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Adobe Web Tech Curriculum: Now updated for CS2!
A yearlong web design curriculum — with online Student Guide activities
The free Adobe Web Tech Curriculum is an exciting, online yearlong course that shows students how to complete a website design project using Adobe® InDesign® CS2, Adobe Illustrator® CS2, Adobe GoLive® CS2, Adobe Photoshop® CS2, and Adobe Acrobat® 7.0 software. Use the online course site as a presentation vehicle in class, and for student review and study at home or in the lab.

View the online curriculum

All the online units now include all the Student Guide activities: learning objectives, lesson highlights, practice activities, individual assignments, and web team projects.

Key features Highlights
  • Helps students master a digital workflow for the web
  • Eleven units of study, with three to six lessons per unit — a total of about 50 lessons
  • Incorporation of national information technology standards
  • Student Guide activities and assignments are now included within the online curriculum

Aligned to national standards
The Adobe Web Tech Curriculum was developed by instructional designers with the guidance of a consortium from six states (Ohio, Washington, Michigan, Utah, New York, and California) that are leaders in the field of information technology. Because the consortium is deeply involved with the U.S. Department of Education’s Career Cluster Information Technology Initiative, the Adobe Web Tech Curriculum is aligned to the national standards for information technology from the National Center for Emerging Technologies and the Education Development Center.

The Adobe Web Tech Curriculum also aligns with the high standards of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) (PDF: 30k) program.

View the Adobe Web Tech Curriculum.

About the authors
Michelle Wild
Michelle Wild is a professor at Coastline Community College in Fountain Valley, California. She teaches classroom, cable television, and online computer courses in multimedia, web page design, the Internet, and computer applications. She also teaches learning and study skills courses. Michelle has been involved in several three-year federal grants (FIPSE) as a co-director and instructional designer. She has also written and directed several California State Chancellor's Office grants related to technology, including a VTEA grant to create a state-approved online webmaster vocational certificate program. Michelle was named the 2000 Orange County Community College Teacher of the Year and in 2001 received the David R. Pierce Faculty Technology award sponsored by Microsoft Corporation and the American Association of Community Colleges.

Jan Heck
Jan Heck is an instructional designer, a project coordinator/director, and a community college instructor in instructional design, learning theory, expert learning and study strategies, and computers (particularly web page design). She has been involved in several three-year federal grants (FIPSE) as co-director, coordinator, instructional designer, multimedia programmer, and web page designer. Jan received the 2001 Instructional Telecommunications Council Award for Excellence in Institutional Leadership. Jan holds a master’s degree in instructional and performance technology from Boise State University.

Looking for materials and an instructor’s guide?
to request online access to testing materials. These include a quiz and answer key for each of the lessons (about 50) in the curriculum, ready to download, print out, administer, and easily grade, as well as a comprehensive instructor’s guide.

Note: Since access is restricted to licensed educators only, please provide detailed contact information — name, institution, department, daytime phone, and name of course — when you .

Read the success story (PDF: 512k)
Learn more about the Adobe Web Tech Curriculum.