Ascend offers hands-on, Adobe-Authorized Dreamweaver CS3 and CS4 classes online, in a classroom style, or at your location. Since 1998, we have offered the highest quality training for those in the creative and development communities. When learning Adobe Dreamweaver, we feel a more individualized training experience is vital, whether online or at our facility. All our instructors are Adobe Certified, and top professionals in their field.
Ascend features Adobe classroom computer training taught by the top industry professionals in web design, graphic design, illustration and programming. We train all levels of Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex, ColdFusion, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and more serving the Chicago, IL, Milwaukee, WI, and Indianapolis, IN regions. Classes are filled with interactive tutorials and exercises designed to enable students to leave the class with a strong skillset. All InDepth classes are backed up by a 6 month retake policy, and feature state-of-the-art classrooms.
Our Adobe Flash Level 1 classes are designed for those who have some web exposure and want to make the leap to learn animation, or have never had formal Flash training. Students learn to design in Flash, and how graphic formats differ from other applications. Students learn to use Flash text, have an introduction to Actionscript, use Movie Clips, and importing sound and video. Classes have a maximum 10 students, where each student sits at an individual computer workstation provided by Ascend.
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This online class will enable students to create, design and manage professional websites with Adobe Dreamweaver. Students will learn about hyperlinks, rollovers, pop-up menus, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), file formats, tabs and tools. Previewing and checking, server technology and more. By the end of the course, students will be able to develop and publish intuitive and creative websites.
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Level 1: Website Development is a 3-day course that provides web designers the skills to create, design, manage edit and publish professional websites. Students leave this class with the ability to build, incorporate graphics, set up interactivity and publish their websites. Please contact us regarding pricing and availability.
This course is designed for those developers and designers who wish to take the next step in terms of making the most of Dreamweaver CS4. In this class, we’ll explore some of Dreamweaver CS4’s more sophisticated functions, building on a solid base (established in the Level 1 class or in experience) in CSS, HTML, and other coding and organizational functions.
This class takes more time with Dreamweaver CS4's advanced functions, including: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Advanced Behaviors, and customizing the Dreamweaver application itself. This class is also suggested for those upgrading from Dreamweaver 8 to Dreamweaver CS4. Students can expect in-depth coverage of navigation, accessibility, and multi-developer technologies related to and working with Dreamweaver CS4.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Website Development is a 3-day course that provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver CS3. You will learn not only how to use the application, but how Dreamweaver interfaces with the rest of the Creative Suite.
This course is designed for those developers and designers who wish to take the next step in terms of making the most of Dreamweaver CS3. In this class, we’ll explore some of Dreamweaver CS3’s more sophisticated functions, building on a solid base (established in the Level 1 class or in experience) in CSS, HTML, and other coding and organizational functions.
This class takes more time with Dreamweaver CS3's advanced functions, including: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Advanced Behaviors, and customizing the Dreamweaver application itself. This class is also suggested for those upgrading from Dreamweaver 8 to Dreamweaver CS3. Students can expect in-depth coverage of navigation, accessibility, and multi-developer technologies related to and working with Dreamweaver CS3.
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This 1-Day Quickstart class will help first-time users create a basic web page in Dreamweaver CS4. You will learn about HTML and how Dreamweaver pages are built. You will learn to incorporate text and graphics into your site, and upload your sites to a server. Students taking this class receive a $150 credit towards the more in-depth 3-day Dreamweaver Level 1 workshop.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 is the leading HTML editor in the Web Design field. Dreamweaver CS4 features vastly improved previewing and mock-up features, letting you see the fruits of your labor in a fraction of the time and make changes as necessary. If you're a designer, the new inContext editing feature also lets you assign certain parts of your sites as editable or not, letting you share and distribute the work among colleagues or employees.
Dreamweaver CS4 will help you adhere to standards by suggesting code, tags, and placement as you go. You can turn these features on or off, and even select a workspace in which the most common tags are available on a pre-made drop-down menu, making your Web Design work that much faster and easier.
Sporting a few notable improvements over CS3, Dreamweaver CS4 is nevertheless the Dreamweaver you're used to, and includes all the standard tools, tips, and layouts that have made Dreamweaver the top of the heap as Web Authoring applications go. Find multiple views, tight integration with Fireworks and Flash, and fast hyperlinking tools in Dreamweaver CS4.
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Adobe Authorized Classes in Chicago and Deerfield, Illinois and On Location
