Instructor Led Designers Training Classes

Cisco Unified Communications Architecture and Design course ...s order to approaching the problems faced by planners and designers. It teaches the assessment of the current network, Cisco methodology for implementing Voice over Data networks, and how to design sustainable and appropriate implementations. The 5-day course culminates in an intensive lab exercise to apply the concepts, recommendations and calculations to design an Enterprise Unified  more...

Cisco Unified Communications IP Tel Part 2 v60 ...nts completing the CCVP certification track * Network designers, administrators, engineers, managers and support staff with the following responsibilities. o Maintain and configure a voice and data network which includes the Cisco Unified Communications Manager solution. o Require a fundamental understanding of the issues and solutions related to implementation of the  more...

Cisco Unified Communications IP Tel Part 1 v60 ...nts completing the CCVP certification track * Network designers, administrators, engineers, managers and support staff with the following responsibilities. o Maintain and configure a voice and data network which includes the Cisco Unified Communications Manager solution. o Require a fundamental understanding of the issues and solutions related to implementation of the  more...

CIPT Accelerated CIPT parts 1 and 2 v60 ...nts completing the CCVP certification track * Network designers, administrators, engineers, managers and support staff with the following responsibilities. o Maintain and configure a voice and data network which includes the Cisco Unified Communications Manager solution. o Require a fundamental understanding of the issues and solutions related to implementation of the  more...

InDesign CS3 for QuarkXPress Users Our aim is to train industry professionals migrating from Quark Xpress to what is fast becoming the industry standard software. Trained by professionals who understand the intricacies and pressures of real-world issues. Learn to access features previously only available in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop without leaving InDesign. Prerequisites Delegates should have good working knowledge of  more...

Photoshop CS3 Advanced for Design & Print This course is for those who wish to explore more advanced design features. You will gain experience with more complex techniques using channels, masks, separations and pen paths. Prerequisites Delegates should have sound knowledge of Photoshop or should at least have attended our Photoshop Intermediate course. Who Should Attend Designers, photographers and artworkers  more...

Advanced Cascading Style Sheets ...a solid foundation for new and veteran web developers and designers to learn and hone their skills. Harlequin Training run public courses for Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, HTML Cascading Style Sheets and XHTML as well as other web technology courses. We introduce developers to important concepts in our new Web Security Fundamentals training course and Video for the Web training course and  more...

Accessibility Fundamentals Website accessibility has become a major issue for web designers and developers. Websites designed without taking accessibility into consideration exclude certain sectors of the population and limit your customer base. This course at Harlequin Training (or run at your offices) will enable you to ensure your site conforms to the WAI (W3C) Content Accessibility Guidelines.  more...

Software Testing ... software testing process. This can include IT developers/designers, IT software testers, Quality Assurance personnel, and IT business team leaders or managers. IT managers and team leaders would also find this course beneficial in order to gain a better understanding about the effectiveness of implementing a software testing program. Recommended Prerequisites No previous testing experience  more...

A+ Technician ...ies, for students regardless whether they are developers, designers etc. they would know the capacity of their computer and will be to upgrade their own computers. Alternatively A+ is a stepping-stone to become specialized in the IT Technical direction. Delivery Method: Instructor-led. Benefits: To understand the concepts of how the computer thinks, to fix and upgrades as necessary What s  more...

Flash CS3: Advanced Application Development ...designers with prior ActionScript experience the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build more flexible and dynamic design-based Flash content. This course focuses on teaching students more advanced ActionScript topics that will remove a reliance on Timeline-based visual tools. Students will learn to generate dynamic design and navigation elements that cannot be created without  more...

Flash CS3: ActionScript ...designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods; then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling, and animating with  more...

Dreamweaver CS3 Introduction: Website Development This course is for people new to web design and development and want to use Dreamweaver CS3 to build intuitive, attractive and accessible web sites. Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Website Development provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver CS3.  more...

Flash CS3 Introduction ...S3: Introduction is an introductory course that provides designers and developers new to the Flash environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Essentials ... Description Who uses Illustrator? Architects, artists, designers, engineers, and Photoshop divas who need some vector graphics power tools. Illustrator's ability to create graphics in a freeform way or with incredible precision appeals to all these users. Learn to utilize this amazing tool to design logos, create detailed maps, illustrate products and more. Create basic and interesting  more...

Digital Drawing Workshop The key tool in drawing digitally, the Pen Tool, is now found in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash. Master it once, and use it universally. It is with the Pen tool that you create paths on which to run text and to precisely create lines to enclose any shape no matter how exotic. Many users of other drawing programs (e.g., Freehand) will already be familiar with the behavior of this  more...

Web Publishing Overview How do the acronyms of web design become websites? HTML, xHTML, CSS, PHP, div, ul, swf, li, and dozens more combine, often under the protective cover of software applications like Dreamweaver, to make the web interfaces we see every day. In this short class we digest this alphabet soup. Even though the great software used in web design have made it easier to overlook the code it creates, it  more...

Acrobat 8.0 Professional for Print Production Knowledge of the chosen operating system (Mac OS X or Windows) and the source application from which PDF files will be created (e.g. QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign etc). ICC profile and colour knowledge would also useful but not essential. Graphic Designers and Pre Press Professionals and anyone who needs to know the technical requirements for creating PDFs for High End Commercial Litho and Digital  more...

Illustrator CS2 Introduction Adobe Illustrator is a drawing and design package. This course will give you the experience you need to produce professional graphics and illustrations, and will increase your levels of productivity and creativity within Illustrator. Once you have completed this course you can move onto Adobe Illustrator Intermediate course for Designers or Illustrator Advanced for printers courses.  more...

Accessibility Website accessibility has become a major issue for web designers and developers. Websites designed without taking accessibility into consideration exclude certain sectors of the population and limit your customer base. This course will enable you to ensure your site conforms to the WAI (W3C) Content Accessibility Guidelines.  more...

Photoshop CS2 Advanced This course is for those who wish to explore more advanced design features. You will gain experience with more complex techniques using channels, masks, separations and pen paths. Prerequisites: Delegates should have sound knowledge of Photoshop or should at least have attended our Photoshop Intermediate course. Who Should Attend: Designers, photographers and artworkers  more...

InDesign CS2 for QuarkXPress Users This course is designed to make the transition to Adobe InDesign effortless and effective without the loss in productivity. With this aim in mind, course content focuses on the similarities between the two applications, and also highlights additional Prerequisites: Delegates should have good working knowledge of QuarkXPress. Who Should Attend: Designers, production staff or print professionals  more...

Photoshop for Photographers This intermediate course is for photographers, retouchers and image professionals who have a working knowledge of Photoshop. If you need to understand camera format, if you are supplying picture libraries, working with a large volume of files or require in-depth retouching skills this course will provide you with the necessary expertise.  more...

Introduction To QuarkXpress ...publishing program. It is the program of choice for many designers and advertising agencies and is used for brochures, adverts, newsletters and anything else that appears in print. PREREQUISITES No experience of Adobe Photoshop is necessary. BENEFITS Delegates will learn how to create these competently and effectively. COURSE CONTENT Quark Extensions - Extensions - Document Files  more...

Adobe Dreamweaver 8: Website Development Workshop Adobe Dreamweaver 8: Website Development is a 3-day course that provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver 8. Ascend is a Certified Adobe, Avid and Quark training facility offering classes at our Chicago area facilities and onsite around the country.  more...

Adobe Dreamweaver 8: Website Development Workshop Adobe Dreamweaver 8: Website Development is a 3-day course that provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver 8. Ascend is a Certified Adobe, Avid and Quark training facility offering classes at our Chicago area facilities and onsite around the country.  more...

Adobe and Quark Training Classes for Designers, Illustrators & Publishers: Chicago ...Designers, Illustrators and Publishers: If you're ready to upgrade your skills in Adobe, Quark or Avid, Ascend Training is your first stop. We offer hands on classroom training in our Chicago or Deerfield Illinois facilities. We also offer onsite training in a one-on-one or group setting at your facility. While other training companies are located elsewhere and rent out a room for  more...

Adobe Dreamweaver Training: Chicago and Deerfield IL ...: Website Development is a 3-day course that provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver 8. This workshop is offered in our Chicago and Deerfield facilities every 3 weeks and onsite at your location. Adobe Dreamweaver 8: Advanced Website Development 2 - Days: This class takes more time  more...

Adobe Flash CS3 Level 1: Rich Content Creation ...asses. This is an introductory Flash CS3 course for designers and budding developers new to the Flash environment, Students will produce an engaging Flash interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. User interactions are added using built-in Flash ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. Students will leave this class with the ability to create and incorporate web  more...

Adobe Flash CS3 Level 2: Actionscript 3.0 ...b developers, publishers, illustrators, photographers and designers. All classes at Ascend Training are hands on with a maximum of 10 students. We offer a free 6 month retake policy with all our published training classes. Adobe Flash CS3 Level 2: ActionScript 3.0 provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated  more...

Adobe InDesign CS3 ...b developers, publishers, illustrators, photographers and designers. All classes at Ascend Training are hands on with a maximum of 10 students. We offer a free 6 month retake policy with all our published training classes. Adobe InDesign CS3 Level 1: Fundamentals to Intermediate, explores the use of the most powerful desktop publishing program on the market. Students will use frames to  more...

Adobe InDesign CS3 Level 2: InDesign for Quark Users and New CS3 Features ...b developers, publishers, illustrators, photographers and designers. All classes at Ascend Training are hands on with a maximum of 10 students. We offer a free 6 month retake policy with all our published training classes. About our InDesign for Quark Users Class InDesign CS3 for Quark Users class is for students who have a solid knowledge of QuarkXPress and are making the jump to  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Level 1: Fundamentals to Intermediate ...b developers, publishers, illustrators, photographers and designers. All classes at Ascend Training are hands on with a maximum of 10 students. We offer a free 6 month retake policy with all our published training classes. About our Adobe Illustrator Level 1 Class Adobe Illustrator CS3 Level 1: Fundamentals to Intermediate is an introductory course for designers and budding  more...

Adobe InCopy CS3 ...b developers, publishers, illustrators, photographers and designers. All classes at Ascend Training are hands on with a maximum of 10 students. We offer a free 6 month retake policy with all our published training classes. InCopy CS3 Class Description Adobe InCopy is an InDesign-integrated solution for collaborative editorial workflows. You will learn to organize, assign metadata  more...

CATIA V5 - Advanced Detail Drafting Customization5 Days ...designers, although any one who is interested can take this course. You should, however, have the fundamental knowledge of CATIA V5 first before attending. It will run for five full days; classroom training runs Monday to Friday, from 8 am until 4 pm. We offer small class sizes, full manuals, one workstation per student, customized courses, and up-to-date technology. Participants receive a  more...

Flash CS3 Rich Content Creation - 2 Days ... Content Creation is an introductory course that provides designers and developers new to the Flash CS3 environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to  more...

Canadian Electrical Code ...Designers, installers and users are responsible for electrical safety. The Canadian Electrical Code establishes safety standards for design, installation, maintenance and use of electrical wiring by preventing undue electrical fire and shock hazards. Excellent code knowledge is a prerequisite to correct specification and application of equipment and wiring in all areas of design,  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Level 1 This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.  more...

Dreamweaver Introduction Adobe Dreamweaver is a web development application originally created by Macromedia and now owned by Adobe Systems, which acquired Macromedia in 2005. This course is designed primarily for new or prospective Web designers who want to use Macromedia Dreamweaver to create Web sites. After completing this course, students will be able to create Web sites that include frame-based pages, tables,  more...

Solidworks Advanced (5 days) ...Designers wishing to enhance their skill set in assembly modeling. In this course, you will work on the following: File Management; Assembly Modeling; Top Down Design; Configurations; Assembly Drawing; Top Down Design Assembly Modeling Techniques; and much more. You will: * Explore projects containing hundreds of features, parts, and assemblies * Obtain Parts and assemblies from  more...

Dreamweaver Introduction This course is designed primarily for new or prospective Web designers who want to use Macromedia Dreamweaver to create Web sites. After completing this course, students will be able to create Web sites that include frame-based pages, tables, graphics, and links. After completing this course, students will be able to create Web sites that include frame-based pages, tables, graphics, and links.  more...

CATIA V5 Reverse Eng Feature recognition5 Days ...designers, and industrial designers alike. This CATIA V5 course topic primarily focuses on the reverse engineering, along with feature recognition, shape&photo studio aspects of the program. Some of the topics includes: Real Time Rendering (RTR); Photo Studio (PHS); Photo Studio Optimizer (PSO); Quick Surface Reconstruction (QSR); Digitized shape Editor (DSE); among other things, and more. We  more...

Flash CS3 ActionScript 3 - 3 Days ...be Flash CS3: ActionScript 3.0 provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods; then proceeds through  more...

Dreamweaver CS3: Website Development (NEW) - 3 Days Website Development provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional websites using Dreamweaver CS3. Audience: This course is for people new to web design and development and want to use Dreamweaver CS3 to build intuitive, attractive and accessible websites.  more...

Flash CS3: Rich Content Creation - 2 Days ... Content Creation is an introductory course that provides designers and developers new to the Flash CS3 environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to  more...

Flash CS3: Rich Content Creation - 2 Days ... Content Creation is an introductory course that provides designers and developers new to the Flash CS3 environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to  more...

Flash CS3: Rich Content Creation - 2 Days ... Content Creation is an introductory course that provides designers and developers new to the Flash CS3 environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to  more...

Dreamweaver MX Training - Advanced ...28.00 Seats Available: 2 This course is designed for Web designers or prospective Web designers with any level of experience who want to use Dreamweaver's advanced features to create complex Web sites efficiently. After completing this course, students will be able to create Web sites that include simple rollovers, complex navigation bars, and other page elements that provide visual feedback.  more...

Dreamweaver MX Training - Advanced ...8.00 Seats Available: 2 This course is designed for Web designers or prospective Web designers with any level of experience who want to use Dreamweaver's advanced features to create complex Web sites efficiently. After completing this course, students will be able to create Web sites that include simple rollovers, complex navigation bars, and other page elements that provide visual feedback.  more...

Fast Track to Authorware 7 - 4 days ...orware is designed to teach a wide range of instructional designers and developers to create interactive multimedia applications using Authorware. The course covers all the Authorware Icons, focusing heavily on building the full spectrum of interactive structures, including menus, buttons, hot spots, hot objects, drag and drop responses, and free text entry. Issues of tracking users and  more...

Dreamweaver MX Training - Advanced ...8.00 Seats Available: 2 This course is designed for Web designers or prospective Web designers with any level of experience who want to use Dreamweaver's advanced features to create complex Web sites efficiently. After completing this course, students will be able to create Web sites that include simple rollovers, complex navigation bars, and other page elements that provide visual feedback.  more...

Illustrator and Quark Training ... that include type and graphics. Target Student: Graphic designers, or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents. They may have little or no experience with Illustrator. They may already use InDesign and Photoshop. Welcome to Sonic Training!.  more...

Design for Non Designers Need to think like a designer? This course gives you a primer on the basic elements of design. Students can expect to learn how to go inside the design process and evaluate designs using time-honored principles of design: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity, and develop the ability to critique design identifying what s right and wrong, and how to fix it. Students will also learn how  more...

CSS Web Site Design ...Web pages has dramatically changed the way developers and designers build web sites. Using a project-based approach, this course walks students through the process of creating a Web page, while teaching the essentials of CSS along the way. Students will learn CSS essentials such as Selectors Cascade, and Declarations; Building effective Navigation and Page Layouts; Floats and Boxes; Setting  more...

Business Requirements Gathering and Writing Seminar using JAD Use Cases and UML This 4-day seminar focuses on implementing the JAD requirements gathering process, writing requirements and how to be an effective facilitator. These are all required skills for the Business Analyst. The workshop provides an understanding of the project life cycle using Use Cases and UML and how to incorporate them into a repeatable process at your rganization. The seminar teaches the student  more...

Object-Oriented Methodology Overview The purpose of the 1 day Object-Oriented Methodology Orientation is an overview of concepts, terminology and basic models. It is not intended to train people how to build models. This oneday orientation will give the manager and business team member a basic knowledge of Object-Oriented techniques using Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the Rapid Application Development (RAD) process. The  more...

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML The 3 day class teaches the skills needed to use UML diagramming and explains their use in the different development phases. It provides training in the methodology for Multi-Tier Architecture Development Projects using the Unified Modeling Language emphasizing Booch, Rumbaugh and Jacobson methods. The seminar also utilizes case study exercises to practice modeling and analyzing the  more...

