Microsoft Silverlight Training Class Topics Covered

• Silverlight Overview
  • Introduction to Silverlight
  • Silverlight content and applications
  • Types of interactive and streaming media
  • Evolution of interactive cross-platform, cross-browser content delivery
  • Overview of Silverlight architecture and runtime
• Expression Studio Tools Overview
  • Expression Design
  • Expression Blend
  • Expression Media
  • Expression Web
• Workflow for Creating Silverlight Content
  • Roles of Web Designers and Web Developers
  • Introduction to XAML
  • Marking up integration with shapes
• Definition of the drawing API
• Creating assets with Expression Design
  • Understanding the Workspace and Tools
  • Drawing Shapes and Paths
  • Using Strokes, Fills and Effects
  • Working with Graphics
  • Integrating with Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Applying Transformations
• Creating Animations using Expression Blend
  • The workspace
  • Defining the Silverlight Workflow
  • Using the layout model
    • Canvases
    • StackPanels
    • Grids
  • Animation using the Blend timeline and Storyboard feature
  • Using Controls
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Importing assets
• Adding Multimedia with Expression Media
  • Managing Content
  • Encoding video for Silverlight using Expression Media Encoder
• Advanced Interactivity
  • Adding interctive elements using JavaScript
  • JavaScript syntax basics
  • Storing values in variables
  • Using expressions for math and concatenation
  • Conditional logic using if/else
  • Creating reusable code with functions
  • Adding function parameters
  • Introduction to events
  • Mapping events to functions
• Javascript and your Silverlight application
  • Referring to Blend elements with JavaScript
  • Creating a new Javascript file for your application
  • Using the addEventListener command to add interactivity
  • Creating a reusable ‘object’ in JavaScript
  • Putting it all together
  • Changing properties of your Blend elements with JavaScript

Microsoft Silverlight Training Class Prerequisites

We recommend that you have the Microsoft Expression Studio software before starting the class. You can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it at here.

The Microsoft Silverlight training is for creative professionals, interactive designers, creative, marketing, and communications professionals. Previous experience with common design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, or Flash is helpful but not required. This is not a course for developers, so no previous experience with .NET, .ASP, or Visual Studio is expected, as this course is focused on the Microsoft Expression tools for creating Silverlight content.

Location	Month	Day(s)	Day(s) of week	Class Time
Boston, New York City	May	12-14	M,T, W	9:30am-4:30pm
Chicago, Orlando, Philadelphia	June	18-20	W, Th, F	9:30am-4:30pm
Boston, New York City, Philadelphia	July	2-4	W, Th, F	9:30am-4:30pm
Boston, New York City, Philadelphia	September	10-12	W, Th, F	9:30am-4:30pm
Chicago, Orlando	September	10-12	W, Th, F	9:30am-4:30pm
Chicago, Orlando	December	3-5	W, Th, F	9:30am-4:30pm
Boston, New York City, Philadelphia	December	10-12	W, Th, F	9:30am-4:30pm