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The computer has changed the very nature of art
and design, as well as revolutionized a host of job descriptions. In
the courses and programs listed below, students harness an
assortment of cutting-edge technologies to create good design both
in class and during open hours in our up-to-date computer labs.
Whether to learn basic computer skills or enter highly specialized
fields, students are invited to take courses for personal or
professional enrichment, or as part of our many certificate programs.
Individuals on the go may boost their skills with our intensive
courses, while business and community organizations may take
advantage of various corporate training options and CE also offers one-day intensive workshops in various computer media. (High school students ages 16 and up may enroll in adult courses in computer-based design.)
Advertising Design |
CAD |
Computer Animation + Video |
Digital Foundations |
Print Design |
3D Computer-Generated Imaging |
Design for the Web |
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| | Advertising Design [back to top] | Designing an Ad Campaign
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 4/22
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-COMAD-0703-01 | Philip Keith | |
An ad campaign is a planned, coordinated sales effort that runs over a period of time and usually involves a variety of media. Many inventive and effective campaigns have not only made products recognizable and profitable for the seller, but have also won awards for their creators. What qualities do these memorable ads have in common? That question is explored in this course through case studies, class exercises and a final project. By analyzing examples of successful campaigns, students are immersed in the process professional marketers use to produce results. Students then apply this knowledge to develop a multimedia campaign that solves a particular marketing problem. From creative strategy to research to developing the final presentation, this course simulates an authentic ad agency experience and provides students with an impressive ad campaign for inclusion in their professional portfolios. Note: This course takes place at an off-campus location; directions are sent to registered participants.
Applies to the following certificate programs (18 contact hours): AD-R, PD-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Final Projects: Advertising Design
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-COMAD-0774-01 | Gale Litchfield | |
Here is an opportunity for students who wish to enter the field of advertising design the opportunity to synthesize a wide variety of approaches, tools and concepts related to this discipline and to develop samples of work for a portfolio. Whether refining an existing piece of work or creating something new, students receive guidance in choosing their strongest creative and visual solutions, and in compiling a group of samples that best represents them and their work. While targeting a future client or potential employer, students develop creative strategies for presenting themselves and their ideas in ways that get them noticed and achieve the results they are seeking.
Prerequisite: AD Required Level Three or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate program: AD-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Thinking Visually
Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/24/10
No class dates: 4/19
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-COMAD-0776-01 | Mitch Goldstein | |
What is the perfect recipe for a persuasive graphic design solution and how do you combine those ingredients for the best effect? Each variable is subject to choice and, whether shrewdly or poorly made, those choices cannot help but change the overall impact of the project. Students in this course are introduced to image making methods that are determined by underlying graphic and typographic messages. Assignments are devised to reinforce conceptual thinking and to foster understanding and evaluation of source information. The aim is to empower the graphic artist/advertising designer with a full visual literacy that best serves the project's needs.
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-R, DI-E, PD-R, SA-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | |
| CAD [back to top] | AutoCAD I
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-INDES-2513-01 | Seth Wiseman | |
Autodesk's AutoCAD, a powerful computer-aided drafting (CAD) program, is the industry standard for architecture and design professionals. Through lectures, demonstrations and hands-on experience, students learn to use this visualization and productivity software to take a project from the initial design stages to a finished two-dimensional plot. Students create templates with layer, color, linetype, line weight and layouts that aid productivity as they familiarize themselves with drawing, editing, text, dimensioning, modifying, solid modeling, 3D design, and perspective and rendering tools. Additionally, students use blocks with AutoCAD's design centers, built-in and online, and generate scale plots in model and paper space using native templates for borders and title blocks.
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AN-E, HP-E, ID-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | AutoCAD I
Date(s); 03/06/10 - 05/29/10
No class dates: 4/24
Time: 1-4pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-INDES-2513-02 | David Paolino | |
Autodesk's AutoCAD, a powerful computer-aided drafting (CAD) program, is the industry standard for architecture and design professionals. Through lectures, demonstrations and hands-on experience, students learn to use this visualization and productivity software to take a project from the initial design stages to a finished two-dimensional plot. Students create templates with layer, color, linetype, line weight and layouts that aid productivity as they familiarize themselves with drawing, editing, text, dimensioning, modifying, solid modeling, 3D design, and perspective and rendering tools. Additionally, students use blocks with AutoCAD's design centers, built-in and online, and generate scale plots in model and paper space using native templates for borders and title blocks.
