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COURSE LIST

This is a schedule for courses offered by Debbi Rodgers for Fall 2008.

CREDIT COURSES

On-Campus (In Classroom)

ITD110 Web Page Design I

Tuesday nights, 7:00 p.m. - 9:50 p.m.

ITE170 Multimedia Software

Thursday nights, 7:00 p.m. - 9:50 p.m.

See some samples of one of the Flash assignments
(these were all created by students): Demos

Distance Learning (online)/ELI

ITD112 Designing Web Page Graphics
  (uses Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks OR Adobe PhotoShop)

ITP140 Client-Side Scripting
  (uses JavaScript)
   

CONTINUING EDUCATION (WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT) COURSES

To register for Continuing Education courses, visit NovaConnect or the Woodbridge Continuing Education website.

Web Design/Development

Web Design With Adobe Software

Build a Web Site Quick & Easy with Dreamweaver
ARTS 1842 - 01W

Saturday, Sept 13, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

This class is especially designed for individuals who want to learn how to quickly build simple Web sites. Using Dreamweaver, one of the most popular Web design tools on the market, you will learn to build a site, add content, format, layout and link pages to create a unified Web site. Students will learn to use templates to simplify site design and upkeep.

Prerequisite: Students should be familiar with using a Web browser to view Web pages and using a mouse on a Windows PC.

 

Dreamweaver Advanced Techniques
ARTS 1751 - 01W

Saturday, Oct 4, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Learn advanced Dreamweaver techniques in this follow-up to Build a Web Site Quick & Easy With Dreamweaver. In this class, students will learn to add DHTML features, work with layers, CSS, behaviors, advanced template functions and table features, dynamic effects including animation and sound, and basic form validation.

Prerequisite: Build a Web Site Quick & Easy With Dreamweaver

Web Graphics Using Photoshop, Part 1
ARTS 1819 - 01W

Saturday, Oct 11, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

In this introductory class, students will learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop, web graphic formats, working with photographs in the web environments, and compressing images for the web. Through hands-on exercises, students will create thumbnail images and multiple web background images using techniques taught in this class. Students should bring a USB storage device with them to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Students should be comfortable using Microsoft Windows and a mouse.

 

Web Graphics Using Photoshop, Part 2
ARTS 1755 - 01W

Saturday, Nov 15, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

In this class students will build on the concepts covered in Part 1 and learn to create rollover images, navigation tools, and design entire web pages. The topics covered in this class will show the power of Photoshop in web design use. Students should bring a USB storage device with them to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Web Graphics Using Photoshop, Part 1

Flash Basics
ARTS 1754 - 01W

Saturday, Oct 18, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

In this course students will become familiar with the Flash environment and use Flash tools to create images, add text, alter basic shapes, and work with colors. Students will learn to work with the layers and the timeline and will learn how to use masking techniques. Finally, students will be introduced to basic animation concepts including shape and motion tweens and frame-by-frame animations. Students should bring a USB storage device with them to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Students should be comfortable using Microsoft Windows and a mouse.

Flash: Advanced Animation
ARTS 1849 - 01W

Saturday, Nov 1, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

In this follow up to Flash Basics, students will learn more advanced animation techniques including the use of symbols, embedded animations and using basic ActionScript to control animations. Students will learn to create movie clips, graphic symbols and buttons to add basic functionality as they design more complex animations. Students should bring a USB storage device with them to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Flash Basics or equivalent skills/knowledge

 

Build a Web Site With Flash
ARTS 1753 - 01W

Saturday, Nov 8, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

In this course students will learn to combine techniques covered in Flash Basics and Flash Advanced Animation to create a website using Flash. The website project will include built-in animations, navigation techniques, special effects and how to display text and graphic content. Students should bring a USB storage device with them to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Flash Advanced Animation or equivalent skills/knowledge

 

Flash Forms
ARTS 1752 - 01W

Saturday, Dec 6, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

In this class, students will learn how to develop user interaction using Flash forms. Flash forms may be used for gathering information from users or for providing utilities, online quizzes or drills, or simple games. Through hands-on exercises, students will learn to work with form components and create a user registration form and trivia game. Students should bring a USB storage device to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Flash Advanced Animation or equivalent skills/knowledge

 

Web Design - Basic Concepts

These courses present web design basic concepts and are not software-specific.

Web Design Basics (HTML/XHTML & CSS)
ARTS 1840 - 01W

Mondays, Sept 15 - Oct 6, 2008
7 pm - 10 pm

This class is for designers who want a good understanding of the basic concepts in building Web pages. Students will learn to use HTML/XHTML and CSS to create various types of Web pages using lists, tables, forms, frames, images and more. This class is ideal for individuals who want to design Web pages professionally and provides an understanding of the foundation skills in Web design. Students should bring a USB storage device to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Students should be comfortable using Web browsers to view Web pages. Typing 35+ wpm recommended.

 

JavaScript Basics
ITEC 1981 - 01W

Mondays, Oct 20 - Nov 10, 2008
7 pm - 10 pm

In this course, students will learn the basics of using JavaScript, one of the Web's most popular client-side scripting languages, to add functionality to Web pages. Topics to be covered include: integrating JavaScript with HTML; working with variables and forms, basic logic structures and JavaScript functions, and form validation techniques. Students will use the various techniques through a variety of hands-on activities and exercises. Students should bring a USB storage device to save class files.

Prerequisite: Students should have a good working knowledge of HTML/XTHML and CSS.

 

Extensible Markup Language (XML): Introduction
ITEC 1877 - 01W

Mondays, Dec 1 & Dec 8, 2008
7 pm - 10 pm

XML (Extensible Markup Language) allows for sharing data between applications and is at the core of AJAX programming for the web. In this class students will learn the basics of XML including working with elements, attributes and values; root elements; document structure, DTDs and XML schemas. Students should bring a USB storage device with them to class for saving class files.

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of HTML/XHTML.

 

XSL: Styling XML
ITEC 1660 - 01W

Saturday, Dec 13, 2008
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Learn to manipulate and display XML data using XSL stylesheets. In this class students will learn to work with XSL and XPath for formatting data and nodes. Students will learn to intermingle HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML and XSL to create formatted output.

Prerequisite: XML Basics and a working knowledge of HTML/XHTML and CSS

Debbi Rodgers, Instructor, NVCC
Northern Virginia Community College,
Woodbridge Campus