Detailed contents of sample ICT courses are listed below. For more information please contact one of our branches.

Module 1 Beginners ICT

Internet Explorer

• SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE WWW
• WHAT IS THE INTERNET/INTRANET?
• USING INTERNET EXPLORER 6
• ACCESSING RESOURCES ON THE WEB
• NAVIGATING THE WEB WITH IE 6
• ADDITIONAL TOOLBAR OPTIONS
• USEFUL OPTIONS ON THE MENU BAR
• CUSTOMIZING INTERNET EXPLORER
• SAVING WEB DOCUMENTS FOR LATER USE
• THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON
• SELECTING TEXT – PICTURE

MS Windows XP

• GETTING STARTED
• STARTING AND CLOSING WINDOWS XP
• IF PROBLEMS OCCUR
• NAVIGATING AND CONTROLLING WINDOWS
• USING THE MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
• MENUS AND DIALOGUE BOXES
• WORKING WITH APPLICATIONS
• MY COMPUTER – WINDOWS EXPLORER
• WORKING WITH FILES AND FOLDERS
• USING SHORTCUTS
• WORKING WITH DISKS AND DRIVES
• BACKUP
• WORKING WITH APPLICATIONS
• CLIPBOARD
• PRINTING
• CUSTOMIZING WINDOWS
• GOOGLE DESKTOP SEARCH (NON-XP)

MSWord Basics

• FIRST STEPS
• OPENING WORD
• SAVING DOCUMENTS
• TEXT EFFECTS
• PAGE SETUP
• FORMATTING TOOLS
• GENERAL FUNCTIONS
• BASIC GRAPHICS MANAGEMENT
• DRAWING TOOLBAR
• SIMPLE TABLES
• PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR DOCUMENT
• FIXING THINGS IN A DOCUMENT
• HELP
• SETTING UP FOR PRINTING
• BEYOND WORD

MSExcel

• OVERVIEW & THE BASIC FEATURES OF MS EXCEL 5
• FORMATTING TEXT AND WORKSHEETS
• EDITING
• BASIC FUNCTIONS
• CHARTS AND GRAPHICS
• EXCEL & THE WEB
• MANAGING DATA
• THE PRINTING FEATURE IN EXCEL

Module 2 Word Processing + DTP

• ADVANCED TRICKS FOR EDITING TEXT
• ADVANCED TEXT MOVING - LINKING DOCUMENTS
• FRAMING AND LAYING OUT PAGES
• SPEED TECHNIQUES
• PRINTING
• CONSTRUCTING PERFECT TABLES
• EMBEDDING ANOTHER APPLICATION’S FILES
• PROFESSIONAL LOOKING DOCUMENTS
• NEWSLETTERS, BROCHURES & FORMS
• ADVANCED IMAGE TECHNIQUES
• REPORTS, MANUALS & SCHOLARLY PAPERS
• CUSTOMIZED WORD – TEMPLATES
• HYPERLINKS – WEB – WEB PAGES
• MULTIMEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
• MASS MAILING LETTERS, LABELS, DIRECTORIES
• AUTOMATING WORD
• GETTING MORE OUT OF WORD
• TEAMWORK - WORKING IN A GROUP
• MASTER DOCUMENT – CLIENT PROPOSAL

Module 3 Spreadsheets

• NAMES AND EXTERNAL REFERENCES
• FUNCTIONS - FORMULAE
• DECISION-MAKING FUNCTIONS
• CHARTS AND GRAPHICS
• MANAGING DATA
• PRESENTING INFORMATION
• WORKBOOK TEMPLATES
• EXCEL WITH OTHER DATABASES
• EXCEL AND THE WEB
• TEAMWORK – COLLABORATION
• AUTOMATING MACROS

Module 4 Presentation Graphics

• POWERPOINT BASICs
• EDITING & FORMATTING PRESENTATIONS
• MAKING PRESENTATION
• GRAPHICS, CHARTS AND MULTIMEDIA
• ANIMATION
• FROM CONCEPT TO DELIVERY
• MASTERS
• POWERPOINT ON THE WEB

• ADVANCED EDITING & FORMATTING
• WORKING WITH TABLES
• FORMATTING SLIDES AND PRESENTATIONS
• CREATING AND PRINTING PRESENTATION MATERIALS
• SCALES
• CREATING AND FORMATTING OBJECTS
• ADDING MOVIES AND SOUNDS
• POWERPOINT ON THE WEB
• MORE ADVANCED POWERPOINT SKILLS
• CUSTOMIZING POWERPOINT
• POWER OF COLOURS

Module 5 Website Design

• BASIC WEB KNOWLEDGE
• FIRST STEPS IN CREATING WEB SITES
• INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT
• DESIGNING WITH TABLES
• MULTIMEDIA ON A WEB PAGE
• THE ARTERY OF WEBS – HYPERLINKS
• DYNAMIC ELEMENTS
• MS OFFICE COLLABORATION
• MAKING IT FUN FOR YOUR VISITORS
• INTRANET WEB SITE

Module 6 Databases

Information about this module can be obtained by calling your nearest branch.