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AN-E, HP-E, ID-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | |
| Computer Animation + Video [back to top] | Special Effects with Adobe After Effects
Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/24/10
No class dates: 4/19
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DVID-2503-01 | Fred Spencer | |
Adobe After Effects is to video and film what Adobe Photoshop is to photography. Students in this course learn to master this powerful software tool used by professionals in the film and video industries for generating visual effects and motion graphics. In the process of creating video shorts, students are afforded the opportunity to composite multiple layers, animate an unlimited number of elements and apply visual effects to video. Students can then apply these skills to both professional and personal projects.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-R, DI-E, PD-E, VE-R, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Computer Animation Studio
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 4/22
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-ANIM-2506-01 | Blue Wade | |
What makes an animation compelling? Strength of storytelling, character design and development, quality of motion, and the ability to work with animation software are all key factors that make one animation stand out from others. In this course, students use Flash to perform basic exercises in animation and then go on to explore a variety of more sophisticated techniques. They also learn how to plan and create storyboards so as to better organize their animation ideas. By the end of the course, students produce short animation projects that match their unique ideas to the most appropriate methods of production.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-R, CB-E, NS-E, PD-E, SA-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Writing for the Screen (Online Course)
Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/28/10
Time: ONLINE
Sessions: 6
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2010/CS-DVID-2572-01 | Jenn Dlugos | |
Movies are built on the foundation of a screenplay shaped by a screenwriter. This online course provides students with an overview of the process of writing for the screen by focusing on the fundamentals -- from character development and dialogue to the structural expectations particular to film. While screenwriting skills are essential to any aspiring filmmaker, the course also entertains and informs the more casual film lover. Using handouts, writing exercises, web-based forums and film clips, your instructor leads the class from a virtual classroom, while students practice the screenwriter’s craft on a more flexible schedule. They mine their own experience for characters, conflicts and stories that are the first step in planning a project delivered as a moving image -- be it an animation, music video or feature film. Note: This course satisfies the Screenwriting requirement for the certificate program in Digital Video Production. Students should have Internet access and understand basic web browsing. Course material is posted weekly throughout the term, and students are expected to participate in online discussions. Students are contacted via e-mail by the instructor prior to the start date of class with detailed information. Sessions, as noted here, refers to course content equivalent to an 18 contact hour traditional-format course
Applies to the following certificate programs (18 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, VE-R, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $350.00
Course total: 350.00 | | | Final Projects Studio: Computer Animation
Date(s); 03/12/10 - 05/28/10
No class dates: 3/19, 4/2, 4/16, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 6
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2010/CS-ANIM-2593-01 | Blue Wade | |
You may intend to have your movie discovered at Sundance, Tribeca, the Black Maria or even our local Rhode Island International Film Festival. Or perhaps you want to craft a killer reel that will buy you your own production company. The methods are different but the objective the same -- to find an audience and catch their attention. With that as the over-arching theme of this production studio class, students undertake a project -- a short narrative, a documentary, a traditional animated work or a 3D modeled animated piece. All aspects of creating and combining picture and sound are considered as your instructor takes on the role of chief critic. From the score to the end credits, all details are considered, including distribution and presentation options. Special Schedule: Fridays, March 12 + 26, April 9 + 30, May 14 + 28
Prerequisite: Preliminary Portfolio Review
Applies to the following certificate programs: AN-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Final Projects: Digital Video Production
Date(s); 03/12/10 - 05/28/10
No class dates: 3/19, 4/2, 4/16, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 6
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2010/CS-DVID-2577-01 | Blue Wade | |
You may intend to have your movie discovered at Sundance, Tribeca, the Black Maria or even our local Rhode Island International Film Festival. Or perhaps you want to craft a killer reel that will buy you your own production company. The methods are different but the objective the same -- to find an audience and catch their attention. With that as the over-arching theme of this production studio class, students undertake a project -- a short narrative, a documentary, a traditional animated work or a 3D modeled animated piece. All aspects of creating and combining picture and sound are considered as your instructor takes on the role of chief critic. From the score to the end credits, all details are considered, including distribution and presentation options. Special Schedule: Fridays, March 12 + 26, April 9 + 30, May 14 + 28
Prerequisite: Preliminary Portfolio Review
Applies to the following certificate programs: VE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Creating + Cutting Screen Sound
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DVID-3529-01 | Brian Knoth | |
Which is more important -- picture or sound? Would the sight of the shark's fin carving through the water in Jaws be nearly as terrifying without John Williams' theme? In this video production class, sound plays the lead role as students become acquainted with SoundTrack Pro, an integrated software package that is part of the Final Cut Pro suite. In addition to its waveform editing capabilities, this application expands upon sound-design possibilities with Logic Pro's effect plug-ins and library of sound effects. With these tools at hand, students quickly develop a renewed appreciation of sound as a subtle means to deliver content and create mood. Note: This course satisfies the requirement for Final Cut Pro III.
