Cambridge-Isanti Community Education

Learn how to style web pages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) coding language. Topics include using inline, internal, and external CSS, web typography, formatting text, working with web colors, using Google fonts, working with id and class selectors, working with elements, creating page layouts using elements, and CSS box model. This course can be taken alone or as part of the 3 course Coding Certificate. Class Details Unit 1: Getting to Know CSS - about CSS, CSS syntax, CSS types, working with internal CSS, styling text, styling links, styling lists, and styling tables Unit 2: Using External CSS - working with external CSS sheets, styling a multi-page website, Google fonts, and Web colors Unit 3: div Elements - id Selectors, introduction to elements, floating elements, Clearing Unwanted Floated Elements, web page layout using elements Unit 4: More about div Elements - centering a web page, CSS box model, resetting margins and paddings, class selectors, inline CSS, tag For more information, visit our question and answer page - Click Here.

WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) for website and blog design. After successfully completing the WordPress Certificate you will know how to build a WordPress website or blog, customize your WordPress site by hand-coding HTML, CSS, and PHP, know necessary regular WordPress maintenance, create WordPress website backup, and know how to apply SEO techniques in WordPress. Class Details Unit 1: Website Setup All the initial steps and the required elements for having a website, including the process of registering a domain name, signing up for a host company, pointing your domain to the host and getting ready for website design in WordPress. Unit 2: WordPress Fundamentals After successfully completing this course, you will know how to build a simple WordPress website or blog. Topics include an introduction to CMS, WordPress installation and setup, page and content creation, administration, themes (selection, purchase, installation, and setup), working widgets and plugins, and more. Unit 3: Advanced WordPress Now that you have learned how to set up a WordPress website, it's time to learn advanced options and features of WordPress. You will learn how to modify WordPress web pages by hand-coding. You'll also learn about simple yet effective SEO techniques that improve your website ranking. We will also cover very important on-going site maintenance and site security. For more information, visit our question and answer page -Click Here.

Understand the basics of HTML coding language. Learn to build simple web pages by hand coding, use HTML tags to create paragraphs, heading, lists, links, insert images and tables and more. Discover how to create a simple multi-page website with images, text and a navigation bar. This course can be taken alone or as part of the 3 course Coding Certificate. Class Details Unit 1: HTML Basic Tags naming convention, tags: h, p, b, i, u, hr, br, attributes Unit 2: More HTML Tags links, lists, tables Unit 3: Images, directory structure Unit 4: Creating a multipage website, domains, hosting, pointing, FTP For more information, visit our question and answer page - Click Here.

InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books and magazines. Explore InDesign tools and capabilities to create professional documents. Learn how to manage the InDesign environment, create, setup, design, enhance and finalize multi-page documents. Access to Adobe InDesign software required This course can be taken alone or as part of the 3 course Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate. Class Details Unit 1: Getting to Know the Interface and Setting up a Document Interface menus Tools Panels Starting and setting up a multi-page document in InDesign Unit 2: Working with Objects and Color Learning to work with color panels Creating, managing and applying color to elements Inserting and managing images and illustrations into an InDesign document Unit 3: Working with Text Learning about insert and flow text to multiple pages Managing long text documents Text editing in InDesign documents Unit 4: Typography Advance typography tools and menus Character and paragraph settings and styles Creating print-ready PDF files. For more information, visit our question and answer page - Click Here.

Discover Adobe Illustrator illustration software. Explore Adobe InDesign, the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. Master Adobe Photoshop to effectively work with images. Software Requirements: Access to Adobe software tools required. For all online Adobe classes, students are responsible for purchasing their own software for their course. Trial versions of Adobe software are sometimes available on the Adobe company website. If you're taking the entire “Graphic Design certificate” you'll need Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. Otherwise you may sign up for a single software. More information on Adobe Creative Cloud software can be found at adobe.com This is a series of three classes: Spring 2024 Dates Summer 2024 Dates Adobe Illustrator Essentials 04/01/24-04/26/24 06/03/24-06/28/24 Adobe Photoshop Essentials 05/06/24-05/31/24 07/01/24-07/26/24 Adobe InDesign Essentials 06/03/24-06/28/24 08/05/24-08/30/24 For more information, visit our question and answer page - Click Here.

Learn Adobe Illustrator fundamentals to set up a print document and use various tools to draw, type and color all kinds of shapes and illustrations. Discover how to efficiently manage layers and artboards, and create print-ready PDF documents. Access to Adobe Illustrator software required. This course can be taken alone or as part of the 3 course Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate. Class Details Unit 1: Getting to Know the Interface and Drawing Tools Interface menus, tools and panels. Working with various drawing and transformation tools Drawing anything from simple to complex shapes and illustrations. Unit 2: Working with Color and Text Working with color panels in the software Creating, managing and applying color and color groups Learning how to type and format text using various text formatting and styling tools and panels. Unit 3: Working with Layers and Pen tool Layers and layer management. Working with the Pen tool. Modifying a drawing using Pen tool options. Unit 4: Working with Artboards Creating and managing multiple Artboards Learning how to layout and design corporate package Business cards, letterhead and envelopes Creating print-ready PDF files For more information, visit our question and answer page - Click Here.

Begin by exploring the basics of computer programming and various programming languages. Acquire all the basics of HTML and CSS. Learn the relationship between these two industry-standard web page coding languages and the step by step process of hand coding and building web pages. Discover the advanced features of CSS and learn how to use this very powerful language. Students must take the Coding Certificate classes in order: Spring 2024 Dates Summer 2024 Dates 1st Course Introduction to Coding 04/01/24-04/26/24 06/03/24-06/28/24 2nd Course HTML Fundamentals 05/06/24-05/31/24 07/01/24-07/26/24 3rd Course CSS Fundamentals 06/03/24-06/28/24 08/05/24-08/30/24 For more information, visit our question and answer page - Click Here.