| COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY |
| |
| Course
No. |
Dates |
Days |
Time |
Room |
Length |
Fee |
| Computers Don't Byte |
| C101B1 |
L207 |
4 hours |
$48 |
Great for Seniors!
C101B1 Session I –
Monday & Wednesday, January 28 & 30; 3:15-5:15 pm; Room L207
C101B2
Session II -
Monday & Wednesday, March 3 & 5; 3:15-5:15 pm; Room L207
In this course, you will learn the basics of how to use your computer. You will
also explore commonly used programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. We will
also discuss the hardware components of a computer. Each class will provide a
hands-on experience in a non-intimidating and patient environment.
Instructor: Ison |
| Maintaining Your
Home Computer - C117 |
| C512A |
January 22 |
Tuesday |
3:15 - 5:15 pm |
|
2 hrs. |
$24 |
| C512B |
January 22 |
Tuesday |
6:00 - 8:00 pm |
|
2 hrs. |
$24 |
 Just
like your home or your car, your computer requires attention from time to time.
Learn simple
maintenance tasks that will keep your computer running safely and smoothly.
Instructor: Brown |
| Internet & Email
Security - C118 |
| C513A |
January 29 |
Tuesday |
3:15 - 5:15 pm |
|
2 hrs. |
$36 |
| C513B |
January 29 |
Tuesday |
6:00 - 8:00 pm |
|
2 hrs. |
$36 |
Are
words Internet and Security an anomaly? Discover measures you can take to reduce
threats to your privacy when you are online.
Instructor: Brown |
| Customized Coffee Table
Albums & Cookbooks - C511 |
| C511A |
Jan. 28-Feb 11 |
Mon. & Wed. |
3:15 - 5:15 pm |
|
10 hrs. |
$87 |
| C511B |
Jan. 28-Feb 11 |
Mon. & Wed. |
6:00 - 8:00 pm |
|
10 hrs. |
$87 |
Learn
how to create personalized hardback coffee table albums and customized cookbooks
using your pictures, recipes, stories, journals, and more. Fully customize covers,
backgrounds, and presentations. Learn how to enhance photo quality for stunning
layouts. Completed projects can be shared online at no charge or uploaded for
printing and binding. Software used in this course is currently available at no
charge. Charges apply for printing, binding, and shipping.
Instructor: Brown |
| Windows |
| Introduction to Windows
- 8 hrs - $87 |
| Session I C113F1 |
January 22 – 30 |
Tues. & Thurs. |
6:30-8:30 pm |
Room A108 |
| Session II C113F2 |
March 11 – 30 |
Tues. & Thurs. |
6:30-8:30 pm |
Room L207 |
| Senion Option C113F1SB |
March 10 - 19 |
Mon. & Wed. |
3:15-5:15 pm |
Room L207 |
Discover Windows XP. Learn saving, editing, and organizing
files; multitasking; using dialog boxes and working with basic programs such as
Paint, Word Pad, and the Calculator. Seniors Option class will cover email concepts.
We recommend this course before taking MS Office and other software classes. Text
fee $18, payable at class.
Instructor: Ison |
| MS Word |
| Introduction
to MS Word 2003 |
| C1241A (Fries) |
Jan.
22(T), 23 (W), & 24 (Th) |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
| C1241B (Fuller) |
Tues. & Thurs. |
Feb. 5-12 |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
Senior Option
C1241SA |
Mon & Wed. |
Feb. 20 –
27 |
3:15-5:15 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
Senior Option
C1241SB |
Mon. & Wed, |
March 12 - 19 |
3:15-5:15 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
 Learn
the Word menus and toolbars. Work with files, documents and templates. Utilize
editing techniques and character formatting to create professional documents.
Work with tabs, tables, columns and automatic formatting. Instructor: Fries |
| Intermediate
MS Word |
| C125 |
Jan.
28 (M), 30 (W) & Feb. 4 (M) |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
| Convert text to tables, add page numbers, and create
tables of content and keyword indexes. Create charts and Excel spreadsheets, modify
and alter bulleted lists, and perform extensive and complex mail merges. Instructor:
Fries |
| Creating Forms in
MS Word |
| C126S |
Feb.
6 (W), 11 (M) |
6:30-8:30 pm |
|
4 hrs |
$48 |
| Learn to utilize the forms toolbar and the control
toolbox to create professional looking forms using Microsoft Word. Create survey
forms that double as printed forms and on-line forms. Instructor: Fries |
| MS Excel |
| Introduction
to MS Excel |
| C402A (Fries) |
Feb.
5 (T), 7 (TH) & 12 (T) |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs. |
$68 |
| C402B (Fuller) |
March 12, 19, &
April 2 |
Wed. |
6:30-8:30 pm |
A108 |
6 hrs. |
$68 |
| Learn the basics of this powerful spreadsheet program.
Topics include, creating charts from your worksheet information, formulas across
multiple worksheets, editing data, saving and organizing files, developing charts,
and much more. Instructor: Fries. |
| Intermediate
MS Excel |
| C404 |
Feb.
14 (TH), 19 (T), 21 (TH) |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
| Learn
to use more Excel features such as organizing lists, extracting data using filters,
conditional formatting, and much more. Instructor: Fries |
| Introduction to
MS Excel Charts |
| C403S |
Feb.
26 (T), 27 (TH |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
4 hrs |
$48 |
| In this class you’ll learn about the various
chart types and how to select the proper chart for your data. Place charts on
worksheets and format eye-catching backgrounds. Learn how to graph non-contiguous
data ranges, include pictures and dynamic titles on your charts, and much more!
