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Website Design and Graphic Design
DCAD's Computer Graphics courses are particularly well-suited for current graphics professionals who are eager to upgrade their computer skills; production artists or programmers seeking career advancement; individuals working to establish their own businesses; and young creatives aspiring to enter the graphic and web design professions.
Courses cover everything from Mac basics to advanced web design and development. Some courses are offered on the PC platform.
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Web Design Fundamentals
Facebook for Professionals
Adobe Illustrator I
Adobe Illustrator II
Adobe InDesign I
Adobe InDesign II
Adobe Photoshop I - MAC sec B
Adobe Photoshop II - MAC sec B
Web Animation/HTML & Flash I
Web Animation/HTML & Flash II
Basic Layout & Typography for Web and Print
Intro to Graphic Design for Web and Print
Adobe Dreamweaver I
Adobe Dreamweaver II
Course Offering
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR I
COURSE ID: GD0041
Instructor: Jason Olney
SIX SESSIONS
Monday, June 3 – July 8; 6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
One of the backbones of modern graphic design
and electronic publishing, Illustrator is the leading
vector-based illustration software available. This
course instructs the beginning student in the
software’s typical uses in today’s design and
publishing environment, covering basic drawing,
tracing and typographic techniques. Mac OS
competency required.
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR II
COURSE ID: GD0042
Instructor: Jason Olney
SIX SESSIONS
Monday, July 15 – August 19; 6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
Build on your basic understanding of Illustrator in this
hands oncourse. Explore the advanced capabilities
of the software by creating dynamic type effects
and using blends for realistic illustrations. Learn to
integrate illustrations with Adobe Photoshop and
web applications through a variety of problem solving
exercises. Prerequisite: Adobe Illustrator I.
<;ADOBE INDESIGN I
COURSE ID: GD0053
Instructor: David Manzolillo
SIX SESSIONS
Wednesday, June 5 – July 10; 6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
InDesign is the latest tool for page layout and
electronic pre-press preparation. Because it’s an
Adobe product, InDesign is designed to work with
Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat. In this course
you will gain basic experience with the software as
you work with page layout creation, creating and
formatting text, inputting and manipulating images,
and gain a basic understanding of color as it relates
to printing. Exercises are designed to take full
advantage of the basic tools within InDesign.
Macintosh knowledge required.
<ADOBE INDESIGN II
COURSE ID: GD0060
Instructor: David Manzolillo
SIX SESSIONS
Wednesday, July 17 – August 21; 6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
Expand your knowledge of this powerful layout and
production tool. Students will learn to create complex
multi-page documents utilizing master pages and
advanced paragraph and character styles (including
the new nested styles feature). The use of tables
within InDesign will be explored to automate design
tasks. InDesign’s robust PDF export capabilities, its
helpful preflight and document packaging functions
will also be explored. Prerequisite: Adobe InDesign I.
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COURSE ID: GD0057 (MAC BASED)
Instructor: Jason Olney
SIX SESSIONS
Saturday, June 15 – July 20; 10 AM – 1 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/ Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
This course introduces the new user to Photoshop,
the most widely-used image processing and
manipulation application for the desktop. Students
explore this program’s powerful painting, colorcorrection
and retouching tools and investigate the
relationship between image capture, resolution and
output quality. Basic computer knowledge required.
COURSE ID: GD0058 (MAC BASED)
Instructor: Jason Olney
SIX SESSIONS
Saturday, July 27 – August 31; 10 AM – 1 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
Build on your basic understanding of Adobe
Photoshop. Learn to unleash the power of this
program through an exploration of layers, masks,
paths and channels. Customize the application
by combining multiple images from diverse sources.
Prerequisite: Adobe Photoshop.
COURSE ID: GD0076
Instructor: Joy Smoker
TWELVE SESSIONS
Thursday, June 6 – August 22; 6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $490/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $900/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
Learn to communicate effectively using principles
of design and typography. Issues of space, texture,
color, rhythm and meaning are addressed. Type
and visual elements are combined to create effective
layouts. Computer typography is introduced.
