Computers and Information Technology
Course Guide Term 3 2010
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Access 2007 - Basics & Beyond
Learn to create your own business database design. This program is used in most businesses for record keeping. We will be covering tables, forms, queries, reports, macros, primary keys, merging and integrating the database with other Office programs. Don't be caught out using spreadsheets for records when a database is more efficient & versatile!
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 day
- Cost
- $105
- Code
- TXB214A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Date
- Mon 30 Aug 2010
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Acrobat Pro 9
Learn how to use interactive PDF forms and how to use collaboration & comment skills which are useful for proof reading documents on the computer and then sharing them with others.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 day
- Cost
- $110
- Code
- TXB226A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Date
- Wed 1 Sep 2010
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Adobe Bridge CS4 Using Camera RAW
Learn how to use Adobe Bridge CS4 which is a powerful, easy-to-use media manager allowing you to easily organise, browse, locate and view digital photos. It is a useful tool for both workplace and home environments. Adjustments and enhancements to your pictures are non-destructive.
- Tutor
- David Thompson
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 4 weeks
- Cost
- $199
- Code
- TXA218A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Date
- Tue 3 Aug 2010
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Adobe Graphic Design Programs
This comprehensive course will show you how to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign to create a magazine. The course is best suited to people wishing to enter the graphic design field of work. The aim is to have a completed project by the end of the course.
- Tutor
- David Thompson
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 7 weeks
- Cost
- $385
- Code
- TXB217A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Mon 2 Aug 2010
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Become an Elite Microsoft Certified Professional in MS Excel 2007
This session will give you training and confidence to take the prestigious Microsoft certified exam in MS Excel. We can then organise for you to sit the online exam for a cost of $130 . This Microsoft Certificate is an elite qualification well recognised by industry throughout the world. Office employees, school & TAFE teachers and industry trainers would benefit from having it.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 session
- Cost
- $70
- Code
- TXB208A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Mon 9 Aug 2010
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Become an Elite Microsoft Certified Professional in MS Word 2007
This session will give you training and confidence to take the prestigious Microsoft certified exam in MS Word. We can then organise for you to sit the online exam for a cost of $130 . This Microsoft Certificate is an elite qualification well recognised by industry throughout the world. Office employees, school & TAFE teachers and industry trainers would benefit from having it.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 session
- Cost
- $70
- Code
- TXB209A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Mon 16 Aug 2010
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Become an Elite Microsoft Certified Professional in MS Outlook 2007
This session will give you training and confidence to take the prestigious Microsoft certified exam in MS Outlook. We can then organise for you to sit the online exam for a cost of $130 . This Microsoft Certificate is an elite qualification well recognised by industry throughout the world. Office employees, school & TAFE teachers and industry trainers would benefit from having it.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 session
- Cost
- $70
- Code
- TXB207A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Mon 23 Aug 2010
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Become an Elite Microsoft Certified Professional in MS Powerpoint 2007
This session will give you training and confidence to take the prestigious Microsoft certified exam in MS Powerpoint. We can then organise for you to sit the online exam for a cost of $130. This Microsoft Certificate is an elite qualification well recognised by industry throughout the world. Office employees, school & TAFE teachers and industry trainers would benefit from having it.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 session
- Cost
- $70
- Code
- TXB206A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Mon 6 Sep 2010
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Become an Elite Microsoft Certified Professional in MS Access 2007
This session will give you training and confidence to take the prestigious Microsoft certified exam in MS Access. We can then organise for you to sit the online exam for a cost of $130. This Microsoft Certificate is an elite qualification well recognised by industry throughout the world. Office employees, school & TAFE teachers and industry trainers would benefit from having it.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 session
- Cost
- $70
- Code
- TXB205A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Mon 13 Sep 2010
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Certificate III in Information Technology (ICA30105)
This qualification provides the skills & knowledge for an individual to be competent in introductory Information & Communications Technology (ICT) 'technical' functions & is designed to support information activities in the workplace & to achieve a degree of self-sufficiency as an advanced ICT 'user'. This will give employers a degree of confidence in an individual's usefulness in the workplace. The course will be focused on providing skills in advanced use of a applications which could lead to providing basic application software support within an organisation. There are pre-requisite requirements for this course. To make sure all prospective students meet these requirements, there will be an orientation day. Further information can be obtained from our office.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- Thursdays & Fridays for 18 weeks
- Cost
- $2350
- Code
- TIT300A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:30am - 4:30pm
- Date
- Thu 5 Aug 2010
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Flash
Interested in developing web pages that are more engaging and will have high impact? This session will give you an introduction to Macromedia Flash & will show you how to create web pages with text, sound, motion & interactivity. Basic computing skills are required.
- Tutor
- David Thompson
- Duration
- 1 day
- Cost
- $110
- Code
- TXB219A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Date
- Wed 15 Sep 2010
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Getting Your Website Found
A business website needs to be easily found to maximise its effectiveness for marketing & communication. Learn the inside information on how to have your website found on the search engines. Search engines index websites. If your website doesn't appear on the first two pages of a search, you need to attend this session!
- Tutor
- Ray Pulbrook
- Duration
- 1 session
- Cost
- $70
- Code
- TXB218A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Date
- Mon 30 Aug 2010
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Illustrator
Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to create logos and graphic design in vector art. This program complements Photoshop & Indesign.
