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CC 451 Dreamweaver 21 hours $285
In this introductory course using Dreamweaver, learn to create, maintain and edit a multi-page web site. Format XHTML; create hyperlinks; implement image maps, rollovers and navigation bars; work with tables and layers; format and implement Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); create forms, implement JavaScript behaviors such as pop-up menus. Prerequisite: Intro to the PC &Windows and Creating Your Own Web Page or equivalent experience.
001 2/23/08-3/15/08 Sat 9:30am-3:30pm S-343 Kahlil Haynes
CC 455 PhotoShop for Web 21 hours $285
Create interactive graphics for the Web using Adobe PhotoShop. Format, repair and enhance photographs for the web. Learn to create: custom logos, effective banner advertisements, images for roll-over effects, and web page design templates using slicing. Design effective interface buttons. Build special web page effects. Prerequisite: Intro to the PC &Windows.
001 4/12/08-5/03/08 Sat 9:30am-3:30pm S-343 Kahlil Haynes
CC 441 Flash 21 hours $285
This introduction to Flash enables you to build multimedia and interactive animation content for the Web. Topics include: drawing tools, basic animation techniques, working with sound files, introduction to ActionScripting, techniques for streaming and optimizing Flash content, and publishing Flash content. Prerequisite: Intro to the PC &Windows and Creating Your Own Web Page or equivalent experience.
001 5/20/08-6/10/08 T/Th 9:30am-3:30pm S-343 Kahlil Haynes
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DESKTOP PUBLISHING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
This Desktop Publishing Certificate Program covers the key applications needed to work in Desktop Publishing, Graphic Design, or Prepress Production. Each application has a unique function, from InDesign for page layout, to Photoshop for manipulation of images, to Illustrator for creating logos and illustrations. Knowledge of these programs are needed in order to take work from concept to print using todayfs technology.
To receive the Desktop Publishing Certificate, the following three courses are required:
CC465 Illustrator CS3 18 hours $260
CC456 Photoshop for Print CS3 18 hours $260
CC485 InDesign CS3 18 hours $260
Courses may be taken individually. A Certificate of Completion is given upon successful completion of each course. Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and knowledge of MS Windows or Mac OS9.
CC 465 Illustrator (6 sessions) 18 hours $260
Learn to use this digital illustration program to create vector artwork for print. Topics include: basic drawing tools, creating and manipulating objects, brushes, patterns and gradients, creating transformations, working with color, creating masks, text and exporting graphics.
001 3/04/08-3/20/08 T/Th 6:00-9:00pm S-343 Ella Beylin
CC 456 PhotoShop for Print (6 sessions) 18 hours $260
Learn to use this powerful image editing and painting program to create and manipulate photographs for print. Topics include: painting and text tools, layers, copying between images, changing dimensions and resolutions, layer effects, image adjustments, color correcting, filters, duotones, creating a picture package and preparing files for print.
Although the class uses PCs, Adobe PhotoShop is consistent cross-platform. If you use a Mac, you may attend this class without a problem.
001 4/22/08-5/08/08 T/Th 6:00-9:00pm S-343 Ella Beylin
CC 485 InDesign (6 sessions) 18 hours $260
Adobe InDesign is a page layout/publishing program. Learn to design and create documents for printing, from business cards and newsletters, to single page advertisements and flyers, to complex multi-page color publications. Work with text from within the application and from other sources and programs. Learn to use InDesignfs precise typographical control, long document tools, and color controls. Images and vector drawings that students create in class will be inserted and manipulated in InDesign files. Work will be prepared for printing or output.
001 5/19/08-6/09/08 M/W 6:00-9:00pm S-343 Traci M. Moore
(no class 5/26)
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ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The following three courses are required to earn the Advanced Computer Graphics Certificate. The Adobe Creative Suite 3 is used in class.
CC 542 PhotoShop: Advanced Techniques 21 hours $305
CC 543 Illustrator: Advanced Techniques 12 hours $210
CC 544 InDesign: Advanced Techniques 12 hours $210
Any course may be taken individually. A Certificate of Completion is given upon successful completion of each course.
