Windows XP: Level 1
° The basics, what's changed since Win98
° How to navigate the new interface,
° How to install software
° How to make Windows XP friendlier to your needs
Windows XP: Level 2
° Keeping your computer healthy and using it more effectively
° Becoming a Windows XP power user
Introduction to Linux:
° How to log in and out
° How to navigate the Gnome interface
° How to navigate the file system
° Man pages ° Your best friend
° Edit files using vi
° What to do with a "bash prompt"
° Browse the internet
° Send and receive emails using evolution
° All students will leave with a CD of Knoppix, a CD-Rom distribution of Linux.
Microsoft Word: Level 1
° Navigating, Formatting
° Writing letters
° Headers and footers, templates
° Shortcuts for better productivity, etc.
Microsoft Word: Level 2
° Mail merges
° Tables
° Importing from other applications
° Word Art and other graphics
° Labels and Envelopes
Microsoft Excel: Level 1
° Navigating
° Formulas
° Charts and graphs.
° Shortcuts for better productivity
Microsoft Excel: Level 2
° Advanced Excel formulas, multi-page formulas
° More charts and graphs
Introduction to the Internet:
° How to surf safely
° How to find what you're looking for
° Multimedia on the Internet
° How to use email
° "Emoticons" and acronyms commonly used on the Internet
Introduction to HTML: Level 1:
Build your own website.
° How to create your own personal website
° Using Color, formatting
° Incorporating multimedia features
° Hyperlinks
° Learn what makes a web page stand out, and what features will make sure that people come back to your site.
Introduction to HTML: Level 2:
° Introducing tables and frames
° Advanced multimedia techniques, such as image maps.
° Applying java scripts to your website.
Introduction to Digital Imaging using Photoshop Elements.
° How to edit your pictures.
° Color correction, removing red-eye and other photo adjustments
° Create photo effects
° Bring your own photos on disk.
Variations on the above themes can be done as well.
For example: The Windows XP courses can be modified for Windows 98 if the demand for it exists.
Windows XP: Level 2 may become two classes depending on how much demand there is.
All courses include will handouts that participants can take home for future reference.