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Students have exclusive use of a computer during scheduled class hours. Lab time is integrated as part of the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available. The Macintosh operating system will be used unless otherwise indicated in the course description.

 

New Media Marketing for the Creative Professional

Course Details
  • Course Number SDC-2627-A
  • Day(s) S
  • Dates Jul 13 - Jul 13
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 0.00
  • Cost 120.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

New media and social networking are essential for creative professionals to establish their reputation, find new clients and network with colleagues. In this course, students will create a media marketing plan to help them establish and achieve their goals online through various social networking channels. We will cover how social networking platforms can be leveraged to build an audience and client base, and which tools are essential for creative professionals. Topics covered will include website platforms, best practices for social networking, search engine optimization, advanced blogging platforms and techniques, Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube, and more.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1012, Macintosh Basics or equivalent.

Instructor

Lindsay Adler

Portrait and fashion photographer

Education:

BS, Syracuse University

Professional experience includes:

Director, Lindsay Adler Photography

Author:

The Linked Photographers' Guide to Online Marketing and Social Media, Fashion Flair for Portrait and Wedding Photography

Publications include:

Professional Photographer, Rangefinder, Popular Photography, Shutterbug, Papercut, Sublime, Cliché, Fiasco Homme, Chic Today, Zink, Fault, Bullett

Awards and honors include:

Jeff Licata Photography Award; Chancellor's Award for Public Service, Syracuse University; New York Women in Communications Foundation Scholarship; Award of Excellence, College Photographer of the Year

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Introduction to Information Architecture and Design

Course Details
  • Course Number SDC-2827-A
  • Day(s) S
  • Dates Jun 22 - Jun 22
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 0.00
  • Cost 120.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 136 West 21st Street

Description


This workshop will give an overview of information architecture and interaction design. Core theories and techniques such as card sorting, hierarchies, page layouts, prototypes and user research will be discussed and practiced through lectures, discussions and group projects. The goal of the workshop is to help students to think in logical and creative ways in order to display large amounts of information that are delightful, intuitive and effective for users.

Instructor

Robert Stribley

Senior information architect, Razorfish

Education:

BA, M.Ed., Bob Jones University

Clients include:

Wachovia, Bank of America, Smith Barney, Travel Channel, Ford, Nextel, American Red Cross

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Basics of Interaction Design and Strategy

Course Details
  • Course Number SDC-2829-A
  • Day(s) S
  • Dates Jul 27 - Jul 27
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 0.00
  • Cost 120.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This workshop will focus on practical ways to develop smart design strategies for web and mobile devices. We will discuss core theories, case studies and the practice of designing user experiences for web and mobile devices. Through collaborative exercises and lightweight, interactive prototypes, we will practice creating information architecture, content strategy and interface design for various platforms that include websites, mobile phones and computer tablets.
PREREQUISITE: SDC-2827, Introduction to Information Architecture and Design, or equivalent.

Instructor

Junu Yang

Senior designer, IDEO

education:

BFA, Rhode Island School of Design; MA, Domus Academy

Professional experience includes:

Independent consultant, Evermode; senior visual interaction designer, Frog Design; interaction designer, R/GA

Clients have included:

Samsung, Nike, Redbox, Mattel, Nokia, Showtime, State Farm

Awards include:

Silver Award, International Design Excellence Awards; Cyber Lion Silver, Cannes Film Festival; Bronze Award, Art Directors Club; Creative Review Annual; Webby Award

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Getting started with Web Languages: HTML and CSS

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2422-A
  • Day(s) W
  • Dates Jun 05 - Jul 31
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

In this hands-on course, students will write HTML and CSS, and learn how to format text, incorporate images, build tables, create links and host and upload a website. Students will design and implement their own websites and participate in design discussions and critiques.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1012, Macintosh Basics, or equivalent. It is strongly recommended that students be familiar with browsing the Web.

Instructor

Daniel Hahn

Web developer, Grey Interactive

Education:

BA, Marist College

Clients include:

M&M's, 3 Musketeers, Cover Girl, Pringles, Pantene, Skittles, Twix, Gerber, Advil, Caltrate, Robitussin

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Dreamweaver

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2424-A
  • Day(s) W
  • Dates Jun 05 - Jul 31
  • Hours 10:30AM - 02:30PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Have fun learning how to create a great website with this intuitive and straightforward industry-standard software. Adobe Dreamweaver allows for the direct creation and editing capabilities of HTML web pages without forcing users to do any "hand-coding" themselves. Students will learn how to save images properly for the Web, use web-safe colors in their design elements, and use Dreamweaver to create and save HTML pages. We will begin with topics such as setting up and editing preferences, site definitions, text, images and links. The class will learn how to use tables, AP elements and iFrames to control placement of elements and links on pages. Other topics that will be covered include JavaScript behaviors, cascading style sheets (CSS), adding video and sound files, and uploading the site to a server. Each student will complete a functioning website which will be critiqued during the last session.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-1031, Digital Design Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Sharon Fleischmann Aquavita

Fine artist, web/print designer, corporate trainer

Education:

BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Evergreen Media; Home Aid, Inc.; Home Box Office; Jehan Kamal Enterprises; Kids Cuts, Inc.; Leapfrog; Manhattan Marketing; New York Post; The New York Times; New York Typographical Union; Sony; WNEW-FM

Group exhibitions include:

20/20 Gallery, Felitti, The Edge Lounge, Visual Arts Gallery

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Dreamweaver

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2424-B
  • Day(s) M
  • Dates Jun 03 - Jul 22
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Have fun learning how to create a great website with this intuitive and straightforward industry-standard software. Adobe Dreamweaver allows for the direct creation and editing capabilities of HTML web pages without forcing users to do any "hand-coding" themselves. Students will learn how to save images properly for the Web, use web-safe colors in their design elements, and use Dreamweaver to create and save HTML pages. We will begin with topics such as setting up and editing preferences, site definitions, text, images and links. The class will learn how to use tables, AP elements and iFrames to control placement of elements and links on pages. Other topics that will be covered include JavaScript behaviors, cascading style sheets (CSS), adding video and sound files, and uploading the site to a server. Each student will complete a functioning website which will be critiqued during the last session.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-1031, Digital Design Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Sharon Fleischmann Aquavita

Fine artist, web/print designer, corporate trainer

Education:

BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Evergreen Media; Home Aid, Inc.; Home Box Office; Jehan Kamal Enterprises; Kids Cuts, Inc.; Leapfrog; Manhattan Marketing; New York Post; The New York Times; New York Typographical Union; Sony; WNEW-FM

Group exhibitions include:

20/20 Gallery, Felitti, The Edge Lounge, Visual Arts Gallery

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Dreamweaver Intensive

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2428-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jul 13 - Jul 21
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 2.50
  • Cost 560.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Adobe Dreamweaver is a sophisticated web editor that reduces the need for writing code by creating basic HTML, JavaScript and cascading style sheets (CSS) code with its drag-and-drop features. Students will begin by exploring how to use web-safe colors for creating banners and buttons and how to properly save images for Web use in Adobe Photoshop. Text editing, image insertion and manipulation will be covered and followed by the use of tables, AP elements and iFrames to control placement of elements and links on pages. During the second weekend, we will address other elements to make an easily manageable and sophisticated site, including how to slice images and make animated GIFs in Photoshop for use in Dreamweaver. Server Side Includes, CSS, JavaScript behaviors and timelines will be explored, and the site will be uploaded to a server using Dreamweaver's extensive FTP function.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-1031, Digital Design Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Sharon Fleischmann Aquavita

Fine artist, web/print designer, corporate trainer

Education:

BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Evergreen Media; Home Aid, Inc.; Home Box Office; Jehan Kamal Enterprises; Kids Cuts, Inc.; Leapfrog; Manhattan Marketing; New York Post; The New York Times; New York Typographical Union; Sony; WNEW-FM

Group exhibitions include:

20/20 Gallery, Felitti, The Edge Lounge, Visual Arts Gallery

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Continued Techniques with HTML and CSS

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2429-A
  • Day(s) M
  • Dates Jun 03 - Jul 22
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This course will cover advanced topics of working with HTML and CSS, adding complicated design by creating complex table-free sites and utilizing basic JavaScript. Students will create sites with multiple users accessing common files. Participate in discussions and critiques will help inform the work made in this course.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2422, Getting Started with Web Languages: HTML and CSS, or equivalent.

