Web Design & Digital Photography

Cost: $175

WordPress can have your blog or website up and running in no time. This course offers an introduction to the amazing open source website platform. It is powerful, easy to use and requires a minimal investment of time and money. Start at the beginning with easy-to-follow instructions, then advance your knowledge and adapt WordPress themes to create your ideal website or blog. Personal laptop required.

Cost: $175

Learn what it takes to plan, design, and manage your own professional website using a powerful front-end web editor. You’ll use high quality resources and useful checklists. No web experience or coding required. Bring your laptop and a flash drive to class. Students must be comfortable creating and saving files to a computer.

Cost: $275

This course provides the professional knowledge and hands-on skill development for you to understand the foundations of web design and development. The cornerstone of this course is the importance of the user experience, with three main areas of focus: strategy, scope, and substance. Take home the concepts to formulate a detailed plan with a clear purpose, and solidify your understanding of user needs and preferences. No web experience or coding required. Bring your laptop and a flash drive to class. Students must have basic computer skills, including digital file/folder management in Windows and/or Mac and be comfortable using web browsers.

Cost: $160

Learn Photoshop, the industry-standard image-editing program used by professionals, now enhanced with cutting-edge AI tools. This course covers essential techniques such as cropping and resizing images, selecting image areas, working with layers, compositing, adjusting color and lighting, retouching photos, adding text, and preparing images for print and the web. You’ll also explore AI-powered features like automated selections, content-aware fills, neural filters, and one-click background removal to speed up your workflow and enhance creativity. Prerequisite: COM 3102 or equivalent skills.

Cost: $150

Learn what it takes to scan old photos, slides and negatives in high resolution and preserve them in digital format. Enhance lighting, improve color and clarity, backup your new collection and prepare to print or share online.

Cost: $60

Photos composing high-quality projects or special gifts are easier than ever with Photos for Mac users. Create photo books and framed gallery prints to a website using third-party extensions such as Motif, Shutterfly, and WhiteWall.

Cost: $60

Find, edit, and share your iPhone and iPad photos. This class will fine-tune your photos with powerful, easy-to-use tools and fine-grained control. Bring your iPhone or iPad and charger to class.

Cost: $160

Learn advanced techniques of this professional image-editing program. Course topics include: masking, advanced use of layers, vector shapes and paths, special effects with text layers and blending modes. Prerequisite: COM 1653 or equivalent skills

Cost: $150

Learn how to gather, de-clutter, and organize your digital photos from your computer, smartphone, camera, storage devices, and cloud accounts! Build a digital photo library that easily expands over time, and keeps all of your photos indexed for easy searching and management. Spend more time enjoying your memories! Bring a 2TB portable external hard drive. Useful instructor handouts will be provided in class.

Cost: $175

Learn how professionals and hobbyists use Lightroom to efficiently manage and enhance digital photos with the latest AI-powered tools. This hands-on class covers essential techniques such as correcting lighting and color issues, reducing noise, cropping, and printing. You’ll also explore how AI features like automated masking, subject detection, and enhanced noise reduction can save time while achieving stunning, professional-quality results. Whether you’re working with snapshots from your smartphone or RAW files from a high-end DSLR, this class will help you transform your images with ease.