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Interactive Media Design!

Skilled web and media design professionals earn on average, $50,000 a year, with many earning more. Students completing this AA degree will have the necessary skills to enter the job market as web designers and developers with a specialization in multimedia content, streaming video specialists, and project managers. For a sequence of the required coursework click here.

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What's New
Adobe Photoshop Express public beta, a free application available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects. As the newest addition to the Photoshop family line, Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe's best image editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience. Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for free, make edits to their photos, and share them online in creative ways. To download, go to http://www.photoshop.com/express

Please complete ALL the steps below before your first class meeting

  1. Watch the "Getting Started" video (25 MB- requires speakers or headphones)
  2. Online classes are live classes that use the Elluminate Live! interface.You can choose to either log in and participate in these sessions or watch the archives of these sessions.
    1. Make sure your computer is preconfigured to run Elluminate Live! (requires speakers or headphones, and installation of Java)
    2. Inside of Elluminate Live! set your connection speed (Tools>Preferences>Session>Connection) and complete the "Audio Setup Utility" (Tools> Audio> Audio Setup Wizard) before coming to the online class or office hours.
  3. Review the FAQ page
  4. Depending on which class you are in:
    1. For Dreamweaver and CSS classes- read the document Setting Up a Student Account and Defining a Site in Dreamweaver
    2. For Flash classes- watch the "Using the Flash Gallery " video
  5. Select your class from the links to the left, go and select "Class check-in" , fill out the form, read the class syllabus. You are ready to go!