Instructor

Daniel Hahn

Web developer, Grey Interactive

Education:

BA, Marist College

Clients include:

M&M's, 3 Musketeers, Cover Girl, Pringles, Pantene, Skittles, Twix, Gerber, Advil, Caltrate, Robitussin

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Getting Started With Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2527-A
  • Day(s) TH
  • Dates Jun 06 - Aug 01
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

Learn to use the Web browser-based language JavaScript to create websites that interact immediately with users. This course will cover how to use the Document Object Model (DOM) to dynamically change pieces of HTML codes, create image slideshows and perform other useful tasks. We will use HTML5 and CSS3 in conjunction with JavaScript to create modern interfaces. AJAX will be introduced for creating quick, data-rich interactions, and we will cover integrating JavaScript libraries such as jQuery to write cross-browser code quickly and easily.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2429, Continued Techniques with HTML and CSS, or equivalent.

Instructor

Eric Haseltine

Technical director, The Chopping Block, Inc.

Education:

BS, Cornell University

Clients include:

Adobe, Scholastic, National Constitution Center

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Intermediate and Advanced Techniques with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2528-A
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jun 04 - Jul 23
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

In this course, we will take JavaScript to the next level. Our focus will be organizing larger projects using JavaScript patterns and object-oriented programming. We'll look deeper at popular JavaScript libraries like jQuery and Raphael, and explore how to extend these libraries by writing plug-ins and extensions. We'll build medium-size web apps that make use of HTML5 and CSS3. Finally, we will discuss targeting applications for different platforms, including the iPhone and the iPad. Through repetition and in-class exercises, students will investigate different programming techniques to find solutions to real-world problems.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2527, Getting Started with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery, or equivalent.

Instructor

Zevan Rosser

Founder, president, Shapevent Interactive, Shapevent Spaces

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Publicis Modem, Special Ops Media, FMA

Co-author:

Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide

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PHP and MySQL

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2532-A
  • Day(s) SU
  • Dates Jun 09 - Aug 04
  • Hours 10:00AM - 02:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This course will use PHP to examine core programming concepts such as functions, loops, arrays and variables in order to build data-driven websites. With the addition of MySQL databases, students will build content management systems to allow nontechnical users to manage websites, assign user access and passwords, and create and process forms. Utilizing these programming languages and techniques to build dynamic websites and small online applications will be covered. Through repetition and in-class exercises, students will explore these languages to find solutions for real-world problems.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2527, Getting Started with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery, or equivalent.

Instructor

Zevan Rosser

Founder, president, Shapevent Interactive, Shapevent Spaces

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Publicis Modem, Special Ops Media, FMA

Co-author:

Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide

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Introduction to Creating Applications for the iPhone and iPad

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2731-A
  • Day(s) S
  • Dates Jun 08 - Aug 03
  • Hours 10:00AM - 02:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

The iPhone and iPad are the latest revolutionary mobile platforms for digital entertainment and touch-screen convenience. This course will use innovative iPhone SDK Xcode and Interface Builder along with the principles of Cocoa development to introduce you to universal object-oriented programming skills that can carry over into any other programming language. You will learn an in-demand job skill while digitally connecting with friends, creating games, experimenting with the visual technology of the on-board camera and the accelerometer, and using touch-screen technology to interact with a touch-recognition user interface. This course provides the groundwork to realize your creative potential for deploying business-related apps, making graphics with animation or building fun games. We will build original projects and work from prepared source files to understand the inner-workings of professional iPhone and iPad applications.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2532, PHP and MySQL, or equivalent.
NOTE: If students desire to test on an iPhone/iPad device, they should bring their own personal device to class. In-class work will be done on an iPhone simulator.

Instructor

Andrew Garrahan

Interactive developer, game programmer

Education:

BA, University of Maryland

Clients include:

omgpop.com, Ray-Ban, Bulgari, Maytag, Johns Hopkins University, NBC Universal, Merck Pharmaceuticals

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Dreamweaver: Beyond the Basics with CSS

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3436-A
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jun 04 - Jul 09
  • Hours 10:30AM - 02:30PM
  • Ceus 2.00
  • Cost 480.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) have taken the ability to design web pages to new heights in the past few years. CSS language can greatly extend the ease of editing and managing and enhance the aesthetics of HTML pages. Adobe Dreamweaver has integrated CSS seamlessly into its user-friendly interface making it an easy introduction to this powerful language. In this course, students will learn the ins and outs of CSS in Dreamweaver, including how to style text, tables and images. Basic properties such as applying class, tag and ID styles, as well as using Div elements to position and change the look of objects on multiple HTML pages will be explored. Internally and externally saved sheets will be visited, and more advanced topics, including descendent selectors, pseudo classes and styling groups will also be addressed. The Dreamweaver Spry menu option will be shown.
Prerequisite: SMC-2424, Dreamweaver, or equivalent.

