is this a good course

[marky]

home learning direct dream weaver mx
its for web design
the girl next door wants to know before she pays for the course
is it recognised
is it any good please
if you have any real info please feel free to pm me

[marky]

i know its a web thingy but please help she is

[Chris W]

The Dreamweaver tutorials are very good- what is she actually thinking about doing the course for?

If she is trying to get a webdesign job, i really don't think it will help much tbh. Experience and flare is what counts, and that obviously can't be taught.

[marky]

Originally Posted by Chris W

The Dreamweaver tutorials are very good- what is she actually thinking about doing the course for?

If she is trying to get a webdesign job, i really don't think it will help much tbh. Experience and flare is what counts, and that obviously can't be taught.

she want to build a website for her partners shop but the course is going to cost money
i dont want them to spend money on a course thats not going to help them

[Roy MM]

Dodgy ground courses over the net, typicaly in the US you can get diplomas for different things without qualifying, i'd check see if she can get a O.U. course on web design that is more acceptable in the UK.

[Gareth]

Like Chris says, the Dream Weaver tutorials are very good, so I'd suggest she take the time to complete these if not already done. If she's only doing this as a one-off, then learning to use Dream Weaver may be a bit excessive. Yes, it is the best package out there (imo), but it's not the most user-friendly and it's not targetted at novices.

If she's only doing 1 website, maybe she'd be better off buying a Teach Yourself... kind of book. It would definitely work out cheaper.

[Paul K]

What online company is she using for the course? If you get us a link we might be able to tell you whether or not she will get a recognised qualification from it.

[ikthius]

Well Computeach do a wed design course but they are not cheap, and to be honest far to expensive, but they will teach you all about web programming and the likes.

ik

[philip.j.fry]

Originally Posted by marky

she want to build a website for her partners shop but the course is going to cost money
i dont want them to spend money on a course thats not going to help them

What kind of website? Just a basic few pages with products and contact details etc? or something a bit bigger? and will people be able to shop online?

It's these sorts of questions that your neighbours need to ask themselves first. If they are just building a small static site where the details/products etc don't need changing very often, I would say that the best bet would be just to use the DW tutorials (like Chris and Gareth say) and perhaps buy a couple of books.

If it's a bigger, more dynamic site, with a shopping basket etc, then just learning how to use DW probably won't be enough anyway and the money could be better spent on buying a pre-made product.

[marky]

Originally Posted by Paul

What online company is she using for the course? If you get us a link we might be able to tell you whether or not she will get a recognised qualification from it.

does this help i should have posted this to start with
http://www.homelearningdirect.com/web_dream.htm

[ikthius]

It looks all very basic stuff, I could send you stuff on HTML DHTML CSS JavaScript if you like

ik

[marky]

Originally Posted by ikthius

It looks all very basic stuff, I could send you stuff on HTML DHTML CSS JavaScript if you like

ik

that would be very kind of you

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by marky

does this help i should have posted this to start with
http://www.homelearningdirect.com/web_dream.htm

We know that it is essential that the qualifications you achieve are credible and widely accepted. When you complete any of our courses you will receive a Certificate of achievement from the Academy for Continuous Professional Development, indicating your area of study and the level you attained.

ACPD? New one on me

[ikthius]

Originally Posted by marky

that would be very kind of you

just leave me your email address in PM and I will send you it later today if not latest tommorrow, this was what I got taught from Computeach, on my last stage after learning java.

ik

[marky]

Originally Posted by Paul

ACPD? New one on me

cheers and unless i hear otherwise i'll tell her to try a part time course at the local college
i'll look what they have got and come back
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Web Page Design Dreamweaver Manchester Road

this may be better for her at bolton college £107 is the course fee and £12 is the enrolment but it doesnt say what the qualifacation is