Dreamweaver CS5

Course details

Module One: Setting Project Requirements

• Identify the purpose, audience, and audience needs for a website.
• Demonstrate knowledge of standard copyright rules (related terms, obtaining permission, and citing copyrighted material).
• Demonstrate knowledge of website accessibility standards that address the needs of people with visual and motor impairments.
• Make website development decisions based on your analysis and interpretation of design specifications.
• Understand project management tasks and responsibilities.

Module Two: Planning Site Design and Page Layout

• Demonstrate general and Dreamweaver-specific knowledge of best practices for designing a website, such as maintaining consistency, separating content from design, using standard fonts, and utilizing visual hierarchy.
• Produce website designs that work equally well on various operating systems and browser versions/configurations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of page layout design concepts and principles.
• Identify basic principles of website usability, readability, and accessibility.
• Demonstrate knowledge of flowcharts, storyboards, and wireframes to create web pages and a site map (site index) that maintain the planned website hierarchy.
• Communicate with others (such as peers and clients) about design and content plans.

Module Three: Understanding the Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Interface

• Identify elements of the Adobe Dreamweaver interface.
• Use the Insert bar.
• Use the Property inspector.
• Use the Assets panel.
• Use the Files panel.
• Customize the workspace

Module Four: Adding Content

• Define a Dreamweaver site.
• Create, title, name, and save a web page.
• Add text to a web page.
• Insert images and apply alternative text on a web page.
• Link web content, using hyperlinks, e-mail links, and named anchors.
• Insert rich media, such as video, sound, and animation in Flash format.
• Insert navigation bars, rollover images, and buttons created in Fireworks on a web page.
• Build image maps.
• Import tabular data to a web page.
• Import and display a Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel document to a web page.
• Create forms.

Module Five: Organizing Content

• Set and modify document properties.
• Organize web page layout with relative and absolutely-positioned p tags and CSS styles.
• Modify text and text properties.
• Modify images and image properties.
• Create web page templates.
• Use basic HTML tags to set up an HTML document, format text, add links, create tables, and build ordered and unordered lists.
• Add head content to make a web page visible to search engines.
• Use Adobe Creative Suite to implement a reusable design.

Module Six: Evaluating and Maintaining a Site

• Conduct technical tests.
• Identify techniques for basic usability tests.
• Identify methods for collecting site feedback.
• Present web pages to others (such as team members and clients) for feedback and evaluation.
• Manage assets, links, and files for a site.
• Publish and update site files to a remote server.