Adobe Muse Training Class

Adobe Muse Class Length: 1 day

This one-day Adobe Muse training course teaches Muse, a web design tool from Adobe that uses web standards including HTML5 and CSS3 to deliver high-quality websites created in an easy-to-use visual web page editor. Adobe Muse is available as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud set of tools, and American Graphics Institute has been delivering Muse courses since the product was available. All Muse classes are delivered using the most current version of the Muse CC app.

In this class you learn how to use Adobe Muse to create websites that adapt from desktop and notebook browsers to mobile devices and tablets. This class covers website planning, creating new sites, importing graphics and text, and publishing your completed sites. You'll also learn about using Adobe Muse for generating sitemaps and other important structural elements for websites in this Adobe Muse training class.

Adobe Muse Training Class Course Dates

All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.

Please call 800-851-9237 or 781-376-6044 to schedule a course.

Contact AGI to request course dates.

Adobe Muse Training Class: Full Course Outline

Organizing and Planning to build your website in Adobe Muse

Thinking like a web designer
Print vs web design
understanding web graphics
Understanding web typography
The limits of Muse

Getting Started with Muse

Introduction to the Muse workspace
Using the different view modes
Understanding the tools
Using the Selection Indicator

Creating a new site using Muse

Exploring new site options
Creating a sitemap
Site properties

Working with Master Pages

Overview of Master Pages
Setting up a Master page
Learning about page properties
Secondary Master pages
Create headers and footers
Adding a favicon

Working with Text in Adobe Muse

Placing text on a page
Formatting text
Web-safe and non-web safe fonts
Using Edge Web Fonts
Creating paragraph styles
Creating character styles
Wrapping and object around text

Working with Images using Muse

Placing Images in Muse
Understanding image size and resolution
Resizing and cropping images
Optimizing graphics in Muse
Understanding the Assets panel
Adding background images
Creating repeating backgrounds

Creating Links in your Muse website

Inserting hyperlinks
Adding email links
Formatting links
Using link anchors

Creating Menus and Navigation with Muse

Creating a basic menu
Inserting a button
Using the states panel
Modifying menus

Formatting Objects

Transforming objects
Working with groups
Aligning and Distributing
Applying rounded corners
Using effects
Creating graphic styles

Working with Layers in Muse

Introduction to the Layers Panel
Understanding stacking order
Locking and hiding objects

Use widgets to add interactivity to your site

Introduction to widgets
Tab and Accordion widget
Button widgets
Working with the States panel
Creating a thumbnail slideshow
Creating a lightbox slideshow

Importing graphics from CC apps

Importing from Photoshop
Importing from Illustrator
Importing graphics from InDesign

Adding Interactive Content

Adding video files
Adding audio files
Adding content from Edge
Adding content from Flash

Integrate with Social Media

Inserting videos from YouTube, Hulu or Flickr
Adding a Facebook Like button
Working with Twitter

Creating forms using Muse

Creating a simple form
Understanding text form fields
Creating a contact form

Publish your site with Adobe Muse

Exporting your site to HTML
Publishing via FTP
Updating your site

Adobe Muse Training Class Prerequisites

No previous HTML or web design experience is required. You should be familiar with how to operate your computer, save files, and perform basic tasks.

Adobe Muse Training Class Course Materials

You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this Muse class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors have created many of the official training guides and books for Adobe Systems.

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