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CLASSES - FALL 2008 |
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HOW TO REGISTER ONLINE Clicking on the name of the class in the right column will take you to the online registration form. CLASSES Just Getting Started: Making It Work: Communicating With Your Friends: Your Personal Office: Photo Editing and Graphics: |
Just Getting Started ClassesClick on the class name to register. Instructor: Russ Choyce
A beginning class for the first time computer user, this is an excellent course if you are thinking about buying or you have just purchased your first computer. Learn how the hardware and software work together. Understand the terms like hard drive, memory, CD-R/RW, modem and many more. Instructor: Pat Pochert This course is designed for beginners. It includes basic information about working in the Windows operating system. You will learn about the desktop, icons, Start menu, taskbar, toolbars, Quick Launch, and application programs. You will practice mouse skills while learning to drag and drop, cut and paste, create/save/delete files and folders. Instructor: Becky Gifford This class covers discussion and practice in the use of search engines and meta-indexes to search the Internet for needed information. Strategies for searching, recommended beginning sites, and how to evaluate the sites you find on the Internet will be discussed. Back to topMaking It Work ClassesClick on the class name to register. Instructor: Becky Gifford This class will cover how to set up, maintain, and get the most from your printer. It will also cover how to use your scanner and its software to create digital images from photos, drawings, documents, slides, negatives, etc. Both topics will include tips on what to buy, how to install, and how to use the software that comes with your peripheral to get the best results. Instructor: Russ Choyce This class examines available tools for use in accelerating the start-up of your system through registry and startup management using modes of suspending operation of your system; how to set passwords to facilitate system security, use Google to improve your desktop, and to organize Startup Menus; the advantages of using portable disk drives; some thoughts on password vault software; techniques for sorting and renaming files to facilitate finding documents; steps to associate file extensions to permit reading different applications; how to disable firewalls to permit downloading of otherwise unavailable software; managing your desktop screen saver settings and downloaded attachments. Instructor: John Wood Learn the basics of how to use your CD/DVD drive to Backup Data and Programs, Store Photos and Create Custom Music disks. Students will use ImgBurn's free CD/DVD burner software. Additional topics will include: MP3 file creation, auto start menus, and creating and using ISO image files. The use of a CD ripper program to create MP3's to will also be covered. WEB Links will be provided to students to download these freeware programs at home. Instructor: Becky Gifford The class will be a discussion on how to use the Internet most efficiently using advanced tools and hands-on exercise for using the Internet. Topics will include choosing search terms, how to combine phrases and use the Include and Exclude symbols. Searching for particular Internet addresses, as well as techniques to search for exact terms in the site's page title and searching for synonym searching will be covered. Back to topCommunicating With Your Friends ClassesClick on the class name to register. Basic E-mail Using Outlook Express Instructor: Mary O'Neill This class is for the new or less experienced e-mail user. You will learn the basics of composing, sending, receiving, replying, forwarding, adding and reading attachments, and setting up the address book. Advanced E-mail Using Outlook Express Instructor: Mary O'Neill You will need to know the basics of e-mailing (refer to the Basic E-mail class description). Advanced e-mail will cover organizing and cleaning up your email, creating message rules, e-mailing to groups, backing up, and changing options. Back to topYour Personal Office ClassesClick on the class name to register. Working With Spreadsheets Using OpenOffice Calc Instructor: JoAnne Froemming Learn how to prepare and use a spreadsheet to organize, analyze and attractively present data such as budgets and household expenses. With Calc you can edit and format data quickly and easily. You can enter a series of numbers, set the width and format of columns, insert and delete rows and/or columns, and do calculations on the columns and/or rows of numbers. You can create a standardized spreadsheet that can be used over and over. Introduction to Open Office Suite Instructor: Art Morissette Learn about the OpenOffice.org software, a FREE suite providing word processing (Writer), spreadsheet (Calc), presentation (Impress), graphics (Draw) and database (Base) applications comparable to the Microsoft Office suite. Session will describe the various features of the suite, and provide descriptions and examples for each application. Participants will also learn about setup options and various resources to learn more about the suite. Back to topPhoto Editing and Graphics ClassesClick on the class name to register. Instructor: Ron Brubaker While digital cameras are highly automated most users will benefit from learning how to help their cameras take sharply focused, correctly exposed, and well framed images. Bring your cameras and their instruction manuals to workshop and learn what all those knobs, buttons, and menus are for. Part 1 - Digital Cameras & Basic Photo Editing Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Instructor: Renee Steinpreis Basic features of digital cameras and what to look for when buying and using your digital camera will be discussed and shown. You will have computer hands-on experience with basic editing techniques such as cropping, enhancing, removing red eye, moving an image from one photo to another and removing imperfections in a photo. We will talk about sizing and resolution. Discussion of the many ways to share photos from email, to putting them on the web, to making slide shows with music will also be covered. Instructors: Bill Evans and Renee Steinpreis This class focuses on the heart of Photoshop Elements Editing - layers. Layers, the equivalent of transparent overlays, provide a means of having items added to or subtracted from an image. Objects created in a layer can be moved, rotated, enlarged or reduced relative to other layers. We will learn about the palette bin, how layer(s) can be manipulated to create a photographic montage and how to add text. There will be numerous hands-on exercises for participants. Instructor: Bill Evans This is the first of two classes designed to provide information and additional instruction in editing techniques. We will begin with placing text in pictures and in talk bubbles. Emphasis will be placed in utilizing the techniques learned in previous classes, especially layering techniques. Participants will start with obtaining photo(s) from a specified file, building a photo catalog, examining ways to enhance a photo and saving the photo(s) to a specific file. Photos edited in this class will be used in the follow-on workshop. Students should bring a flash drive (at least 512MB) to save his/her work. Instructor: Bill Evans We will look at the create function of Photoshop Elements. Photos saved in the Albums I class will be used to create a photo album. The student will learn how to add photos to an album, arrange the photos in the desired sequence, add text as desired and save the finished product to a PDF file. The class will also examine methods of creating a slide show, calendars and cards. Finally, information will be provided to enable participants to create a studio style portrait. Strong emphasis will be placed on hands-on participation. Instructors: Bill Evans and Renee Steinpreis These classes are designed for the student who would like to have additional, individualized assistance. Students are encouraged to bring their personal projects and laptop computer if they have them. A personal flash drive is suggested. New material will not be introduced in these classes. Digital Art - Making Brochures and Cards Using Print Shop Instructor: Becky Gifford This class will teach how to create brochures and cards from your art. Tips will provide for using your camera to make photographs of your art. The major topics will include how to use the photos of your art in brochures and cards. Design decisions for these products will be discussed and practiced. The class will also show how to print these products. Back to top |