2646 OUTLOOK 2007 - A MUST HAVE!

Did you realize that this little email program is also a personal information manager? It maintains your contacts, calendar of events (appointments and reminders) and even maintains a log (journal) of events or uses of other programs. Where else could you go and visit any number of totally different email boxes? If you are connected to a server, do you know what extra features it can offer? Need to keep a to-do list, write a lot of post-its, or would you like to enhance your email with stationary? Outlook does all this and still filters out junk mail. And don't forget about the address book which is used in other Microsoft programs. Did you know that the contact data maintained in your address book can be made personal so others on the system can't see it? Or that your calendar can schedule and notify selected contacts about a meeting or event and even get RSVP's? Don't confuse this with the home version "Outlook Express", it offers much more. PREREQUISITE: Not for a novice to computers and emailing.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 3 Three hour sessions $88 Senior Price $74
2646-01 ALC-EVE TU 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/3 - 2/17 DAWSON
2646-02 ALC-DAY TU & TH 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 5/5 - 5/12 SCHMIDT

2647 GO GOOGLING

Google is much, much more than a search engine. This course will explore Google - beyond searching. Find out about GMail, explore Google Earth. Get acquainted with Picasa, Google's photo editing program. Catch-up with what Google is up to today! Not for the novice.
0.6 CEU/7.2 CPE 2 Three hour sessions $48
2647-01 ALC-DAY W 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 4/1 - 4/8 EDWARDS

2648 EBAY BASICS AND BUYING

Students have asked us to help take the mystery out of eBay. Learn the basics of buying and selling on eBay. Learn how to list an item for sale and your responsibilities as both a buyer and seller. Learn to have fun on eBay and do it safely.
0.6 CEU/7.2 CPE 2 Three hour sessions $48
2648-01 ALC-EVE TU 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 3/3 - 3/10 LIMBRICK
2648-02 ALC-EVE M 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 4/20 - 4/27 LIMBRICK

2650 INTERMEDIATE BUYING AND SELLING ON EBAY

Learn the methods for faster and more lucrative selling on eBay, the world's largest Internet retailer. This course is for those who are serious about selling on eBay, but have not yet taken that step; or have sold a couple items, but wish to improve their technique and achieve a higher return on sales. If you're already an experienced eBay seller, you are likely too advanced for this course. During this course, you will receive a thorough review of the eBay seller's basics, and learn how those fundamentals apply to improving sales techniques. Some topics that will be covered are: item value determination, listing procedures, options and enhancement techniques, efficient auction management, and effective customer service, managing your inventory, billing and payment, trust and safety, eBay seller's services, shipping and delivery, and all about eBay Stores and how you may open one for yourself! PREREQUISITES: Completion of ALC Course - eBay Basics and Buying, or demonstrated experience as an eBay Buyer (10 Feedback score required). It is assumed you will be familiar with eBay as a web-based destination and with its fundamental operating principals, both technically and as a company. You must also have an active email account, and have or be willing to open an account on eBay.
0.8 CEU/9 CPE 3 Two and one-half hour sessions $59 Senior Price $47
2650-01 ALC-EVE M & W 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM 6/1 - 6/8 LIMBRICK

COMPUTER TOYS & JOYS

2651 INTRODUCTION TO WEBPAGE DESIGN

Create Your First...Webpage!!! This class is for the first-time webpage designer. Microsoft Word will be used to create webpages, but if you are considering other design software, many of the skills and steps are transferable. Planning is the most important step to creating a webpage. Fundamentals of a webpage will be covered; and concepts, goals, art, and marketing will be introduced. Don't put it off any longer; join the fun of the technology age by learning how to create your own webpage.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 3 Three hour sessions $70 Senior Price $56
2651-01 ALC-EVE TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/12 - 2/26 HARRISON
2651-02 ALC-EVE W 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 3/25 - 4/8 HARRISON
2651-03 ALC-EVE TU & TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 6/2 - 6/9 HARRISON

