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, extending across 4 1/2 days (from Monday through Friday noon, with Wednesday afternoon "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 CS4, Microsoft Expression Web 3, and Photoshop CS4), 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 and/or Fireworks.

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* templates, libraries, rollover behaviors, "Spry widgets" and interface options, and use of CSS styles for formatting and layer positioning
	*Expression Web* dynamic web templates, "best of class" support for creation of standards-based CSS pages, database connectivity with ASP.NET and XML, and site publishing tools

Explore the new version of Microsoft's highly-rated Web design software: Expression Web 3. Create new web sites, or use Expression Web to open & work with web sites created by any other program.

Discover how to use CSS layers to professionally design your web page layout (and why you should avoid using tables for page layout).

	Learn the principles of digital images as well as some basic enhancement and retouching techniques using Adobe Photoshop and/or Fireworks. 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, as well as create dynamic pages that automatically display information from a database.
	Create dynamic image maps, animated GIFs, and sophisticated yet easy-to-create rollover effects.
	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.
	Address compatibility and usability issues for the widest possible range of computers and screen resolutions.
	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:

Three 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: $484 (includes workbooks, meals, and snacks)

Registration Code: IWDW-53 (Workshop currently full; wait-list available)
Dates: Monday thru Friday, March 1 – 5, 2010
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.

NOTE: Upcoming Workshop Dates: Dates for the next "4-Day Intensive Web Design Workshop" ("IWDW") will be posted as soon as we're able to resolve our summer 2010 schedule.

At this time, the most likely dates for the next IWDW appear to be the week of June 21 - 25, although possible dates still range from mid-June through early July.

If you would like to reserve a tentative space in this workshop, which often fills to capacity, you may register now via our registration form. Look for the date "June TBA" at the very end of the workshop list.

You will be contacted once a final date is determined, and may cancel or confirm your registration at that time.

Chicago Area:
We continue to offer the 4-Day Intensive Web Design Workshop 4 or 5 times per year in Champaign-Urbana, and 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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