Computer Basics Training in Chicago, IL

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....

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...

Business Context You rush to your desk after back-to-back meetings and quickly churn out several important emails and a time-sensitive report. Document by document you write as quickly as you can, hit spell check, and send them on their way. But later you wonder—how well did I communicate my ideas? How easy will it be for my reader to use my information?...

This class will prepare you to pass the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. You’ll learn what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure, and be able to describe the core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud. You’ll work hands-on in AWS during the class.

Students will learn how to use stencils, scale and resize objects, draw basic shapes and compound lines, and arrange objects. They will also learn how to create diagrams, work with text, apply formatting, work with background pages, set shape properties, and create reports.

Learn how to build basics spreadsheets & get comfortable using Microsoft Excel in working environment. This workshop is best suited for those who have very little or no experience with Microsoft Excel. Workshop Includes: Overview Of Microsoft Excel User Interface Working with Workbook Working with Worksheets Working With Worksheet Tabs ...

In our SharePoint Foundation Basic one-day class you will learn how to successfully and easily navigate SharePoint, work with lists and libraries, and use discussion boards, surveys and blogs. You will also learn some basic customization of the SharePoint environment, including creating view and configuring personal settings.

In our SharePoint Foundation Advanced one-day class you will take the role of a user with Design permission. You will learn how to add libraries, lists and page components, change the look and feel of a Team site, control the display of content and create workflows and content types. You must take our Basic class (or have used SharePoint for at least...

We’ll cover basic and advanced forms, image maps, cascading style sheets, color and background properties, reusing styles, and tips and tricks. Course Outline Unit 1: Design techniques Topic A: Page margins Topic B: IDs Topic C: Classes Topic D: Element width Topic E: Element spacing Unit 2: Table formatting Topic A: Spanning rows and...

Students 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. Course Outline: Lesson 1: Getting started Using Adobe Bridge Organizing & Customizing the Photoshop Workspace Lesson 2: Basic Images Image Elements...

The focus of this class is the design of an Access database. You will learn how to create tables and basic forms, basic queries, and basic reports. We will cover planning a database, finding records, editing data, and using sorting and filters. Input masks and validation will be covered to help get correct information into your database.

Learn to move and copy data, do formulas, insert rows and columns, create basic charts, & more! Course Outline: Unit 1: Getting started Topic A: Spreadsheet terminology Topic B: The Excel environment Topic C: Getting help Topic D: Navigating a worksheet Unit 2: Entering and editing data Topic A: Entering and editing text and values Topic...

If you are getting ready for a career as an entry-level information technology (IT) professional or computer service technician, the CompTIA® A+® course is the first step in your preparation. The course will build on your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer (PC) software and hardware to present fundamental skills and...

This Accelerated A+ class covers 10 days of content from our CompTIA A+ Certification - Exam 220-901 Hardware Course and our CompTIA A+ Certification - Exam 220-902 Operating Systems/Security Course and delivers that material in a 5-day format. Course Objectives: In this course, you will learn to install, configure, optimize, troubleshoot, repair,...

Learn to write hypertext markup language (HTML) to design or change web pages. Even if you use Expressions Web, FrontPage, or Dreamweaver to design your web site, knowing HTML is necessary. We'll cover adding tags, links, images, style sheets, frames and tables. Table Of Contents: Unit 1: Getting started Topic A: Introduction to the Web Topic...