Macromedia MX Web Design Tools

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX and Flash MX

This course teaches learners how Macromedia products can be used for Web design, it covers the basic and intermediate skills needed to create animated Web sites using graphics and Flash.

Audience

Home Users and End-Users

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

Participants learn about the DreamWeaver MX interface, how to design, create and define a Web site. Skills learnt include how to link pages and how to create an e-mail link. The curriculum also teaches the learner how to enhance Web pages created in DreamWeaver MX. Participants are shown how to work with Flash objects.

DreamWeaver MX Essentials

Identify features of the DreamWeaver MX interface.
Identify the steps used to define a local site.
Create a document.
Identify guidelines for saving a document.
Identify methods for manipulating text.
Insert a table.
Identify options for modifying page properties.
Insert an image.
Create a page link.
Create an e-mail link.
Create an image map.

Enhancing Web Pages in DreamWeaver MX

Insert Flash text.
Insert a Flash button.
Insert a Flash movie.
Identify features of a template.
Identify options for creating a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) style.
Apply a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) style.
Create a frame and a frameset.
Identify options for modifying properties of a frame and a frameset.
Identify guidelines for saving a frame and a frameset.
Identify the steps for inserting a form.
Match form objects with their descriptions.
Identify characteristics of testing a Web site.
Identify guidelines for putting a file.

Macromedia Fireworks MX

Macromedia Fireworks MX provides the tools for creating and producing web graphics and interactivity. It presents a single integrated, web-centred environment. This course introduces the fundamental concepts in Fireworks MX, including a description of the Fireworks interface and the tools that are used to create and enhance graphics objects. The learner is also introduced to working with layers. This course also presents the concepts of adding interactivity including slices, rollovers, and image maps. The learner learns how to create basic animations and how to export them to a web page.

Fireworks MX Fundamentals

Match elements of the Fireworks interface with their functions.
Identify Help resources for using Fireworks.
Create a new document in Fireworks.
Save a file in Fireworks.
Match tools for selecting objects with their functions.
Create a bitmap object.
Identify options for drawing vector objects.
Add text to a Fireworks document.
Identify methods for transforming objects.
Identify methods for organizing objects in a Fireworks document.
Identify features of Fireworks layers.
Identify methods for manipulating layers in the Layers panel.

Creating Interactivity

Create a slice object.
Identify methods for editing slices.
Create a simple rollover.
Export a graphic as an image map.
Create an animation symbol.
Set a frame delay value for a frame.
Identify methods for manipulating frames.
Identify guidelines for previewing animations.

Task Automation and Exporting

Find and replace an element using the Find and Replace feature.
Process files by using a batch process.
Identify features of the Export Wizard.
Identify ways of exporting Fireworks files.

Macromedia Flash MX

Macromedia Flash MX is a tool for developing visual interactive content and applications. Animations, rich user interfaces, online advertising, e-learning courses, and enterprise application front ends can be created. This curriculum also takes the learner through the basics of graphic creation and acquisition for animations, and covers the fundamental steps in the creation and publication of an animation, with coverage of the incorporation of sound and video. There is also a basic introduction to Action Scripting.

Elements of Flash

Identify features and functions of Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify features of Macromedia Flash MX interface elements.
Identify functions of the Toolbox areas in Macromedia Flash MX.
Match drawing tools in Macromedia Flash MX with their functions.
Match painting tools in Macromedia Flash MX with their functions.
Match panels in Macromedia Flash MX with their functions.
Identify panel management capabilities.
Identify capabilities for customizing panel displays in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify features and functions of layers in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify capabilities for managing layers and layer folders in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify features and functions of the Timeline in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify capabilities for working with frames in the Timeline.

Graphics and Libraries

Identify methods for drawing lines and shapes in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify methods for applying color fills in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify guidelines for importing graphics in Macromedia Flash MX.
Associate symbol types in Macromedia Flash MX with examples of their use.
Create a symbol in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify methods for managing libraries in Macromedia Flash MX.

Creating and Publishing Animations

Identify characteristics of animation in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify considerations for creating a tween in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify uses of guide layers in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify characteristics of masks in Macromedia Flash MX.
Create a movie clip in Macromedia Flash MX.
Create a multiple state button in Macromedia Flash MX.
Add sound to a movie in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify options for editing sound in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify guidelines for adding video to a movie in Macromedia Flash MX.
Identify characteristics of ActionScript in Macromedia Flash MX.
Assign an action to a frame in Macromedia Flash MX.
Test a movie using the Bandwidth Profiler in Macromedia Flash MX.
Publish a movie using Macromedia Flash MX

Delivery

Computer Based Training, CD-ROM and Manual

Content

Interactive, skills-based

Qualifications

Keimos Certificate of Study

Duration

Approx 20 hours

Support

Included

Price

£ 317.00

Keimos Web Design Courses

Our courses use simulations extensively to provide opportunities for students to learn & practice skills-based content. This “learning by doing'” model is far more effective than the traditional true/false, multiple choice approach. Live application software is not needed.

Interactive content is used often in the courses to engage the learner's attention, to reinforce and exercise skills being taught, and to provide feedback on the learner's grasp of a skill or concept.

News

CertCities.com readers picked CIW as the best Web/Internet certification to hold.

Best Web/Internet Certification

Winner: Prosoft Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Professional
Finalists: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Developer, CompTIA i-Net+

ProsoftTraining.com's CIW remained your pick for the best Web/Internet certification to hold, thanks to its “well rounded and vendor-neutral, focusing on logistics, configuration and skills in the working environment,” as one reader stated.

Even those not in this specialty appear to have respect for this title. Said another reader, “This is not my area, but my colleagues say CIW...”

Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX Developer came in a close second. “I feel that Macromedia is widely used and is probably a bit more user friendly,” said Glenda Simmons, a network systems engineer from Fresno, Calif.

i-Net snagged the second finalist position thanks to its coverage of Web fundamentals. As Harbour explained, “There's more to the Internet and the Web than just programming. You have to know the servers and how the Internet runs. Having a good foundation is vital to anything you do with the Internet.”