District 196 Community Education

Gigabytes? Hardware? Mouse? What's it all about? Learn basic terminology, from "power on" to "shut down". Discover how to find, start, and access programs, begin using Windows and relieve some of that computer anxiety. Appropriate for new computer users and anyone considering purchasing a computer. Demonstration and hands-on.

Personalize the Windows environment. Use File Explorer to locate files and programs on your computer. Open a few programs and see how to save and organize your files. Customize your desktop, the start menu, the task bar, create short cuts, and pin your most used items to the start Menu. For new computer users with little or no experience with Windows. Demonstration and hands-on.

Do not register here. Please click Register now! A must-have skill to succeed in business, whether an entrepreneur or a valued employee, is the ability to create, edit and manage spreadsheets. Microsoft Excel is the most used spreadsheet tool in the world. Begin with learning how an Excel worksheet is constructed, populated with content, and edited for delivery. Discover how various menu items, commands, settings and processes affects the look of your Excel worksheets and workbooks. Then, increase your efficiency by learning how to organize, display and calculate your data into useful information. Identify different types of data and how data can be best visually represented or formatted, by using different data tool techniques. Finally, you’ll learn a variety of Excel’s most powerful features to analyze data quickly and easily. This Certificate will help you discover how to attractively visualize your data into meaningful information with confidence. Register now! Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and a very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. After you register, you will be given a web address with easy-to-follow instructions to go to get into your virtual classroom. You may participate any time of day or evening with online reading, listen and see presentations, and complete self-quizzes. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It’s easy. It’s fun. COURSE SCHEDULE Advanced Excel Feb 1-26 Intermediate Excel Mar 1 – 26 Mastering Microsoft Excel April 5-30 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)/International Learning Units (ILUs) 4.8 Length 48 Hours Price $495.00 Register now!

Do not register here. Please click Register now! A must-have skill to succeed in business, whether an entrepreneur or a valued employee, is the ability to create, edit and manage spreadsheets. Microsoft Excel is the most used spreadsheet tool in the world. Begin with learning how an Excel worksheet is constructed, populated with content, and edited for delivery. Discover how various menu items, commands, settings and processes affects the look of your Excel worksheets and workbooks. Then, increase your efficiency by learning how to organize, display and calculate your data into useful information. Identify different types of data and how data can be best visually represented or formatted, by using different data tool techniques. Finally, you’ll learn a variety of Excel’s most powerful features to analyze data quickly and easily. This Certificate will help you discover how to attractively visualize your data into meaningful information with confidence. Register now! Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and a very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. After you register, you will be given a web address with easy-to-follow instructions to go to get into your virtual classroom. You may participate any time of day or evening with online reading, listen and see presentations, and complete self-quizzes. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It’s easy. It’s fun. COURSE SCHEDULE Advanced Excel Apr 5-30 Intermediate Excel May 3-28 Mastering Microsoft Excel Jun 7-Jul 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)/International Learning Units (ILUs) 4.8 Length 48 Hours Price $495.00 Register now!

Are you familiar with earlier versions of Windows? Does the new look of Windows 10 leave you confused? Learn to navigate the new Windows environment. Explore the new features of Windows 10 and see how the basic features of windows work in the Windows 10 environment.

Do not register here. Please click Register now! The Adobe software tools are the leading software for graphic design. Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard computer illustration software. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and design logos, flyers, posters, banners, business cards or any other vector graphics for print or web. Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books and magazines. Use Adobe Photoshop to effectively work with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks to edit, retouch and enhance existing images or create your own composite digital art work. Access to the Adobe software tools required. Register now! Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and a very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. After you register, you will be given a web address with easy-to-follow instructions to go to get into your virtual classroom. You may participate any time of day or evening with online reading, listen and see presentations, and complete self-quizzes. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It’s easy. It’s fun. COURSE SCHEDULE Adobe InDesign Essentials Apr 5-30 Adobe Illustrator Essentials Jun 7-Jul 2 Adobe Photoshop Essentials May 3-28 Price $545.00 Register now!

Do not register here. Please click Register now! The Adobe software tools are the leading software for graphic design. Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard computer illustration software. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and design logos, flyers, posters, banners, business cards or any other vector graphics for print or web. Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books and magazines. Use Adobe Photoshop to effectively work with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks to edit, retouch and enhance existing images or create your own composite digital art work. Access to the Adobe software tools required. Register now! Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and a very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. After you register, you will be given a web address with easy-to-follow instructions to go to get into your virtual classroom. You may participate any time of day or evening with online reading, listen and see presentations, and complete self-quizzes. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It’s easy. It’s fun. COURSE SCHEDULE Adobe InDesign Essentials Apr 5-30 Adobe Illustrator Essentials Feb 1-26 Adobe Photoshop Essentials Mar 1-26 Price $545.00 Register now!

Cable (or satellite) television is the single most expensive utility for many households. Discover many viewing options that are free or at a much lower cost than cable. Discuss the pros and cons of cable, how to get internet without cable, how to get TV from your computer to your television and much, much more. Find out why and how thousands of TV watchers are ditching cable forever!

Develop your internet “savvy”. Use Microsoft Edge (the new Microsoft browsing program) to explore the internet. Understand search techniques and interpret search results to find information quickly and easily. Explore the new tools of Microsoft Edge. You will also have a chance to try Chrome and Firefox. Discuss internet safety, avoiding viruses, and protecting your information. Then use your email address and your password to access your email account to send, reply, and add attachments. Email safety and security will be discussed.

Could your statistical information be presented more clearly in a graph or chart? Would a chart spice up an upcoming presentation? Would you like to clearly show comparisons such as forecasted to actual, last year to this year, etc.? Learn the basics of creating and working with various types of charts. Discover how to select a chart layout, format it and work with chart elements. Learn how to change the source data for a chart, print a chart and save it as a template for use in creation of new charts.

Transform your spreadsheets to look more professional. Learn to apply the following formatting techniques to enhance data presentation: cell height and width, alignment, text direction, borders and shading, type size and color, date and numeric formats, page orientation, print preferences and additional techniques. Understand ready-made formats, automatic spell check and other built-in tools for making a stronger impression with your information. Demonstration and hands-on.

Transform your spreadsheets to look more professional. Learn to apply the following formatting techniques to enhance data presentation: cell height and width, alignment, text direction, borders and shading, type size and color, date and numeric formats, page orientation, print preferences and additional techniques. Understand ready-made formats, automatic spell check and other built-in tools for making a stronger impression with your information. Demonstration and hands-on.

Start by building a simple formula and move to more advanced functions and 3-D references. Learn to use numerous Excel functions to process worksheet data more efficiently. Demonstration and hands-on.

Learn the basics of using an electronic spreadsheet. Discover how to effectively manage and present data. Learn to input data, add rows and columns, do simple calculations and apply the AutoSum function. Develop skills to create, open, edit, print and save spreadsheets. Demonstration and hands-on.

Are you new to Microsoft Word 2010? Receive an introduction to this powerful word processing program used to create letters, memos and reports. Learn to use Word's ribbon groups and task panes to create, open, edit, print and save your documents. Discover basic formatting techniques and use valuable spelling/grammar tools. Demonstration and hands-on.