COMPUTER COURSES | |
| Macintosh Training | |
| Intro to MAC Basics | |
| Nick Paigo | No. 20066 |
| Total: $100.00 | 3 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $25.00 |
| Tuesdays, Apr. 6-Apr. 20, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| This introductory course covers the basics you need to know to get started using your MAC as well as basic file management and workspace customization.
The MACs used in these classes are loaded with MAC OS X Leopard. Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| iPhoto and iTunes | |
| Nick Paigo | No. 20067 |
| Tuition: $149.00 | 3 sessions |
| Tuesdays, Feb. 2-Feb. 16, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Take all of those pictures from the holidays on your digital camera and convert them to memories using Apple's iTunes and iPhoto software. Topics include: creating digital albums from your own music on CD's, navigating the iTunes Store and Podcasts, working with photos from a digital camera, setting up slide shows of imported photos, setting your slide show to music, burning those slideshows to DVD, and saving the files in a shareable format that can be emailed and posted to the web.
Prerequisite(s): MAC OS X Basics or comparable MAC experience Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Literacy | |
| Computer Basics | |
| Linda Powers | No. 20060 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 1 & Feb. 2, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| No experience with computers? Afraid to take an introductory course only to find it’s not introductory enough? If so, this is the course for you – it’s specifically for people with little or no computer experience!
This course will provide you with a basic overview of the terminology you really need to know, an easy-to-understand explanation of software—what it is and what it does, as well as a hands-on introduction to Windows, and the Internet. Topics covered include: using the keyboard and mouse, the Windows operating system, types of software applications, Windows manipulation, using Windows help, computer storage terminology, and browsing the World Wide Web using Internet Explorer. Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Word Processing | |
| Word 2007: Basic | |
| Linda Powers | No. 20064 |
| Total: $87.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $52.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8 & Feb. 9, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| RESIDENCY FORM REQUIRED
This is an introductory course for individuals with little or no Word experience. Topics covered include: creating a document and entering text; opening and editing a document; text and paragraph formatting including working with borders and shading, indents and tabs, bulleted and numbered lists, outlines, and line spacing; creating and editing basic tables; Word timesavers including templates, wizards, find and replace, spelling and grammar check; and setting page display and printing options. Prerequisite(s: Windows: Introduction or comparable Windows experience (mouse dexterity, drag and drop skills, etc.). | |
| Word 2007: Advanced | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20052 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, Apr. 12 & Apr. 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| For those who are experienced Word users and want to move on to more advanced topics, this is the course to take.
Topics include: using Word with other programs, including Excel and PowerPoint; collaborating on documents, including reviewing documents, tracking changes, and working with document versions; adding reference marks and notes, including bookmarks, footnotes, and cross-references; making long documents easier to use, including table of figures, table of contents, master document, and automatic summarization; and securing a document. Prerequisite(s): Word: Intermediate or comparable Word experience. | |
| Word 2007: Exam | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20053 |
| Total: $137.00 | 1 session |
| Tuition: $37.00 | Fee: $100.00 |
| Monday, Apr. 26, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Word 2007: Exam Prep | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20049 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, Apr. 19 & Apr. 20, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS)Series under Certificate Programs above for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Word 2007: Intermediate | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20048 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, Apr. 5 & Apr. 6, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| For Word users who have mastered the basics, this course moves on to topics such as styles, merging, templates, and graphics.
Topics covered include: managing data in lists; customizing tables, including performing calculations; creating charts; modifying pictures; creating customized graphic elements, including text boxes, shapes, and WordArt; controlling text flow, including section breaks and columns; creating and modifying templates; sending form letters using a mail merge; and creating and running macros. Prerequisite(s): Word: Introduction or comparable Word experience. | |
| Spreadsheet | |
| Excel 2007: Advanced | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20054 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, Apr. 7 & Apr. 8, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| For those who are experienced Excel users and want to move on to more advanced topics, this is the course to take.