CC 543 Illustrator: Advanced Techniques 12 hours $210
Take Illustrator to the next level. Topics include: advanced pen tool and path options, compound paths and clipping masks, and pathfinder. Work with Live Paint and Live Trace. Work with filters and live effects including 3D effects. Use envelope warping and the warp tool. Create gradient meshes and blends. Enhance your text capabilities with style sheets and open type. Create templates.
Prerequisite: CC465 Illustrator, or equivalent user experience.
001 1/28/08-2/18/08 Mon 6-9pm S-343 Barbara Press
CC 542 PhotoShop: Advanced Techniques 21 hours $305
Enhance your basic PhotoShop skills. This course covers advanced techniques for creating, manipulating, processing, retouching and outputting images for print and the web. Topics covered are selection tools, layers, masks and channels, brushes and brush modes, filters and new features in Adobe PhotoShop CS3. Emphasis is on design and composition in conjunction with expanded technical skills. Frequent critiques of the work in process help students create more effective pages. Prerequisite: PhotoShop for Print (CC456) or PhotoShop for the Web (CC455), or equivalent user experience.
001 2/27/08-4/16/08 W 6:45-9:45pm S-343 Stephen Carver
(no class 3/26)
CC 544 InDesign: Advanced Techniques 12 hours $210
Beyond the basics of InDesign is a world of features to enable you to create pages that really work. Topics for the advanced class include: precise guide placement, creating libraries and snippets, working with Bridge, anchoring objects on a page, mastering master pages, and linking and updating external text files. Create and apply object styles, style sheets, nested styles and bullet lists. Place and manipulate layered comps from PhotoShop in InDesign and use quick apply. Create templates.
Prerequisite: InDesign (CC485), or equivalent user experience
001 3/3/08-3/31/08 Mon 6-9pm S-343 Barbara Press
(No class 3/24)
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MICROSOFT IN THE WORKPLACE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
To earn this certificate and be job market ready, you need to complete Parts I, II and III.
Each part is 60 hours of training time and is 3 weeks long. Part I is an Introductory Level course, Part II is Intermediate and Part III is Advanced.
Students who complete the course are competent in using MS Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Resume preparation and using the Internet for job search is included.
The only prerequisite is the ability to type 20 words per minute accurately. The Keyboarding Fundamentals course, which is scheduled just before Microsoft in the Workplace, is useful to students at all skill levels to improve speed and accuracy.
Part of the success of this certificate program is that it was designed for adults who have not been in the workplace recently or have never learned computer skills. Everyone in the class is in the same boat, preparing for a new or better job.
CC 411 MS in the Workplace, Part I (12 sessions) 60 Hours $990
Learn the basics of the computer applications required for most jobs. This three-week course introduces the beginning student to the Personal Computer, the Windows operating system and the basics of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Topics include: creating, editing, formatting, saving and printing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Prerequisite: Ability to type 20 words per minute accurately.
001 7/28/08-8/14/08 M/T/W/Th 9:30-3:00pm CLC-235 Phyllis Pych
001 10/13/08-10/30/08 M/T/W/Th 9:30-3:00pm CLC-235 Phyllis Pych
CC 412 MS in the Workplace, Part II (12 sessions) 60 Hours $990
This three-week course enables each student to develop marketable skills. It emphasizes the hands-on approach to Intermediate Word and Excel topics and introduces Access (database), e-mail, and the Web. Using Word, students create tables and columns, headers and footers, and do a basic mail merge. Using Excel database features, students make pivot tables; and they create an Access database including tables, forms, reports and queries.
Prerequisite: MS in the Workplace, Part I.
001 8/19/08-9/9/08 M/T/W/Th 9:30-3:00pm CLC-235 Phyllis Pych
(no class 9/01)
001 11/3/08-11/20/08 M/T/W/Th 9:30-3:00pm CLC-235 Phyllis Pych
CC 413 MS in the Workplace, Part III (12 sessions) 60 Hours $990
In this three-week course, students master more advanced procedures in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Integration and linking between the programs is emphasized as well as resume preparation and using the Internet for job search. Prerequisite: MS in the Workplace, Part II.
001 9/15/08-10/07/08 M/T/W/Th 9:30-3:00pm CLC-235 Phyllis Pych
(no class 9/29, 9/30, 10/1)
002 12/1/08-12/18/08 M/T/W/Th 9:30-3:00pm CLC-235 Phyllis Pych
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