Course Overview

Adobe Muse CC allows you to create beautiful, custom websites without writing a single line of code. If you know Adobe InDesign, you'll feel right at home with Adobe Muse—a favorite web creation application among graphic designers. Utilize familiar features and shortcuts, and integrate third-party functions like blogs and shopping carts. Skip the coding and quickly design unique websites. In recent years, websites have become a vital promotional tool for companies and stores. Design a dedicated webpage for your business to introduce services and showcase work, attracting clients and expanding opportunities! As everyone goes online using various platforms—computers, smartphones, tablets—web design is no longer singular. It must be diverse, optimized for different devices, and focused on UI/UX enhancement. This course starts from the basics, using everyday topics to help you understand and create beautiful, practical websites.

Key Details

• Software Used: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Muse.
• Class Size: 23 students.
• Duration: 30 hours total.
• Schedule: February 17 to March 9, 2016. Classes held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
• Fee: MOP $3,000.

Important Notes

1. Full tuition of $3,000 (cash) is required upon registration. Upon course completion with an attendance rate of 70% or higher, MOP $2,100 will be refunded.
2. The official course start date and time are subject to the website announcement.
3. This course is NOT part of the Continuing Education Development Plan (DSEDJ).

Instructor

• Lee Tat Chiu (Guest Lecturer, Macao Polytechnic University)

Target Audience

Designers, web developers, and individuals interested in web design.

Course Objectives

This course progressively unveils how to easily design a website compatible with various devices (e.g., iPad, iPhone) without writing any code, allowing designers to focus purely on design. Individuals with prior experience using Adobe software (e.g., InDesign, Dreamweaver) will grasp the concepts more quickly.

Course Outline

1. Introduction of web design
2. What is UI / UX design
3. Becoming familiar with the Muse interface
4. Creating a sitemap
5. Setting up master pages
6. Working with headers and footers
7. Importing and embedding graphics
8. Scaling, rotating, and aligning page objects
9. Wrapping text around images
10. Working with web-safe and Typekit fonts
11. Creating links
12. Adding menus for navigation
13. Inserting an interactive map
14. Adding a Facebook Like button
15. Building a Business Catalyst form
16. Exporting the site to HTML

Venue

Amateur Further Studies Centre iCentre, Unit S.T., 18th Floor, Kin Heng Long Plaza, No. 258 Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, Macau.