Fall 2008

Please note the following important changes. All the classes now carry an “Academic” number, similar to other colleges. This is designed to help you identify the class and see the progression of courses.

If there are different sections of a course, they will all cover the same core curriculum from which you will be taught the skills you will need to take the next level course.

Since you may have or soon plan to purchase a new computer with Vista, the Computer College will now offer the same course taught in either XP or Vista for two levels of Computer Basics. It is not necessary to have Vista on your computer to take the Vista class. Most of the class work can be done on XP or Vista. However, by taking a class using Vista, you will be better prepared when you have to purchase a computer with Vista.

In addition to the changes above, the Computer College Steering Committee is continuing to study all aspects of the Computer College with the goal of making your participation a great experience. This is a work in progress.

Level 2 is somewhat more difficult and persons taking these courses should have completed the Level 1 course or have equivalent experience.

Level 3 is a more advanced and complex course and requires that the student have significant experience or has completed a Level 2 course without experiencing any significant problems.

Students should not take the next level course until they have satisfactorily completed the current level course. If it has been several terms since you have taken a course and don’t feel confident, it is recommended that you repeat a course before going on to the next level. However, equivalent experience is an important factor. Our experience has shown that students without the proper computer background for that level class have great difficulty and show signs of frustration.

NEW THIS TERM - SHORT COURSE WORKSHOPS

A number of the residents have suggested that they would like to have an opportunity to learn more about a specific subject. So the purpose of the Workshops is to provide additional information and techniques for those who would like to know more but would not be interested in a full-term class that would cover many different subjects. Others have taken a class some time ago and covered the subject but they have not used it and would like a refresher. Perhaps some might be interested in a new program or Operating System like Vista and take an overview course just to see what is involved. There will be a one 2 ½ hour session for each Workshop class. The instructor will present information, both written and projected to demonstrate. Students will practice to become skilled. The last part of the session will be devoted to Q & A. All the Workshop classes will be at level 2 or 3. A new category has been assigned to the workshop courses so they will be numbered 27( ) or 37( ) where that last number will be 1 to 9. All the workshop classes will have a CC001 number, A to I. You may register for one or more classes.

CC001 SHORT COURSE WORKSHOPS

Note: all of the Workshops will be held on Tuesdays at 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. All of the classes will be held in McLab.

WORKSHOPS

CC001-A 271 A VISTA OF VISTA – LEVEL 2

Sign up required

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 1:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Russ Kraay (Oakmont) Assistant Mary Ann Haragan (Eagles

Preserve)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

If you have recently purchased a new computer or may do so in the next year, it will have Vista, the new operating system. This course is designed to give an overview of some of the new features of Vista. You should be somewhat familiar with XP.

CC001-B 272 MANAGING YOUR DATA – LEVEL 2

(Backing up your data)

Sign up required

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 1:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

McLab Oak Room/ WDL

Presenter: Richard Nelson (Lakewood)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

This course will cover several methods for backing up your data using CDs, Flash Drives, and external hard drives. It will also include a brief session on System Restore.

CC001-C 273 FOLDERS, SUB-FOLDERS, ETC. – LEVEL 2

(Organizing your stuff)

Sign up required

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Richard Nelson (Lakewood)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

Storage units on your computer have the capability of creating folders similar to those used in a manual filing system. It is extremely important to know how to create folders and subfolders on your storage units to make it easy to find your documents and files.

CC001-D 274 FORMATTING DOCUMENTS – LEVEL 2

Sign up required

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Frank Di Vesta (Lakewood)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

This workshop will be oriented toward facilitating formatting of standard documents such as letters, essays, diaries, reports and so on. These tasks apply to both “stand-alone” documents and documents embedded in email and other communicative media. The specific topics will include such tasks as : setting margins, indenting, setting fonts and font size, using bold-italics-underline, highlighting, making tables, embedding pictures and objects in text, cutting and pasting, and pinning for traversing between or among documents, all of which facilitate or are involved in formatting. We will provide opportunity for adjusting topics to questions of class members that may be raised regarding formatting their own personal documents.

