Adobe Dreamweaver CC (2017): Part 2

This course is designed for those who have some experience using Dreamweaver to design or modify websites and want to learn more. Students may be designing sites for the Internet or sites for their company’s intranet. Students may be creating new sites or redesigning or updating existing sites. Students may be creating HTML email or newsletters. Web design may be only one part of the students’ job duties. Or perhaps web design is the student’s primary job function. Students may be artists or developers who wish to use a WYSIWIG tool for speed and ease of use.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, you should have:

• Basic Windows skills.
• Basic knowledge of HTML5 and CSS. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the Logical Operations course HTML5: Content Authoring Fundamentals.
• Basic knowledge of Dreamweaver, including how to create a page and site, and add and style text, images, links, and tables in Dreamweaver. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the Logical Operations course Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC (2017): Part 1.

Familiarity with HTML and CSS coding is also helpful.  You can obtain this level of additional skills and knowledge by taking the course HTML5: Content Authoring with New and Advanced Features.

In this course, you will be able to develop interactive and engaging websites that are compatible with multiple display devices.

You will:

• Implement basic design principles in writing a website.
• Author a site suitable for both mobile and desktop viewing.
• Create forms.
• Add movement through behaviors and CSS transitions.
• Insert audio and video media.
• Reach your target audience through social media and HTML email marketing.
• Manage website files through testing and synchronizing.
• Set project requirements.

Lesson 1: Design Considerations

•  Topic A: Fundamental Design Principles
•  Topic B: Usability and Accessibility

Lesson 2: Writing for Mobile Platforms

•  Topic A: Create Media Queries for Mobile Platforms
•  Topic B: Create Mobile Responsive Pages with Bootstrap
•  Topic C: Modify a Bootstrap Page

Lesson 3: Creating Forms

•  Topic A: Create a Form with Form Fields
•  Topic B: Validate a Form

Lesson 4: Creating Movement

•  Topic A: Apply CSS Transitions to Create Movement
•  Topic B: Apply Behaviors to Create Movement

Lesson 5: Adding Multimedia

•  Topic A: Insert Audio Files
•  Topic B: Insert Video Files

Lesson 6: Marketing Through Social Media and Email

•  Topic A: Plan a Social Media Strategy
•  Topic B: Add Links to Social Media
•  Topic C: Create Email Marketing Materials and Newsletters

Lesson 7: Testing and Maintaining Your Site

•  Topic A: Validate Your Site Against W3 Standards
•  Topic B: Share Website Files with Other Users
•  Topic C: Synchronize Your Site

Lesson 8: Setting Project Requirements

•  Topic A: Identify Purpose, Audience, Audience Needs
•  Topic B: Adhere to Copyright Rules for Site Content
•  Topic C: Determine and Evaluate Project Management Tasks and Responsibilities