Topics covered include: streamlining workflow, including working with macros, conditional formatting, and data validation criteria; collaborating with others using workbooks; auditing worksheets to locate errors or watch formulas; analyzing data, including trendlines, scenarios, and what-if analyses; working with multiple workbooks; and importing and exporting data. Prerequisite(s): Excel: Intermediate or comparable Excel experience. | |
| Excel 2007: Basics | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20047 |
| Total: $87.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $52.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 3 & Feb. 4, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| RESIDENCY FORM REQUIRED
This introductory course is for individuals with little or no Excel experience. Topics include: the Excel environment; creating a basic worksheet, including navigating, selecting, and entering data; performing simple calculations, including formulas and functions; formatting a worksheet, including borders, coloring, and number formats; working with multiple worksheets; and setting page display and printing options. Prerequisite(s): Windows: Introduction or comparable Windows experience (mouse dexterity, drag and drop skills, etc.). | |
| Excel 2007: Exam | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20056 |
| Total: $137.00 | 1 session |
| Tuition: $37.00 | Fee: $100.00 |
| Wednesday, May 5, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Excel 2007: Exam Prep | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20055 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, Apr. 28 & Apr. 29, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Excel 2007: Intermediate | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20051 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 24 & Feb. 25, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| For Excel users who have mastered the basics, this course moves on to topics such as advanced formulas and sorting and filtering data.
Topics include: working with advanced formulas; organizing worksheet and table data, including sorting and filtering data; creating and modifying charts; working with graphic objects, including ClipArt and AutoShapes; and customizing and enhancing workbooks, including templates. Excel 2007 also includes creating PivotTables and PivotCharts and managing themes. Prerequisite(s): Excel: Basics or comparable Excel experience. | |
| Database | |
| Access 2007: Basic | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20045 |
| Total: $87.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $52.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, May 3 & May 4, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| RESIDENCY FORM REQUIRED
The focus of the course is on basic database activities: designing a database, including understanding relational databases, planning a database, and determining fields and relationships; building a database, including creating tables and relationships; managing data in a table; querying data using select queries; and creating basic forms and reports using Wizards. Prerequisite(s): Windows: Introduction or comparable Windows experience (mouse dexterity, drag and drop skills, etc.). | |
| Access 2007: Advanced | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70003 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, May 17 & May 18, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Topics covered include: analyzing existing data and improving table structure; writing advanced queries, including subqueries, unmatched and duplicate queries, and creating PivotTables and PivotCharts; creating and using macros; improving form design, including displaying a calendar and using tab pages; making reports more effective, including charts and columns; and maintaining databases.
Prerequisite(s): Access: Intermediate or comparable Access experience. | |
| Access 2007: Exam | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70008 |
| Total: $137.00 | 1 session |
| Tuition: $37.00 | Fee: $100.00 |
| Tuesday, Jun. 1, 6:00pm-9:00pm, | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Access 2007: Exam Prep | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70002 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, May 24 & May 25, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Access 2007: Intermediate | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20050 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, May 10 & May 11, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| For Access users who have mastered the basics, this course moves on to topics such as creating advanced queries, customizing reports and form design.
Topics include: controlling data entry, including field properties, input masks, and list of values fields; joining tables; creating flexible queries and action queries; creating and improving forms, including adding command buttons and subforms; and creating and customizing reports, including adding subreports and creating mailing labels. Prerequisite(s): Access: Introduction or comparable Access experience. | |
| Presentation & Desktop Publishing | |
| Acrobat for Legal Offices | |
| Sondra Erickson | No. 20063 |
| Tuition: $139.00 | 1 session |
| Mondays, 12:30am-4:30pm | |
| Can you secure a document so others can't make changes? Can you mark up and/or implement changes on your PDF file right in the program window? How about adding bookmarks, table of contents and/or hot links in an existing PDF newsletter, PDF brochure, or multipage PDF document? Learn about all of this and more with Adobe Acrobat Professional®. | |
| Photoshop Tips & Tricks | |
| Sondra Erickson | No. 20065 |
| Tuition: $139.00 | 1 session |
| Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, 12:30pm-4:30pm | |
| Learn the basic steps to achieving brilliant photos using levels and curves, then prepare them for print, web and sharing; restore an old photo like the pros; seamlessly replace the background of a photo; make your photo into a painting; and more! Prereq: Basic Photoshop knowledge a must. | |
| PowerPoint 2007: Basic | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 20046 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, May 12 & May 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Have little or no PowerPoint experience? This course will get you started using PowerPoint to create presentations.
