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Web Publishing Training Classes and Resources

IS&T offers several courses for web maintainers and developers, both on-line and hands-on.  The courses are modular and 3 hours long. Taken in the following sequence, they build on each other to provide the skills needed to create, maintain, and grow departmental and project websites within the MIT environment. The courses are:

We also offer an introductory course in Wikis.

All courses are described below.  In addition you will find downloadable course materials and resources from MIT's website and the internet.

Web publishing courses

Web Publishing: Basics 1

Class duration: 3 hours
No Fee
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills

Have you just been assigned responsibility for your department or lab website? Are you unsure how to proceed? In this hands-on class, you will learn to make basic edits to web pages using Dreamweaver. You'll also learn basic site management tasks and some key practices for site maintainers. This class is designed for those who are new to site maintenance.

In this class you will:

  • Create a site definition and connect to an Athena locker
  • Upload and download files
  • Make edits to Events, Directory, Research, and Bio pages
  • See how styles and templates affect a page and site
  • Learn about common mistakes and how to avoid them

Register for Web Publishing: Basics 1 at the MIT Learning Center.

Course manual: Web Publishing: Basics 1  [PDF]
 

Web Publishing: Basics 2

Class duration: 3 hours
No fee
Prerequisite: Web Publishing: Basics 1

Learn how to create and publish simple documents on the Web.

Using the Dreamweaver Code view you will create HTML pages that include basic elements such as:
  • Headings, paragraphs, bulleted lists, and other basic text elements
  • Images
  • Links

In addition, you will learn how to:

  • Upload files to Athena for access from web browsers
  • Format page elements using Cascading Style Sheets
  • Examine MIT websites to identify HTML elements
  • Review MIT and non-MIT resources for help and further learning

Register for Web Publishing: Basics 2 at the MIT Learning Center.

Course manual: Web Publishing Basics 2 [PDF]
 

Web Publishing: Basics 3

Class duration: 3 hours
No Fee
Prerequisite: Web Publishing: Basics 2

Learn how to assemble web pages into a working web site with navigation links using the graphical editor in Dreamweaver and manual coding techniques. Hands on lessons will show you how to work with Cascading Stylesheets through point and click dialog box and panels and how to apply CSS properties to HTML elements to format:

  • Font color, size and typeface
  • Centering
  • Background page color
     

In class, you will also examine MIT web sites for examples of HTML and CSS and review MIT and non-MIT resources for help and further learning.

Register for Web Publishing: Basics 3 at the MIT Learning Center.

Course manual: Web Publishing Basics 3 [PDF]
 

Web Publishing: Intermediate 1

Class duration: 3 hours
No Fee
Prerequisite: Web Publishing: Basics 1, 2, and 3

Learn to create reusable Dreamweaver templates to quickly generate web pages. This class also will teach you how to use Cascading Stylesheets to apply CSS properties to:

  • Add background images
  • Add borders
  • Add padding and margin
  • Position elements on a page
     

You will also learn how to:

  • Create rollover buttons for navigation system
  • Apply the Box model to web page elements
  • Examine stylesheets associated with MIT websites
  • Review MIT and non-MIT resources for help and further learning

Register for Web Publishing: Intermediate 1 at the MIT Learning Center.

Course manual: Web Publishing: Intermediate 1 [PDF]
 

Web Publishing Intermediate 2

Class duration: 3 hours
No Fee
Prerequisite: Web Publishing: Intermediate 1

This class is aimed at web maintainers interested in learning more advanced techniques. Topics covered in class will show you how to:

  • Create a menu structure using an unordered list
  • Layout a web page in a three column format using divs and the Float property
  • Consider MIT standards in the design of web pages
  • Examine MIT web sites for design features
  • Create a Print stylesheet
  • Review MIT and non-MIT resources for help and further learning

Register for Web Publishing: Intermediate 2 at the MIT Learning Center.

Course manual: Web Publishing: Intermediate 2 [PDF]
 

Introduction to Wikis

Class duration: 90 minutes
Class fee: No fee
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills

A wiki is a collection of web pages assembled and edited by more than one person. Wiki pages may be related to teaching and research or to team and project work. At MIT we use Confluence, a popular enterprise wiki application. This Quick Start class will demonstrate how to navigate wiki spaces and pages, create and edit wiki content, upload attachments, and administer wiki spaces. New capabilities of the most recent deployment will be featured.

  • How wikis are organized - spaces and pages
  • Navigation, searching and tagging
  • Creating, editing and printing wiki content
  • Working with attachments
  • Tracking page changes
  • Adding calendar, to do list, and search box
  • Administering a wiki space, setting permissions

Course manual: Introduction to Wikis at MIT [PDF]

Register for Introduction to Wikis at the MIT Learning Center.

Web publishing resources

 MIT resources

Books

On-line courses

MIT offers dozens of on-line courses on web design, html, Dreamweaver, Flash and graphics through lynda.com.

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