Computer Basics Training in Chicago, IL

What do you need to be a good computer keyboard typist? Discipline! Do you feel the need for speed? Type every day! You won’t get any good unless you practice, practice, practice every day. And in today’s work force everyone uses a keyboard. First class: intro to the Home Row keys in the Learning Lab, Practice Pavilion, Skill Building and Test...

This is the weekend course for you if you want to learn the basics quickly. Whether it's for your personal satisfaction or business use, come to this 12 hour comprehensive course for software knowledge. Over the course of two days, you will experience an immersion in MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, as well as Desktop Publishing, all using MS Office....

Our Adobe Captivate Part 1 class enables students to develop eLearning software materials, educational systems, and interactive learning simulations without programming knowledge.  This class is designed for beginner or those with some basic experience who want to create interactive learning systems in a variety of delivery options. Prerequisites:...

In our Foundation Part I one-day class you will use, create, and edit content in a team site. You will also create and perform basic management of a team site using SharePoint Foundation 2016.

In this course you will compose SQL queries to retrieve desired information from a database. You will explore database concepts, write simple select queries, use built-in functions and expressions, join tables, build subqueries and unions, and finally perform some advanced where clauses.

You will learn the basics of the Photoshop work area and image manipulation. You will work with color, retouch images with filters and other methods, create layered images, and use masks. Lesson 1: Getting started Topic A: Using Adobe Bridge Topic B: Organizing & Customizing the Photoshop Workspace Lesson 2: Basic Images Topic A: Image...

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) validates the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size route and switched networks, including implementation and verification of connections to remote sites in a WAN.  CCNA curriculum includes basic mitigation of security threats, introduction to wireless networking concepts...

WordPress makes it easy for any computer user to create webpages and blogs. This 1 day quick-start class will teach you to easily develop and customize your own website. WordPress is a free online application that allows users to create beautiful pages that you can incorporate your own logos, images or photos into. Basic Web Topics What is HTML...

Imagine that you have a spreadsheet containing every data point about your customers — their preferences, their web browsing behavior, the products they’ve bought. What would you do with all that information? When you know SQL, you can slice and dice that data any way you want, providing critical insights that drive business strategy. SQL provides...

The objective of AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT Essentials is to enable students to create a basic 2D drawing in the AutoCAD software. Even at this fundamental level, the AutoCAD software is one of the most sophisticated computer applications that you are likely to encounter. Therefore learning to use it can be challenging. AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT Essentials covers...

Q: Why has Python quickly grown into one of the most popular programming languages? A: It's an easy-to-read, flexible, and beginner-friendly object-oriented programming language. The fundamentals — you will learn them in our Python bootcamp! Start writing basic syntax with Python scripts that store and manipulate data in the form of variables, for...

Students will learn to move and copy data, learn about absolute and relative references, and work with ranges, rows, and columns. They will also learn how to navigate worksheets and workbooks. Then they will enter and edit text, values, formulas, and pictures, and they will save workbooks. This course also covers simple functions used in formulas...

The last decade has seen blockchain technology grow from an anarchic financial experiment to a global engine for organizational and societal revolution. During this online workshop, we will chart the path from pre-Bitcoin computer science breakthroughs to Bitcoin and the rise of alternative currencies that challenge the way we think about money, through...

This class involves the practical use of QuickBooks Online with a mock company. The students will be introduced to the platform. Practice entering/editing/deleting bills, checks, invoices, and credit card transactions in realistic workflow scenarios. As well as setup Items/Services/Inventory, Purchase Orders, and Sales Tax. We will review basic reports....

This course builds upon the foundational knowledge presented in the Excel Basic/Level 1 courses and will help start you down the road to creating advanced workbooks and worksheets that you can use to create dashboards. The ability to analyze massive amounts of data, extract actionable intelligence from it, and present that information to decision makers...