CC001-E 275 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS - LEVEL 2

(Helping your mouse)

Sign up required

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Russ Kraay (Oakmont)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

Are you tired of chasing your mouse? Most of us are used to the point-and-click method to do things on our computer. A number of times this is much less efficient than using the keyboard. Learn the many ways you can execute a command without having to reach for your mouse and finding the correct icon with the pointer. This course will be most beneficial if you have some keyboard skills.

CC001-F 276 SELECTING (HIGHLIGHTING) – LEVEL 2

(You can’t do without it)

Sign up required

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Penny Modrich (Nautilus)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

This workshop will outline the importance of selecting (highlighting) text, why you need this skill, and how to do it easily and quickly.

CC001-G 277 SENDING PHOTOS BY EMAIL – LEVEL 2

Sign up required

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Penny Modrich (Nautilus)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

Email is a great way to share family photos. This workshop will help you to learn an easy way to send photos in an email. You will also learn how to save and print photos you have received in an email.

CC001-H 278 HOW TO SHOP ON THE INTERNET – LEVEL 2

Sign up required

Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008

1:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Fee: $3.00

Presenter: Frank Di Vesta (Lakewood)

Limit 10 Students

This workshop includes a discussion of key sites for shopping on the internet, looking for best prices through price comparison shopping, learning about the characteristics of items you want to buy, paying for S&H, when you can expect delivery, differences between such sites as Amazon and EBay, secure payment for item purchases, shopping carts, security cautions, returning items, using it for more efficient shopping at local shops, and so on. Many have used it at considerable saving, for buying a variety of items and for getting “freebies” of various sorts (e-cards and coupons). Or, it can simply be a “shopping experience.”

CC001-I 279 FINDING ALL SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER – LEVEL 2

Sign up required

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Richard Nelson (Lakewood)

Fee: $3.00

Limit 10 students

Much of applications software installed on your computer is hidden, and it is necessary for you to be able to find it or at least know where it is. This workshop will take you through the processes for locating, and opening it, and in some cases evaluating it.

REGULAR CLASSES

COMPUTER BASICS (Category 0)

CC002 001A COMPUTER COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL – Level 0

Sign up required

EVERY Thursday from Sep 4 thru Oct 16, 2008 – 7 sessions

9:45 a.m. – 11:45 am

McLab – Sabal Room/WDL

Fee: $15.00

Limit 10 students

Presenter: Richard Nelson (Lakewood) & Assistants: Lucille Peterson

(Lakewood) Joyce Greeson (Harbor Court),

Marie Wodarczyk (Parkwood) Sally Wilson (Oakmont)

CC003 001B COMPUTER COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL – Level 0

Sign up required

EVERY Thursday from Oct 23 thru November 20 – 7 sessions

(Skip Thanksgiving Day)

9:45 a.m. – 11:45am.

McLab – Sabal Room/WDL

Fee: $15.00

Limit 10 students

Presenter: Richard Nelson (Lakewood)

PREREQUISITES - NONE

This is a very basic computer course for people who have never used a computer or want to review basic computer processes. You can join this course anytime during the first two sessions. The pace of this course is purposely slow giving students time to memorize, understand, and apply their newly acquired skills. It will include an introduction to the computer keyboard, mastering the mouse, and getting ready to begin computer work. Students will learn some basics about computer hardware, software, starting and shutting down the computer, how to find programs on your computer, how to prepare documents and store them. You will learn how to access and surf the Internet. For residents that have had difficulty with another Computer College course they have taken, this course may be a viable alternative.

Note: this class will be taught on laptop computers because laptops have become the computer of choice for private individuals.

