"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.