Schedule of Web Development Training & Courses with Nora McDougall-Collins at Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center in Missoula, Montana

This page is for your information and convenience only. For class prices or to sign up, please contact the Dickinson office directly
406-549-8765.

Recommended Courses

The following courses will also help you with your web development:

Photography and Photoshop Classes
taught by Kathy Eyster and Jeremy Flesch

WordPress - taught by Phyllis Erck

Drupal - taught by Scott Rouse and Andy Laken

Web Development Course
Pre-requisites

Using a browser to find web pages.
Creating a new file (if you can do this in Microsoft Word, that will do it!)
Deleting a file
Creating a folder – you should be able to do this in Windows and in the Save type dialog boxes in all Windows programs.
Saving a file to a specific folder.
Renaming a file or folder both in Windows and in the file dialog boxes.
Keyboarding skills - expect to have to type!
If you use a Mac: you are welcome to bring your Mac laptop to class. However, the web development classes are not structured to help you create folders, find your files, save your files or move your files on your Mac. You MUST have these skills before you take the web development courses. We have received a number of complaints from other students about their own loss of class time for students needing this type of help.

SELF-TEST
There will not be time in these courses to teach these skills. If you need to brush up on them, please take the Introduction to Personal Computer course before enrolling in the Web Development Series courses!

Skills Classes Recommendations:

Introduction to Mac Computers: F09-24
Getting Started with Mac OS X: F09-25
Mac Troubleshooting Workshop: F09-30
Touch Typing on a PC: F09-1
Getting Started with Windows XP: F09-4
Getting Started with Windows Vista: F09-5

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W12-031 - Beyond the Wordpress Dashboard

Running from Jan 18 to Feb 22 on Wednesday at 1:00 - 4:00 pm

You've learned all about the WordPress Dashboard, but there are things you want to do that it just doesn't do. You want to create your own WordPress theme. This is your class. Although WordPress was designed to give the site owner control, there are just some things that you have to go to the code level to do. Because WordPress is "open source" all the code is open to you! This course will introduce you to the inner workings of WordPress and open the door to total control. We will be using Dreamweaver as a tool to work on the files, but you can also install a free IDE on your computer for this class. In fact, it is recommended that you use your Learn: 1) the basic file structure of WordPress, 2) the basic database structure of WordPress, 3) what happens to the files and database when you install a plugin, 4) how to start your own theme, 5) how to control your new theme with CSS, 6) what's all that PHP stuff?
Prerequisites: WordPress-Web Development for the Right Side of Your Brain or instructor permission

W12-029 - Even The Average Human Can Do Basic HTML

Running from Feb 27 to Mar 28 on Monday & Wednesday at 6:30 - 9:30 pm

It all goes back to HTML! whether you have a WordPress site, a Drupal Site, a .NET site or even just a basic HTML site! HTML is the basic code that a browser uses to layout a web page. HTML coupled with CSS are the basic building blocks that take you beyond point and click in someone else's template system. This course uses Dreamweaver as a tool to manage your HTML and CSS files. The Dreamweaver skills you learn can be applied to other types of web editing software! Learn basic HTML to 1) format text with CSS, 2) build a table structure with HTML, 3) prepare background images and photos with Photoshop, 4) creating links on your website.
Prerequisites: Website Basics for Mere Mortals and excellent file management skills