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Web and Graphic Designer
Learn the skills necessary to be part of a design team!
This program will prepare the student with the skills needed to enter into the exciting world of Web and Graphic Design.
Web and Graphic Designer Duties and Responsibilities may include:
- Digital retouching and compositing
- XHTML page markup
- CSS-based layout and typography
- Home page and navigation design
- Flash graphics and animations
- Mouseover effects
- Competitive analysis
- Site maps
- Wireframes
- Mood boards
- Color palettes
- Blog layout
- Portfolio site design
- And more
A Web and Graphic Designer should be:
- Friendly and cooperative
- Self-motivated and dependable
- Creative and Artistic
- Be organized and have great attention to detail
- Interested in the Web
When you complete your Web and Graphic Designer program you should demonstrate the ability to:
- Understand the essential components of HTML
- Master how to best utilize HTML and take full advantage of its capabilities
- Master the aspects of cascading style sheets including embedding style sheets, applying color, comments, text and font styles, class and id styles, margins, padding, and much more.
- Master Adobe® Illustrator® CS4. Using this comprehensive vector graphics environment with new transparency in gradients and multiple artboards that will allow you to design efficiently.
- Master Adobe® InDesign® CS4. You will be able to break down the barriers between online and offline publishing. You will be able to create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents.
- Master Adobe® Flash® CS4. You will use the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences to deliver to audiences across platforms and devices
- Master Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 to give greater editing freedom, and significant productivity with its unrivaled power created by the latest enhancements.
- Build high quality websites with one of the industry's leading web authoring tools. Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4.
- You will be able to gather, prepare, and share information in PDF files using Adobe® Acrobat® 9 software. Streamline document development and review. Simplify form creation and data collection. And combine multiple file types in polished PDF Portfolios that communicate clearly..
- Be prepared to sit for Industry exams including:
- Adobe Certified Associate: Rich Media Communication Using Adobe Flash
- Adobe Certified Associate: Web Communication using Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Certified Associate: Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop
Growth within the graphic and web design field is easily attainable as skills are sharpened through hands-on application.
Web and Graphic Designer Certificate Program
This program is 228 clock hours or 11.5 weeks based on the required 20 hours per week.
Operating System
- WXP101 Introduction to Windows XP for End Users Instructor: Sandra Batakis
- WV101 Introduction to Windows Vista for End Users Instructor: Sandra Batakis
Web Coding
- INTHTML Introduction to HTML Instructor: Tracy Berry
- ADVHTML Advanced HTML Instructor: Tracy Berry
- CSS101 Cascading Style Sheets Instructor: Tracy Berry
Adobe
- ADBACP Adobe Acrobat Pro Introduction Instructor: Erin Olsen
- ADBDW4 Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Introduction Instructor: Erin Olsen
- ADBPS4 Adobe Photoshop CS4 Introduction Instructor: Erin Olsen
- ADBPW4 Adobe Photoshop Web CS4 Introduction Instructor: Erin Olsen
- ADBID4 Adobe InDesign CS4 Introduction Instructor: Erin Olsen
- ADBIL4 Adobe Illustrator CS4 Introduction Instructor: Erin Olsen
- ADBFL4 Adobe Flash CS4 Introduction Instructor: Erin Olsen
Word Processing
- MSW01 Microsoft Office 2007 Word Level 1 Instructor: Sandra Batakis
- MSW02 Microsoft Office 2007 Word Level 2 Instructor: Sandra Batakis
- MSW03 Microsoft Office 2007 Word Level 3 Instructor: Sandra Batakis
Graphics and Presentation
- MSP01 Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Level 1 Instructor: Sandra Batakis
- MSP02 Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Level 2 Instructor: Sandra Batakis
Project Management System
- MSPR01 Microsoft Project 2007 Level 1 Instructor: Sandra Batakis
- MSPR02 Microsoft Project 2007 Level 2 Instructor: Sandra Batakis
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