Our current Dreamweaver offerings include:
Dreamweaver CS3, Level 1
Dreamweaver CS3, Level 2
Dreamweaver CS3, Level 3 (also
known as Dreamweaver & Databases, Level 1)
Dreamweaver is a professional Web site authoring program with
innovative features and comprehensive design capabilities that are useful for
beginners and seasoned Web designers alike. You can use Dreamweaver to create
Web sites visually, with an easy-to-use graphical interface that shows you the
changes you make as soon as you make them. The program is virtually identical on
both the Macintosh and Windows platforms, making this powerful Web design tool
available for all. Nearly all the content in this workshop will be equally
applicable to those using prior versions (Dreamweaver 8 or MX 2004).
The Level 1 workshop by itself
will give you an excellent introduction to the basic features of
Dreamweaver, while the Level 2 workshop covers a number of "power
features" that add greatly to the richness and productivity of the
program.
Dreamweaver CS3 Level 1
The workshop begins with a brief orientation to Dreamweaver and Web
basics, and then quickly proceeds to creating a Web site structure
("local site") on your own machine, setting document properties, adding
text content (including effectively importing Word documents), creating
Dreamweaver templates for a consistent look across multiple pages,
placing images on your pages, and adding and customizing links.
| Among the many topics covered during the Level 1 workshop are: |
- Dreamweaver basics
- defining a "local site"
- creating & formatting web pages
- inserting time & date data
- importing and cleaning up "Word" documents
- creating, applying, and modifying templates (for
consistent page appearance)
- appropriate use of tables on Web pages
- inserting images on a page (including accessibility
options)
- working with Dreamweaver's "Assets Panel"
- adding links to text and images
(including "drag and drop" and "point to file" techniques)
- linking images and creating "image maps"
- defining and "publishing" to a remote site
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Dreamweaver CS3, Level 1
(also applicable for users of earlier versions)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of using your PC and "surfing" the
Web. Useful but not required is basic knowledge of simple HTML coding (e.g.,
via the Web and HTML workshop)
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 7
UIUC CEUs: 0.7
CPDUs: 7 -- Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 7 CPDUs
Fee: $138 (includes 150+ page workbook)
Date / Time: Sept. 29 & Oct. 1, 2008 (MW); 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Windows User Registration Code: W-1707-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-1708-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Date / Time: Nov. 18, 2008 (Tu); 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (lunch on your
own 12:30 - 1:30)
Windows User Registration Code: W-1739-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-1740-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
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Learn to effectively control the format of your Web pages with
Dreamweaver's powerful CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) tools, including the
use of CSS layers easily layout your page structure. You'll also use
libraries and "snippets" to streamline your workflow, and create more
sophisticated link structures, including "rollovers," navigation
bars, and the use of "Spry User Interface Widgets." We'll create Web forms to collect data, using text and check
boxes, radio button, drop-down lists, and more. We'll also examine some
of Dreamweaver's coding tools, and explore the use of XML
| Among the many topics covered during the Level 2 workshop are: |
- adding CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) styles to control
formatting and layout
- creating and linking external CSS style sheets to your
pages
- altering link properties (including "link hover
appearance")
- creating rollovers and navigation bars, using the
Behaviors Panel
- adding Dreamweaver navigation bars
- adding Dreamweaver's "Spry User Interface Widgets"
("tabbed panels" and "accordion")
- working with Dreamweaver's library (store/update
commonly used objects)
- using the History Panel effectively
- using CSS layers to structure pages (a technique
preferred over using tables)
- dynamically controlling layers
- creating reusable "snippets" of code (as time
allows)
- developing Web forms, with multiple form elements
(to have your pages interact with databases, see "Dreamweaver
& Databases")
- exploring authoring with XML data (as time allows)
- testing, uploading, and maintaining a Dreamweaver site
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Dreamweaver CS3, Level 2
(also applicable for users of earlier versions)
Prerequisite: A Dreamweaver Level 1 workshop, or equivalent
knowledge)
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 7
UIUC CEUs: 0.7
CPDUs: 7 -- Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 7 CPDUs
Fee: $138 (includes 200+ page workbook)
Date / Time: Oct. 6 & 8, 2008 (MW); 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Windows User Registration Code: W-1714-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-1715-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Date / Time: Nov. 19, 2008 (W); 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (lunch on your
own 12:30 - 1:30)
Windows User Registration Code: W-1741-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-1742-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
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Using Dreamweaver's database capabilities, you can quickly and easily
create Web applications that interact with external data sources and scripts to
provide dynamic, data-driven Web applications. DreamWeaver can create Active
Server Pages (ASP), ColdFusion templates, Java Server Pages
(JSP), PHP pages, and ASP.NET pages, all in Dreamweaver's visual development
environment. This means that you can create dynamic, customized Web sites
without having to learn a complex scripting language or an entirely new design
and development application. This functionality, now fully included in
Dreamweaver, used to require purchasing a separate product (Dreamweaver
UltraDev).