Instructor

Sharon Fleischmann Aquavita

Fine artist, web/print designer, corporate trainer

Education:

BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Evergreen Media; Home Aid, Inc.; Home Box Office; Jehan Kamal Enterprises; Kids Cuts, Inc.; Leapfrog; Manhattan Marketing; New York Post; The New York Times; New York Typographical Union; Sony; WNEW-FM

Group exhibitions include:

20/20 Gallery, Felitti, The Edge Lounge, Visual Arts Gallery

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Dreamweaver: Beyond the Basics with CSS

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3436-B
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jul 16 - Aug 20
  • Hours 10:30AM - 02:30PM
  • Ceus 2.00
  • Cost 480.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) have taken the ability to design web pages to new heights in the past few years. CSS language can greatly extend the ease of editing and managing and enhance the aesthetics of HTML pages. Adobe Dreamweaver has integrated CSS seamlessly into its user-friendly interface making it an easy introduction to this powerful language. In this course, students will learn the ins and outs of CSS in Dreamweaver, including how to style text, tables and images. Basic properties such as applying class, tag and ID styles, as well as using Div elements to position and change the look of objects on multiple HTML pages will be explored. Internally and externally saved sheets will be visited, and more advanced topics, including descendent selectors, pseudo classes and styling groups will also be addressed. The Dreamweaver Spry menu option will be shown.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2424, Dreamweaver, or equivalent.

Instructor

Sharon Fleischmann Aquavita

Fine artist, web/print designer, corporate trainer

Education:

BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Evergreen Media; Home Aid, Inc.; Home Box Office; Jehan Kamal Enterprises; Kids Cuts, Inc.; Leapfrog; Manhattan Marketing; New York Post; The New York Times; New York Typographical Union; Sony; WNEW-FM

Group exhibitions include:

20/20 Gallery, Felitti, The Edge Lounge, Visual Arts Gallery

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Flash Animation and Introduction to ActionScript

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3451-A
  • Day(s) M
  • Dates Jun 03 - Jul 22
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Flash is the industry standard for creating interactive vector graphics and animations on the Web. It can create scalable and compact navigational interfaces, technical illustrations and animations that automatically anti-alias and scale to the viewer's screen size. This course will explore both 2D animation and basic interactivity. Topics include vector illustration with Adobe Flash's unique drawing tools and working with type and animation (keyframe, FBF and shape tweening). Students will learn how to create basic interactivity through buttons, scenes and frames; and how to add actions to frames and buttons for more sophisticated interactivity and special effects.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-1031, Digital Design Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Patricio Sarzosa

Creative director, Sessions College for Professional Design

education:

BA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

professional experience includes:

Senior designer, Max Identidad Corporativa; designer, G Spot Advertising; editorial designer, Diario El Comercio, Ecuador

Clients include:

The Economist; Olé, Small Business Development Center, CUNY; Adventure-Life; Amino Vital; Cinemark; Our Children Foundation; Previsora Bank; IntegraMed

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Weekend HTML I

Course Details
  • Course Number SWC-2421-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jun 22 - Jun 23
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 1.00
  • Cost 400.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This workshop will introduce students to authoring on the Web with the basics of hypertext markup language (HTML). Topics will include how to incorporate images, format text, build lists, create hot links, build tables and use type effectively.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1012, Macintosh Basics, or equivalent. It is strongly recommended that students be familiar with browsing the Web.

Instructor

Eric Haseltine

Technical director, The Chopping Block, Inc.

Education:

BS, Cornell University

Clients include:

Adobe, Scholastic, National Constitution Center

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Getting Started with WordPress

Course Details
  • Course Number SWC-3331-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jul 20 - Jul 21
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 1.00
  • Cost 400.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

In this course we will discuss the basics of the WordPress interface. Students will create accounts and edit their profiles. We will review the process for installing WordPress, setting up a site and creating a workflow for updating and blogging with ease. We will also explore basic customizations of the site's appearance by using themes, plugins and additional pages. The difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org will be discussed, and we will review how to prepare assets for blog posts. This workshop will help newbies get their new WordPress site up and running.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1012, Macintosh Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Information Coming Soon.