2652 CORRAL YOUR TECHNOLOGY BEFORE IT CONTROLS YOU

Do you feel that convenience technologies, like cell phones, iPods and email, are slowly creeping in and taking over more and more of your life? Does the idea of "unplugging" for the day or taking a vacation make you feel nervous or "worried" that you'll be left out of important decisions? This seminar will explore the benefits and personal costs associated with all of your digital toys, and some strategies for using them to maintain better balance in your life INSTEAD OF letting them take over your life!
0.2 CEU/1.8 CPE 1 One and one-half hour session $32
2652-01 ALC-EVE TU 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 3/24 MALLOY

2653 DIGITAL RESTAURANT

TiVO, DVR, Jitterbug, Trackphone, Blackberry, PDA, iPod, MP3, email, v-mail, GPS, webcam, digital cam, camcorder, desktop, laptop...ugh! Is the smorgasbord of digital services and devices making you a little queasy, with all those "new and improved" choices arriving all the time? If you're worried about spending big bucks on things you'll never learn how to use, you need a strategy to decide what you really need in your digital toys...based on what YOU need them to do FOR YOU. This seminar will teach you how to look at technologies and the tradeoff choices associated with each of them, so your future digital device purchase will be "right-sized" for you!
0.2 CEU/1.8 CPE 1 One and one-half hour session $32
2653-01 ALC-EVE TU 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 4/7 MALLOY

2654 THE INTERNET AS A RESEARCH TOOL

Back in "the day," when you needed to write a report or to learn something new, you went to the library where you used books, encyclopedias, periodicals and other "hard" reference materials to do your research. My, how things have changed! The world of information is at your fingertips, conveniently delivered to you in the comfort of your own home through the magic of the Internet. Learn about the new reference landscape we call the Internet: where to find out what you need to know, and more sobering details like how to avoid plagiarism, non-authoritative sources and copyright infringement.
0.2 CEU/1.8 CPE 1 One and one-half hour session $32
2654-01 ALC-EVE TU 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 2/24 MALLOY

2655 PODCAST = "IPOD" + "BROADCAST"

All you need is a computer, a microphone, some free software and a website to post to, and you are all set to create and publish audio programming that can be played by anyone with an Internet connection and an MP3-capable device. Podcasts can be used for marketing, education, or just fun sharing. Find out the whats, whys and hows of this exciting option for becoming a Web 2.0 content provider!
0.2 CEU/1.8 CPE 1 One and one-half hour session $32
2655-01 ALC-EVE M 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 5/11 MALLOY

2660 FREE WEBSITES FOR BEGINNERS

Are you a small business without a website? Do you need a website, but have the problem of limited funds and no idea of how to go about developing a one? Thanks to Microsoft, you can now have your own website for FREE. Microsoft will register your domain name and host the website for free. We will teach you how to build the pages using Microsoft Office Live Small Business. NO experience necessary and no special programs to buy. Since you will actually be building your own website, the classes will be held once a month for three months on Saturday, February 21st, March 21st, and April 25th. This will give you plenty of time to work on your website between classes. We will register your domain name during the first class, so start thinking of the name you would like to use and an alternative in case the first one is already taken. PREREQUISITE: The ability to use a mouse.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 3 Three hour sessions $68 Senior Price $54
2660-01 ALC-DAY S 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 2/21 - 4/25 SCHMIDT

2663 BASIC CREATIVE SUITE PHOTOSHOP ESSENTIALS

Most Adobe CS Photoshop users are self-taught. They love their software and they develop beautiful projects. However, they often work harder than they need to because they skipped, or only lightly touched on, the basics. This unique course, taught by a professional photographer and digital tech. will give students the opportunity to discuss various aspects of and uses for the basics in the Adobe Creative Suite 2 Photoshop software. The instructor will guide you through the basic edit processes that are the building blocks to creating a beautiful digitally enhanced image. Training will be done on Macs but shortcuts and keystrokes for Windows are included. PREREQUISITE: Not for a novice to computers.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 3 Three hour sessions $70 Senior Price $56
2663-01 ATC TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/12 - 2/26 ROBERTS

