportive of business and marketing goals. Her services include marketing and strategy, maintenance and redesigns for small to medium corporations, non-profits, and educational institutions.

Web design technology is constantly changing and evolving and Jen is committed to keeping pace. Not only does she learn for herself, she offers instruction at the Marlboro College Graduate Center to current and future web designers at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  She also serves as the Program Director for the Master's of Science in Information Technologies (MSIT) program.  She has previously taught at Champlain College and the Community College of Vermont.

Her courses include:

• Web site design and management
• Coding languages of the web, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Programs such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office products
• Multimedia
• Integrating the Internet into business education

She is  also the manager for the New England Adobe User Group.

Jen earned a BS in biology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MS in Internet Strategy Management at the Marlboro College Graduate Center.  She is most recently a Dreamweaver 8 Certified Developer.