 
 

Weekend HTML II

Course Details
  • Course Number SWC-3427-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jul 13 - Jul 14
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 1.00
  • Cost 400.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

While the basics of HTML are relatively simple, there is a great deal of programming skill involved in creating a unique and dynamic website. Building upon material covered in SWC-2421, Weekend HTML I, this course will address more advanced HTML techniques. Topics will include HTML forms, an introduction to CSS and basic JavaScript. This course will review how modern web pages work and how to create them using HTML and CSS.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-2421, Weekend HTML I, or equivalent.

Instructor

Eric Haseltine

Technical director, The Chopping Block, Inc.

Education:

BS, Cornell University

Clients include:

Adobe, Scholastic, National Constitution Center

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Weekend CSS

Course Details
  • Course Number SWC-3428-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jul 27 - Jul 28
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 1.00
  • Cost 400.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This workshop will use HTML as a foundation to add more complicated design through Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). We will cover the basics of CSS and look at how to create complex tablefree sites. We will also discuss how CSS is used in the management of large sites with multiple users accessing common files.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-3427, Weekend HTML II, or equivalent.

Instructor

Eric Haseltine

Technical director, The Chopping Block, Inc.

Education:

BS, Cornell University

Clients include:

Adobe, Scholastic, National Constitution Center

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Weekend CSS with Dreamweaver

Course Details
  • Course Number SWC-3437-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jul 27 - Jul 28
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 1.00
  • Cost 400.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

Cascading style sheets (CSS) can advance the look, ease of use and updating of HTML documents in Adobe Dreamweaver. In this course, students will learn how to style everything from text to tables and images. Entire pages will be created relying mainly on CSS. We will begin with basic properties, such as understanding the difference between class, tag and ID styles, and how to apply them. Use of positioned Div elements will be shown to move and change the look of "container" objects on multiple HTML pages. Internally and externally saved style sheets will be examined, and advanced options that include using descendent selectors, pseudo classes and styling groups will be explored. The Dreamweaver Spry menu option will also be shown.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2428, Dreamweaver Intensive, or equivalent.

Instructor

Sharon Fleischmann Aquavita

Fine artist, web/print designer, corporate trainer

Education:

BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Evergreen Media; Home Aid, Inc.; Home Box Office; Jehan Kamal Enterprises; Kids Cuts, Inc.; Leapfrog; Manhattan Marketing; New York Post; The New York Times; New York Typographical Union; Sony; WNEW-FM

Group exhibitions include:

20/20 Gallery, Felitti, The Edge Lounge, Visual Arts Gallery

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Weekend Flash I

Course Details
  • Course Number SWC-3451-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jul 20 - Jul 21
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 1.00
  • Cost 400.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Designers use Flash to create scalable and compact navigation interfaces, technical illustrations, animations and other effects for their websites. This workshop will show you how and where to use both the animation and interactive advantages of Flash in your website design. Students will learn about drawing within Adobe Flash, animating and Flash symbol construction. Other topics include ActionScript, Flash history and evolution, application layout, customization and tricks.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-2221, Weekend Introduction to Photoshop, or SWC-2231, Weekend Illustrator, or equivalent.

Instructor

Patricio Sarzosa

Creative director, Sessions College for Professional Design

education:

BA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

professional experience includes:

Senior designer, Max Identidad Corporativa; designer, G Spot Advertising; editorial designer, Diario El Comercio, Ecuador

Clients include:

The Economist; Olé, Small Business Development Center, CUNY; Adventure-Life; Amino Vital; Cinemark; Our Children Foundation; Previsora Bank; IntegraMed

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Weekend Flash II

Course Details
  • Course Number SWC-3658-A
  • Day(s) S,SU
  • Dates Jul 27 - Jul 28
  • Hours 10:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 1.00
  • Cost 400.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This workshop will build upon the material covered in SWC-3451, Weekend Flash I, by focusing on the concepts of ActionScripting and interactivity. Introducing buttons, sound, video, publishing and exporting will allow students to design sites that dynamically respond to user input. In addition, we will explore importing Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop files to help build your Flash projects.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-3451, Weekend Flash I, or equivalent.

Instructor

Patricio Sarzosa

Creative director, Sessions College for Professional Design

education:

BA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

professional experience includes:

Senior designer, Max Identidad Corporativa; designer, G Spot Advertising; editorial designer, Diario El Comercio, Ecuador

Clients include:

The Economist; Olé, Small Business Development Center, CUNY; Adventure-Life; Amino Vital; Cinemark; Our Children Foundation; Previsora Bank; IntegraMed

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