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Introduction to Design explains the basic considerations used when designing a Web site, including the planning and maintenance of the site, and making the site accessible to all platforms and monitors.
Making Your Site Fast and Viewable shows users how to make graphics that will download quickly on the Internet and will display well across all browsers and systems.
Building Your Site with Images shows users how to create color schemes, backgrounds, GIF transparencies, and imagemaps for a Web site.
Building Your Site with Formatting shows users how to create fonts with HTML and graphics, and lay out a page using tools like lines, buttons, bullets, and tables.
Using Other Tools explains how to use frames, animated GIFs, Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, QuickTime, Flash, and Shockwave in a Web site.

After completing our courses, the user should be able to:

Plan the structure of a Web site
Maintain site files and refer to other pages within the site
Explain the effect that different browsers can have on the display of a site
Explain the effect that different monitors and systems can have on the display of a site
Explain the basic Web graphics formats and their best uses
Trim graphics to make them as small as possible
Choose the right settings and treatments for scanned pictures
Select browser-safe colors for use on a Web site
Choose effective color schemes
Create background images
Use transparency in GIFs
Build imagemaps
Explain basic typography terms and concerns
Create fonts for a Web page
Build lines, buttons, and bullets
Design pages using tables and graphics
Use frames in a Web site
Build animated GIFs
Use dynamic HTML and JavaScript rollover code
Use QuickTime, Flash, and Shockwave within a Web site

Course Features

Courses have special design features listed below:

Certificates of Completion
Instructional steps -- walk through a procedure
Exercises -- try it out
Notes - See additional information related to the topic in the text
Tips - See a different, faster, or easier way of doing something
Quick References - See a quick reference guide to the features introduced in a chapter
Details - Display more detailed information related to the current topic
Hotwords - See related information
Navigation Bar - Maneuver easily through the courses
Course Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
Printable Exercises - PDF downloadable files
Sample Application Files - PDF downloadable files
Course Glossary
Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and course grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which course topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.

Technical Requirements

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Authorware recommended but not required. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

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