Top Courses at Ascend Training

Find the perfect course for you at Ascend Training. We’ve selected 18 of Ascend Training’s most popular courses. View the course catalog at ascendtraining.com

  • Adobe Design Basics

    Understand the creative cloud of Adobe InDesign Illustrator, and Photoshop with a 1-week Adobe design basics course. In addition to a basic grasp of how these different platforms work differently, students gain insight into the relative strengths and weaknesses of each program, so they can make better choices. Advanced topics include things like rasters and vectors.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $699
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe Photoshop Part 1

    This 1-week Adobe Photoshop course gives beginning students the tools they need to create professional-grade images and graphics. Participants also learn how to manipulate images and graphics in both print and digital documents. Specific topics include canvas sizing, color modes, image resizing, and the key differences between Photoshop’s rasters and Adobe Illustrator’s vectors.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 3 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe Photoshop Part 2

    Master complex professional techniques in this 2-week Adobe Photoshop intermediate level class. Participants use tools like Smart Radius, Vanishing Point, Refined Edge, Smart Objects, and Puppet Warp to create high-quality and precise images. Specific topics include Creative Cloud features, image correction, layer manipulation, filter techniques, and batch processing.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Intermediate
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  • WordPress

    Make your WordPress content more polished and professional with a 1-week WordPress basics course. THis course teaches participants how to develop and customize their sites by working with GIFs, JPGs, PNGs, and HTML. Students also learn some essential search engine optimization principles and skills for both static and dynamic web pages.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $399
    • 1 Day
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Web Development Part 1

    Use HTML5 and CSS to build and customize web pages with this 3-week beginner level course. In various hands-on exercises, students learn how to add images, video, and text to a webpage. Other core concepts include online animation, page structure, server management, hyperlinking, targeted styling, and code editing.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $1,199
    • 3 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Web Development Part 2

    Dive deeper into web design issues with this 3-week intermediate level course. Participants who have successfully completed a basic web development class, or who have a solid understanding of basic principles, usually do well in Web Development II. Students learn how to use Java, SVG, Canvas, HTML5, and CSS3 to create complex websites that are interactive and user-friendly. Specific topics include structural elements, internet forms, and multimedia.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $1,299
    • 3 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Intermediate
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  • Custom Email Campaigns

    Reach your target market more efficiently and effectively with a 2-week custom email campaigns course. Students design mobile and tablet-friendly emails that convey an overall message through both text and graphics. This process includes comparing email platforms, formulating an email strategy, and creating an email layout. Advanced coding helps avoid spam filters, and analytical techniques measure success or failure.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $799
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe InDesign Part 1

    Master the basics of Adobe InDesign in this 3-week beginner level course. Participants create digital and print publications to learn about photo placement, object manipulation, text threading, and text formatting. Advanced topics include graphic design, publication, master pages, effects and transparency, color pallets, and gradients.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 3 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe InDesign Part 2

    Advance your Adobe InDesign proficiency with this 2-week intermediate level course. Existing users learn how to create more complex documents and professional-grade product. Knowledge of typographic procedures, such as nested styling and complex layout functionality, fuels this development. Specific topics include advanced graphics and effects, document and page information, CC darker interface, layers, tables, and styles.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Intermediate
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  • Adobe Video Basics

    Create and edit production, app, and internet video with this 2-week Adobe Video basics course. By creating transitions, titles, and other effects, students learn how to get the most out of platforms like YouTube and Vimeo. Participants also learn how to choose the best video platform for their needs and goals. This course also covers some motion and animation basics using Adobe After Effects, as well as advanced audio using Adobe Premiere Pro Audio.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $699
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe Premiere Pro

    This intensive 4-week bootcamp teaches students how to create professional-grade film, broadcast, or internet video. Students add crisp transitions to recorded footage and import different aspects of Photoshop and Illustrator. Additionally, students learn how to seamlessly add recording studio-quality audio tracks to their videos. Specific topics include workspace development, basic sequencing and editing, color manipulation, opacity, motion addition, special effects, advanced multipoint editing, titles, credits, metadata, and output.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $1,999
    • 4 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe After Effects Part 1

    Add stunning motion graphics and visual effects to your video with this 3-week Adobe AFter Effects beginner level class. Students use tools like motion tracking, vector paint brushes, keying, text effects, keyframe velocity, and Render Animation to create unique compositions, work with animation, and manage layers.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 3 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe After Effects Part 2

    Dive deeper into Adobe After Effects with this 3-week, intermediate level class. This platform opens the door for video output to the internet, CD-ROM, film, and broadcast. On top of After Effects basics, students learn skills such as mixing still images to create animation, effectively using layers and keyframes, merging compositions, and rendering techniques. Other course topics include 3D lighting and space, time tracking, working with audio, and using advanced tools. Prior coursework or experience in Adobe After Effects is necessary.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 3 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Intermediate
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  • Adobe Illustrator Part 1

    Combine text, shapes and objects into logos, infographics, icons, and more during this 3-week basic level course. Furthermore, participants learn how to use and apply gradients, patterns, colors, and special effects. Students also learn how to publish their creations on digital and physical canvases. Other specific topics include exporting and saving work, complex illustration, Illustrator text, tool usage, and fill/stroke objects.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 3 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe Illustrator Part 2

    Further develop your Adobe Illustrator skills in this 2-week intermediate level course. Students use the Gradient Mesh tool, 3D drawings, and special effects to create complex website, social media, and print images. Specific topics include an interface overview, drawing and stylizing objects, advanced layering, combining objects, and Illustrator text usage. Attendees with a solid Illustrator background usually do well in this course.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Intermediate
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  • Adobe XD

    This 2-week, beginner level class teaches participants to create streamlined user experiences with wireframing and other tools. Adobe XD also lets users complete app and website screen mockups. In addition to program basics, students also learn grid design and prototyping.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $799
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • SEO Workshop

    Significantly improve your Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other search engine ranking with a 2-week beginner level SEO workshop. This workshop helps participants better understand Google analytics with regard to traffic, keywords, and organic rankings, as well as SEO best practices, website auditing, and structural optimization. Other covered concepts include local SEO, link building, paid searches, speed optimization, reporting, and social media optimization.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $999
    • 2 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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  • Adobe Captivate Bootcamp

    Enhance your organization’s remote e-Learning capabilities with this 4-week Adobe Captivate Bootcamp. Participants develop more than a solid foundation. They also learn how to actively engage e-Learners, thus enhancing the experience for everyone involved. Participants begin by exploring Captivate and learning some key soft skills, usually by recording sims and demos. Advanced topics include zooms and rollovers, forms, images, captions, audio, video, and animation effects, interactive add-ons, question slides, quizzes, editing, and evaluation.

    Locations:
    • Chicago
    • $1,799
    • 4 Days
    • Weekdays
    • Beginner
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