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**WORKFORCE READINESS"   **CAREER EXPLORATION AND JOB TRAINING**   **CAREER PROGRAMS**   Cosmetology   Office Training   Paralegal   California State Notary Public   Combination Welder   **BUSINESS TRAINING**   Communicate in Business and in Life   **COMPUTERS**   Computer Education Program   PC Operating Systems and Introduction to Windows Vista   Microsoft Office 2007   Intro To The Personal Computer   PC Operating Systems   Microsoft Office 2003 Applications   Financial   Digital Photography   E-Commerce, eBay & Internet   Web Design   Life Begins at 55   Mac Classes   Desktop Publishing for Mac   Mac Digital Camera and Professional Photography   **ONLINE TRAINING**   **COMMUNITY EDUCATION**   Language   Culture & Cuisine   Fine & Applied Arts   Folk Art: Timeless Traditions   Legal, Financial and Retirement   Health, Fitness & Wellness   Home and Garden   Music & Dance   Outdoors   Special Interest   Parent Education   **SPECIAL PROGRAMS**   Older Adults   Visually Impaired Adults   Independent Living Skills   Leisure Time Skills   Supported Living	**COMPUTERS** Tech/Adult Center, Chana, Colfax, Del Oro, Foresthill and Placer High Schools All technology labs are equipped with up-to-date computer systems. Important! * Early registration in computer classes will assure that a full and/or canceled class will not disappoint you. * Students are urged to call the office for information on added classes. Need Assistance? Students who need help in determining which computer class(es) to take are encouraged to attend one of the free counseling workshops listed below. Arij Mousa, Computer Program Director, is available by appointment prior to and during registration at 390 Finley Street in Auburn.   COMPUTER EDUCATION PROGRAM:      FREE PC/Mac and eBay Counseling Workshops   PC OPERATING SYSTEMS AND INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS VISTA:      Get Ready for Windows Vista Workshop      The Mysteries Inside Your Computer Case      Meet the PC Workshop      Windows Vista      Windows Vista Workshop      Managing Files and Folders in Windows Vista Workshop      Windows Vista Internet Explorere 7.0 Workshop   MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007:      Microsoft Word 2007      Microsoft Excel 2007      Microsoft Outlook 2007   INTRO TO PERSONAL COMPUTER:      Meet the PC / Windows XP/Internet   PC OPERATING SYSTEMS:      Windows XP Workshop      Virus Prevention Training Workshop      System Data Back-Up Workshop   MICROSOFT OFFICE 2003 APPLICATIONS:      Word 2003 - Level 1      Excel 2003 -- Level 1      Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)   FINANCIAL:      Quickbooks 2007 for Small Businesses - Level 1 Workshop      Quickbooks 2007 for Small Businesses - Level 2 Workshop   DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY:      Getting the Most Out of Your Digital Camera with Photoshop Elements 5.0      Easy Movie-Making with Digital Pictures and Videos Using Windows Moviemaker      Adobe Photoshop CS2 Level 1 PC      Adobe Photoshop CS2 Level II PC      Adobe InDesign CS2      Adobe Illustrator CS2 Level 1   E-COMMERCE, EBAY & INTERNET:      The Basics of Selling on Craigslist Workshop      The Hype on Skype Workshop - (Free Calls over the Internet)      The Basics of Buying on eBay      The Basics of Selling on eBay      Grow Your Sales with eBay Stores   WEB DESIGN:      Web Design (Dreamweaver 8 and HTML) - (PC or Mac)   LIFE BEGINS AT 55:      Meet the PC Seniors      Windows Vista-Seniors      Internet Explorere 7 Level 1-Seniors      Internet Explorer 7 Level 2-Seniors      Microsoft Word 2007 for Seniors      Digital Photography for Seniors Leve 1      Digital Photography for Seniors Level 2      Electronic Picture Album Level 1-Seniors      Electronic Picture Album Level 2-Seniors   MAC CLASSES:      Basic Skills for the Macintosh Workshop      Digital Photography with iPhoto '06 Workshop      iTunes '06 for Mac and PC Workshop      Internet for the Mac Workshop   DESKTOP PUBLISHING FOR MAC:      Introduction to iWork/Pages for Macintosh Workshop   MAC DIGITAL CAMERA AND PROFESSIOANL PHOTOGRAPHY:      Professional Photography Techniques and Concepts      How to Buy and Use a Digital Camera Workshop      Adobe Photoshop CS2 Level 1 Mac   Computer Education Program      FREE PC/Mac and eBay Counseling Workshops Tell a Friend!          Beginners are encouraged to attend any of these free workshops to find out which direction to take with their computer education for their business and personal needs.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total         8/29  Wednesday  3:30pm-4:30pm (Mac)  Placer H.S. Room 629  Mousa  0.00  -  0.00  Please Call!      8/29  Wednesday  4:30pm-5:30pm (Senior)  Placer H.S. Room 629  Mousa  0.00  -  0.00  Please Call!      8/29  Wednesday  5:30pm-6:30pm (Regular)  Placer H.S. Room 629  Mousa  0.00  -  0.00  Please Call!      8/29  Wednesday  7:30pm-9:00pm (eBay & Craigslist)  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Mousa  -  -  -  Please Call!     PC Operating Systems and Introduction to Windows Vista      Get Ready for Windows Vista Workshop Tell a Friend!          