Prerequisite: Final Cut Pro
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, VE-R, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Digital Video Production Studio
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DVID-2827-01 | Evan Villari | |
This studio course covers all aspects of video production. With only a hint of the final product in mind, students begin with creative ideas that lead to script formats, storyboards, location scouting, auditions, production scheduling and defined budgets. The class then breaks into discrete production teams, each shooting and editing a short video project using digital cameras and Final Cut Pro. Camera operation, lighting concepts and audio are all covered as footage is gathered and postproduction begins. In this phase, raw footage is screened, logged, and digitized before editing, which gives the project its final shape. Ultimately, students discover that digital video is no longer just for amateurs, with many filmmakers using these techniques to produce independent films that they submit to film festivals.
Prerequisite: Final Cut Pro
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, SA-E, VE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | |
| Digital Foundations [back to top] | Adobe Illustrator I
Date(s); 03/06/10 - 05/29/10
No class dates: 4/24
Time: 9am-12pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-2532-02 | Bryson Dean | |
Adobe Illustrator, a popular computer application used by designers and illustrators to produce print or web designs, is particularly helpful in creating unique images and graphics that require a high degree of precision and can be resized without loss of quality. Because the program is vector based, curves do not pixelate as they do in other graphics applications. In this course, students learn to create illustrations and free-form sketches, explore how this program of choice for professional artists and designers makes it possible to trace and alter scanned images in order to create a variety of special effects, and learn to save their files in PostScript format.
Prerequisite: Digital Tools for Print Design or Digital Design for the Screen
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, CB-E, NS-E, PD-R, SA-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Adobe Illustrator I
Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/24/10
No class dates: 4/19
Time: 2-5pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-2532-01 | Mary Beth Cryan | |
Adobe Illustrator, a popular computer application used by designers and illustrators to produce print or web designs, is particularly helpful in creating unique images and graphics that require a high degree of precision and can be resized without loss of quality. Because the program is vector based, curves do not pixelate as they do in other graphics applications. In this course, students learn to create illustrations and free-form sketches, explore how this program of choice for professional artists and designers makes it possible to trace and alter scanned images in order to create a variety of special effects, and learn to save their files in PostScript format.
Prerequisite: Digital Tools for Print Design or Digital Design for the Screen
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, CB-E, NS-E, PD-R, SA-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Adobe Photoshop I
Date(s); 03/06/10 - 05/29/10
No class dates: 4/24
Time: 1-4pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-2533-02 | David Fleurant | |
Whether images are scanned, photographed or digitally drawn, Adobe Photoshop is the industry-standard program for manipulating them. This introduction to Photoshop focuses on combining, retouching and modifying images through class exercises and projects in which students work with Photoshop tools like the airbrush, paintbrush, cloning and pattern stamps, eraser and crop tool. By the end of the course, students understand Photoshop's capabilities and are able to handle basic file formats and layers, combine images, and create effects using grayscale, color and filters.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen, Digital Tools for Print Design or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-R, CB-R, DI-R, DS-E, NS-R, PD-R, SA-R, VE-R, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Adobe Photoshop I
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-2533-01 | Eric Emerson | |
Whether images are scanned, photographed or digitally drawn, Adobe Photoshop is the industry-standard program for manipulating them. This introduction to Photoshop focuses on combining, retouching and modifying images through class exercises and projects in which students work with Photoshop tools like the airbrush, paintbrush, cloning and pattern stamps, eraser and crop tool. By the end of the course, students understand Photoshop's capabilities and are able to handle basic file formats and layers, combine images, and create effects using grayscale, color and filters.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen, Digital Tools for Print Design or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-R, CB-R, DI-R, DS-E, NS-R, PD-R, SA-R, VE-R, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Adobe InDesign
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 4/22
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-3536-02 | Bryan Rodrigues | |
As the new industry standard for graphic design, Adobe InDesign integrates effortlessly with the Adobe software suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) to give graphic artists superior control over every element of their page layouts. Designers can use it to combine text and illustrations for single- or multi-page documents and to prepare them digitally for output to press, printer or PDF (portable document format). Students in this course gain technical know-how of the application's basic tool layout, image manipulation, and vector integration tools. All the while, concepts of visual communication and design are reinforced through hands-on exercises and practical assignments. By the end of the course, students should exhibit great confidence with the type and compositional commands that are the foundation of this exceptional graphic design application.
Prerequisites: Digital Tools for Print Design or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, CB-E, PD-R, SA-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Adobe InDesign
Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/24/10
No class dates: 4/19
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-3536-01 | Erik Klaver | |
As the new industry standard for graphic design, Adobe InDesign integrates effortlessly with the Adobe software suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) to give graphic artists superior control over every element of their page layouts. Designers can use it to combine text and illustrations for single- or multi-page documents and to prepare them digitally for output to press, printer or PDF (portable document format). Students in this course gain technical know-how of the application's basic tool layout, image manipulation, and vector integration tools. All the while, concepts of visual communication and design are reinforced through hands-on exercises and practical assignments. By the end of the course, students should exhibit great confidence with the type and compositional commands that are the foundation of this exceptional graphic design application.