Pre-requisites: Quark I or InDesign I; Mac OS
competency.
COURSE ID: WD0080
Instructor: Kati Driscoll
ONE SESSION
Sunday, July 14; 1 PM – 5 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $50
Join us for a four-hour workshop designed to help
you take your Facebook page to the next level.
Students will review content best practices, learn how
to use Facebook Insights to improve their Reach and
Engagement and discuss advertising options available
on the platform. Requirements: Participants must have
an existing business page (not personal) with 30-plus
fans to enroll in this course.
COURSE ID: GD0077
Instructor: Joy Smoker
TWELVE SESSIONS
Tuesday, June 4 – August 20; 6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $490/Lab Fee $35; 3.9 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $900/Lab Fee $35; 2 Credits
This introduction to current computer graphics
technology includes an overview of page-layout,
vector-based illustration and pixel-based digital
imaging software. Publishing techniques, rough
composition skills, concept development and
fundamentals of typography are introduced as
students learn how such technology is used in real
world applications. Mac OS knowledge required.
COURSE ID: AN0013
Instructor: Charley Parker
SIX SESSIONS
Monday & Wednesday, June 3 – June 19;
6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
Learn the basics of motion graphics and animation
for websites and banner ads, using Adobe Edge
Animate to create HTML5 website animations and
Adobe Flash to create animated banner ads. Students
will learn to prepare and import graphics and create
an HTML5 animated motion graphics presentation,
as might be used for the introduction for a website.
Students will also create a Flash animated banner ad,
with attention to typical requirements for commercial
banner ad placement. The course includes an
overview of HTML5 animation options for publishing
to various platforms, including the iPad and other
mobile devices, and the changing role of Flash, still
the required platform for most animated banner
ads and also a surprisingly effective tool for making
animated GIFs.
COURSE ID: AN0014
Instructor: Charley Parker
SIX SESSIONS
Monday & Wednesday, June 24 – July 10;
6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
Learn more sophisticated web animation
techniques, with attention to issues of timing, easing,
encapsulating motion (“symbols”) and the use of
simple scripting to control timeline functions.
Students will learn, both in HTML5 animations and
Flash, how to provide interactivity for linking to other
pages and websites and for responding to user input
within an animation. There will also be an overview of
the use of HTML5 animation tools to prepare static
webpages, and the incorporation of existing HTML
elements into HTML5 animations. The course includes
discussion of the current state of HTML5 and Flash
animation, and potential future trends, including
the increasing importance of mobile devices and
electronic publishing (“eBooks”).
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COURSE ID: WD0065
Instructor: Rob Whitehead
SIX SESSIONS
Wednesday, July 17 – August 21; 6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $300/Lab Fee: $35; 2 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $450/Lab Fee: $35; 1 Credit
In this intermediate level class, students will expand
their understanding of Dreamweaver by exploring
advanced programming capabilities, including
behaviors, cascading style sheets, and Dynamic
HTML. Prerequisite: Dreamweaver I.
COURSE ID: WD0040
Instructor: Warren Chase
TWELVE SESSIONS
Tuesday & Thursday, June 4 – July 11;
6 PM – 9:15 PM
NON-CREDIT Tuition: $490/Lab Fee: $35; 3.9 CEUs
CREDIT Tuition: $900/Lab Fee: $35; 2 Credits
The first course in the Web Design Certificate
program explores HTML and Cascading Style
Sheet (CSS), the major components of web site
development. Learn how to format text, control
page layout and understand hyperlinks and keys to
comprehensive web site navigation. The course will
cover creating compressed graphics, developing an
online form, considering basic guidelines for search
engine optimization and using an FTP application.
Students will employ new knowledge to construct
their own functional web site as a final project.
Prerequisite: Photoshop I.
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