What is all the excitement about Vista? Can your computer even run Vista or do you need to buy a new computer? How do you find out? Will "all programs" work under Vista? What are the differences between the versions of Vista? This seminar will answer these questions and more about Microsoft's newest operating system. Prerequisite: Meet the PC or equivalent knowledge recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06VA00  9/4  Tuesday  6:30pm - 9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Mousa  44.00  -  44.00  Add to Cart      top     The Mysteries Inside Your Computer Case Tell a Friend!          Would you like to be able to open up your computer case and upgrade parts yourself? Do you want to know more about the components of a computer to make a better choice when upgrading or buying a new computer? Learn how to troubleshoot startup problems, replace a power supply, upgrade RAM, troubleshoot and upgrade CD/DVD drives, graphic cards, hard drives and more. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06VB00  10/15-11/5  Monday  6:30pm - 9:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Davis  74.00  -  74.00  Add to Cart      top     Meet the PC Workshop Tell a Friend!          Are you a new computer user with little or no experience? Students will be introduced to computer terminology and Windows Vista basics that will provide the skills needed to move into beginning computer classes. One-hour lunch break. No experience necessary.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06VC00  9/1  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  James  64.00  -  64.00  Add to Cart    06VC01  10/6  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  James  64.00  -  64.00  CANCELLED      top     Windows Vista Tell a Friend!          In this hands-on class, you will explore Vista basics. Examine the new Windows desktop. You will learn how to start and work with programs and multitask efficiently. Explore file management (finding and storing files and folders). Customize system settings, tour the media center and understand Windows Vista's parental controls. Prerequisite: Meet the PC.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06VD00  9/11 - 10/2  Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Masters  94.00  -  94.00  Add to Cart      top     Windows Vista Workshop Tell a Friend!          Workshop is an accelerated version of the class. See course description above. Prerequisite: Meet the PC. One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06VE00  9/15  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Masters  69.00  -  69.00  Add to Cart    06VE01  10/13  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Masters  69.00  -  69.00  Add to Cart      top     Managing Files and Folders in Windows Vista Workshop Tell a Friend!          Explore Windows Explorer and the important landmark of the navigation pane, details pane, preview pane, command bar, menu bar, address bar and Explorer's most important new element, the search box. Students will learn how to move, copy, rename and delete files and folders. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista. One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06VF00  9/22  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Juergenson  64.00  -  64.00  FULL - Please Call!      top     Windows Vista Internet Explorere 7.0 Workshop Tell a Friend!          Why should you upgrade to IE 7? Microsoft has redesigned Internet Explorer from the ground up, with better security, new capabilities, and a whole new interface. Students will learn how to fight fraud with the Phishing Filer, get extended validation of websites, and opt in to add-ons. Protect yourself from hacked websites. Feed your need for the latest information with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and clear the clutter with tabbed browsing. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista. One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       605000  9/29  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Nations  64.00  -  64.00  Add to Cart     Microsoft Office 2007      Microsoft Word 2007 Tell a Friend!          Use Microsoft Word basic tools like the new Ribbon Interface, the Quick Access toolbar, Themes and the Mini toolbar to edit and format text. Create bulleted and numbered lists. Master editing tools such as cut, copy, paste, move, drag, and drop as well as Mail Merge. Prerequistie: Windows XP/Vista and Managing Files and Folders.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06MA00  10/16 - 11/6  Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Masters  94.00  -  94.00  Add to Cart      top     Microsoft Excel 2007 Tell a Friend!          Create worksheets; work with rows, columns and cells. Enter data, text, numbers and formulas. Learn the new Excel capabilities offered in '07 like managing names, nested functions, formatting tables and elements, autofilter, and conditional formatting. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista and Managing Files and Folders.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06MB00  10/17 - 11/7  Wednesday  6:30pm - 9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Masters  94.00  -  94.00  Add to Cart      top     Microsoft Outlook 2007 Tell a Friend!          Microsoft Outlook 2007 provides an intergrated solution for managing and organizing e-mail messages, schedules, tasks, notes, and contacts. Learn the new '07 methods for creating multiple contacts, setting message delivery options, reducing junk mail and creating a signature. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista and Managing Files and Folders.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06MC00  10/19 - 11/9  Friday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  James  94.00  -  94.00  Add to Cart     Intro to Personal Computer      Meet the PC / Windows XP/Internet Tell a Friend!          Come and learn your way around your XP computer. This introductory course will cover how computers work, starting programs, using text and graphics, working with files, e-mail, and the Internet. This is a perfect course to get started with fundamentals. No experience necessary.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       060800  9/11-10/16  Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Del Oro H.S. Room 303  Gardner  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart    060801  9/13-10/18  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Foresthill H.S. Room 206  James  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart     PC Operating Systems      Windows XP Workshop Tell a Friend!          Students will have hands on instruction on the following: how to navigate and run programs, how to write in word pad, how to draw with paint, move and copy text and graphics. Prerequisite: Meet the PC. One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       061701  9/8  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Del Oro H.S. Room 202  James  64.00  -  64.00  CANCELLED      top     Virus Prevention Training Workshop Tell a Friend!          Oh no, a virus has invaded your computer and destroyed valuable, irretrievable data, what do you do? This course will help define what virus, worms and Trojans are. You will learn how they invade, tips and tricks of avoidance and how to configure your anti virus and firewall software and more. Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       608900  9/12  Wednesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Nations  44.00  -  44.00  Add to Cart      top     System Data Back-Up Workshop Tell a Friend!          Learn how to do a full back up of your system and how to protect your data. Your instructor will explain how to setup your system so you can do incremental back-ups easier and will also explain the difference between data and programs and what is not reproducible. The instructor will demonstrate how to make a back-up image, and then reinstall the image. No experience necessary      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       609100  9/19  Wendesday  6:30pm - 9:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Nations  44.00  -  44.00  Add to Cart     Microsoft Office 2003 Applications      Word 2003 - Level 1 Tell a Friend!          Students will master creating and editing business letters, creating a memorandum and press release, professional writing and editing tools, creating a simple report, margins and lists and how to send on-line attachments. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista. Familiarity with the keyboard recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       062101  9/11 - 10/9  Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Del Oro H.S. Room 202  James  74.00  -  74.00  CANCELLED      top     Excel 2003 -- Level 1 Tell a Friend!          Discover how to create and edit a simple worksheet. Learn powerful features and automated tools, dates, text features, and restructuring worksheets, working with large worksheets, and creating impact with charges. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista. Familiarity with the keyboard recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       614200  10/18 - 11/15  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Del Oro H.S. Room 202  Murphy  74.00  -  74.00  Add to Cart      top     Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) Tell a Friend!          Once you've mastered the fundamentals of Windows, you're ready for an overview of Office, the most common productivity software in use. This six week course covers Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Learn about incorporating clipart into your documents, presenting a slide show, and other common tasks for working in our digital world. Prerequisite: Meet the PC and Windows XP/Vista and familiarity with the keyboard recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       065500  10/23 - 12/4 No Class 11/20  Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Del Oro H.S. Room 303  Gardner  89.00  -  89.00  Please Call!    065501  10/25 - 12/6 No Class 11/22  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Foresthill H.S. Room 206  James  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart     Financial      Quickbooks 2007 for Small Businesses - Level 1 Workshop Tell a Friend!          Students will create a sample company and learn how to use items, classes and acounts, input purchase and sales transactions using check registers, credit card accounts, petty cash accounts, accounts payable and accounts receivable, reconcile bank and creit card accounts. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista. Basic accounting experience recommended. One-half hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       067801  11/13 & 11/15  Tues & Thurs  8:30am-3:00pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Gonzales-Culwell  74.00  -  74.00  FULL - Please Call!      top     Quickbooks 2007 for Small Businesses - Level 2 Workshop Tell a Friend!          