About the Training Videos

 

The titles listed below are Beginners Adobe Contribute tutorials. These lessons are aimed towards the novice and the author assumes the user as no prior experience with the application. The simplistic step-by-step format of the free Adobe Contribute training videos will ensure you quickly gain a level of competence and will be able to use Adobe Contribute in a commercial environment. Should a title be marked as Advanced it's recommended that the user have a solid working knowledge of the application before taking the training or have watched the beginners videos first.

For more information on each title and to watch the free Adobe Contribute tutorials just click the corresponding link of the title that interests you.

Adobe Contribute CS5 Video Tutorials
Tutor: Melanie Hedgespeth, Number of Videos : 133, Training Duration: 8 hours
Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Version: Contribute CS5

This Adobe Contribute CS5 Tutorial Video has been developed as a fast and cost effective way to learn this powerful web authoring platform. Whether you're looking to install and configure your own Contribute-based solution or you're approaching the software as an end-user, this hands-on training series offers all the guidance you will need to get started. Some of the topics covered in the Contribute CS5 tutorial include Learning the Contribute Workspace, Preparing an Existing Site for Adobe Contribute, Users and Roles, File Settings, Page Properties, Working with Graphics, Publishing, Template Settings and more. The tutorial can be viewed on both Mac and Windows-based computers and is offered in both CD / DVD and streaming video formats. A more comprehensive list of lessons included can be found on the training product page.

Adobe Contribute CS3 Video Tutorials
Tutor: Melanie Hedgespeth, Number of Videos : 110, Training Duration: 7.5 hours
Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Version: Contribute CS3

This Beginners Adobe Contribute Tutorial - Training Video course will teach you everything you need to know to implement and use your own blog and website content editing system. Experienced technology educator and web consultant Melanie Hedgespeth narrates these example-based video lessons that begin with the basics and move up through the program’s advanced features. Contribute allows users with little or no web design experience to add photos and text to existing web pages, and gives administrators the ability to choose which parts of a given site are open for posting and which vital files are off limits. Available online or on CD format, this Contribute training series addresses both sets of users and is geared toward helping you use the program to its fullest advantage without the headaches that come with teaching yourself. The Training is self-paced allowing you to learn Contribute at your own speed.

Contribute 2 Video Tutorials
Tutor: Melanie Hedgespeth, Number of Videos : 93, Training Duration: 4 hours
Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Version: Contribute 2

Although it covers an older version of the software, this Beginners Macromedia Contribute 2 Tutorial and Training Video course is perfect for users whose work environments are built around and older release.  Contribute 2 gives users the power to update and modify website and blog content without knowing any HTML.  At the same time, it provides designers and administrators with extra controls that allow them to choose which sections of a website are open for modification and which are locked down.  These instructional videos allow you to learn how Contribute works in both scenarios and gives you a thorough explanation of the program’s features and capabilities that is informative and easy to understand.  Available online or as one CD  training package.