Web Basics Certification

Completion of Web Basics Certification prepares participants to create and maintain simple but robust web sites. It is for the individual who is just getting started in Web site creation. The four courses in this level consist of fundamental-level workshops about the Internet, Web editors, Unix basics, and Web graphics.

Introduction to HTML

The Internet Standards-ITC workshop will provide an introduction to the Internet--a history, a definition of terms, and navigation techniques. Then we will take a hands-on look at basic HTML and create a basic Web page. Finally, we will present FTP and Home Directory Service and show you how to put your Web page on the Internet. 

Introduction to Web Design

Introduction to Web Design will provide an introduction to web design, covering topics such as navigation and accessibility, as well as providing some guidelines to help create user friendly, easily maintained web sites.

Dreamweaver Fundamentals

Dreamweaver is a professional web site authoring program with innovative features and comprehensive design capabilities. In the Dreamweaver Fundamentals-ITC workshop you will learn how to create and edit web sites visually, using an easy-to-use graphical interface. You will learn how to set up a web site, import and format text and images, use cascading style sheets, create hyperlinks and navigation bars, create and format tables, and publish your web pages to a server. You will also learn how to use Dreamweaver to test your web site in a number of web browsers and to use sitemapping to track your web site as it grows. 

Fireworks Fundamentals

Fireworks is a powerful graphics package that makes creating and manipulating web graphics simple. You'll find this package to be a versatile, useful tool, which will make your web design efforts easier and more fun. In the Fireworks Fundamentals-ITC workshop you will get an introduction to the Fireworks environment and become familiar with an extensive variety of tools and special effects. You will learn to: work with raster and vector graphics, import images to create a graphical navigation bar, work with layers, add text and Live Effects, use colors that are "web-safe," optimize your images for the web, and place your completed images into a Dreamweaver HTML document.

Registration

Registration is handled by the Office of Learning and Development. Check the schedule of currently offered courses and follow the enrollment instructions.