2664 CREATIVE SUITE PHOTOSHOP TIPS AND TRICKS

No one else is offering this unique course that will help basic Photoshop users to increase their knowledge and understanding through quick and simple samples! Learn tips and tricks for photo correction and enhancement. Expand your knowledge of resolution, layering, vector art, typography, and organizational tools found in the Adobe Creative Suite 2 software. There will be a lot of sharing of ideas and experiences. Training will be done on Macs but shortcuts and keystrokes for Windows are included. Sign up today! PREREQUISITE: Not for a novice but can be a beginner with basic knowledge of Photoshop or a similar program.
1.3 CEU/15 CPE 5 Two and one-half hour sessions $93 Senior Price $73
2664-01 ATC TU 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM 4/21 - 5/19 CARDENAS

2665 CREATIVE SUITE INDESIGN

Many have heard how great Adobe InDesign is and have tried to learn it on their own. Here is a quick course to learn the power and basics of InDesign. Some of the topics to be covered are: page layout, text control, graphics, creative tips and tricks, and making your file print ready. This course is not for a novice and knowledge of Photoshop will be helpful. Training will be done on Macs but shortcuts and keystrokes for Windows are included.
1.2 CEU/14.4 CPE 4 Three hour sessions $86 Senior Price $67
2665-01 ATC TU 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 3/3 - 3/24 CARDENAS

2670 INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATION

Have you ever drawn a series of drawings and flipped the pages to see them move? Adobe Flash and Fireworks are user-friendly computer programs that can help you animate images. In Macromedia Flash, you can learn how to create fun animations using basic frame-by-frame techniques. In this hands-on 5-week course, you'll learn how to draw simple characters, prepare them for animation, add expression and motion, then create a storyboard and animate a 30-second sequence with sounds. Some of the topics we will play with are: What is Flash, The Basics of Animation, Drawing With Flash, Movie Making, Tweening, and more. PREREQUISITE: Basic computer skills.
1.5 CEU/18 CPE 5 Three hour sessions $105 Senior Price $81
2670-01 LHS W 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/18 - 3/18 STEVENS

2671 ANIMATION INTERMEDIATE

Once you have learned the basics of Macromedia Flash, you can learn how to create stunning animations using basic frame-by-frame techniques. In this 5-week course, you'll learn how to animate simple buttons and create a webpage that runs as a flash file. You will pick an aspect of flash - either a movie, slide show or webpage and create an outstanding final project you can use to promote a web page, a craft fair, your business or classroom. Let's keep Playing! Some topics that will be covered: action scripting, animation buttons, webpage production, simple game design, and the final project. PREREQUISITE: Basic computer skills.
1.5 CEU/18 CPE 5 Three hour sessions $105 Senior Price $81
2671-01 LHS W 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 4/22 - 5/20 STEVENS

2675 PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 6 - LEVEL 1

Whether you're a photographer, student, graphic designer, publisher, or hobbyist, you'll appreciate all that Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 has to offer you. Discover new features such as edge effects and a creation wizard that helps turn photos into calendars and greeting cards. Enhance your photos with powerful new tools that adjust specific areas of a photo in less time and remove red eye automatically during download. Create fun composites with features that let you make more precise selections and smooth out rough edges. Show off your creativity in more entertaining ways, including enhanced slide shows with superior pan and zoom effects, voice narration, and multiple music tracks. Let us help you bring out your creativity.
1.5 CEU/18 CPE 5 Three hour sessions $143 Senior Price $119
2675-01 ALC-EVE M & W 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/2 - 2/18 ROBERTS-HOLLAND

2676 PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 6 - LEVEL 2

Whether you're a photographer, student, graphic designer, publisher, or hobbyist, you'll appreciate all that Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 has to offer you. Images are not always perfect. Discover the Magic Extractor; merge photos to panorama. Copy one image to another. Experience the art of layers. Join us to see how to push your creativity and software to the max! PREREQUISITE: Must have textbook "HOW TO WOW" from course #2675-01, Photoshop Elements 6 - Level 1.
1.5 CEU/18 CPE 5 Three hour sessions $105 Senior Price $81
2676-01 ALC-EVE M & W 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/23 - 3/9 ROBERTS-HOLLAND

