Computing

Our computer suites use Windows XP and Office 2003. One computer per student. You are entitled to a Certificate of Attendance if you complete 80% of a course. Just ask your tutor.

Beginners

If you’ve never used a computer before, you’ll love the friendly, patient tutors who teach our Beginners’ courses. Our tutors are trained professionals and we’ve had successful students from their teens to their 80’s! Small classes mean plenty of opportunity for your questions to be answered. Step by Step teaching - no more struggling on your own with a manual.

Computing for Absolute Beginners
Limited to 10 Students
This course is designed for those who have not yet begun or just started using computers. Typically people who join this class will have a computer or are thinking of buying one and need some help to get started and have their questions answered. If you are not sure how to send email but would like to “climb aboard,” this is the course for you.
Tutor: Tony Smith BSc

Post Beginners Computing
Limited to 10 Students
This course is designed for those who know how to use a computer a bit, can probably send an email but want to know where to go next, how to improve their documents, how to attach a photo to their email, how to delete old files and create folders to organise their work.
Tutor: Tony Smith BSc

Whatever your age, Tony Smith makes learning about computers easy and fun

Graphics & Digital Photography

Photoshop - Introduction
Limited to 10 Students
Adobe Photoshop is the most popular graphic design software. Come and learn the basics - clean up images, enhance photos, colour adjustment etc using Adobe version CS4. Students need basic mouse, keyboard & Windows skills.
Tutor: Gary Black

Compact Digital Camera Workshop
Limited to 12 Students
A fun, practical workshop for compact digital cameras. Learn how to use the main functions of your camera & take better images. Learn the easy way to transfer your photos onto the computer plus resizing & e-mailing. Bring your camera & manual. Ensure battery is fully charged – bring any accessories & discover their use. Bring your lunch. Tea and coffee supplied.
Tutor: Ian Eng

Advanced Digital Camera Workshop
Limited to 12 Students
A fun & practical workshop for users of advanced digital cameras (cameras with manual, aperture & shutter speed controls). This includes medium size cameras & SLRs. This course will teach you how to use your camera & learn photography techniques. Find all about ISO, digital formats, apertures, shutter speeds & depth of field. Fun & creative – portraits, lighting, night shots, action, still life & more! Ensure batteries are charged & bring camera manual. Bring your lunch. Tea and coffee supplied.
Tutor: Ian Eng

Internet

The Internet has revolutionised the way we do research, business and spend our leisuretime. All students enrolled in a course have a computer connected to the Internet to use. A Certificate of Attendance is available on request if you attend at least 80% of a course. Small classes - plenty of attention.

New for 2010!
A Website with Dreamweaver
Limited to 10 Students
Learn how to make simple website for fun using Adobe Dreamweaver. This course will cover web design, creating web pages, text and formatting, adding images and tables, using templates and publishing your website. No knowledge of Dreamweaver is required but you should have a basic understanding of how to your computer's operating system eg launch an application, create, copy and save files.
Tutor: Jung Son MNZCS, PGDipComp, DipIT, CertIT

New for 2010!
Create A Website CMS - Getting Started with WordPress
Limited to 10 Students
WordPress is an Open Source content publishing platform whose popularity is steadily on the rise. Already being used by organizations such as CNN, The New York Times, and the NFL, more and more people are turning to WordPress as a solution for commercial and personal projects alike.
In this course, we will take a look at all of the various functions and features that are a part of a standard WordPress package, and how to make the website with WordPress.
You will be introduced to using WordPress to make a professional looking website. Experiment with Open Source CMS (Content Management System) that will publish your website in ways you have never seen before. Find out how simple this can be.
This course will be great for:

• People who are looking for an easy solution to publish and manage content online.
• Bloggers who are looking to have their own website.
• People who want to create a website for their business.

Tutor: Jung Son MNZCS, PGDipComp, DipIT, CertIT

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Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets allow easy manipulation of rows & columns of figures. Take the pain out of tedious calculations. Useful for GST, markups, charts, graphs etc. Software used is Excel 2003.
Mind Your Own Business - MYOB is a popular accounting package for small to medium businesses.