CC004 102 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER (Vista) – Level 1

(Formerly Absolute Basics)

Sign up required

EVERY Thursday from Oct 9 thru Nov 6, 2008 –

5 sessions

1:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Penny Modrich (Nautilus)

Fee: $10.00

Limit 10 students

This is a very basic computer course taught on laptops for people who have never used a computer. It will include an introduction to the computer keyboard, mastering the mouse, and getting ready to begin computer work. Students will learn some basics about computers: hardware, software, starting and shutting down the computer, how to find programs on your computer, how to prepare documents and store them. You will learn how to access and surf the Internet.

CC005 201 AFTER ABSOLUTE BASICS (XP) – Level 2

(Intermediate Computer)

Sign up required

EVERY Thursday from Sep 4 thru Oct 9, 2008 – 6 sessions

9:15a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Computer Lab/WDL

Team Presenters: Jim Baumgarten (Rosemont) and Hal Bratt

(Parkwood) Assistant: Bob Corley (Lucina)

Fee: $15.00

Limit 7 students

(Flash Drive required and may be purchased at either service desk for $6.00)

Intermediate Computer XP is designed to be a follow-up and partial review of Introduction to Computer or your own comparable basic computer experience. A flash drive is required and you will be instructed how to use it. The fundamentals of word processing will be covered. You must have an e-mail address. Attaching files and good e-mailing practices will be taught. You will also learn more about using the Internet. The course is designed to be less challenging than Intermediate Computer VISTA.

The goals of the course are to learn more of what your computer can do for you and to increase your comfort level with your computer.

CC006 202 AFTER ABSOLUTE BASICS (Vista) – Level 2

(Intermediate Computer)

Sign up required

EVERY Friday from Sep 5 thru Oct 17, 2008 –7 sessions

1:15 p.m. –3:45 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Frank Di Vesta (Lakewood)

Fee: $15.00

Limit 10 students

Goals and Objectives: You have taken one of the Absolute Basics courses but you feel that you may want to increase your skill and confidence in using your computer. It is easy to forget some of the things learned in the first class so you may want to revisit them. Whatever your personal reasons for taking this course you will review the basic operation of the computer, find out what the little icons are, what the task bar and drop-down menus do and how to use the controls for effective processing of input. All of this is aimed at conveying to you what the computer can do, so that you can use it with ease, improve your comfort level and add to your enjoyment of the computer in performing the many tasks for which it has been developed.

Course Requirements: Although we will spend some time in review, most of this class is oriented toward extending your use of and skill in using the computer. Accordingly, it is desirable that you have completed Absolute Basics or had equivalent computer experience. This course will be taught using the new Mobile Computer Lab (McLab) which uses Vista, as the operating system. Having Vista on your personal computer is not required since there will be laptops with Vista available in both computer labs. A new tutorial for Vista will be used in class. However, copies of the XP tutorial will be available if you prefer to use that at home.

. OFFICE CLASSES (Category 1)

CC007 210 MICROSOFT WorKS OVERVIEW – Level 2

Sign up required

EVERY Friday from Sep 5 thru Oct 10, 2008 – 6 sessions

9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Computer Lab/WDL

Presenter: Denton Smith (Oakmont) Assistant: Alan Boers

(Oakmont)

Fee: $15.00

Limit 8 Students

(Flash Drive required and may be purchased at either service desk for $6.00)

This course, using Microsoft WORKS, is not for beginners. Participants must have some computer knowledge, have the program WORKS on their computers and be comfortable using a flash drive. Typing skills, while desirable, are not necessary.

The program WORKS incorporates WORD PROCESSING, SPREADSHEET, and DATABASE software in one package and is usually included in the software package installed on new computers. Either operating system (XP or VISTA) can be used.

This six week course will cover the fundamentals of the three WORKS programs.

WORD PROCESSING will include, but not limited to, creating and saving a document, changing the font style, color and size as well as setting the margins and orientation of the document.

Using the SPREADSHEET will include, but not limited to, entering text and data, creating an annual expense record and to explore the steps used to create a financial record of a stock portfolio.

Using the DATABASE program the participant will become acquainted with creating an address list and a personal telephone directory.

An outline of the course material will be furnished.