2677 MS OFFICE 2007: WHAT'S NEW?

Where is my toolbar? I can't find File on my menu. Sound like you? Microsoft has created the Fluent User Interface consisting of Ribbons, MS Office Button, Contextual Tabs, Galleries, and Live Preview. It would be great if you had some idea of how to find where your stuff is hidden. Join us for a fun day of exploration.
0.3 CEU/3.6 CPE 1 Three hour session $32 Senior Price $27
2677-01 ALC-EVE TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/5 SCHMIDT
2677-02 ALC-DAY TU 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 2/17 SCHMIDT

2678 INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE 2007 - LEVEL 1

Are you new to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 2007? If so, this exciting course is for you. All the new features will be covered. You will learn everything you need to know to feel comfortable and productive with MS Word and PowerPoint. Some of the topics covered will be the new terminology, the office button, working with templates, dialog box launchers, understanding document views, styles, inserting building blocks, tracking changes, galleries, themes, and much more.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 3 Three hour sessions $78 Senior Price $64
2678-01 ALC-EVE M & W 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 2/2 - 2/9 ANDREWS-GRAHAM

2679 INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE 2007 - LEVEL 2

If you completed Introduction to Office - Level 1 you don't want to miss out on the new features and functions that have changed from the 2003 version to the new and dynamic 2007 version of MS Office, Excel,and Access. Some of the topics covered will be creating workbooks based on a template, naming, coloring and moving a sheet, formulas and functions, forms, reports, how to share your information in an older format, and more.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 3 Three hour sessions $78 Senior Price $64
2679-01 ALC-EVE M & W 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 2/18 - 2/25 ANDREWS-GRAHAM

2680 TRANSITIONING TO MS OFFICE 2007

Explore the new features of Microsoft Office 2007 that help you get work done more efficiently and effectively. The replacement of the traditional menus and toolbars is by far the biggest change in Office 2007. It takes time to get used to the new RIBBONS and how they work. This course is designed to help you learn how to perform the basic tasks enabling you to produce professional-looking documents, effective spreadsheets, compelling presentations, and powerful databases using Microsoft Office 2007.
1.2 CEU/14.4 CPE 4 Three hour sessions $104 Senior Price $85
2680-01 ALC-DAY TU & TH 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 2/17 - 2/26 JENKINS
2680-02 ATC TH 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 2/12 - 3/5 PHILLIPS
2680-03 ATC TH 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 4/23 - 5/14 PHILLIPS

2681 MS PUBLISHER 2007

Microsoft® Publisher 2007 is Microsoft's desktop publishing program. Publisher lets the novice desktop designer create documents quickly without sacrificing power, while still offering product flexibility for more experienced users. Learn how to automatically build a preformatted layout in minutes to create brochures, newsletters, memos, postcards, envelopes, and webpages. This is also a great program for creating pages with all kinds of design elements, such as formatted text, photographs, lines, and pictures. If you want professional-looking publications, Publisher is a must. PREREQUISITE: Experience using Word and/or other Microsoft software.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 3 Three hour sessions $88 Senior Price $74
2681-01 ALC-DAY F 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 5/8 - 5/22 SCHMIDT

2682 MS PUBLISHER TIPS AND TRICKS

Have you been working with MS Publisher, but some things just do not behave correctly? Does the new version of MS Publisher 2007 hide some of your tools? Can you make your story flow from one page to another without cut and paste? Do you know that you can change from one type of publication to another by clicking a single button? Learn how to save publications in PDF format or XPS format. Learn to insert pictures without having to spend hours resizing them.
0.9 CEU/10.8 CPE 2 Three hour sessions $48 Senior Price $39
2682-01 ALC-DAY W & F 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 5/27 - 5/29 SCHMIDT

