Adobe Dreamweaver CC (2017): Part 1
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What you'll learn
Navigate and customize the web design workspace to configure local site directories, asset folders, and structural navigation paths.
Build and layout standard web pages using HTML5 semantic tags, localized text elements, and reusable page templates.
Style layout containers, typography, responsive graphics, navigation links, and structured data tables using the CSS Designer panel.
Learn by doing. Perform guided, step-by-step hands-on activities on your own computer.
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January 2026
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There are 9 modules in this course
Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC (2017) focuses on some of the basic features of Dreamweaver so that students can navigate the environment and use Dreamweaver tools to build websites. Dreamweaver is used by a variety of professionals, such as web developers, web designers, graphic designers, and other professionals; Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC (2017): Part 1 will focus on the tools necessary to build a functional website.
This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Dreamweaver CC exam and the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Web Authoring Using Adobe Dreamweaver CC exam. This course is designed for those tasked to create or maintain a website. It will also be valuable for web designers, web developers, and graphic designers who want to extend their skills in creating websites by using a visually based design tool for speed and ease of use. In this course, you will: identify Dreamweaver uses and advantages, including new features, and manipulate the interface; create a new site in Dreamweaver; create a lay out a basic page and add text; style text and containers with CSS; insert images; create and style links; create tables to store data; and upload your site. This course requires that you have Adobe Dreamweaver installed on a Windows PC. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of the course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.
Abode® Dreamweaver® CC is an application used by administrators, designers, and developers to create and maintain websites and web pages to be displayed on browsers, tablets, and mobile devices.
What's included
7 plugins
7 plugins•Total 70 minutes
- Getting Started with This Course•15 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Navigate the Dreamweaver Interface•10 minutes
- Customize the Workspace•10 minutes
- Use Help•10 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Exploring the Workspace•15 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
In Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC, a site organizes all the files associated with your website. It lets you maintain links, manage files, and transfer your files to a web server. Once your site is defined, you will want to create a file structure to keep your work organized and begin thinking about how visitors will navigate through your content.
What's included
6 plugins
6 plugins•Total 50 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Create a New Site•10 minutes
- Organize a Site into Folders•10 minutes
- Plan Navigation•10 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Building Site Structure•10 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Once you define your site, you can begin building pages. Adobe® Dreamweaver® CC offers a flexible environment for creating web documents in a variety of formats. You can choose to create a new blank document or a document based on an existing template.
What's included
6 plugins
6 plugins•Total 95 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Create and Lay Out a Page•20 minutes
- Enter Text•20 minutes
- Create a Page with a Template•20 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Building a Page•25 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
CSS, short for Cascading Style Sheets, gives both web designers and users more control over how pages are displayed. With CSS, you can create style sheets that define how different elements, such as headers and links, appear. These style sheets can then be applied to any web page.
What's included
5 plugins
5 plugins•Total 100 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Create and Apply CSS Styles by Using Selectors•30 minutes
- Style in a More Flexible Manner with Classes•30 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Creating and Applying Styles•30 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Images play an important role in making your website come to life. When choosing images, you need to consider both technical and aesthetic considerations. Once you have inserted your images, you can format them by using CSS styling.
What's included
5 plugins
5 plugins•Total 55 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Insert Image Files•15 minutes
- Style Images with CSS•15 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Inserting Images•15 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Links connect web pages. They are what make the Internet work, allowing us to travel from one page to the next with a single click. Without links, the Internet would simply be a collection of separate, unconnected pages.
What's included
5 plugins
5 plugins•Total 205 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•155 minutes
- Insert Internal and External Links•15 minutes
- Apply Additional Link Types•15 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Connecting with Links•15 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Tables enable you to organize your data. Tabular data is placed into columns and rows and can easily be modified or styled.
What's included
6 plugins
6 plugins•Total 60 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Create Tables for Data Display•10 minutes
- Modify Tables•10 minutes
- Style a Table•10 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Inserting Tables•20 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
In the final stages of web design, check spelling and grammar, ensure your data is current, and verify that all links work. These steps will build visitors' confidence in your site and its content. The last and most exciting step is to upload your files and make your site live.
What's included
5 plugins
5 plugins•Total 55 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Prepare a Site for Uploading•15 minutes
- Upload a Site•15 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Preparing Files for Publishing•15 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
What's included
1 assignment2 plugins
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Course Assessment•30 minutes
2 plugins•Total 15 minutes
- Appendices•10 minutes
- Course Summary•5 minutes
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