1 day class

Course Description

Dreamweaver MX: Level 1 is a hands-on class that will introduce you to the basics of the Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Web development application.

Target Student:  This course is designed primarily for new or prospective Web designers who want to use Macromedia Dreamweaver to create Web sites.

Prerequisites:  To ensure your success, you must have a basic understanding of your computer's operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.

Benefits:  After completing this course, students will be able to create Web sites that include frame-based pages, tables, graphics, and links.

What's Next:  After completing this course, students can take the Dreamweaver MX: Level 2 course.

Performance-Based Objectives

• Explain basic concepts about the Internet and the World Wide Web, identify the basic issues concerning proper site design, and navigate in the Dreamweaver work environment.
• Define a site in Dreamweaver to organize and maintain the Web pages; and create a basic Web page by typing text and applying character and paragraph formatting.
• Use Site Panel to create and organize files and folders.
• Insert images, set image properties, create and format tables.
• Add links within a site, create anchors, and specify external links, as well as use images as links, and create image maps.
• Build a frame-based set of pages.
• Upload a site to a remote Web server.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Internet Access and HTML

• Topic 1A: Internet Access and HTML
• Topic 1B: Planning Web Sites
• Topic 1C: The Dreamweaver Environment
• Topic 1D: Viewing and Managing HTML Code

Lesson 2: Creating a Web Site

• Topic 2A: Defining a Web Site
• Topic 2B: Creating a Basic Web Page
• Topic 2C: Page Properties

Lesson 3: Building a Web Site

• Topic 3A: The Site Panel
• Topic 3B: Templates

Lesson 4: Adding Content to Web Pages

• Topic 4A: List Formats
• Topic 4B: Images
• Topic 4C: Tables
• Topic 4D: Templates Containing Repeating Regions

Lesson 5: Working with Links

• Topic 5A: Links within a Site

Lesson 6: Enhancing Navigation in a Site

• Topic 6A: Framesets
• Topic 6B: Re-Usable Navigation Bars

Lesson 7: Managing and Uploading a Web Site

• Topic 7A: The Site Map