Prerequisites: Digital Tools for Print Design or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, CB-E, PD-R, SA-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Digital Design for the Screen
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-3542-01 | Bryan Rodrigues | |
The screen is the entryway through which we view our digital world. This introductory but fast-paced course begins with the real hardware assets (processors, monitors, memory) needed for digital design work, and from there moves on to the software tools and protocols that impact what can be viewed on the screen -- QuickTime, HTML and the components of Adobe's Creative Suite of software tools. All the elements can be daunting, but once explained, we're well on the way to digital fluency which, in turn, leads to original and unexpected visual solutions. This course enables students to better understand computer aided design and digital workflow, as we gather, preserve, modify and combine images, text and information until they comprise examples of well considered design.
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-R, AN-R, CB-E, VE-R, WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Digital Tools for Print Design
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-3543-01 | Bryan Rodrigues | |
This course helps novice users become more confident -- and intermediate students more competent -- with computer-based design. We introduce the Apple computer and its operating system along with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, and discuss the capture, transfer, manipulation and delivery of images. Proper digital workflow is revealed through class exercises and lecture, as students learn to output content for the printed page. Completion of this course provides you with valuable skill sets relied upon by all productive graphic designers, illustrators and draftsmen.
Applies to the following certificate programs: AD-R, CB-R, DI-R, NS-R, PD-R, SA-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Digital Tools for Print Design
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 4/22
Time: 2-5pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-3543-02 | Bryan Rodrigues | |
This course helps novice users become more confident -- and intermediate students more competent -- with computer-based design. We introduce the Apple computer and its operating system along with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, and discuss the capture, transfer, manipulation and delivery of images. Proper digital workflow is revealed through class exercises and lecture, as students learn to output content for the printed page. Completion of this course provides you with valuable skill sets relied upon by all productive graphic designers, illustrators and draftsmen.
Applies to the following certificate programs: AD-R, CB-R, DI-R, NS-R, PD-R, SA-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Digital Tools for Print Design
Date(s); 03/06/10 - 05/29/10
No class dates: 4/24
Time: 9am-12pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-DFOU-3543-03 | Bryan Rodrigues | |
This course helps novice users become more confident -- and intermediate students more competent -- with computer-based design. We introduce the Apple computer and its operating system along with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, and discuss the capture, transfer, manipulation and delivery of images. Proper digital workflow is revealed through class exercises and lecture, as students learn to output content for the printed page. Completion of this course provides you with valuable skill sets relied upon by all productive graphic designers, illustrators and draftsmen.
Applies to the following certificate programs: AD-R, CB-R, DI-R, NS-R, PD-R, SA-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | |
| Print Design [back to top] | Print Design Studio: Digital Typeface Design
Date(s); 03/11/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 3/18, 4/1, 4/15, 4/22, 5/6, 5/20
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 6
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2010/CS-PRNT-2837-01 | Jeremy Mickel | |
Our visual world surrounds us with letters, numbers, signs and symbols that would spin out of control, if not for the guiding hand of the graphic designer. More specifically, it is the typeface designer who uses the most sophisticated digital tools to give stylistic unity to the modern alphabet. In this advanced studio course, students have an opportunity to develop their obsession with typography into an informed practice. We approach typeface design through the filters of past and present: in the discussion of letterform evolution throughout history, and in the contemporary practice of computer digitization. Through the use of TypeTool software tutorials, in-class exercises and group critiques, students learn how to bring their concepts to life as they generate OpenType files that can be installed on any computer. SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Thursdays, March 11 + 25, April 8 + 29, May 13 + 27.
Prerequisite: Typographics I
Applies to the following certificate programs (18 contact hours): AD-E, PD-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $435.00
Course total: 435.00 | | | Introduction to Graphic Form
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-PRNT-0714-01 | Marianne Migliori | |
This course introduces the principles of two-dimensional design in the context of graphic design. Students explore and develop an understanding of visual relationships through the use of such elements and principles as line, shape, value, texture, rhythm, form, counterform, contrast, juxtaposition, progression and sequence. As they review the basic concepts and vocabulary of design, students learn how to critique and discuss visual work. The emphasis throughout is on exploring design through the dynamics of form, letterform and typographic elements. Note: This is not a computer-based course.
