Macromedia Dreamweaver e-Learning Toolkit: Building Web-Based Training with Coursebuilder
- Book Review,
by Michael Doyle
Book Description
* Includes everything developers need to start building online courses quickly and easily
* Enables Dreamweaver users to enter the rapidly-growing Web-based training market
* Begins with a crash course in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, then guides readers through developing an online learning course, incorporating interactions, quizzes, tests, and animations
* Dreamweaver commands approximately eighty percent of the market for professional Web development tools; its supplementary CourseBuilder and Learning Site extensions have been downloaded more than 90,000 times
* CD-ROM includes sixteen e-learning templates worth $99, quick start forms, additional software, and a complete, customizable, three-hour online course
Book Info
Everything you need to create your own e-learning curriculum is here-software, plans for building your courses, site templates, a database, a dozen samples, and complete step by step instructions for using them all. Softcover. CD-ROM included.
From the Back Cover
"With a book like this, even mere mortals can use Macromedia tools and extensions to create effective e-learning." –Bill Horton, author of Designing Web-Based Training and e-Learning Tools and Technologies The Web-based training field is hot, and this comprehensive toolkit will prepare you to take advantage of the opportunities it offers developers. Everything you need to create your own e-learning curriculum is here–software, plans for building your courses, site templates, a database, a dozen samples, and complete step-by-step instructions for using them all. There’s a section devoted to Dreamweaver basics, an overview of e-learning concepts, a quick course in creating effective tests, plus plenty of expert tutorials and hands-on examples. You’ll feel confident designing, developing, and implementing WBT courses with the most popular Web publishing tool in the world. You’ll learn how to: Design interactive pages, manage reusable content, and apply cascading style sheets Install and use Learning Site and CourseBuilder extensions Develop valid test questions and reduce the odds of accurate guessing Select, control, and process CourseBuilder interactions Choose layout styles for effective site navigation Create drag-and-drop and image hot area interactions Track test results with the Learning Site database "Mike Doyle has done a fantastic job teaching novice and experienced Dreamweaver MX users how to develop effective courseware. This is destined to become a reference book you will want to keep close at hand." –Margaret Driscoll, IBM Mindspan Solutions, Author of Web-Based Training: Designing e-Learning Experiences The CD-ROM features: Trial version of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, plus Learning Site and CourseBuilder extensions 12 valuable e-learning templates A complete 3-hour online course you can use as a course model for your custom Web-based training Author files and tutorials
About the Author
MIKE DOYLE is a Web development and training expert who has taught courses on HTML, XML, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, and Adobe PageMill. He is the founder of PUBSNET, a tools training company, and The Editors, a Web development group. Doyle has been a featured presenter at numerous regional and national conferences on Web technologies.
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