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Expression Studio: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Delivering Rich User Experiences
 
Course: 987   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Create compelling, media rich user experiences (UX) with Expression Studio
  • Build dynamic, standards-based Web pages using Expression Web
  • Produce and transform vector graphics with Expression Design
  • Construct engaging next-generation user interface components with Expression Blend
  • Manage and publish multimedia resources with Expression Media
  • Deliver Expression Studio applications through the Silverlight cross-browser plug-in

Course Benefits

Organisations need to create user interfaces that are both professional and show a superior quality of design and vision. Microsoft Expression Studio allows for the creation of engaging user experiences while providing for professional graphic design and digital asset management. In this course, you employ Expression Studio to create dynamic, next-generation applications.

Who Should Attend

Anyone interested in designing, developing or maintaining Web-based applications with Expression Studio. Web development experience at the level of Course 470, "Developing a Web Site", or equivalent knowledge is assumed.

Hands-On Training

During this course, an in-depth case study provides you with the hands-on skills to create compelling applications. Exercises include:
  • Building and applying site structure with Master pages
  • Creating a new linked CSS from scratch
  • Designing custom vector graphics
  • Improving the user experience with next-generation controls
  • Applying sophisticated effects to text and graphics
  • Importing, tagging, and finding desired media assets
  • Exporting user interfaces for cross browser use through Silverlight

Related Courses

  • 419 C# Programming
  • 503 Visual Basic 2008 Programming
  • 512 Developing ASP.NET Web Applications
  • 506 Scalable Applications with .NET and ASP.NET AJAX
  • 522 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for Web Pages
  • 508 Building Web Services with .NET 2.0
  • 296 Project Management: Skills for Success

 
Expression® Studio is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
   Expression Studio Comprehensive Introduction

Upcoming Dates

21 - 24 Oct, 2008
London
20 - 23 Jan, 2009
London
14 - 17 Apr, 2009
London
14 - 17 Jul, 2009
London

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Expression Studio: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Delivering Rich User Experiences
 
Course: 987   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
Course Content
 

Expression Studio Overview

  • Expression Web
  • Expression Design
  • Expression Blend
  • Expression Media
  • The Silverlight Plug-in

Creating a Site with Expression Web

Introducing Expression Web

  • Toolbars and task panes
  • Views
  • Analysing the site architecture

Building cutting edge Web pages

  • Complying with international standards
  • Working with text and images
  • Establishing navigation with links and menus
  • Designing HTML forms
  • Generating e-mails and files from form input

Gaining full creative control with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

  • Exploiting Expression Web CSS tools
  • Modifying existing element properties
  • Attaching and editing supplied style templates
  • Creating and applying linked, embedded, and inline styles

Constructing Scalable Site Architecture

Ensuring site consistency

  • Structuring pages with tables
  • Standardising page design with Dynamic Web Templates (DWT)

Leveraging ASP.NET Master pages

  • Enforcing consistent page structure
  • Creating editable regions
  • Providing default content

Enhancing Graphics with Expression Design

Navigating Expression Design

  • Projects and workspaces
  • Exploring the artboard
  • Toolbars and task panes

Working with graphics

  • Creating and managing documents
  • Editing with pen, text and selection tools
  • Applying non-destructive effects
  • Constructing shapes, paths, fills, colors and layers
  • Exporting to Blend through XAML

Engaging Users with Expression Blend

Investigating Expression Blend

  • Toolbars, task panes, and editors
  • Establishing client requirements
  • Blending seamless effects with the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Building user interfaces

  • Working with the Artboard
  • Controlling layout
  • Integrating existing and custom controls
  • Responding to events
  • Importing objects from Expression Design

Creating high-quality animations

  • Animation basics
  • Managing timelines
  • Building and integrating Keyframes
  • Editing path elements
  • Controlling animation with events

Moving Interfaces to the Next-Generation

Authoring interactive user experiences

  • Leveraging flow pages for scalable distortionless text
  • Animating colors and shapes
  • Manipulating graphics and effects
  • Incorporating audio and video

Maximising browser compatibility with Silverlight

  • Installing the Silverlight browser plug-in
  • Publishing content for Silverlight
  • Augmenting HTML with Silverlight content

Taming Graphic Resources with Expression Media

Organising and locating media

  • Importing
  • Tagging
  • Filtering
  • Searching
  • Adding custom tag attributes
  • Associating multimedia assets through metadata

Exporting digital assets

  • Leveraging the PDF Maker
  • Building slide shows
  • Encoding for Silverlight
  • Creating Web galleries
 
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Expression Studio: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction Tuition

Delivering Rich User Experiences
 
Course: 987   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

Course 987 Tuition

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  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Lunch
  • Course Completion Certificate
  • FREE participation in the Learning Tree Professional Certification Programmes (including related exams)
  
 

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