Summer 2009
Description
CIS 125DW Introduction to Dreamweaver explores the skills necessary for creating
and managing web sites with Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 (and CS4). This course helps
develop an overall understanding of Dreamweaver as well as setting project
requirements, planning site designs and page layouts, adding content, organizing
and managing content, and evaluating and maintaining a site. This course prepares
students for the
Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Web
Communication exam.
4 credits
Prerequisites:
- CIS 120 (C or higher) or equivalent digital literacy skills as demonstrated with the IC3 exams.
Course Outcomes
- Set project requirements
- Plan site design and page layout
- Understand Dreamweaver CS3 interface
- Add content
- Organize and modify content
- Evaluate and maintain a site
Prerequisite Skills
Prior to starting class, CIS 125DW students need to possess digital
literacy skills as demonstrated by successful completion of CIS 120
or IC3 Certification. These skills include, but are not
limited to...
- start-up, reboot, and shut down a computer.
- operate a computer keyboard and know about the basic use of the Alt, Control, and Shift keys.
- operate a mouse and be able to determine when clicking, double-clicking,a nd right-clicking are appropriate courses of action.
- save files to disk (portable storage) and retrieve/open files that have been previously saved.
- create folders and sub-folders within the My Documents folder and portable storage devices.
- launch a web browser and navigate to a specific web page.
- use copy/paste features from one program to another.
- comfortably switch back and forth between multiple, open applications.
File management skills are extremely important in web development and using
Dreamweaver effectively. Poor file managment technique can easily turn a
15-hour per week course into a 25-hour per week course.
Meeting Time/Location
This course will be conducted entirely online and has no scheduled face-to-face meetings.
Exams will be available for a 3-day period on specific dates and must be taken within
that time frame.
Instructor
Ralph R Phillips, Assistant Professor
My e-mail address is . Please use descriptive subjects when sending
an e-mail. "Problem floating side bar" is a better subject line than
"Help!". E-mails without a subject are filtered to get automatically
trashed. See http://rrphillips.cocc.edu
for more contact information.
Course Text and Supplies
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Classroom in a Book (Paperback), or
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Classroom in a Book (Paperback)
by Adobe Creative Team (Author)
The course text is requied and will be used for graded activities including quiz
and exam preparation. This course will also make extensive use of resources online:
For the greatest convienence, students should use a portable USB
drive for file management and portable applications. Portable USB
drives are readily available for under $20 at office supply and
electronics/computer stores.
This course WILL REQUIRE that you download and install programs from the Web onto your
computer. If experimenting with new software makes you nervous for your computer's safety,
you'll need to use a school lab computer.
Having a high-speed Internet connection will allow you to perform many of the required
class activities more efficiently--including watching necessary videos and using web-based
applications. If you doubt your Internet connection's reliability even slightly, you should
use a school lab computer when completing quizzes and exams--which are all timed.
Course Topic and Activities Schedule
| 1 |
Mon/Tue |
Getting Started |
|
| Wed/Thu |
Web Page and Workspace Basics |
|
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
Assignment 1 |
| 2 |
Mon/Tue |
CSS Basics |
|
| Wed/Thu |
Applying Cascading Styles Sheets |
Lab 1 |
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
Assignment 2 |
| 3 |
Mon/Tue |
Working with Text |
Portfolio 1 |
| Wed/Thu |
Inserting Hyperlinks |
Lab 2 |
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
Assignment 3 |
| 4 |
Mon/Tue |
Image Basics |
Portfolio 2 |
| Wed/Thu |
|
|
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
Mid-term Exam |
| 5 |
Mon/Tue |
Designing with Images |
|
| Wed/Thu |
CSS Box Model |
Lab 3 |
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
Assignment 4 |
| 6 |
Mon/Tue |
Crafting Page Layouts |
Portfolio 3 |
| Wed/Thu |
Crafting Page Layouts |
Lab 4 |
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
Assignment 5 |
| 7 |
Mon/Tue |
Basic Web Forms |
|
| Wed/Thu |
Interactive Pages |
Assignment 6 |
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
lab 5 |
| 8 |
Mon/Tue |
Integrating AJAX and Spry |
Assignment 7 |
| Wed/Thu |
Adding Multimedia |
Portfolio 4 |
| Fri/Sat/Sun |
|
Final Exam |