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-R, DI-E, PD-R, SA-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $425.00
Course total: 425.00 | | | Graphic Structures + Systems
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-PRNT-2531-01 | Derek Schusterbauer | |
Graphic designers must have a fundamental understanding of the basic structures and organizing systems that lie beneath all examples of the print designer's craft. Grids and modules are discussed as the primary device for originating compelling design solutions that acknowledge the core rules of proportion, rhythm, pacing and sequence. Adobe Illustrator and InDesign are among the digital tools used to define these unifying structures that are often (but not always) invisible. The class builds upon a foundation of weekly exercises as students develop a solid understanding of the practical considerations involved in the planning and delivery of a conclusive graphic design project.
Prerequisites: Adobe InDesign
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, PD-R, SA-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Final Projects Studio: Print Design
Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/24/10
No class dates: 4/19
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-PRNT-2589-01 | Dina Zaccagnini Vincent | |
This course offers students who wish to enter the field of print design the opportunity to synthesize a wide variety of approaches, tools and concepts related to the discipline while developing samples of work for a portfolio. Whether refining an existing piece of work or creating something new, students receive guidance in choosing their strongest creative and visual solutions, and in compiling a group of samples that best represents them and their work. While targeting a future client or potential employer, students develop a creative strategy for presenting themselves and their ideas in a way that gets them noticed and achieves the results they are seeking.
Prerequisite: PD Required Level Three or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate program: PD-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Typographics I
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-PRNT-2598-01 | Dina Zaccagnini Vincent | |
Created for designers who work primarily on the computer, this course introduces the fundamentals of typography -- theory, practice, technology and history -- so that students can use it to their advantage. Making crucial design decisions on a Macintosh operating system platform, students explore designing with type as they gain experience in composing a single- or multi-page document, laying out page systems effectively, and using type styles to influence expression and communication. Topics include conceptual development, reinforcement of meaning, analysis of letterforms, typographic measurement, typeface classification, typesetting, using grid systems, establishing hierarchies for organizational clarity, and assessing document legibility. Hands-on class and homework assignments provide students with the skills and conceptual understanding that serve as a foundation to most digital design undertakings.
Prerequisite: Adobe InDesign
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, DI-E, PD-R, SA-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Print Design Studio: Environmental Graphics
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/20/10
No class dates: 3/11, 3/25, 4/8,4/22, 4/29, 5/13
Time: 7-10pm
Sessions: 6
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2010/CS-PRNT-3575-01 | Derek Schusterbauer | |
Print design is no longer confined to newspapers, magazines and brochures. Instead, graphic design is all around us and populates our environment with all sorts of banners, boards, signs and symbols. The best of these environmental graphics get us to our destinations quickly and safely, and on occasion, may even cause us to linger and admire their sublime beauty. Unfortunately, we all know of examples that do not. In this advanced studio course, we take note of both the good and the bad in order to understand how to create graphic identifiers in an increasingly competitive visual environment. Lessons of scale and materials are addressed as students undertake a typical real-world graphic design assignment in an accelerated six-week time frame. SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Thursdays, March 4 + 18, April 1 + 15, May 6 + 20.
Prerequisite: Typographics I
Applies to the following certificate programs (18 contact hours): AD-E, PD-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $435.00
Course total: 435.00 | | |
| 3D Computer-Generated Imaging [back to top] | Beginning 3D Modeling with Rhino
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-PROD-2516-01 | Douglas Stern | |
Rhino is an affordable modeling application that is easy to learn and an industry standard. Its files can be exported into any program that supports surfaces or solids, or into CAD/CAM and other prototyping applications used by product designers, as well as those used for architectural design and rendering, computer animation, filmmaking and web design. Realistic renderings are generated by outputting to programs such as Maya, Flash, Photoshop and other popular software. In this course, students construct realistic models of actual objects, learning the communication language unique to 3D modeling applications as they produce the illusion of three dimensions in digital form. Note: Prior 3D modeling experience is not required. This course is taught on a Windows platform.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AN-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Introduction to Revit Architecture (Daytime Design Intensive)
Date(s); 03/31/10 - 04/01/10
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Sessions: 2
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2010/CS-INDES-2562-01 | Walter Zesk | |
This intensive workshop provides an opportunity for architects, engineers and contractors to stay current with advances in construction visualization technology. The latest innovation is Building Information Modeling, or BIM, a system that allows for parametric, object-based design with full reference for dynamic data change and update. Building on their existing knowledge of CAD, participants examine BIM through the lens of Autodesk's Revit Architecture. They gain familiarity with the Revit interface while participating in a practical series of increasingly complex design exercises and leave with an appreciation for how Revit can help to increase accuracy, bolster collaboration and efficiently generate documentation.
