Continuing Education

Continuing Education

Web Design Online Classes

Creating Web Pages
Learn how to design, create, and post your very own site on the Internet's World Wide Web. Discover low-cost marketing techniques and search engine strategies.

Designing Effective Websites
This course will teach you powerful graphic design techniques that will help you build Web sites that are attractive and highly effective. You'll learn what attracts visitors to a site, and how you can create the most satisfying experience for those visitors. You'll learn to use typography, aesthetics, color, graphics, and page layout to create the most compelling user interface possible, and you'll understand how users read on the Web and the characteristics of effective Web writing.

Introduction to Flash MX 2004
In this six-week online course, you'll learn how to use Flash MX 2004 to create dynamic, entertaining, and interactive Web sites and other projects. You'll discover the basic tools and techniques for making a Flash movie. You'll use Flash to create and modify graphics and text, build simple animations, and design Web site navigation buttons. Before you know it, you'll have a solid understanding of Flash and how best to make it work for you.

Introduction to Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Learn the essentials of Microsoft’s popular Web site-building software. You'll begin with an introduction to basic Web design principles, and you'll explore the interface and features of the FrontPage program. Then, you'll learn how to manipulate words and images to create a site worthy of publishing to the Internet. By the end of the course, you'll be armed with all the knowledge you need to create an attractive, well-designed, and functional Web site.

Achieving Top Search Engine Positions
With nearly 90% of web traffic coming from search engines, the most important thing you can do to increase your web site's traffic is to increase your search engine ranking. Learn proven, step-by-step strategies to achieve the highest position with the major search engines.

Webmaster
This nationally recognized Webmaster online Certificate Program prepares students for a dynamic Internet based career as a webmaster.  Webmasters design, develop, and maintain websites.  This training program begins by teaching simple webpage development and progresses by introducing new concepts, involving you in active webpage implementation using HTML and Dynamic HTML.  Textbook included.  This online program is only offered in partnership with major colleges and universities.

DreamWeaver CS3, Introduction
Learn Adobe Dreamweaver from a Web design pro, and get the training you need to develop first-class Web sites! Master the techniques for producing fully functioning sites, learning how to insert and format text, images, hyperlinks, tables, and a variety of media formats. Discover the secrets of effective page layout—secrets that ensure your sites reach and impress your audience.

Introduction DreamWeaver 8
Learn to harness the power of this industry-standard Web design program from a Silicon Alley veteran. Master the basics of document creation and how to insert and format text, images, hyperlinks, tables, multimedia files, and other types of Web page content.

Introduction to DreamWeaver CS4
Would you like to learn to use Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 to design, create, and maintain user-friendly Web sites that are full of professional-quality Web pages? If so, then this is the class for you! You won't need any prior Web design skills or knowledge of code. We'll start at the beginning, and through engaging lessons and hands-on exercises, we'll build a sample site from the ground up.

Web Design Certificate
This nationally recognized online Web Design certificate program focuses on developing the visual graphic and information design skills required to create compelling Web sites. Students learn professional applications for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash.