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TWO ITEMS: Put Web pages to bed with online Dreamweaver MX class
Photos and story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – With the power of Dreamweaver MX, you can almost create Web pages in your sleep. Portland Community College can show you how easy it is with a new non-credit class offered online.Dreamweaver MX will show students how to successfully harness the broad range of capabilities this program brings to Web page design and development. Instructor Robert Fuller’s online format will allow students to practice creating text, images, hyperlinks, tables and other media on their home computes. Students will finish the course knowing what separates a quality page from an amateur one, and how to avoid common layout errors."I had just created our school library website – with much struggle – before I took [this online course],"read a recent student evaluation. "Now I see how to easily make the site better using more efficient ways to work in Dreamweaver MX. I am sorry the course is over."Held entirely on line via the Internet, the six-week class offers the flexibility to open lessons whenever your schedule allows and features discussion boards with the instructor and other students. The class will be offered twice this winter: April 21 through May 28, and again on May 19 through June 25. Cost is $69. To register, email ddavis@pcc.edu, or visit www.ourcoursescometoyou.com.For more information, contact PCC Community Education Online Learning at 503-731-6650.###PCC online class hurtles over writer’s blockPORTLAND, Ore. – Somewhere in your mind, a brilliant writer is struggling to pry open the door to your imagination and deliver a gripping story. Give yourself the key: a non-credit, online course offered through Portland Community College frees your creativity with proven techniques.Writeriffic: Creativity Training for Writers will banish writer’s block with tips from published author, Eva Shaw, Ph.D. In a supportive online environment, students will practice writing techniques to overcome obstacles – both real and imagined – to the writing process. Even if you have faced writer’s block for years, this class will help you achieve your dream of finally hearing your writer’s voice clearly, and writing what is in your heart and head."Before signing up for your class, I had not attempted to write at all for 10-plus years,"read a recent student evaluation. "Now, in the span of two months, life has taken on an air of unpredictability. The carefully constructed walls of my comfort zone as a writer have been breached, and I’m still adjusting."Held entirely on line via the Internet, the six-week class offers the flexibility to open lessons whenever your schedule allows and features discussion boards with the instructor and other students. The class will be offered twice this winter: Wednesday, April 21 through May 28, and again on Wednesday, May 19 through June 25. Cost is $79. To register, email ddavis@pcc.edu, or visit www.ourcoursescometoyou.com.For more information, contact PCC Community Education Online Learning at 503-731-6650.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »