Computer Training

Across all industries, the ability to create documents is essential in day-to-day functions. Participants will learn aspects of Microsoft Word and be prepared to utilize Microsoft Word in a professional manner and will add an important skill set to your professional profile.

BUS0241.BT1 | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tue., Mar. 7, 2023, SF Blount Hall DB-208 8 Contact Hours FEE $99

Spreadsheets, spreadsheets, spreadsheets and more! Participants in this course will learn key skills used in daily operations utilizing key functions of Microsoft Excel and add an important skill to your professional portfolio.

BUS0242.BT1 | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thu., Mar. 30, 2023, SF Blount Hall DB-208 8 Contact Hours FEE $99

Advanced Microsoft Excel 2019/Office 365 - $129

This course will help you master many features in Microsoft Excel 2019/Office 365 that most users don’t know exist. Learn the secret to using formula-based conditional formatting as a creative solution to common issues. Learn how to leverage Excel’s Power Query tool to import and transform data from about any data source. By the time you finish this course, you will have mastered Microsoft Excel 2019/Office 365 and will be able to better serve your company’s data management needs. Intermediate CSS3 and HTML5 - $119

In this course, take your CSS and HTML skills to the next level and learn how to create professional-quality websites. Find out the methods the pros use to quickly build effective sites that are easy to maintain and modify. Discover the secrets to ensuring you keep total creative control over every aspect of a site. Master specific techniques for using background images and controlling opacity, visibility, and scrollbars. Create picture thumbnail galleries, cool hover (mouse over) effects, drop-down menus and fly out menus, and animation effects that work on hover as well as touchscreens like the iPhone and iPad.

Advanced CSS3 and HTML5 - $119

This course will teach you how HTML5 makes page design far more intuitive, faster, and easier compared to older versions of HTML. Learn to wield new CSS3 features essential for fast-loading, exciting, interactive websites, especially mobile sites. In short, leave this course with valuable skills essential to creating modern websites. Basic CompTIA A+ Certification Prep - $129

The Basic CompTIA A+ Certification Prep course teaches about the hardware common to virtually every personal computer, including microprocessors, RAM, power supplies, motherboards, UEFI/BIOS, the system setup utility, the expansion bus, and input/output devices. Learn how things work, how to configure everything, and how to troubleshoot in real-world environments. This course gives the knowledge to base the rest of your CompTIA A+ certification studies for the 220-1001 and 220-1002 exams.

Creating Web Pages - $119

Create and post your very own Web site on the Internet using HTML in this extensive, workshop. First, learn about the capabilities of the World Wide Web and the fundamentals of web design. Then, plan the content, structure and layout of your Web site, create pages full of neatly formatted text, build links between the pages and to the outside world, and add color, backgrounds, graphics, and tables. Intermediate C# Programming - $129

This course will show you how to write professional looking applications with many of the common GUI controls, such as buttons, labels, text boxes, check boxes, and radio buttons. Learn how to put menus and toolbars into your program to make them easier to use. Find out how to make your program interact with sequential files, random access files, and databases. This course will walk you through computer application design and implementation by giving real examples that you can enter as you learn.

Introduction To Programming - $129

Take your first steps toward a career as a computer programmer! In this course, learn to use Just BASIC, a free Windows programming language, to create standalone applications for professional or personal use. Even if you’ve never programmed before, it’s easy to follow the step-by-step instructions in each lesson. By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and confidence you need to program in BASIC and design your own custom applications for home, school, or work.

Intermediate Microsoft Word 2016 - $129

Go beyond the basics of word processing and master the more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2016 (now available through Office 365). In this course, learn how to automate Word 2016 using shortcuts to help you write more while typing less. From signs, newsletters, and greeting cards to long documents, learn how to create whatever you need—quickly and with professional-looking results. Learn how to create and organize text in tables, mix graphics and text together to turn Word into a simple desktop publishing program, and merge spreadsheet and database data to create mailing labels and form letters. Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2016 - $129

In this hands-on course, learn how to create informative, eye-catching charts and graphs, and harness the power of Excel’s data analysis tools and AutoFilter commands. In addition, find out how easy it is to create macros that let you manipulate data with the push of a button. Also discover how to use Goal Seek and Solver and apply them to real-world problems. Set yourself apart from the casual Excel user by adding VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH, and other time-saving functions to your repertoire. Introduction To Photoshop CS6 - $129

Photoshop is the world’s most popular photo-editing program. Artists, photographers, designers, and hobbyists all rely on Adobe Photoshop for image creation and editing. Discover the fastest and most effective ways to use Photoshop from an expert and former columnist for Photoshop User magazine (who has twice been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame). The course provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for using Photoshop that you’ll have no trouble following—even if you’ve never used a computer graphics program before! By the time you finish this fun, hands-on, project-oriented course, be well on your way to expressing yourself with the most exciting graphics program ever developed! Intermediate Networking - $129

Learn real-world applications for the concepts you learned in Introduction to Networking. Continue to build your knowledge of networks and networking, with detailed treatments of TCP/IP, how switches and routers operate, DNS, and more. Gain a full understanding of almost every aspect of networking technology, including hot topics such as virtual private networks, security, Internet connectivity, and cloud computing. Completion of this course and its prerequisite should serve as a springboard for a career in computer networking or training for CCNA Certification. Intermediate Java Programming - $129

Deepen your understanding of the Java programming language, and start writing programs that are more sophisticated and professional. Learn how to save data permanently on a disk by writing it to a sequential data file. See how to read the file to get the data back and process it. Organize information using multiple classes in Java’s class hierarchy and inheritance. Explore some of the hundreds of classes that are built into the Java language. Find out how to create GUI applications in Java using tools like windows, menus, buttons, text boxes, check boxes, scroll bars, and other GUI tools.

Advanced PC Security - $129

In this course, discover the complex method of electronic breaking and entering. Learn the terms and programming behind the interaction between hardware and software when communicating through a network. Following packets of data from one point to another through an entire network, discover where the flaws exist for data loss and security breaches. Learn about the seven layers of the OSI model, and the dependencies of hardware and software interaction through packet transmission. Along the way, see how private data can quickly become public knowledge. Let this course establish the foundation of your network security. Learn how hackers think so you can harden your defenses against them!