Adobe Dreamweaver Certificate in Web Design
Course Details
Adobe Dreamweaver is the most popular design tool for many web designers and is an ideal course to launch your career as a professional web designer. The Dreamweaver course will enhance your creative style.
We will ensure that you learn and ascertain all the expertise that the Dreamweaver course offers such as digital design and motion graphics. Dreamweaver specialists are highly sought after people so completion of this course could see you applying new skills in the market.
The Dreamweaver course is Adobe authorised and has become one of the most popular introductory courses for web building. Adobe Dreamweaver is the preferred choice of tool for those who design and build professional websites. During the course you will learn how to create, edit, publish and update a website.
The Adobe Dreamweaver course has been designed to ensure you are able to understand the essentials of Dreamweaver quickly and easily. At the end of each study topic you will be given an assignment to complete so you can demonstrate your newly acquired skills and knowledge. All the information you learn on the course has been delivered in such a manner that you are ready for your online exam at the end.
Your course material includes the latest software - Adobe Dreamweaver Creative Suite.
Qualifications
On completion of the Dreamweaver course you will be able to take the Adobe Certified Associate: Web Communication using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 exam. Successful completion of the exam will lead to Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) status. An Adobe Certified Associate credential certifies individuals have the entry-level skills to plan, design, build, and maintain effective communications using different forms of digital media.
Being awarded the Certificate in Adobe Dreamweaver in Web Design will enhance your CV no end and in turn boost your job prospects. It will also demonstrate your commitment to your career and personal development.
'As businesses become increasingly dependent on the Internet, multi-media design skills are in great demand. Adobe and the Home Learning College are helping more people to realise their ambitions of expanding their skills through the provision of high quality courses. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Student Edition software contains all the tools needed to produce cutting edge print, web, video, film and media rich interactive projects'
Alex Moore, Education Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems
Study Plan
- Fundamentals of the World Wide Web
- HTML and how to use it
- Planning and organising your websites
- Understanding the Dreamweaver interface
- Layouts and alignments
- Building your first web page
- Working with text
- Working with images
- Controlling page layout
- Advanced page design with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
- Dreamweavers automated design tools
- Applying and updating templates
- Designing with behaviours
- Working with Dreamweaver Extensions
- Designing a web page with forms
- Publishing and managing site files
Study Details
The Adobe Dreamweaver course has 11 study units in total which are spread over five different workbooks. The structure of the course is designed in a way to allow you to study at your own pace. The study units are also in a logical sequence so that each new unit will build on knowledge gained in previous units.
At the end of each study unit you will be given an assignment to complete. This will provide you with information on your progress and understanding of the topic. Your assignments should be sent to your personal tutor who can also track your progress and provide you with feedback.
On completion of your course studies you will be in a position to sit the course Exam.
You do not require any previous exposure to Web Design prior to beginning the Dreamweaver course. Knowledge of either Windows XP or Vista operating systems would be an advantage.
Note: The minimum computer hardware requirements for this course are:
- DVD-ROM drive, broadband Internet access
- Your operating system must be at least Windows XP(SP2) or Windows Vista.
- Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon or Intel Core Duo processor
- 1GB of RAM, 3GB of hard disk space for installation
Careers
Development of the Worldwide Web continues to grow and as such, people with a professional qualification in web design will always be in huge demand. By gaining the Adobe Dreamweaver Certificate in Web Design you can land yourself web design and development positions paying £22,000 to £35,000* per year.
*Source: itjobswatch - November 2007
Example roles:
Web Developer Graphic Designer
£29,206 £27,411
Source: IT Jobs Watch Source: IT Jobs Watch