Prerequisite: Experience with CAD
Applies to the following certificate programs (14 contact hours): AN-E, ID-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $385.00
Course total: 385.00 | | | Jump into Maya: 3D in Three Days (Daytime Design Intensive)
Date(s); 02/19/10 - 02/21/10
Time: 10am-5pm
Sessions: 3
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2010/CW-COM-2530-01 | Jane Kernan | |
This intensive three-day course introduces Maya, the Academy Award-winning software. Think of Shrek, Monsters, Inc. and the Lord of the Rings trilogy to get an idea of what Maya can do. In this brief start-up course, learn the basic steps necessary to create 3D digital models using its robust polygonal modeling tools to set up a simple skeleton system, which can then be animated and simulated with keyframes. The final outcome is a sample 3D animated character and a 15-second QuickTime movie. No previous 3D experience needed!
Prerequisite: Basic computer experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (18 contact hours): AN-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $475.00
Course total: 475.00 | | | The ABC's of ZBrush
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 7-10pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-ANIM-2561-01 | Jane Kernan | |
Are you a sculptor frustrated by the clumsy (virtual) reality of 3D modeling applications? For too long, the practice of digital sculpting has required the artist to wear the equivalent of boxing gloves, as he or she fought past adversarial interfaces and tightly regulated protocols. Pixologic's ZBrush frees your hands and brings you closer to your model as you work organically with their proprietary tool, the pixol, effectively a digital ball of clay. The pixol includes dimension, lighting and color data, and allows for a computer-based model that embodies the traditional artistic values of gesture, form and proportion. Animators, illustrators and game designers stand to benefit from this gentle introduction to ZBrush as a unique sculpting tool for character creation and the construction of game assets.
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AN-E, SA-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | |
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Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/24/10
Time: ONLINE
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-1251-01 | Bruce Campbell | |
Understanding hypertext markup language (HTML) is essential for designers who wish to implement their creative visions online, and it is also surprisingly easy to learn. Students in this course learn the HTML attributes and commands used to create web pages, link to other files or pages, format text, integrate graphics and manage page layout. After creating their projects in HTML, students learn to upload them to a web server using file transfer protocol (FTP) software. Topics of discussion include meta-information (for helping search engines find your web site), cross-platform issues and browser compatibility. Note: Students should have Internet access and understand basic web browsing. Course material is posted weekly throughout the term, and students are expected to participate in online discussions. Students are contacted via e-mail by the instructor prior to the start date of class with detailed information. Sessions, as noted here, refers to course content equivalent to a 36 contact hour traditional-format course.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, DI-E, PD-E, WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $450.00
Course total: 450.00 | | | Web Design Studio with Dreamweaver
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 2-5pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-2511-02 | Fred Spencer | |
Dreamweaver is one of the most widely used programs for web page creation. This powerful application allows designers to assemble graphics, text and other media in a visually friendly environment, while retaining the ability to work directly with the HTML code. Participants in this course create a web site using Dreamweaver to organize files, import elements, create layouts and edit and link pages in a number of ways. In the process, they explore methods for incorporating interactivity, animation and sound. Students discover time-saving features for reusing elements or styles and learn to integrate Dreamweaver with other web applications. The class also reviews methods for uploading and managing a site from within one easy-to-use environment.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, DI-E, PD-E, WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Web Design Studio with Dreamweaver
Date(s); 03/03/10 - 05/26/10
No class dates: 4/21
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-2511-01 | Fred Spencer | |
Dreamweaver is one of the most widely used programs for web page creation. This powerful application allows designers to assemble graphics, text and other media in a visually friendly environment, while retaining the ability to work directly with the HTML code. Participants in this course create a web site using Dreamweaver to organize files, import elements, create layouts and edit and link pages in a number of ways. In the process, they explore methods for incorporating interactivity, animation and sound. Students discover time-saving features for reusing elements or styles and learn to integrate Dreamweaver with other web applications. The class also reviews methods for uploading and managing a site from within one easy-to-use environment.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, DI-E, PD-E, WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Flash II: ActionScripting
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 4/22
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-2522-01 | Fred Spencer | |
ActionScript is the language that Flash designers use to make their Flash files more interactive, scalable and productive. In this course, students take their Flash skills to the next level by gaining a deeper understanding of ActionScript and by working with advanced features of Flash. Students learn skills specific to Flash, such as how to control the variables and properties of objects, how to create effects like looping and randomizing through ActionScript, and how to work user-interactive elements into their projects. Through hands-on assignments and demonstrations, students work with advanced animation techniques and learn database integration and multiple delivery methods for their Flash projects. Because of the advanced nature of the course, familiarity with Flash's tools, working environment and basic actions is necessary.
