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Beginner

Improving your life skills

Tutor Annie Edwards
Day and Start DateFridays Drop in sessions staring back 9th Spetember 2011
Length of Course Ongoing
Time10am - 1pm
Course Content

  • To introduce learners to a variety of Online websites to improve their Basic Skills
  • To improve learners Basic Skills in Literacy and/or Numeracy
  • To practice and achieve a level 1 in literacy and /or numeracy
  • If applicable to practice and achieve level 2 in literacy and /or numeracy
Entry Requirements Materials
Anyone seeking to improve or refresh their Maths & English skills to Level 2
Suggested follow on courses
Any of our courses

Introduction to Desktop Publishing

Tutor Chris Charnick
Day and Start DateTuesday 14th June 2011
Length of Course 5 weeks
Time10am - 12noon
Course Content
  • create publications from scratch
  • save, close & open publications
  • create text boxes
  • work with text and images
  • create a poster
Entry Requirements Materials
Beginners in Desktop publishing
Suggested follow on courses
Intermediate Desktop publishing Intrduction to Spreadsheets

Back to work skills

Tutor Anne Edwards
Day and Start DateMonday March 21st
Length of Course 10 weeks
Time2pm - 4pm
Course Content
  • Complete a personal skills assessment
  • time managment
  • budgeting
  • create a CV and letters of application
  • interveiw skills
  • search for jobs
  • Improve basic skills in literacy, numeracy and IT
Entry Requirements Materials
Local unemployed people
Suggested follow on courses
Preparation for Online basic skills testing, Introduction to Word Processing, Introduction to Spreadsheets, New to Internet & Email

Basic Word Processing

Tutor Annie Edwards
Day and Start DateWednesday 23rd may 2012
Length of Course 5 Weeks
Time10-12noon
Course Content
  • Open & Close Microsoft Word 2010
  • Recognise and use Menus
  • Edit documents using different formatting techniques
  • Save & Organise files
  • print documents

 

  • print a document
Entry Requirements Materials
Anyone who has done an introductory course in computers pen Notepad
Suggested follow on courses
Intermediate Word processing

Introduction to Digital Images

Tutor Sue Hall
Day and Start Datestarting on Tuesday 12th June 2012
Length of Course 5 weeks
Time10am - 12noon
Course Content
  • Understand image sizes
  • Identifying the parts of a digital camera
  • Transferring images from the camera to a computer
  • Crop, lighten & darken images
  • Remove red eye
  • Save and print images
Entry Requirements Materials
Basic mouse and keyboard skills Pen and notepad
Suggested follow on courses
Better Digital Images Manage Your Computer Introduction to Web Design and Management