Macromedia Dreamweaver for Educators

Macromedia Dreamweaver is a web authoring program that enables you to design and publish your own web pages. This is a powerful web editor that can help you create class web pages, online curriculum, and more!

By the end of this activity, you will have learned:

• how to create a web page using Macromedia Dreamweaver

Agenda/Directions:

Layout of Macromedia Dreamweaver

Modifying Page Properties

• Page Title
• Background color/image
• Text colors
• Link colors

Working with Text

• Headings
• Fonts, Sizes, and Colors
• Styles: Bold, Italics, and Underline
• Lists: Bullet and Numbered
• Indents
• Alignments
• Spell Check

Working with Links

• Making Links to Other Web Pages/Sites
• Linking to an E-Mail Address
• Changing and Removing Links
• Making Links within the Same Web Page (Anchor)

Working with Images

• Inserting an image
• Resizing an image
• Making an image a link
• Deleting an image

Working with Tables

• Inserting/setting up a table
• Alignment of a table
• Changing the background of a table or its cells
• Adding or deleting parts of a table
• Modifying table properties

Publishing your web page

• Purpose of FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
• FTPing directly from Dreamweaver

Goodies

Sites containing good images, backgrounds, and textures.