Prerequisite: Flash I: Web Animation + Interactivity
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AN-R, PD-E, VE-E, WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Flash I: Web Animation + Interactivity
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 2-5pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-2582-01 | Fred Spencer | |
Flash injects excitement and dynamism into a website by moving beyond the ordinary. It incorporates interactivity and sound into web pages, whether using scanned images or its extensive palette of vector drawing tools. Its animation capabilities, features for minimizing and monitoring file size, and use of streaming technology have revolutionized web design. In this course, students learn to develop an animated, interactive website with objects or text, including complex buttons, menus and special effects. Participants also become familiar with control buttons and movie clips, and are introduced to the basic elements of ActionScripting. The course concludes with discussion of distribution options for the web and CD.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-R, CB-E, DI-E, NS-E, PD-E, SA-E, VE-E, WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Flash I: Web Animation + Interactivity
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 4/22
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-2582-02 | TBA TBA | |
Flash injects excitement and dynamism into a website by moving beyond the ordinary. It incorporates interactivity and sound into web pages, whether using scanned images or its extensive palette of vector drawing tools. Its animation capabilities, features for minimizing and monitoring file size, and use of streaming technology have revolutionized web design. In this course, students learn to develop an animated, interactive website with objects or text, including complex buttons, menus and special effects. Participants also become familiar with control buttons and movie clips, and are introduced to the basic elements of ActionScripting. The course concludes with discussion of distribution options for the web and CD.
Prerequisite: Digital Design for the Screen or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate programs (36 contact hours): AD-E, AN-R, CB-E, DI-E, NS-E, PD-E, SA-E, VE-E, WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Final Projects Studio: Web Design
Date(s); 03/04/10 - 05/27/10
No class dates: 4/22
Time: 7-10pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-2594-01 | Eric Paul Meier | |
The portfolio is the culmination of the students' ability to market their skills and showcase their work. Focusing on a single project throughout this course, students build their portfolio site using skills learned in previous courses, and apply marketing and promotional approaches to their work. This course is intended to give students a chance to create a site that will help them get work, with reviews of "best of class" portfolio sites providing an overview of the field. Topics of discussion include the differences in roles and positions within companies; self-employment; accepted business practices; negotiating; pricing; developing contracts and other web professional issues.
Prerequisite: WE Required Level Three or equivalent experience
Applies to the following certificate program: WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Cascading Style Sheets
Date(s); 03/02/10 - 05/25/10
No class dates: 4/20
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-3528-01 | Fred Spencer | |
It has become all too easy to drown in the alphabet soup of new web authoring tools and protocols that seem to appear almost out of nowhere. Luckily, cascading style sheets (CSS) are there to save the day. As a stylistic language, CSS currently serves as an enhancement to the structural code inherent to HTML (hypertext mark-up language). But CSS is poised to become increasingly more important as HTML is replaced by the newest web option, extensible markup language (XML). This course prepares students for the forthcoming reality of working within a web environment built on an XML foundation. Participants can expect their resulting web pages to be more structurally sound even as they demonstrate the qualities that have long been associated with inspired design.
Prerequisite: Web Design Studio with Dreamweaver
Applies to the following certificate program: WE-R |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Teaching with the Web: How to Build a Learning Community (Daytime Design Intensive)
Date(s); 04/22/10 - 04/23/10
Time: 10am-5pm
Sessions: 2
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2010/CS-WEB-2823-01 | Bruce Campbell | |
Whether teaching preschoolers or adults, or any age in between, you can easily develop a whole new conceptual framework for creating vital educational activities and experiences for students by exploring the possibilities of online media. Bring to class some lessons, exercises, digital images or website addresses you love and, using Macromedia Flash, turn that "content" into interactive multimedia that will truly engage your students, enhancing both their level of interest and their level of comprehension. Participants are shown little-known sources for templates, free tools and online learning support documents. The workshop also introduces interactive applications for facilitating student-to-student and student-to-teacher communication, as well as for conducting class forums. Finally, each participant leaves the workshop with an invaluable packet of information for future reference.
Applies to the following certificate programs (14 contact hours): AN-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $385.00
Course total: 385.00 | | | Smarter Web Typography (Daytime Design Intensive)
Date(s); 02/24/10 - 02/25/10
Time: 10am-5pm
Sessions: 2
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2010/CW-WEB-1250-01 | Fred Spencer | |
Good web typography enhances legibility while enhancing the character of the content; ideally, it draws interest to the page without compromising usability. No longer forced to select clunky layouts and default styles, today's designer turns to cascading style sheets (CSS) and other technologies for a measure of typographic control that could only be dreamt about a few years ago. Such control provides designers with the keys to achieving a solid layout, clear user interface, elegant visuals and a stronger web design overall. This intensive, hands-on workshop introduces students to the art of typography as applied to the web, and provides the practical skills to start implementing these techniques immediately. The material offers an entry point into web development for graphic designers, as well as a crash course in graphic design fundamentals for web developers.
Applies to the following certificate programs (14 contact hours): AD-E, PD-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $385.00
Course total: 385.00 | | | Design for Mobile Devices (Daytime Design Intensive)
Date(s); 02/22/10 - 02/23/10
Time: 10am-5pm
Sessions: 2
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2010/CW-WEB-1249-01 | Fred Spencer | |
We have embraced the handheld; it's undeniable that there is an eager new audience waiting for multimedia experiences that open first on their handheld device. From Blackberrys to iPhones, mobile devices are the newest blank canvas for the development of rich content. But this burgeoning platform has unique design requirements and considerations. In this course, web designers discover the key components of modern, mobile device design that include targeted, standards-based web development, and Flash Lite, which uses Adobe's Device Central as a workflow hub and test bed. Students go on to practice published distribution methods following a model established by real-world mobile device businesses. The workshop concludes with a peek into the current marketplace and the future of 'next-gen' development.
Applies to the following certificate programs (14 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $385.00
Course total: 385.00 | | | Privacy in an Age of Data Plunder
Date(s); 04/19/10 - 04/23/10
Time: 7-9pm
Sessions: 3
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2010/CS-WEB-1245-01 | Dean Abanilla | |
This seminar investigates the nature and meaning of personal privacy in our rapidly changing digital society. Through readings and class discussions, we explore the history of privacy, and the current influences that are shifting its definition. As we look at the infrastructure of the World Wide Web, we learn how our online activities are captured, logged and preserved as valuable data. Students learn to think critically about how browsing and social networking behaviors, as well as TOS (or Terms of Service), may affect ownership of personal data and other aspects of our lives -- both online and off.
Applies to the following certificate programs (6 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, DI-E, VE-E, PD-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $75.00
Course total: 75.00 | | | XML
Date(s); 03/01/10 - 05/24/10
No class dates: 4/19
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Sessions: 12
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2010/CS-WEB-3532-01 | Bruce Campbell | |
XML - Extensible Markup Language - is currently one of the most popular industry formats for document publishing and web application development. It is an extensible and elegant solution that is being rapidly incorporated in next-generation document, web and eBusiness application strategies. Moreover, XML fluency is a requirement among progressive web masters, programmers, technical writers, and progressive print publishers. This class begins with the essential characteristics of an XML document and continues with students creating valid XML publications with an XML editor. Ultimately, students become acquainted with Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Equally important, they come to understand their relevance and application to anticipated guidelines for publishing XML authored documents on the world wide web.
Prerequisite: HTML I: The Language of the Web
Applies to the following certificate program (36 contact hours): WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $675.00
Course total: 675.00 | | | Introduction to iPhone App Development (Daytime Design Intensive)
Date(s); 04/21/10 - 04/22/10
Time: 9am-4pm
Sessions: 2
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2010/CS-WEB-1246-01 | Fred Spencer | |
With a mobile browser market share of more than 60 percent, and more than one billion downloaded applications, the iPhone is the hottest platform for mobile device development. This fast-moving course introduces you to the Apple iPhone, Mobile Safari and the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK). Building on their knowledge base of object-oriented programming models, students examine and complete a Web App (HTML 5 / CSS 3 / JavaScript / touch behaviors) and build a simple, native application, using Xcode and the Cocoa Touch API. Finally, your instructor presents strategies for App Store approval, which are essential to getting your product off your screen and into the pockets of this expanding customer base. Note: While not required, Design for Mobile Devices is recommended.
Prerequisites: HTML I: The Language of the Web and Cascading Style Sheets or equivalent experience with HTML and CSS
Applies to the following certificate programs (14 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $385.00
Course total: 385.00 | | | Design for Mobile Devices (Daytime Design Intensive)
Date(s); 04/19/10 - 04/20/10
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Sessions: 2
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2010/CS-WEB-1249-01 | Fred Spencer | |
We have embraced the handheld; it's undeniable that there is an eager new audience waiting for multimedia experiences that open first on their handheld device. From Blackberrys to iPhones, mobile devices are the newest blank canvas for the development of rich content. But this burgeoning platform has unique design requirements and considerations. In this course, web designers discover the key components of modern, mobile device design that include targeted, standards-based web development, and Flash Lite, which uses Adobe's Device Central as a workflow hub and test bed. Students go on to practice published distribution methods following a model established by real-world mobile device businesses. The workshop concludes with a peek into the current marketplace and the future of 'next-gen' development.
Applies to the following certificate programs (14 contact hours): AD-E, AN-E, VE-E, WE-E |
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Tuition [Non Credit]: $385.00
Course total: 385.00 | | |
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