Summer at the Creative Academy
To register call (206-587-5448) with credit card or
In person Info Center in room 1108, main campus here at SCCC.
Classes start the week of June 27th
Tuition: $177
Computer Lab Fee: $42
Additional class computer lab fee: $20
So for one class the cost works out to $219. Any student who is not already in an SCCC class (e.g. alumni) but who had a SID
simply pays their tuition and fee and thereby will automatically have a computer login.
Advanced Web Design – Item # 8360 – Thursday’s 5pm to 9pm
Summary Description From Concept to Code, building out the multi-page site. A focus on real world business practice for
interactive design. Over the course of six weeks, students will be given a fictional client and asked build an entire website (1020 pages). They will asked to provide an estimate for the number of hours required to complete each phase of production
and then record their actual hours for comparison at the end of the project to test their accuracy. Prerequisite: A basic
understanding of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
 Defining the Brand
 Building Forms
 Information Architecture
 Dreamweaver Assets, Snippets, and Libraries
 Wire-framing
 Integrating jQuery
 Usability, Accessibility
 Invoicing, time tracking software; Dealing with
Clients
 Search Engine Optimization
Wordpress Bootcamp – Item # 8356 – Wednesday’s 5pm to 9pm
Summary Description Wordpress is currently the most popular and versatile self-publishing tool (Blogging Platform)
available. A Freelance Web Designer needs to be familiar with the Wordpress Platform as more business and individuals are
asking for custom Wordpress Sites which can be updated without the help of the designer.
Prerequisite: A basic understanding of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
 What is a Content Management System (CMS)?
 Why is Wordpress one of the best CMS platforms?
 How Wordpress works, installing Wordpress
 Modifying an Existing Wordpress Theme
 Converting a Photoshop file into a WordPress Theme
 Working with Plug-ins and Widgets
 Blog Design and Usability
 Converting Visitors into Readers
Web Design Bootcamp – Item # 8360 – Thursday’s 5pm to 9pm & Item # 8352 – Thursday’s 9am to 1pm
Summary Description As Web Design skills are increasing in demand, first year students will be able given the opportunity
to pursue a "fast track" and gain more experience in this area. Students will be taught core concepts and best practices for
building web pages in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.
 How HTML Works
 Saving Graphics for the Web
 Bandwidth, Browsers, Monitors, Operating Systems
 The Importance of Web Standards
 CSS: The Separation of Presentation and Content
 Usability: Designing with the End User in Mind
 Information Architecture
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Building Web Pages in Dreamwever CS5
Screen Printing – Item # 8359 – Tuesday & Thursday’s 5pm to 9pm
Summary Description Screen Printing Workshop - Your time for Your projects.
Develop your skills in fine and commercial art of screen printing in our fully equipped print shop. Review the basics and learn the
intricacies of screening, substrates, ink properties. Six evening workshops will provide progressive instruction and workshop time
with hands-on instruction for your project. Included in the class is full access to the screen shop and basic materials for t-shirts,
posters, and special projects.
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Some of the subjects we’ll cover:
Separation techniques for indexing color
Screen and stencil procedures for advanced printing
Index separation techniques
Artwork design considerations
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Screen making techniques for Printing
Print set-up & on-press strategies
Ink properties & selection
Press set-up & maintenance
Photoshop Bootcamp – Item # 8353 – Tuesday’s 1pm to 5pm
Summary Description: Setup your environment, then learn color/gray balance by the numbers. Mask your images, add
adjustment layers and simple retouch to finalize your images. Sharpen, then print with an understanding of icc profiles, proof
setup and gamut warnings.
Photography Portfolio – Item # 8358 – Wednesday’s 9am to 1pm
Summary Description: Produce six portfolio-quality images. After a portfolio review, assignments will designed on an
individual basis to best meet the needs of the individual students. Studio time will be available to all registered students.
Letterpress Bootcamp – Item # 8355 – Tuesday’s 1pm to 5pm
Summary Description: Course Description: An introduction to the history, design and process of letterpress printing. Using
hands-on projects, students will be taught how to properly compose hand-set type, lock-up jobs and print using a Vandercook
flat-bed cylinder press. They will also learn the basic preparation of film and photopolymer plates for use on the Vandercook
flat-bed cylinder press.
InDesign Bootcamp – Item # 8354 – Monday’s 1pm to 5pm
Summary Description: Review package and preflight...Organize and setup magazines/books in InDesign. Learn Object,
Paragraph and Character Styles. Build a library and setup master pages. Develop variables and use special characters to
automate the process. Add tables, table of contents and notes before editing with story editor and creating a PDF. Learn
about the different options for importing content.
Final Cut Pro Bootcamp – Item # 8357 – Monday’s 9am to 1pm
Summary Description: This Course will cover an Introduction to Final Cut Pro, as well as the basic concepts,
techniques, technology and terminology used in video editing and motion graphics. The topics covered in this class will
consist of an Introduction to Final Cut Pro, video editing techniques, history, theory and terminology, storyboarding,
postproduction technology and software, video capture, broadcast standards, digital effects, and various types of format
compression.
Creative Process Bootcamp – Item # 8350 – Tuesday’s 9am to 1pm
Summary Description How do you come up with an idea if you're staring at a blank, white page? What do you do if you
have to generate multiple concepts or an "out of the box" solution when you're feeling creatively stuck? In this class you will
practice stretching the creative side of your brain by participating in a variety of classroom graphic design exercises. Students
will learn multiple approaches to solving design/communication problems through individual and/or group mini-projects. The
classroom exercises will give students different techniques to help generate concepts and ideas for any client project.