ONLINE WEB DESIGN COURSES

Sessions.edu
The first accredited online design school, Session.edu offers dozens of online courses in web design, web development, multimedia, digital design and new media marketing. Training is instructor-led and available whenever you wish to learn. Session.edu's courses integrate theory, practice and related software applications and run on a continual basis. Sessions.edu offers a wide variety of certificates, course packages and individual courses.

Online web design certificates include:

• Web Design Certificate
• Web Design Advanced Certificate
• Web Design Masters Certificate
• Digital Arts Certificate
• Digital Arts Advanced Certificate
• Digital Arts Masters Certificate
• Multimedia Certificate
• Multimedia Advanced Certificate
• Multimedia Masters Certificate

Sessions.edu is the only nationally accredited fully online school of design. Sessions.edu is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) in Washington, DC and is the first online school licensed by the State of New York Department of Education.

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e-Learning for Dummies
If you loved the For Dummies books, you'll love the For Dummies courses! For Dummies e-Learning gets you to the point: spend your time learning what's important and skip the non-essentials. The interactive learning tools keep you engaged in your course, and it's available anytime, anywhere. The easy-to-use reference material allows you to browse through a course again and again, or search for a topic to get a brief overview. E-Learning for Dummies offers many different course series, with new courses being introduced regularly.

• Dreamweaver MX For Dummies
• Photoshop 7 For Dummies

Course series start at $35.99; you'll get unlimited access to high quality training courses for a full twelve months! Try the free online demo courses: PCs for Dummies: Introduction to the PC and Visual Studio .NET For Dummies - Overview: Getting Started with .NET.

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Baker College Online
Baker College Online is one of the largest accredited online colleges in America, and is also one of the nation's most affordable colleges. Baker Online offers the following online certificate program in web design:

• Web Design Certificate

Baker College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

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Ashworth University
Ashworth University is a widely respected, nationally accredited distance education school, and offers the following diploma in web site design:

• Professional Web Site Design Program

Students receive comprehensive texts and study materials by mail, and study in the convenience of home, at their own pace. Exams are open-book. Ashworth University offers easy, interest-free monthly tuition. Students may enroll online, year-round.

Ashworth University is an Accredited Member of the Distance Education and Training Council and is qualified under the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support, or DANTES program.

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CBT Cafe
CBT café offers on-demand, free, video-based training movies for graphics and web design related programs including Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, QuickTime and Ebay Video Tutorials. The movies are free to anyone, anytime and only require the free, QuickTime plugin to watch them. HTML written tutorials are also available for people who prefer that learning style.

Dmitry's Design Lab
Dmitry's Design Lab at webreference.com takes up where standard HTML tutorials leave off with a look at the basics of proper design. Currently there are 25 free online tutorials in such diverse topics as Logo Design, The Art of Animation, Preparing for XML, The Flesh and Soul of Information, Size and Proportion in Web Graphics, The World of Color and much, much more. This is required reading for anyone involved in designing web sites!

ShortcutLearning Free Software Tutorials
Featuring detailed Dreamweaver tutorials, Word 2000 tutorials, and Word 2003 tutorials. Their point and click method of learning allows for a fun, easy, and interactive way of learning software. All tutorials are free, and will help you build your software skills quickly.

Web Design Education Resources

Builder.com Web Authoring Tutorials - Tutorials and guides for learning HTML, Web building for beginners, Stupid Web Tricks, how to choose HTML Editors, power tools for HTML experts and more. Builder.com also provides reviews of available authoring software that you are sure to find useful.

Hotwired's Webmonkey - You'll find some of the best web design tutorials at Webmonkey: HTML, Design, Stylesheets, Graphic Design, Multimedia, Browsers, Java and lots more.

Publish - Great HTML tricks and web design articles.

Smart Webby Web Design Guide - The Smart Webby Web Design Guide is a collection of articles, tips, guidelines and resources on how to design attractive and fast-loading web sites. Also included are step-by-step tutorials and useful tips and tricks on Fireworks and Dreamweaver.

Web Developers Virtual Library - Another huge learning resource containing tutorials and guides for web authoring, design, and graphics.

Web Know How
The ultimate web development directory, WebKnowHow.net lists hundreds of tutorials and guides for all aspects of web design and authoring. Great resource!

Yale C/Aim Web Style Guide - You may want to make this your first stop once you have learned HTML and are ready to develop your web site. The Yale Style Guide is a comprehensive, well-written guide to all aspects of successful web pages including the purpose of your site and design strategies, links and navigation, site structure, design grids, typography, web graphics and web multimedia and animation.

Colour Selection and Theory