Prerequisites: At LEAST Novice Windows User 98 OR Windows XP Basics plus Basic Word Processing
Prerequisites: Participants must have experience with word processing, and be familiar with the layout of Windows components.
Course Content: Start Windows Mail – Send and receive e-mails – Customise Inbox layout – Explore Inbox Menu Bar – Examine options for all Menu Bar items – Examine Inbox toolbar – Explore New Message screen and Menu Bar items – Format an e-mail – Set common options.
Prerequisites: Either familiarity with Outlook Express or completion of Stage 1 Windows Mail.
Course Content: Make new folders – Add individual contacts – Import and export the contact list – Organise contact groups – Set Junk E-mail options – Read suspect e-mails – Forward e-mails – Attach a text file and photographs – Insert graphics – Set security options – Set up a second e-mail account.
Prerequisites: Ability to use Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Course Content: Changing fonts. - Modifying existing stationery. - Designing stationery. - Adding graphics. - Adding animation. - Scrolling text. - Adding music. Sending attachments. - Forwarding mails. - Removing carets from forwarded mail. - Attaching text and photographs
Prerequisites: At LEAST Stage 1 XP or Vista plus Basic Word Processing and File Management in XP or Vista
Course Content: How to Choose an ISP - Select a Home Page - Log on to the Internet - Examine and use all screen components - Understand Status Bar Information - Right Clicking - Customise the Toolbar display - Understand Internet Addresses - Organise your Favourites - Add a Link to the Links Bar - Address Bar Drop-Down List - Use different Search Engines - Examine the Google Site - Save Web Information to the Hard Drive - Files you can Download - Set Internet Options - Cookies - Those Blinking Computers in the System Tray - Error Messages - Microsoft Help Options - Search the Web - Online Shopping - Some of the Commonly-used Jargon - Interesting Sites
Prerequisites: A working knowledge of how to use the internet and a desire to explore the currently best search engine site on the Internet.
Course Content: Using the Google toolbar - Understanding how Google works - Using effective queries - Refining search criteria - New Google features - Google Earth - Google tools - Picasa - Desktop Search - Introduction to Gmail - Variety of different search criteria available - Applications under development - Beginning to us Chrome - Google Docs
Prerequisites: Keyboard skills and willingness to learn a “new language”.
Course Content: Start Internet Explorer – Examine screen components – Use Favourites Centre – Use navigation bars and hyperlinks – Explore Microsoft’s Internet Explorer site – Use web History – Use all toolbar icons – Come to grips with some new terms – Set pop-up blockers and phishing filter – Show the Menu Bar – Set additional toolbars – Understand URLs.
Prerequisites: Completion of Internet Explorer Stage 1
Course Content: Add and organize Favourites – Use the right click on toolbars, graphics, text – Add a second home page – Use Express Cleanup – Set Internet Options: Security, Privacy, Programs, Advanced – Use tabbed browsing – Download software – Investigate software sites – Find search providers – Set the search engine – Examine links on the ComputerPals site – View Adobe Acrobat pages.