South Pickering Seniors' Club

Workshop topics at the end of the schedule
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SPSC COMPUTER GROUP SCHEDULE FOR 2011/2012 – FOR CLUB MEMBERS ONLY

COURSES ARE HELD IN THE BOARDROOM.
A COMPUTER COURSE APPLICATION FORM IS REQUIRED
 (on the rack or ask at the front desk).
Once completed, put it in the slot just outside the club’s front entrance.
The computer group Administrator will contact you.

Please note:- Attendance at workshops is prescheduled. 
MONDAYS: WORKSHOPS – 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. MIKE O'NEILL - INSTRUCTOR

Workshop topics are posted on the website. .

TUESDAYS: COMPUTER BASICS - 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. BARRY JOHNSON – INSTRUCTOR.  

 

n         This course is held once a week for (4) weeks. It's for the ABSOLUTE BEGINNER. This is a User Friendly Course ... you learn how to use the keyboard's basic functions and the 'mouse'. This enables you to easily move around the keyboard and computer. Once you have these basics and some basic word processing you can proceed with the other courses that we offer. It's a fun challenge.  
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ALSO TUESDAYS  1:00 – 3:00p.m. BARRY JOHNSON-INSTRUCTOR.  

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n         FUN STUFF  – A prerequisite for the following courses is the BASIC COURSE.
 
 

n         GRAPHICS:  (3 weeks) You learn to draw and colour letters and images from the 'Windows "Paint" Program.' It includes the integration of cartoons, photos and various images from other sources. 
 
 
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WEDNESDAYS & THURS. –  1:00- 3:00 p.m. DOUG GOULEY – INSTRUCTOR.

Courses or Workshops require 3 or more students
Workshop topics are posted on the website.

n         MICROSOFT – WORDPAD  

n         Doug will expand on the features and capabilities of Word Pad which is the free word processor provided by windows.

n         WORD Microsoft Word. 4 or 5 week course, held Wednesdays and Thursdays consecutively.
A total of (9) class sessions. The last class (9) is Questions and Answers if required.
 

n         This great course covers most areas of the computer and the keyboard commands for any form of writing. This includes saving a document, filing a document, spell check and grammar, page numbering and 'short cuts' all of which are very interesting and rewarding. This class you can't miss.

            Thursdays: E-MAIL 9:30am - 11:15a.m. MIKE O’NEILL – INSTRUCTOR  

Learn to Send/Receive E-mail, deal with attachments and pictures, and use your Address Book or Contact List. Options offered: (1) Outlook  (2) Windows Live Mail (3) Rogers/Yahoo (4) Gmail (5) Hotmail. 
                               Email/Internet Questions and Answers are dealt with during a course.
                      Pre-requisite is Basic computer knowledge plus an e-mail ID. Course length varies.
                                                 Courses will be scheduled based on demand. .

All participating students will be contacted by Pat Best, our computer
administrator & advised of course dates and times."

                              SPSC Computer Club 2011/2012 Season
  
                         Workshops in Classroom ( Lab)

                     1. Digital Camera

a. Transfer pictures onto computer

b. Put pictures into Folders ALBUMS )

c. Demonstrate Picassa  (Install & use )

i. Photo editing with Picassa.


2. E-Mail

a. Creating an email account.

b. Creating, sending, reading, reply, forward, print, flag e-mail

c. Contacts — creating & maintaining

d. Attachments — pictures and documents

i. Attach and open.

e. Searching for previous emails

f. Rogers Yahoo

i. Folders

ii. Calendar : & How to Sync to your iPhone.
iii. Notepads

                             g. GMAIL

i. Folders.

ii. Calendar. & How to Sync to your iPhone.

iii. Notepads.

iv. Special treatment in attaching photos.

v. "Cloud" storage.

vi. Creating -. Documents; Spreadsheets, Tables, etc


h.
Hotmail / Window Live Mail/Outlook

 

3. Word processing (MS Word, WordPad, Text) workshops.
           a. Requested topics

4. Spreadsheet (Excel) workshops : Requested topics.

5. PowerPoint Workshops : Requested topics.

6. Windows 7

  
       7. Skype

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