Spring Forward! New ACTC Classes on Schedule

The schedule for April, May and June is available, and has some new classes to help you spring forward with your technology skills. Level 103 and 104 Excel classes (April 18 and 25, 6-8PM) are new, and they move you beyond the previous Excel level by adding skills such as:
Excel 103:

Managing Multiple Workbooks
Protecting Worksheets and Workbooks
Linking Workbooks
Unlocking Individual Cells
Freeze and Unfreeze Panes

Excel 104:
Tables and Charts
Analyzing and Filtering Data
Pivot Table Reports
Report Layout Options

And if you want to be in the know, you know you have to go the the Clouds...and Google Docs can give you the skills needed to get there. Cloud computing is actually using the Internet for storage and file sharing, and Google Docs makes that easy to do. Also, Access (April 26 and 28, 2-4) will take you to the next level of Office after

One last note: the instructor for Quick Books will not be teaching after April 22, so if you want to take Quick Books, 'hop quick as a bunny' to the online registration and sign up for the last QB classes we'll be doing this year. April 11,13,18 and 20 (11-1) are Quick Books Classes, and the Accounting 101 and 102 classes are
April 4 and April 6 (11-1). The Accounting classes will give people without a base in accounting more success in Quick Books by understanding the terms and vocabulary used in the class.

And always, if you are new to computing or feeling a little rusty, Absolutely Basics and Computer Fundamentals will catch you up, as well as classes in using the Internet and Email. Whatever your skill level, the ACTC is here to kick it up a notch and make your resume more effective.

Register online (click on the tab at the top of this page) or by phone, at 630-906-4248.  See you at the ACTC!

Classes ARE Available

New classes are now available, and you can join them by registering online. We have classes in all the Office programs (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), and added classes in the newest methods of using shared information, including Google Docs (the newest 'thing' in the world of tech), blogs, wikis and social networking. We are also working on adding another Quick Books series class. Check out the new schedule for June and come on down to the ACTC this summer. We are the purveyors of 'How to Succeed in Business WITH Trying'. Summer is not the only HOT thing!
Remember: we will be CLOSED on Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day...but our online registration is available 24/7.  You can access it directly from this blog (left hand column).

NEW!!! Classes added in June

Additional classes have been added on Mondays from 6-8 PM, with instructor Norma Warwick. These classes are highlighted in aqua on the ACTC schedule, and include classes in Email, Internet and Outlook. There are also openings in the Job Search classes for June. We will also try to add a Quick Books class, so watch the schedule (and this blog) for any new classes. Post a comment on the blog if there are any classes you would like to see in June.

New ACTC Classes

Check the schedule for new classes, highlighted in GREEN

These include:

• Animoto Digital Display App (for creating videos from slides)
• Creating and Using Blogs for Business
• Creating and Using Wikis for Business
• Using Blogs for Business Communication
• Power Point Tips and Techniques (Advanced skills)
• Google Docs: Creating Shared Spreadsheets and Forms
• Google Docs: for Business Communication
• Social Networks: Tips and Techniques for Social and Business
• Techie Insider Tips and FAQs

A summary of the classes is available on the Class Content site.

Welcome Back! Spring 2010

Classes for the spring 2010 semester start tomorrow. Check out the schedule in the right hand column of this blog, and see what we have to offer. Note that there is a new class, Basic Accounting, which will be offered as a precursor to the Quick Books classes as a base of vocabulary and terms to help you more easily understand the QB classes.

Spring Semester Classes Start January 19

Spring semester classes at the ACTC start January 19, but you can register for them through 12/22, and then again after 1/4. Check the schedule for these and more, and then call us at 630-906-4248 to register. Class descriptions are also available.

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  Ana de Lotfe Diaz will be unveiling a new Basic Accounting class with vocabulary and terminology designed to give you a better base of understanding prior to taking Quick Books (first class: February 18.)
  
  
  
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  Our Absolutely Basics classes will also continue (for those who find 'basic' computer classes just not basic enough...): On January 29 and February 1, Kristy Laurx and Dave Adams will set you on the path to technological enlightenment.
  
• If you're a little rusty or have just enough computer skills to be dangerous (you know who you are!), try Computer Fundamentals. There's a class on January 27 with Ana de Lotfe Diaz.
  
  
  On Friday, January 22, we'll have a class in Digital Photography, so if you receive a digital camera as a holiday gift, Dave Adams can show you how to use it.
  
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  Did you ever wonder about creating your own web page? Try Beginning Publishing with Dave Adams, on February 1.
  
  
  
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  Looking for a new job? Resume looking a little dusty? Let Norma Warwick and Job Search to help you polish up the resume and identify the skills that will make employers pay attention. (February 24 and 25)
  
  
  
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  Are your math skills needing a little tweaking? Join math whiz Dave Adams for Math Review on February 26.
  
  
  
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  Of course we have a full schedule of Office classes, in Word, Excel and  PowerPoint, and also Outlook and the Internet.
  
  
  
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  And don't forget...all our classes are free!