This article lists a
few of the training resources available on campus and online
for people
developing web pages.
Campus resources
- Calpact offers free courses in HTML and Dreamweaver. Sign up on ICE, the campus's Interactive Campus Enrolllment System.
- If you would like to try the online classes through Element K offered
for free, you need to take Calpact's class, "Online Training Introduction."
- Educational and Technology Services offers workshops on topics such
as using website tools and image processing.
- Webnet is a campus organization with a mailing list, meetings about web issues, and a collection of web
resources.
- L&S
Web Managers' Listserv offers an informal way to build
community and share ideas among those maintaining departmental
and unit websites within the College of Letters & Science.
- UC Extension offers classes in web development, graphics, and programming. Eligible staff receive a 10%
discount on classes.
- UC Berkeley staff can access free online books at Safari Tech Books Online.
- Haas Business School offers vouchers for discounts on off-campus training at schools such as
Academy X and New Horizons.
Other training resources:
- W3 Schools has free online tutorials for a variety of web technologies.
- World Wide Web Consortium is the "official" HTML home page maintained by the World Wide Web (W3) Consortium, the organization that oversees the development of HTML and related technologies. This page has general information about HTML, with links to style guidelines and validation services, as well as links to detailed technical information, including the official specifications for HTML commands.
- A Bare Bones Guide to HTML provides a comprehensive reference for "every official HTML tag in common usage," as well as Netscape and Microsoft extensions to HTML.
- The Introduction To HTML and URLs from University of Toronto and the author of The HTML 4.0 Sourcebook is another useful tutorial.
- Sizzling Jalfrezi by Richard Rutter provides both tutorial and reference information.
Updater: Marie Robertson. Last reviewed: September 01, 2006
