Community Education - current class catalogs Adult classes and activities - Spring/Summer 2017

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NEW | Bulletproof Your Computer

Learn how to make your computer run faster, detect and remove viruses, and how to secure your computer from being invaded by new threats. There will be a review of parental control services as well. Clean out your computer and make it safe. Class fee: $ 35.

Computers Made Easy

Are you new to computers? This course is for you! We will go over the basics: Overview of the computer, the mouse, the cursor, the keyboard, desktop and icons, recycle bin, personalizing the desktop, desktop shortcuts, the task bar and more. You will leave this class with the confidence and skills to be a computer pro! Class fee: $ 29.

Email and Internet Basics

Explore what the internet is and how to get the most out of your online technology. You will explore the basics of web browsers and the address bar, search engines, using hyperlinks, and saving favorites. Learn to send, receive, reply, store and manage your emails and attachments. Discuss cc, bcc and how / when to use it. Plus, store and manage contacts so you can access them from any online computer. Class fee: $ 29.

Computer File Management

Need some help knowing where to save that picture, document or file so you can easily find it? Uncertain of how and when to create folders? Feel like your computer files are a mess or you never really understood how to keep things organized in the first place? Gain an understanding of basic file management so you never again have to wonder where your saved file, document or photo went. Learn how to create folders; move, delete, sort and find files; create shortcuts; discuss file naming; and back-up files. Class fee: $ 29.

Excel 101

Establish essential skills in Microsoft Excel. Enter data, manage ranges, columns and rows. Change number and date settings, font colors, add borders / shading. Learn to incorporate formulas with various projects, applying the Sum, Average, Count and Min and Max functions. Prerequisite: Computers Made Easy or strong equivalent to topics covered. Class fee: $ 75; call for a $ 10 discount when registering for three or more Excel classes.

Excel 102

Graduate from simple worksheets to managing large lists of data. Learn sort commands and methods to apply dropdown filters to include or to extract specific data, plus ways to use the subtotal versus sum function to recalculate any filter applied. Introduce headers and footers plus repeating column headings for printed worksheets. Prerequisite: Excel 101 or strong equivalent to topics covered. Class fee: $ 75; call for a $ 10 discount when registering for three or more Excel classes.

Excel 103

Take formula skills to the next level. Work with absolute references and settings to link cells and workbooks together. Learn logical, date / time, text and lookup functions as well as what-if analysis. Use templates to create an amortization schedule and begin other projects with Excel’ s pre-designed templates. They’ ll help you jump-start any project quickly and professionally. Prerequisite: Excel 102. Class fee: $ 75; call for a $ 10 discount when registering for three or more Excel classes.

Excel 104

Discover how to use pivot tables to organize, summarize and calculate lists of data in just seconds! Learn to group dates, insert additional calculated fields and calculate percentage of growth using pivot tables. Using chart as well as pivot chart features, you will learn to display your data visually and professionally, including pie, bar, area, stock, pie-in-pie and many more custom chart settings. Prerequisite: Excel 103. Class fee: $ 75; call for a $ 10 discount when registering for three or more Excel classes.

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