After exploring the Dreamweaver database environment and dynamic site
concepts, you'll learn how to create a "recordset" from a database (a
"recordset" is simply a selection of data from a database), and how to sort and
display recordset content in a Web page, complete with "previous" and "next"
links. We'll then continue with "drill-down" and search applications,
allowing you to move between master and detail record pages, and to display the
results of database searches. Moving on from simple display techniques,
you'll use Dreamweaver's "delete record," "insert record," and "update record"
behaviors to create an application that inserts, deletes, and updates records in
a database. Finally, we'll explore a few additional "dynamic content
methods," including populating "select lists" with dynamic content, and setting
table attributes dynamically.
Macintosh User Note: For this workshop,
we'll be using Dreamweaver with an ASP application server and a Microsoft Access database,
which limits this workshop to using Windows computers. Other application
servers supported by Dreamweaver include ColdFusion, JSP, ASP.NET, and PHP, and
any compliant database program may be used, including Microsoft SQL Server,
Oracle, FileMaker Pro, and mySQL (PHP is limited to mySQL). However, Macintosh users will find
Dreamweaver for Windows to be nearly identical to the Mac-native
Dreamweaver for Macintosh. We've included a separate Mac User
registration code to track the interest in the Mac version... but you'll be
using use a Windows computer for this workshop.
Dreamweaver CS3, Level 3 (Dynamic Web Pages with Dreamweaver)
(also known as Dreamweaver & Databases, Level 1)
Prerequisite: Prior Dreamweaver
workshop, or equivalent knowledge
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 6
UIUC CEUs: 0.6
CPDUs: 6 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 6 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: $122 (includes workbook)
Date / Time: Oct. 13 & 15, 2008 (MW); 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Windows User Registration Code: W-1719-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-1720-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Date / Time: Dec. 2, 2008 (Tu); 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your
own 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code: W-1748-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-1749-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
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This workshop extends and expands upon the Dreamweaver database techniques
introduced in the Level 1 Dreamweaver & Databases workshop. You'll learn
how to use Dreamweaver behaviors to add login applications and access rights to
a site, controlling user access to pages based on information in the database.
You'll also work with "session variables" and "cookies" to pass information
between web pages, and store information for future reference by the site.
We'll also build a more complex search form (utilizing multiple fields of a
record), and sort the results dynamically based on the user's choice. And
finally, we'll explore creating custom server behaviors, one way to extend
Dreamweaver's capabilities even further.
Dreamweaver & Databases, Level 2
Prerequisite: A Dreamweaver & Databases Level 1
workshop and its prerequisites (see above)
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 5
UIUC CEUs: 0.5
CPDUs: 5 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 5 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: to be determined (see below)
Note: We are currently searching
for a new workbook provider. If we are able to find appropriate class
materials, and there is sufficient interest, we may offer this workshop again.
(Our previous workbook is now permanently out-of-print.)
Please
contact us via our contact form, or call (217) 333-4161 for more information.
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Macromedia's CourseBuilder extensions for Dreamweaver "enable you to create
interactive Web pages with engaging Web-based learning content and deliver them
across multiple platforms and browsers." The CourseBuilder extensions for
Dreamweaver are available as a
free download from Macromedia.
After completing this workshop, you'll be able to:
Access & edit "CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver" interactions.
Construct random and structured "explore interactions."
Generate multiple choice interactions including true/false
and "all-that-apply" questions.
Build drag and drop matching interactions and multiple step procedures.
Create text entry exercises and evaluate responses.
Score, evaluate, and display results for simple interactions.
Dreamweaver and CourseBuilder
Prerequisite: A Dreamweaver Level 1 workshop and its
prerequisites (see above)
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 6
CEU’s: 0.6
CPDUs: 6 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 6 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: $124 (includes workbook)
This workshop is offered whenever there is sufficient interest.
Please contact us via our contact form,
or call (217) 333-4161 for more information.
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