4-Day Intensive Web Design Workshop

Learn all you need to know to develop truly creative and compelling Web pages in this workshop taught by master instructor Peter Kimble of the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at the University of Illinois.

This will be an intensive 4-day web design workshop, offered at various times in either a 4-day format (four full days, Monday through Thursday, or Tuesday through Friday), or in a 5-day format (with two afternoons off). In four days of hands-on learning, you'll cover design, art, technical issues, and best practices for both beginning and advanced Web designers. Lunch is included on all full days; "continental breakfast" and mid-morning snacks are included every day.

You'll be working with and have the chance to explore the latest versions of the software covered in this workshop (Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft Expression Web, and Photoshop CS3), but nearly everything we do will be equally applicable to those using prior versions of the software (including those using the now-discontinued FrontPage 2003, a precursor to Expression Web).

No prior Web experience (other than "surfing") is required. Illinois teachers can receive 28 CPDUs for this workshop.

At this 4-Day Workshop, you will...

Learn about the Web and the fundamentals of creating a Web page using HTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Design sophisticated Web sites and Web pages using Dreamweaver, Microsoft Expression Web, and Photoshop.

Learn how and why you can use Dreamweaver or Expression Web either separately or together (even on the same Web site), and learn to use many of the "power features" of each, including:

	*Dreamweaver* layout view, templates, libraries, rollover behaviors, navigation bars, Flash buttons, and use of CSS styles for formatting and layer positioning
	*Expression Web* layout tables, dynamic web templates, fully integrated creation of standard CSS-based pages, and site publishing, management, & reporting tools

Discover Microsoft's highly reviewed new Web design software: Expression Web. Use Expression Web to open & work with Web sites created by any other program.

Discover how to use CSS layers & tables to professionally design your Web page layout (and why layers are the preferred technique).

Address browser compatibility issues for the widest possible range of computers and screen resolutions.

	Learn the principles of digital images as well as some basic enhancement and retouching techniques using Adobe Photoshop. Optimize images (JPEG, GIF, or PNG file formats) for the best balance between image quality and download speed.
	Create Web forms, collect the results in new or existing database (or simple Web page), as well as create dynamic pages that automatically display information from (or are built from) a database.
	Create dynamic image maps, animated GIFs, and sophisticated yet easy-to-create rollover effects. You'll even learn how (and why) to "slice" images into multiple segments.
	Use Dreamweaver and/or Expression Web to bring together all your pages, whether created by hand-coded HTML, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, or any other Web design program. Even load entire pre-existing Web sites into Expression Web or Dreamweaver.
	Receive a Web Design Certificate of Completion (suitable for framing!)
	Earn 2.8 UIUC CEUs (Illinois teachers eligible for 28 CPDUs)

Also included in the workshop:

	Four tutorial/reference workbooks
	Authoritative and comprehensive handouts on topics not covered by the workbooks
	Digital copies of examples and tutorial support files
	Continental breakfast each morning. Lunches and mid-afternoon snacks on all full days.

4-Day Intensive Web Design Workshop

Prerequisite: Some familiarity with the Web ("surfing"), elementary word processing skills

Computer Type: This workshop is taught using Windows computers, but all the software except Expression Web is identical on the Mac (with OS 10.4 or later).

Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)

Hours: 28, not including meal breaks

UIUC CEUs: 2.8

CPDUs: 28 (Illinois teachers are now eligible to receive 28 Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDUs) for attendance at this workshop, provided their approved professional development plans include this type of activity.)

Fee: $472 (includes workbooks, meals, and snacks)

Registration Code: IWDW-46
Dates: Monday thru Friday, June 23 � 27, 2008
Location: Champaign, Illinois:   UI Armory Building, Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Times: MTuTh: 8:30 a.m. � 4:30 p.m. (lunch included)
                    WF: 8:30 a.m. � 12:30 p.m.

Registration Code: IWDW-47
Dates: Monday thru Friday, August 11 � 15, 2008
Location: Champaign, Illinois:   UI Armory Building, Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Times: MTuTh: 8:30 a.m. � 4:30 p.m. (lunch included)
                    WF: 8:30 a.m. � 12:30 p.m.

Chicago Area:
We continue to offer the 4-Day Intensive Web Design Workshop about 5 times per year in Champaign-Urbana. We hope to resume offering this workshop periodically in the Chicago area, if we are able to find suitable facilities.

The original expansion of our workshops into the Chicago area was a result of collaboration between the Center for Teaching Excellence and the UIUC Office of Continuing Education (OCE), which has now phased out its "Chicago Programs" division due to University budget constraints.

Past offerings of this workshop in the Chicago area have utilized the following locations:
Oak Brook (west) - Multi-University Center
Vernon Hills / Lincolnshire (north) - College of Lake County, Lakeside Center
OCE no longer has facilities at the Illini Center in the Loop, where many past Web Design Workshops were held from 2001-2005.

Please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.

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