Topics covered include: getting started in PowerPoint; creating a presentation, including inserting, modifying, and arranging slides; formatting text on slides; adding clip art, shapes, WordArt, tables, and charts; and preparing to deliver a presentation, including adding slide transitions, and speaker notes. PowerPoint 2007 also includes applying animation effects. Prerequisite(s): Navigational competence in Windows and basic competence in any Windows-based word processing program | |
| PowerPoint 2007: Advanced | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70005 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, May 19 & May 20, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| For those who have mastered the basics, this course moves on to such topics as customizing the environment, adding media clips, charts, and more.
Topics include: customizing a design template, including working with master slides; adding organizational charts and diagrams; adding sound, movies, and special effects; customizing a slide-show presentation, including setting up custom shows and automatic slide-show repetition; collaborating in PowerPoint, securing a presentation and customizing the PowerPoint environment. Prerequisite(s): PowerPoint: Introduction or comparable PowerPoint experience. | |
| PowerPoint 2007: Exam | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70009 |
| Total: $137.00 | 1 session |
| Tuition: $37.00 | Fee: $100.00 |
| Wednesday, Jun. 2, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS)Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| PowerPoint 2007: Exam Prep | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70006 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, May 26 & May 27, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70006 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, May 26 & May 27, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS)Series under Certificate Programs listed for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Internet Related | |
| Online Digital Photos | |
| Sondra Erickson | No. 20061 |
| Tuition: $50.00 | 1 session |
| Monday, May 10, 2010, 12:30pm-4:30pm | |
| Do you have a digital camera full of digital pictures waiting to be printed, edited, or stored? Find out how to edit, share, and order prints online from the comfort of your own home! Learn about online digital photo sites and how to set up an account to share and print photos. Please bring your camera (with photos), cables, and accessories to class. | |
| Outlook 2007: Advanced | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70007 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Wednesday and Thursday, Jun. 9 & Jun. 10, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Hudson Falls High School | |
| For those who know the basics of Outlook, this course will cover how to customize the Outlook environment, calendar, mail, folders, and also track, share, assign, and quickly locate various Outlook items.
Prerequisites: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Essentials or comparable Outlook experience. | |
| Outlook 2007: Basic | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70004 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Monday and Tuesday, Jun. 7 & Jun. 8, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Hudson Falls High School | |
| This course will provide you with the skills needed to start sending and responding to email in Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007, as well as maintaining a calendar, scheduling meetings, and working with tasks and notes. Composing and sending email, scheduling appointments and meetings, managing contact information and tasks, and using notes will also be covered.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite(s): Windows: Introduction or comparable Windows experience (mouse dexterity, drag and drop skills, navigation, file management, etc.). | |
| Outlook 2007: Exam | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70011 |
| Total: $137.00 | 1 session |
| Tuition: $37.00 | Fee: $100.00 |
| Thursday, Jun. 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Hudson Falls High School | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, we cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Outlook 2007: Exam Prep | |
| Mary Ann Powell | No. 70010 |
| Total: $110.00 | 2 sessions |
| Tuition: $75.00 | Fee: $35.00 |
| Tuesday and Wednesday, Jun. 15 & Jun. 16, 6:00pm-9:00pm | |
| Hudson Falls High School | |
| See Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Series under Certificate Programs for details.
Sorry, I cannot honor audits for this course. | |
| Social Networking Sites to Promote Your Business | |
| Sondra Erickson | No. 20062 |
| Tuition: $139.00 | 1 session |
| Monday, Mar. 8, 12:30pm-4:30pm | |
| FaceBook, MySpace, Linkedln - what's it all about? No doubt you've heard about "social networking" sites and the positive impact is it having on the business community. Now you can learn how these sites work to help you market to your target audience, as well as how to place an ad or link your business to them! You will also learn how to set up accounts to promote your business and find friends and business collegues old and new. | |

