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1.  New Online Classes Announced!
    (Ann Navarro, Online Classes Manager, classes@hwg.org)

To date, hundreds of students have improved and expanded
 their skills at web authoring through the Guild's unique 
online classes program. Our course offerings continue to
 expand as we offer the types of online classes you want to
take!  Courses currenly open include:

INTRODUCTION TO ACCESS 97 
Dates:  November 30, 1998 - January 29, 1999
        (9 weeks, with one-week winter break)

Designed for the student with little to no experience
of working with databases. Students will learn database
terminology, how to plan a new database, use Access 97's
powerful wizards to create both simple and complex tables,
perform queries, create reports, and publish database content 
to the Web.

INTRODUCTION TO HTML 4.0 
Dates:  November 30 1998 - January 15, 1999
        (7 weeks, with one-week winter break)

Designed for the student with little to no working
knowledge of creating HTML files "by hand." If you're
looking to learn HTML from scratch or move beyond using
a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editing tool, 
this is the class for you. Students will be introduced 
to the structure of HTML documents, good markup techniques,
and the concept of validation. Functional topics will
include text formatting, using lists, tables, and an
introduction to Cascading Style Sheets.

DESIGNING FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY WITH HTML 4.0 
Dates:  December 14, 1998 - January 29, 1999
        (7 weeks, with one-week winter break)

The days of designing for only one or two web browsers 
are long gone; today's Web surfers use anything from
non-visual screen readers to the latest version of Netscape
Navigator, and the future will bring even more Internet
-enabled 'Net appliances -- televisions, phones, watches,
toasters, cars, and more. Designing for universal 
accessibility is vitally important to ensure that the sites
you create today will continue to work tomorrow and beyond,
into the 21st century. Instructor Kynn Bartlett will show you
 how to use HTML 4.0 to make your pages accessible
to everyone.  (Prerequisite:  Intermediate level HTML skill)

INTRODUCTION TO CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
Dates:  January 4, 1999 - February 12, 1999
        (6 weeks)

HTML 4.0 Strict relies on Style Sheets for all stylistic
presentation, the Web Accessibility Initiative makes use of 
CSS for improving access by users with disabilities, dynamic
HTML relies heavily on style manipulation to create exciting
pages, and new work on HTML and XML will continue to make
heavy use of stylesheets in the future.  This is the time to 
learn CSS!  In this course, you will learn how to separate style
from structure and craft visually appealing and functional 
web pages.  The course covers both Cascading Style Sheets and
the recently approved Cascading Style Sheets Level 2.

Prerequisites: Students should be comfortable with basic
to intermediate level HTML, similar to the content in HWG 
Education course H101: Introduction to HTML 4.0. Students 
will also need to havea stylesheets-enabled browser, such as
Internet Explorer 4.x, Netscape Navigator 4.x or Opera 3.5.

INTRODUCTION TO PERL PROGRAMMING
Dates:  Jan 4, 1999 - Feb 19, 1999
        (7 weeks)

Learn the basics of the Perl programming language, popular
for CGIprogramming, system administration, and a variety of
other tasks. The course will cover the fundamentals of the
language, such as variables, looping and conditional 
structures, regular expressions, modules, database 
communication, and very basic CGI programming. Note 
that this is NOT a CGI course.

Prerequisites:  You should have Perl installed on your
 machine, or have remote access to a machine where you 
can use Perl.  You should have a HTTP (web) server installed 
on your machine, or have access to a HTTP server.

COURSE FEES

For all courses, Full and Discounted members may register
for $25, Trial members for $50.  Upgrade your membership
before registering, and save!  Payments may be made online
via secure transaction; all figures are in U.S. funds.

A certificate of completion is available for an 
additional $5; the request needs to be made at the time
of registration.  Textbooks (when required) are separate and 
may be purchased through the Guild's online bookstore, The
Bookmark.  Students should have regular access to the web and 
the ability to post completed assignments on a public 
(non-Intranet) web server.

http://www.hwg.org/services/classes/

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