This is an intermediate to advanced level course, for people with experience of computers, who want to learn to use industry standard software to design and produce graphics, animations and websites.

There are no formal entry requirements but the course would benefit those who have:

a proven interest or background in graphic art, animation, illustration, interface design, multimedia, working in a team and/or project management;

and a commitment to:

learning, finding employment, or to business start up within the area of new media.

Course Content

On this course you will learn to:

use Macromedia Fireworks for text design, illustration and image editing and to streamline production of graphic elements for the web;

create Macromedia Flash animation for the web - animated logos, cartoons, interactive animations and long-form animations;

use Macromedia Dreamweaver to create web pages via a visual interface.

A final project will involve working in a team to design, produce, upload and test a website, working to a professional brief.

Industry standard software is used throughout the course.

Macromedia Fireworks is the production tool for creating graphics for the web.

Macromedia Flash is the industry preferred software for animation on the web.

Macromedia Dreamweaver is the industries web site development and editing tool.

This intensive course was created in response to Industry needs. It combines software tutorials with a project-based approach to learning.

For the final part of the course students work in teams to produce a website to a professional live brief. The teams will devise original designs, work within a budget, keep to deadlines, and manage the testing and uploading of the site, resulting in a functional web site.

Participants will also have the chance to develop a number of individual projects which can be submitted for presentation within the showcase area of the Training for Enterprise website.

Qualifications

In terms of further training, this course can usefully combine with graphic design, multimedia or publishing. It may also open doors into the related industries.

Trainees from previous courses have gone on to:

set up their own web design companies;

become freelance website designers working in the design industry;

become trainers within this field.