Course Number: DW-200
Duration: 3 days
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E-Learning with CourseBuilder Training Overview

Accelebrate's E-Learning with Dreamweaver CourseBuilder and Learning Site training class teaches attendees how to use Macromedia Dreamweaver^® and its CourseBuilder and Learning Site extensions to build dynamic e-learning applications. Attendees will learn the best Dreamweaver workflow for creating their course, how to add quizzes and games using CourseBuilder, and how to track learners' results using Learning Site.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=category&page=dreamweaver.

E-Learning with CourseBuilder Training Prerequisites

Accelebrate's Introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 or equivalent experience.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Macromedia Dreamweaver CourseBuilder training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 15 minutes. Students "learn by doing," with immediate opportunities to apply the material they learn to real-world problems.

E-Learning with CourseBuilder Training Materials

All students in this Dreamweaver CourseBuilder training class receive a copy of Macromedia Press's eLearning with Dreamweaver and related courseware.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Firefox 2.0 or later or Internet Explorer 6 or later
Dreamweaver 8, CS3, or later (course can also be taught using Dreamweaver MX 2004 or MX)
The CourseBuilder and Learning Site extensions, downloadable from the Macromedia Exchange
Learning Site requires a Web server with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) in order to run

It is recommended that all student PCs run Windows 2000 (Professional or Server), Windows XP Professional, or Windows 2003 Server with IIS installed.
Alternatively, we could set up a LAN with the student computers and a separate Web server. In this scenario, the students could use Windows or MacOS.

E-Learning with CourseBuilder Training Objectives

To master efficiently constructing online courses using Dreamweaver
To learn how to create quizzes and games for these courses using the CourseBuilder extension
To learn how to track learner results in an LMS using the Learning Site extension
Note: We would be delighted to customize this course to integrate your specific Learning Management System (LMS)

E-Learning with CourseBuilder Training Outline

Introduction
Macromedia E-Learning tools overview

Dreamweaver
CourseBuilder
Flash
Briefer overviews

ColdFusion
Authorware

Understanding the Dreamweaver E-Learning development process

Collecting and organizing content
Deciding on the look/feel of the user interface
Defining Cascading Style Sheets and Dreamweaver templates
Building the course
Adding quiz content using CourseBuilder
Adding results tracking via Learning Site
testing and deploying the course

Defining Cascading Style Sheets

Using CSS styles in Dreamweaver
Defining text styles
Defining link appearances
Redefining specific tags with CSS selectors
Exploring the anatomy of CSS styles
Linking in an external style sheet
Comparing CSS styles and HTML styles
Defining positioning and layout styles
Adding effects in Internet Explorer

Constructing the interface

Suggestions for possible interface designs
Creating a layout table
Using layers to position interface elements (and the pros and cons of this)
Adding buttons for navigation

Building reusable templates and library items

Overview of the roles of templates and library items in eLearning development
Using the assets panel
Exporting your site definition
Creating Dreamweaver templates
Creating pages based on Dreamweaver templates
Creating and using library items

Creating interactivity with behaviors and animation

Exploring Dreamweaver behaviors
Understanding Dreamweaver layers
Swapping images
Popping up messages
Moving JavaScript functions to an external, reusable script file
Understanding Dreamweaver animation

Using CourseBuilder interactions and controls

Role of CourseBuilder in conjunction with Dreamweaver
Configuring your site to use CourseBuilder
Inserting a multiple choice question
Modifying the feedback in the action manager
Inserting a drag and drop interaction
Inserting an explore interaction
Inserting a text entry interaction
Inserting a button
Inserting a timer
Inserting a slider
Using the General tab

Conquering CourseBuilder's Action Manager

Overview of the Action Manager and the Action Manager interface
Adding built-in actions: segment, condition, else, and stop
Adding CourseBuilder actions: Judge interaction, reset interaction, and set interaction properties
Saving a custom CourseBuilder interaction to the gallery

Scoring an Assessment and Hiding the Answers

Understanding assessments
Scoring a single-page assessment
Scoring a multiple-page assessment
Hiding answers from learners (so that they're not visible via the browser's View Source option)