(WORD PROCESSING)

CC008 211 Word Processing - Word – Level 2

Sign up required

EVERY Saturday from Sep 6 thru Oct 4, 2008 – 5 sessions

9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Computer Lab/Tunnel/IS

Presenter: Don Schneff (Royal Bonnet) & Assistants: Herb Wilcox

(Royal Bonnet) Emily Kletzien (Periwinkle)

Fee: $10.00

Limit 7 Students

(Flash Drive required and may be purchased at either service desk for $6.00)

In this course, you will learn how to create, edit, format, print, and save text documents. We will also learn to copy and paste text, pictures, and graphics from one file to another and from the internet to a word processing document using Microsoft Word.

CC009 311 INTERMEDIATE Word Processing - Word – Level 3

Sign up required

EVERY Saturday from September 6 thru September 27, 2008 – 4 sessions

11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Computer Lab/Tunnel/IS

Presenter: Don Schneff (Royal Bonnet) Assistants: Herb Wilcox

(Royal Bonnet) Bobbie Phillips (Lakewood) Mary Ann Haragan (Eagles

Preserve)

Fee: $10.00

Limit 7 Students

(Flash Drive required and may be purchased at either service desk for $6.00

You must have completed Word Processing - Word – Level 2, or have comparable computer experience.

In this course we will review everything we did in our Level 2 course and
then proceed on to new material as time permits.

CC010 312 LEARNING WORD 2007 (NEW) – Level 3

Sign up required

EVERY Wednesday from Sep 10 thru Oct 22 – 7 sessions

1:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

McLab – Oak Room/WDL

Presenter: Russ Kraay (Oakmont) Assistant: Mary Ann Haragan

(Eagles Preserve)

Fee: $15.00

Limit 10 Students

(Flash Drive required and may be purchased at either service desk for $6.00)

COURSE PREREQUISITE - You must be familiar with Word 2003 or earlier versions.

Word 2007 is a new word processing program with many features not found on Word 2003. The new Office fluent user (ribbons) replaces the menus, toolbars and task panes of earlier versions of Word. Similarities and differences will be studied. Word 2007 will be used in class projects involving word processing and formatting. Having Word 2007 on your computer is desirable but not essential since it will be installed on the lab computers for practice and work on projects. This is a Level 3 class so it is expected that you have had either Level 2 classes or equivalent experience involving word processing.

CC011 213 WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS ON A COMPUTER –LEVEL 2

Sign up required

EVERY Tuesday Nov 4 thru Nov 25, 2008 - 4 sessions

9:15 a.m. –11:15 a.m.

Computer Lab/WDL

Presenters: Lucille Peterson Computer Instructor (Lakewood), Marty Gibson Memoir Instructor (Lakewood)

Fee: $10.00

Limit 7 students

COURSE PREREQUISITES- There will be a lot of typing in this course so you must know how to type, use a mouse, and have completed one Level 1 Computer College course and a word processing course or equivalent.

Learn to write your MEMOIRS on the computer. This hands-on workshop will teach you how to design and write memoirs in a simple, easy to understand way. During the class sessions the memoirs will be typed into word processing software on a lab computer, and saved to a flash drive so that they can be available on your personal computer in your apartment if desirable.

(SPREAD SHEET CLASSES)

CC012 212 INTRODUCTION to EXCEL – Level 2

Sign up required

EVERY Friday from Oct 17 thru Nov 7, 2008 – 4 sessions

9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Computer Lab/WDL

Presenter: Denton Smith (Oakmont) Assistant: Alan Boers

(Oakmont)

Fee: $10.00

Limit 8 Students

(Flash Drive required and may be purchased at either service desk for $6.00)

This course, using Microsoft EXCEL, is not for beginners. Participants must have completed Introduction to Computer - Level 1 or have comparable basic computer experience, and have the program EXCEL on their computers.

Excel is a versatile spreadsheet program that readily combines both text and numbers. With a spreadsheet you can create an address book, your personal telephone directory, a record of attendance,