Class Descriptions

Sunland Springs Village Computer Club

Android Tablets and Smart Phones

Computers for Beginning Users

Ebay – Registration and Buying Safely

Ebay – Registration and Selling Safely

E-Mail for Beginners

Excel - Introduction

Excel - Intermediate

Enhancing Your Documents

File Management 101

Photoshop Elements - Basics

Photoshop Elements - Intermediate

Photoshop Slide Shows

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Course Name: Computers for Beginning Users

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

In this course you will learn the basic components of the computer and how to get started in their use.

Major topics covered:

· Major components of the computer

· Turning on and using the computer

· What is an icon and how to use

· Using the mouse

· Working with the tool bar and menus

· Saving your work

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

None

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Course Name: Beginning E-Mail

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

In this course you will learn the basics of Email systems and how to use them.

Major topics covered:

· What is email

· Creating new emails

· Forwarding and replying to received emails

· Attaching files and pictures to emails

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Ability to use computer and mouse

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Course Name: Beginning Photoshop Elements

Length of course: 2 two-hour sessions

Objective:

In this course you will learn the basics required to produce a good picture using Photoshop. It will not help with other photo editing products

Major topics covered:

· Getting started with Photoshop

· Cropping and straightening pictures

· Enhancing the picture through shadows and highlights, levels, saturation and contrast

· Sharpening pictures

· Using the spot healing brush, clone stamp, wand and paint bucket tools.

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Ability to use computer and mouse

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Course Name: Intermediate Adobe Photoshop Elements

Length of course: 2 two-hour sessions

Objective:

This follow-on class to Beginners Adobe Photoshop Elements, will help you learn to use more sophisticated tools to further enhance your photos.It will not help you with other photo enhancement products.

Major topics covered:

· Using the tools of Cookie Cutter, Marquee, Soft Spotlight and Text

· Replacing a gray sky with an actual blue sky or cloud picture

· Moving a person or object into another picture

· Making collages

· Taking and editing Panoramic pictures

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Beginner Adobe Photoshop Elements or equivalent knowledge.

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Course Name: Excel - Introduction

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

In this course you will be introduced to basics of Microsoft Excel and by the end of the class you will design a database and/or a checkbook register – really!

Major topics covered:

· The purpose of a Workbook and the Spreadsheets inside the Workbook

· Using the Navigation and Design Tools of Excel

· Creating Forms using Excel

· Using Excel for a Database, Accounting, etc.

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Ability to use computer and mouse

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Course Name: Excel - Intermediate

Length of course: 2 Hours

Objective:

In this short two hour course we will advance past basic navigation, data handling and simple formulas into advanced features such as gathering data from more than a single worksheet to use in a formula on another worksheet. We’ll also create a chart or two, a table and a form and we’ll look at advanced layout options.

Major topics covered:

Intermediate Data Handling
Intermediate Layout Options
Formula Discovery and Creation
Table Creation
Chart Creation
Macro Introduction
Securing Your Workbook

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

A basic knowledge of Excel is required, such as navigation, entry of simple formulas, etc.
Don’t be intimidated, but understand that we just won’t have time to explain what a cell is,
or how to navigate the worksheets and menus. If you need assistance with that, look at our
Excel – An Introduction class first.

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Course Name: Ebay - Registering and Buying Safely

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

In this course you will be introduced to Ebay and learn to Register and Safely Buy items on Ebay, as well as determine the value of items you may want to sell.

Major topics covered:

· Ebay navigation and searches.

· Becoming a registered user.

· Purchasing items safely on ebay and paying with PayPal

· Using ebay as a research tool.

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Ability to use computer, mouse and Internet Explorer

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Course Name: Ebay – Selling on Ebay

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

In this course you will be introduced to selling items on Ebay. You’ll also learn how to place a value on your item(s), register as a seller and list your item(s) on Ebay. We’ll also discuss how to handle payments through PayPal from purchasers and shipping strategies. We will actually list an item or two and examine all available options.

Major topics covered:

· Researching the true value of your item(s).

· Becoming a registered seller.

· Selling items safely on ebay

· Working with PayPal

· Using ebay as a research tool.

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Ability to use computer, mouse and Internet Explorer

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Course Name: Enhancing your Documents

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

In this course you will learn how to augment and improve a document through various Microsoft Word tools such as File, Insert, Edit and Format.

Major topics covered:

· Changing margins and layouts

· Printing in Columns

· Inserting Page Section and Column Breaks

· Changing style, size and color of fonts

· Adding text to documents

· Creating bullets and/or numbers

· Inserting pictures

· Using Paintbrush to reformat

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Ability to use computer and mouse
Knowledge of how to create a simple document

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Course Name: File Management 101

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

In this course you will learn the basics of managing files (documents, pictures, etc.)

Major topics covered:

· Using Explore to view files on the computer

· Creating new folders

· Naming and saving files within folders

· Organizing files and folders by topi

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Ability to use computer and mouse

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Course Name: Slide Shows in Photoshop

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

This course will help you learn how to create slide shows using Adobe Photoshop. It will not help you create slide shows with other photo enhancement products.

Major topics covered:

· Making a slide show

· Adding music to a slide shop

· Downloading slide shows to a CD or DVD to play on your TV

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

Beginning Adobe Elements Photoshop or equivalent knowledge.

Course Name: Smart Phones and Tables - Android Operating System

Length of course: 2 hours

Objective:

This course will help you learn how to get the most use out of your Android device, whether it's a SmartPhone or Tablet

Major topics covered:

· Using the Basic Device

· Using the Android Market

· Interfacing with your Laptop / Desktop / Google Account

· Tablet Differences Between Android and Apple's iPad - not as much as you think.

Pre-requisites or equivalent knowledge required:

None

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