CERTIFICATE PROGRAM--18 SEMESTER CREDITS
18 WEEKS--540 CLOCK HOURS--Cost $6500
Elements of Web Design remains a favorite for graphic designers, making the transition to the world wide web, now known as the dot coms. The program covers the entire design process, from graphic design to dynamic HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). This program is an indispensable source of practical advice and creative inspiration of web graphics tools and techniques. With the web being the fastest-growing portion of the Internet, there's an ever-growing thirst for knowledge of learning to create professional looking Web Sites.
The student will combine graphic design skills and fuse them with their web skills to produce media-rich content and create stunning visual effects for web media. The student is not required to have any previous computer or graphic skills. The student must have a high school diploma or GED.
Computer Basics:
Whether you are training with a Mac or PC, they both posess a short learning curve and an ease of use. Most people can familiarize themselves with the basics and become fairly productive in a very short time. Another important advantage is the similarity of commands and methods of operations across applications. You can apply many of the techniques you use in one application to other applications.
Photoshop:
Students will learn this premiere image-creating and editing program to round off their Graphic Design skills. Using a flatbed scanner, they will learn to scan and manipulate photo images or art work. They also will learn retouching and special effects and many more tips and tricks.
Illustrator:
Used by many graphic designers today, Illustrator proves to be the leading drawing program. The student will learn how to use the drawing tools of this powerhouse drawing program. After creating illustrations, the student will also learn how to apply these techniques to other programs such as Photoshop, and Indesign.
InDesign:
Welcome to Adobe InDesign. Rarely has the introduction of an application in graphics training caused as much excitement as this one. InDesign has some very revolutionary features to offer the graphic designer. The student will learn to utilize its powerful plug-ins as well as its typographical technology as it applies to the Desktop Publishing Revolution.
Flash:
Flash is the professional standard for producing high-impact Web experiences. Flash delivers an intuitive, approachable authoring environment to enable both designers and developers to more easily create next-generation Web sites and applications.
HTML Basics:
In HTML Basics the student will learn an overview of web site development, such as User Agents HTML, Scripting Languages, Internet Servers, TCP/IP, Developer
Tools, Electronic Commerce, Document Structure, Document Presentation, HTML Structure, Lists, Tables, Presentation, Hyperlinks, Forms and Creating frames. The student will also learn the History of HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, Font Attributes, Background Attributes, Text Attributes, Margin Attributes. Padding Attributes, Border Attributes, Advanced Style Sheets, Introduction to Scripts, Intrinsic Events, and HTML Forms.
Adobe Dreamweaver:
Dreamweaver is the industry-leading Web authoring program. Whether you create websites for a living or one for own business, Dreamweaver offers you all the tools you need to get professional quality results. Dreamweaver is an extremely flexible design and production tool that offers unparalleled precision, control and seamless Smart Object integration with Adobe's professional Web applications, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Flash.