- Tutor
- David Thompson
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 4 weeks
- Cost
- $195
- Code
- TXB221A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Tue 31 Aug 2010
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Indesign
Learn to layout pages for any type of print work and how to manage colour so the result you see on the screen is the result you get at the printers. Indesign is used in most print houses in preference to other layout programs and it can be used for the web. Learning this program can get you into the workplace laying out ads, business cards, brochures & other creations. You will be using Illustrator to do your logos & personal graphic designs.
- Tutor
- David Thompson
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 4 weeks
- Cost
- $195
- Code
- TXB220A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 12:00pm
- Date
- Tue 31 Aug 2010
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MS Office 2007 - Introduction
Keep up to date in your work environment by familiarising yourself with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Publisher and PowerPoint of Office 2007. Basic computer & file management skills required.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 5 weeks
- Cost
- $220
- Code
- TXB228A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Date
- Tue 10 Aug 2010
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Photoshop
Learn how to use the most powerful application available to create and modify digital imagery. We can also use PhotoShop Elements. Areas covered include: resizing, cropping, layering, masking and colour correction. More advanced skills include: texture effects, bevelling and a wide range of composite and special effects. File management skills required.
- Tutor
- David Thompson
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 4 weeks
- Cost
- $199
- Code
- TXB222B103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
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- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Date
- Thu 5 Aug 2010
- Date
- Mon 2 Aug 2010
- Time
- 9:00am - 12:00pm
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Photoshop - Continuation
Our tutor will take you further into the use of Photoshop. This course is for those who have completed our introductory course or who already have some Photoshop experience and wish to go further. It will include painting & editing, masks & channels, basic pen skills and advanced layer techniques.
- Tutor
- David Thompson
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 4 weeks
- Cost
- $199
- Code
- TXB223A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
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- Time
- 9:00am - 12:00pm
- Date
- Mon 30 Aug 2010
- Date
- Thu 2 Sep 2010
- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
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PowerPoint (using Office 2007)
Powerpoint is the professional communicators' premiere tool of choice. Learn the basics, then rapidly go beyond to combining text, graphics, sound, videos and other media into a full multimedia presentation for the big screen or for CD mass production. The course is a must for trainers, managers, preachers, communicators, sales staff, marketing specialists or anyone with a message for audiences. Basic computer & file management skills required.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 day
- Cost
- $105
- Code
- TXB215A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Date
- Wed 8 Sep 2010
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Spreadsheets for Beginners (using Excel 2007)
Learn how to create your own spreadsheets and charts. Do simple calculations & formatting. Find out how Excel can help with budgeting, tax returns, compound interest calculations etc. Learn the new interface of Excel 2007. Basic computer & file management skills required.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 day
- Cost
- $105
- Code
- TXB211A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 3:00pm
- Date
- Wed 18 Aug 2010
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Spreadsheets - Beyond the Basics
This day is for those with a working understanding of Excel. Participants need to have done the Beginners course first or have a good working knowledge of Spreadsheets already. Extend your knowledge by learning some of the more advanced features. Learn more about formulas & functions. Basic computer & file management skills required.
- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 day
- Cost
- $105
- Code
- TXB213A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Date
- Wed 15 Sep 2010
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Web Design Graphics
This course will cover the basics of graphic design specifically for the web. Most computers come with a graphic program that can be used for graphic editing and there are free graphic programs available from the internet. You will learn how to create, resize & touch up images and then place the images into a Dreamweaver CS5 page to show effects.
- Tutor
- Ray Pulbrook
- Duration
- 1 session per week for 2 weeks
- Cost
- $110
- Code
- TXB227A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Date
- Mon 6 Sep 2010
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Web Design with Dreamweaver
Learn how to create & maintain a simple business homepage on the Internet using Macromedia Dreamweaver. This is a course for those new to web design but basic computing skills are required. Dreamweaver can be used on either PC or MAC platforms.- Tutor
- Ray Pulbrook
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Cost
- $199
- Code
- TXB224A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Date
- Mon 2 Aug 2010
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Webinars/Internet Meetings
Learn how meetings can be made cost & time effective and easy with web conferencing. Learn how to attend a webinar if you have been invited to one and how to set up a web conference of your own and then invite guests. This short session will be an invaluable learning experience for people in any sort of business or association or other group wishing to communicate with others without travelling.- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 weeks
- Cost
- $62
- Code
- TXB216A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Date
- Tue 10 Aug 2010
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Windows 7
Learn all about the new Microsoft operating system called Windows 7. This is the operating system installed on almost all new computers. Windows 7 will look foreign to users of previous operating systems. Tools are in different places, the security settings are different and there are new features. If you have Windows 7 in your workplace, come along and be shown how to get the best out of this newest operating system. Basic computer knowledge required.- Tutor
- Ray Pulbrook
- Duration
- 2 weeks
- Cost
- $105
- Code
- TXB204A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Date
- Wed 11 Aug 2010
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Word - Advanced Use (using Office 2007)
When you know the basics of word processing, you can continue on and learn more advanced features such as listing items with numbering, bulleting, tabs, columns & tables. Learn to use the drawing tools to create your own logo in your letterhead or as watermarks. Create your own templates for memos & calendars. Create macros to automate all repetitive tasks and use the new Mail Merge tab. Basic computer & file management skills required.- Tutor
- Lilian Smith
- Duration
- 1 weeks
- Cost
- $105
- Code
- TXB210A103
- Location
- Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
- Time
- 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Date
- Wed 25 Aug 2010
