Computers Programmes
Computers for Absolute Beginners
This is a slow paced 4-hour introductory course for anyone who would like to learn how to use a computer. You will be shown how to turn on/off a computer, use a mouse and keyboard, create a document, and save a document. You will gain the confidence to allow you to enrol in a longer computer course such as the College’s 'Computers for Beginners - Windows 7' course.
Computers for Beginners - Windows 7
From BSB10107 Certificate I in Business
This is an introductory course designed for anyone who has never used a personal computer before. The course will introduce you to a computer and all its parts, basic connections and terminology and will assist you to gain basic keyboarding skills enabling you to complete very simple word processing from MS Word 2007. You will also learn how to save your work and how to create folders.
Email: Using Outlook
This 5-hour course is an introductory course designed to meet the needs of anyone who has not used electronic communication before. The course will introduce you to MS Outlook 2007, help you to create a personal email address and help you to manage your inbox/outbox, create folders as well as address email etiquette for personal communication.
MS Excel 2007 - Beginners
This accredited course is a general introduction to very simple Excel which covers keyboard practices, computer terminology and basic operating procedures.
MS Excel 2007 - Intermediate
This intensive course has been designed for anyone who already uses Excel at work and who acknowledges that their Excel skills need updating.
Participants will learn to create and practise useful formulas for budgets, using labels and names in formulas, using absolute and relative referencing in formulas, logical formulas (IF, AND, OR, NOT), working with different functions, creating simple charts, selecting ranges, filling a series and using Excel for record-keeping and human resources purposes such as maintaining staff entitlements.
Some basic knowledge of Excel is ...
MS Word 2007 - Beginners
This 12-hour course is designed for people who may already be familiar with operating a personal computer but who wish to develop their computing skills with the following aspects: entering information, editing and formatting, creating tables, headers and footers, tabs, templates and handy keyboard shortcuts using MS Word 2007.
MS Word 2007 - Intermediate
This 12-hour course will further develop your computing skills so that your word processed documents meet business standards for written communication as well as show you how to use clip art, watermarks, mail merge functions, creating flyers, using and modifying templates as well as assist you to gain confidence in using handy keyboard shortcuts.
School Administration Procedures and OASIS Training
This 8-session course facilitated by an experienced public school administrator is designed for people requiring skills in OASIS to enhance their employment opportunities in a school-based administration position. It is also suitable for people currently employed as school assistants and wishing to enhance their OASIS knowledge. Topics covered include: enrolling students, student and staff data entry, absences, printing of rolls, look-up tables, chart of accounts, receipting/banking, ordering, payment of accounts, monthly reconciliations, business activity statements, mail merge - letters, ...
Writing Emails for Work
This course is suitable for anyone who uses electronic communication to communicate with co-workers, customers or others. The following aspects of writing emails will be covered: adhering to organisational requirements, checking outgoing email for accuracy, completeness, grammar, content, structure, net ethics, net etiquette including accepted rules for being a good net citizen, formality/informality of language and tone and appropriate adjustment of style, keeping flames under control (flaming is making personal attacks on others) protocols, respecting copyright and other people’s privacy.