2683 ACCESS 2007 - ESSENTIALS

If you want a real edge, know how to setup and utilize Access, the world's most widely used database. If you have tried to learn Access on your own, you have already discovered that Access is non-intuitive, dense, and frustrating for anyone but a programmer. Valuable insights and down-to-earth explanations will guide you through the essentials of building a database, manipulating and modifying tables and creating relationships, querying a database, customizing input forms and reports, and integrating projects. This is a beginners class, but if you are currently using MS Access 2003 and are going to convert to MS Access 2007, you might still want to take this class. PREREQUISITE: After Intro, and/or basic editing skills and familiar with the Windows environment.
1.5 CEU/18 CPE 5 Three hour sessions $108 Senior Price $84
2683-01 ALC-EVE TU & TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 4/21 - 5/5 SCHMIDT

2684 ACCESS 2007 - INTERMEDIATE

You have that MS Access 2007 database started, but you are still having to do too much work. Take this class to learn how to get the machine to do more of the work. Enhance those forms. Automate some of the data entry. Make those queries work for you. Learn how to create macros. We will even include a little bit of VBA coding that you can insert into your databases.
1.5 CEU/18 CPE 5 Three hour sessions $108 Senior Price $84
2684-01 ALC-EVE TU & TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 5/14 - 5/28 SCHMIDT

2691 EXCEL 2007 - LEVEL 1

If you do any work with numbers, this software is a must! The Level 1 course will give you the essential fundamentals that you can quickly apply to new and previously developed spreadsheets. If you have not taken a course on Excel, you probably don't know the many shortcuts that can save you time and effort. Excel is the program that lets you develop the graphs and charts that you can incorporate in your Word or PowerPoint documents. If you do anything with stats, there is a lot to learn and appreciate here!
2.1 CEU/25.2 CPE 7 Three hour sessions $172 Senior Price $139
2691-01 ATC TU & TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 2/3 - 2/24 MINTLOW
2691-02 ATC TU & TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 4/21 - 5/12 MINTLOW

2692 EXCEL 2007 - LEVEL 2

You are ready for this course if you are comfortable with setting up and using a standard spreadsheet. Level 2 Excel will cover the following topics and skills: special effects in a worksheet, documenting and protecting worksheets and workbooks, modifying contents, formatting and displaying worksheets, integrating applications, functions to create and analyze data, PivotTable and PivotChart reports, and creating Hyperlinks and using Collaborative Tools.
2.1 CEU/25.2 CPE 7 Three hour sessions $172 Senior Price $139
2692-01 ATC TU & TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 3/10 - 3/31 MINTLOW
2692-02 ATC TU & TH 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 4/19 - 6/9 MINTLOW

2697 DIGITAL PARENT CRASH COURSE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Explore in overview fashion familiar decisions facing high-school students and adults considering post-secondary education or career choices...but from the perspective of the digital age. Emergent technologies have profoundly affected options such as where are the best opportunities in the marketplace; degrees/certificates needed; patterns in enrollment (e.g., part-time, full-time, online, and multiple institution programs); career-to-interest matching; and financial concerns. If you randomly search the Internet, you'll be overloaded with information on these topics! This seminar will focus you in on key sites and the best local resources to help choose what works for you!
0.2 CEU/1.8 CPE 1 One and one-half hour session $32
2697-01 ALC-EVE TU 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 3/17 MALLOY

2698 SOCIAL NETWORKING AND ONLINE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT...PUTTING YOUR BEST CYBER FOOT FORWARD

Do you know what a wiki is? Or what it means to twitter someone? Have any idea what teenagers are doing on Facebook or MySpace? Did you know that more than half of all Internet users - as well as employers and college staff who may be making hiring or admission decisions - "Google" people to find out "the rest of the story" about them? If most of your answers are NO, then this seminar is for you! It provides an overview with demonstrations of the most popular social networking sites (SNSs), and a "cookbook" for establishing and maintaining a good online reputation. Understand how you might integrate aspects of SNSs into your own professional and personal life...it could affect whether you get the job you want or admission to the school of your choice!
0.2 CEU/1.8 CPE 1 One and one-half hour session $32
2698-01 ALC-EVE TH 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 4/9 MALLOY