Facilitated Session Leader Designed to help participants take their facilitation skills to the next level, this 2-day training session will provide participants with detailed quality feedback and two facilitation practice sessions. The workshop provides practice in facilitation techniques needed for conducting workshops and business meetings. The class can also be customized to provide practice facilitating specific  more...

Learning Use Cases UML and JAD Techniques This 3-day seminar provides training in the methodology needed for capturing and modeling the artifacts for Object- Oriented and Legacy System development. The class provides a life cycle and techniques used for IT process improvement using use cases and the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The seminar focus is on how to: - Write use cases and build requirements and design models using the  more...

Advanced CSS Training This course covers advanced CSS topics. Audience:Designers and web programmers experienced in working with HTML and the basics of CSS.  more...

CSS Training This CSS Training course covers basic, intermediate and advanced CSS topics. Audience:Designers who are already familiar with HTML basics and want to move on to the XHTML and CSS standard for separating look and feel from the data.  more...

Introduction to CSS Training This course provides solid introduction to CSS. Audience:Designers who are already familiar with HTML basics and want to move on to the XHTML and CSS standard for separating look and feel from the data.  more...

Oracle Database 11g PL SQL Fundamentals - Complete Coverage The primary objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the PL/SQL database programming language, based upon the latest features available with the Oracle database. Syntax, structure and features of the language are discussed in the context of database applications and programming. This course equips students to develop database server-side PL/SQL program units within an Oracle  more...

Oracle Database 11g PL SQL Fundamentals I The primary objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the PL/SQL database programming language, based upon the latest features available with the Oracle database. Syntax, structure and features of the language are discussed in the context of database applications and programming. Audience:All Oracle professionals, both business and systems professionals. Among the specific groups  more...

Oracle Database 11g PL SQL Fundamentals II The objective of this course is to equip students to develop database server-side PL/SQL program units within an Oracle database. Audience:All Oracle professionals, both business and systems professionals. Among the specific groups for whom this course will be helpful are Application designers and developers and Database administrators.  more...

Oracle Database 11g SQL Fundamentals - Complete Coverage The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the SQL database language within the context of an Oracle database, based upon the latest features available. The primary objective of this course is to consider advanced subjects and techniques pertaining to the SQL database language, based upon the latest features available with the Oracle release. Even professionals experienced in  more...

Oracle Database 11g SQL Fundamentals I This course is a common starting point in the Oracle database curriculum for administrators, developers and business users. The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the SQL database language within the context of an Oracle database, based upon the latest features available. Audience:All Oracle professionals, both business and systems professionals. Among the specific groups  more...

Relational Database Design This course is one common starting point for the entire database curriculum. The objective of this course is to consider the logical design of relational databases using a methodology known as semantic data modeling and related practical techniques. Audience:The target audience for this course is all database professionals concerned about the design and implementation of databases. Among the  more...

Unified Modeling Language The Unified Modeling Language is a language for specifying, visualizing, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of software systems, as well as for business modeling and other non-software systems. This class introduces the major elements of the UML and the Rational Unified Process for software development. Audience:Individuals having little or no previous exposure to object technology.  more...

Mastering VBScript This course teaches the fundamentals of Visual Basic programming, including syntax, event-driven programming, compiling applications with the native code compiler, working with controls, handling run-time errors, manipulating form and control properties, and much more. Audience:Web Page designers seeking to perform client-side input validation, and Browser based processing within Internet  more...

Extensible Styling Language -- Formatting Objects XSL-FO Presents the XML recommendation for embedding formatting information within XML Documents. Topics include: Areas, Output Elements, Output Flow, Page Layout, Lists, and Tables. Audience:Web Designers, Developers, and Technical Writers concerned about the formatting of documents in XML format.  more...

NET Overview Provides an overview of Microsoft .NET technology that includes development demonstrations of Web Applications and Web Services in both the C# and VB .NET languages. Audience:Developers, Managers, Web designers, and Administrators interested in a technical overview of.NET technologies.  more...

Introduction To Oracle 9i This class will develop database-programming skills using SQL and PL/SQL. Stud