Instructor: Fries |
| MS
Powerpoint Introduction |
| Session 1 C1281 |
February 13 - 27 |
Wednesdays |
6:00-9:00 pm |
B208 |
4 hrs |
$48 |
| Session 2 C1282 |
April 16 –
30 |
Wednesdays |
6:00-9:00 pm |
B208 |
4 hrs |
$48 |
| Senior Option C128SR |
April 7 –
14 |
Mon. & Wed. |
3:15 – 5:15 |
L207 |
4 hrs |
$48 |
| Learn to create new presentations, open and modify
existing presentations, edit text on slides and save presentations. Discover how
to change bullet types and alter bullet levels. Copy and paste text between slides,
add slides to a presentation, change fonts and format paragraphs. Change slide
backgrounds and color schemes and add clipart to your presentations. Instructor:
Fuller; Senior Option Instructor: Ison |
| MS Access |
| Introduction
to MS Access |
| C310 |
March 3 - 10 |
Mon. & Wed. |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
| An
introduction to database concepts. Learn to design, create and maintain tables;
create and work with queries, reports and forms; set relationships, create hyperlinks,
and customize objects. Instructor: Fries |
| Intermediate
MS Access |
| C311 |
March 12 - 19 |
Mon. & Wed. |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
 Create
an Access database from scratch. Import database files, roundtrip files from Access
to Excel and back again. Learn about primary keys, table relationships, and referential
integrity. Construct action queries, select queries, SQL queries, and parameter
queries. Create forms in design view, design macros and switchboards, reports,
and calculated queries. Instructor: Fries |
| MS Office Integrated
Applications |
| C211A |
Feb, 20 –
27 |
Mon. & Wed |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
| C211B |
April 7 –
14 |
Mon. & Wed |
6:30-8:30 pm |
L207 |
6 hrs |
$68 |
| Learn to integrate Word, Access, PowerPoint and
Excel to create powerful and effective office applications. The course covers
the basics of menus, toolbars and navigating within these important mainstay applications
for today’s office environment. Learn the power of the Microsoft Office
Suite as it is meant to be utilized. Feel free to bring your questions to class.
Instructor: Fries |
| MS Publisher |
| C330 |
April 8 & 10 |
Tues. & Thurs. |
6:30-9:30 pm |
TBA |
3 hrs |
$34 |
| Learn
to use this easy and flexible program for creating newsletters, brochures, business
cards, postcards, flyers, among others, for print, email and the Web. In this
course, you will look at how to create a publication from scratch or use one of
the hundreds of business and personal designs available in Publisher. Instructor:
Fries |
| Adobe Illustrator
Introduction |
| C505 |
March 11 - 20 |
Tues. & Thurs |
6:30-8:30 pm |
TBA |
8 hrs |
$125 |
| This course teaches fundamental concepts and skills
for working with Adobe Illustrator to create artwork for both print and the Web.
The topics in this course cover capabilities and tools of Illustrator, the interface,
image consideration, how to save and print Illustrator files, and working with
basic shapes, selecting images, and color. Instructor: Fries |
| Adobe Acrobat 8 Introduction |
| C506 |
April 8 & 10 |
Tues. & Thurs |
6:30-8:30 pm |
TBA |
4 hrs |
$48 |
In
order to meet the constant demand for sharing files electronically via email,
networking or the web, you will use Adobe Acrobat to make the wide variety of
application files more portable, accessible and useful for to your target audience.
Acrobat 8 remvoes the constraints of proprietary file formats, thus enabling the
provision of information in a universally accessible format for convenient viewing
and manipulation.
Instructor: Fries. |
| Adobe Photoshop Introduction |
| C504 |
April 21-30 |
Mon. & Wed. |
6:30-8:30 pm |
TBA |
8 hrs |
$125 |
| Learn
the basics of the Adobe Photoshop application. This course students will learn
the work area, make some basic photo coorections, and retouch and repair images
for printing. Instructor: Fries. |
| An Introduction to MySQL |
| C807 |
April 7-16 |
Mon. & Wed. |
6:30-8:30 pm |
TBA |
8 hrs |
$125 |
| This
course provides a comprehensive introduction to the MySQL relational database
management system. Students gain the skills necessary to administer and maintain
MySQL databases while addressing the scalability and reliability issues associated
with the database. Instructor: Fries |
| An Introduction to Web
Development |
| C806 |
April 7 – 28 |
Mondays |
6:30 – 8:30 pm |
TBA |
8 hrs |
$125 |
This
course provides a basic introduction to HTML, and then moves directly into the
Dreamweaver environment. Students learn the concepts of modifying web page layout,
using templates, and formatting web site content including text, pictures, and
links.
Instructor: TBA |
| Intermediate
Web Development |
| C807 |
May 5 – 19 |
Mondays |
6:30 – 8:30 pm |
TBA |
6 hrs |
$95 |
| This
course builds on the introductory course covering myriad Dreamweaver concepts.
Instructor: TBA |
| Adobe Flash |
| C507 |
May 7 - 28 |
Wednesdays |
6:30-8:30 pm |
TBA |
8 hrs |
$187 |
| Flash
is a web authoring environment designed to create interactive websites with multimedia
capabilities on multiple platforms, such as Windows, Macintosh, Unix and PDAs.
Flash is commonly used to create animations, video and Rich Internet Applications
(RIA). By the end of this course, the student will have learned how to create
animations, interactive content and embed video and sound into Flash. Instructor:
TBA |