Excel - Introduction
Limited to 10 Students
If you’re new to the world of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, this course is for you! It covers Excel basics, data entry, formatting of cells for text, numbers, currency and dates.
Course fee includes full course notes with material for more advanced home study. No previous Excel knowledge required.
Tutor: Gary Black

Excel - Intermediate Workshop
Limited to 10 Students
Build on the spreadsheet skills you have already gained and learn additional skills for dealing with larger sheets and more complex workbooks. Students need to have completed ‘Excel – Introduction’ or the equivalent. Course fee includes a set of notes.
Tutor: Gary Black

Website Special - Enrol and pay for both Term 3 Excel courses by 3 AUGUST and pay just $120 for the two

Excel - Advanced Workshop
Limited to 10 Students
This course is designed for those wanting to further extend their knowledge of Excel and learn some of the more sophisticated aspects of this program. An opportunity to explore advanced MS Excel features (conditional formatting, validations, change tracking, the IF function, Sub total) and to learn how to use some MS Excel data analysis tools (pivot tables).
Students need to have completed ‘Excel – Intermediate’ or the equivalent. Course fee includes a set of notes.
Tutor: Gary Black

Accounting

MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
Limited to 10 Students
MYOB is a leading accounting program for small to medium sized businesses. Learn how to customise the programme to suit your business needs. Create a new company file, customise your accounts, process sales and purchases, reconcile bank transactions and more. Prior computing and book keeping experience is required. Uses MYOB Premier V11.
Tutor: Lisa Reynolds / Amanda MacDonald

Website Special - Enrol and pay for course 326 by 3 AUGUST and pay just $165

Wordprocessing & Presentations

Software used in these courses is MS Office 2003, but what you learn will be relevant to any version. Whether you want to write a letter or a novel, you can achieve perfect presentation of your documents using a word processing programme such as MS Word.
MS PowerPoint presentation software is widely used by business people, educators, students, and trainers. The presentation can be printed or displayed live on a computer and navigated through at the command of the presenter. For larger audiences the computer display can be projected using a data projector.

Microsoft Word - Beginners to Advanced
Limited to 10 Students
Gain confidence using MS Word. Our patient tutor shows you step-by-step how to produce documents and be confident editing, formatting, saving, printing, inserting pictures and working with tabs. You are then able to extend your skills to learn how to use section breaks, headers & footers, styles, create templates, as well as a table and doing a mail merge. Course notes supplied.
Tutor: Joy Hughes

Website Special - Enrol and pay for Course 329 before 2 AUGUST and pay just $100 for this course

Microsoft PowerPoint
Limited to 10 Students
Know the basics in PowerPoint or just starting out? This course will take you through from the first setting up of a PowerPoint slideshow to all the bells and whistles to tastefully enhance your presentations. Create effective overheads, handouts and computer presentations. Learn the tricks behind adding text, working with tables, simple charts & diagrams, setting up slide shows and more. Comprehensive notes supplied.
Tutor: Gary Black

	"...most enjoyable ..." "A most enjoyable course, learnt a huge amount. Great teacher. Will continue."

	" ... excellent value.." "Very full - excellent value. Appreciated Robin's expertise, enthusiasm and ability to meet my learning needs."

	" ... a great way of explaining.." "Ian makes all aspects seem easy - has a great way of explaining the concepts." - Graham Marchant

	"...endlessly patient...." "Loved having the individual time to troubleshoot problem areas. Joy was endlessly patient. - Catherine."

	"Excellent notes...." "Excellent notes and instructor well versed in material."

	"...putting to use immediately...." "I came with very little knowledge and leave feeling excited about my new knowledge which I will be putting to use immediately." - Isireli

	"...a brilliant, patient tutor...." "Great course and a brilliant, patient tutor." - Rosemary "Good speed and logical."

	"...an excellent teacher...." "Jung is an excellent teacher. Great notes" "Very pleased. Excellent, clear instruction." "Excellent. Relaxed but lots of good content."