You are familiar with creating web pages and now you will use Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC (2017) to enhance web pages by adding advanced functions such as movement, media elements, forms, and links to social media. You will also create responsive pages to ensure that your websites are compatible with various modern display devices, such as tablets and smartphones. You will create HTML email for email marketing or email newsletters. Lastly, you will share files over a server to work in a collaborative manner. All this will ensure that you develop a website that retains user interest by providing an engaging user experience across multiple display devices.
This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Dreamweaver CC exam and the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Web Authoring Using Adobe Dreamweaver CC exam.
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.
In this course, 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, and set project requirements.
This course requires that you have Adobe Dreamweaver installed on a Windows PC. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of the course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.
You are familiar with the fundamentals of creating web pages in Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC. With millions of web pages vying for user attention, the onus is on you, as a web designer, to present content in a manner that will both attract interested users and ensure that they will revisit your website. Familiarity with various website design requirements will help you design a functional website that is user-friendly and accomplishes your website's objectives.
What's included
5 plugins
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5 plugins•Total 55 minutes
Getting Started with This Course•15 minutes
Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
Fundamental Design Principles•15 minutes
Usability and Accessibility•15 minutes
Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Writing for Mobile Platforms
Module 2•3 hours to complete
Module details
You have examined and applied design principles that can make your site more attractive and impressive. One of the most challenging tasks in authoring websites is planning and creating pages that work well on multiple devices with differing screen sizes and resolutions. Dreamweaver CC offers several tools for using today's methods for achieving these goals.
What's included
6 plugins
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6 plugins•Total 190 minutes
Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
Create Media Queries for Mobile Platforms•50 minutes
Create Mobile Responsive Pages with Bootstrap•50 minutes
Modify a Bootstrap Page•50 minutes
Mastery Builder: Writing for Mobile Platforms•20 minutes
Lesson Summary•15 minutes
Creating Forms
Module 3•1 hour to complete
Module details
You formatted web pages in order to enhance their appearance. You have used digital forms on websites. As you develop your site, you may need to collect information from visitors, such as opinions, customer or employee information, or feedback on your services.
What's included
5 plugins
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5 plugins•Total 80 minutes
Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
Create a Form with Form Fields•30 minutes
Validate a Form•30 minutes
Mastery Builder: Creating Forms•10 minutes
Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Creating Movement
Module 4•1 hour to complete
Module details
You have created layouts that will look good when displayed on multiple devices, including smartphones and tablets. You have also created usable, effective forms.
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5 plugins
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5 plugins•Total 50 minutes
Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
Apply CSS Transitions to Create Movement•15 minutes
Apply Behaviors to Create Movement•15 minutes
Mastery Builder: Creating Movement•10 minutes
Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Adding Multimedia
Module 5•1 hour to complete
Module details
You have already explored how adding movement to a web page can enhance interest and engagement with transitions and behaviors. You can also capture your audience's attention with carefully chosen and well placed audio and video files.
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5 plugins
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5 plugins•Total 50 minutes
Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
Insert Audio Files•15 minutes
Insert Video Files•15 minutes
Mastery Builder: Adding Multimedia•10 minutes
Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Marketing Through Social Media and Email
Module 6•2 hours to complete
Module details
Just a few years ago, attracting the attention of search engines was almost the entire game of getting the attention of your target audience on the web. While Search Engine Optimization is still important, organizations must harness the power of social media and email marketing to stay competitive.
What's included
6 plugins
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6 plugins•Total 90 minutes
Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
Plan a Social Media Strategy•20 minutes
Add Links to Social Media•20 minutes
Create Email Marketing Materials and Newsletters•20 minutes
Mastery Builder: Marketing Through Social Media and Email•20 minutes
Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Testing and Maintaining Your Site
Module 7•1 hour to complete
Module details
The different tools and features available in Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC have enabled you to develop a fully functional and interactive website. Consider what would happen if the website isn't displayed as intended (as in a different browser or device than it was tested on) or some of the navigational elements do not work as planned. Your users might experience errors in planned functionality or might find the navigation or content confusing. All your time and effort could be in vain if you do not take proactive measures, such as usability testing and validation, to ensure that your website works as you intended when it is rolled out to end users.
What's included
5 plugins
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5 plugins•Total 40 minutes
Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
Validate Your Site Against W3 Standards•10 minutes
Share Website Files with Other Users•10 minutes
Synchronize Your Site•10 minutes
Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Setting Project Requirements
Module 8•1 hour to complete
Module details
When using Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC, it is important to know how to plan and execute a project. You must understand the requirements and specifications of your project, so you will know what actions you need to perform, the environment you are designing for, the expectations for the final product, and who your end user is. Knowing this information up front will make your projects run more efficiently.
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