Learn how to: edit and improve items, class and account lists; track time and expenses by job; develop and manage sales tax, inventory and payroll accounts; create budgets and customize a form. Each lesson will feature the importance of creating, reviewing and modifying QuickBooks reports and fiancial statements. Prerequisite: Working knowledge of Quickbooks or Quickbooks Level 1 Workshop. One-half hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06AL01  11/27 & 11/29  Tues & Thurs  8:30am-3:00pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Gonzales-Culwell  74.00  -  74.00  Add to Cart     Digital Photography      Getting the Most Out of Your Digital Camera with Photoshop Elements 5.0 Tell a Friend!          This class will teach you how to research a new digital camera purchase and how to use the camera using the instruction manual. Photo critiques of students' work will be done to build better photography skills. Learn how to download images from the camera to the computer, upload images to an outgoing e-mail, and basic processing skills in Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. Students will become more confident using a digital camera and more efficient as a digital photographer. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       604400  9/17 - 10/15  Monday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Furtado  89.00  -  89.00  CANCELLED      top     Easy Movie-Making with Digital Pictures and Videos Using Windows Moviemaker Tell a Friend!          Make your digital still pictures or home movies come to life! Windows Moviemaker is FREE bundled with Windows XP. Create a movie from your digital pictures or videos using transitions, effects, titles and soundtrack. Kick it out to tape or burn to CD and walk out with a video made by you. Students are encouraged to bring a digital still and/or video camera, but a camera is not required for the class. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista and Managing Files and Folders.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       061900  10/10 - 11/14 No Class 10/31  Wednesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Wolff  74.00  -  74.00  Add to Cart      top     Adobe Photoshop CS2 Level 1 PC Tell a Friend!          If you want to work with graphics, Photoshop is the program you will most need to learn. This hands on, project-oriented course is filled with detailed step-by-step instructions you'll have no trouble following as you learn how to edit photos, get rid of red eye and prepare your images for printing. Learn how to use the healing brush, mask tool, clone tool, magic wand, and lasso tools. Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting for poor exposure, and removing or adding new elements. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista or Mac OSX and Managing Files and Folders.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       067200  9/11 - 10/2  Tuesday  6:00pm-9:00pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Salisbury  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart      top     Adobe Photoshop CS2 Level II PC Tell a Friend!          Continue learning Photoshop CS2 and find out why this is the number one graphics software program. Topics covered include channels, clipping masks, pen tool, adjustment layers, gradients, montages, slicing images, and ImageReady. All projects will be hands-on. Prerequisite: Adobe Photoshop CS2-Level 1 or instructor's approval.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       067700  10/16 - 11/6  Tuesday  6:00pm-9:00pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Salisbury  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart      top     Adobe InDesign CS2 Tell a Friend!          InDesign will be offered again Spring 2008      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total         Will be offered again Spring 2008    -       -  -  -  Please Call!      top     Adobe Illustrator CS2 Level 1 Tell a Friend!          Illustrator will be offered again Spring 2008      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total         Will be offered Spring 2008    -       -  -  -  Please Call!     E-Commerce, eBay & Internet      The Basics of Selling on Craigslist Workshop Tell a Friend!          Craigslist provides a collection of online resources, including classified ads and forums. The site also provides a trustworthy, efficient, relatively non-commercial place for people to find all the basics in their local area. More than 15 million poeple use Cragslist each month and Craigslist receives more than 12 million new classified ads and 750,000 new job listings each month. In this workshop, you will learn how to sell your treasures on Craigslist as an alternative to eBay. Instructor will provide information to students on how to sell their treasures locally as well. Prerequisite: Windows XP and Internet knowledge is recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06BA00  9/13  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Mousa  44.00  -  44.00  Add to Cart      top     The Hype on Skype Workshop (Free Calls over the Internet) Tell a Friend!           (Free Calls over the Internet) Skype is a piece of software that lets you make free calls over the Internet to any other Skype user, anywhere in the world. Skype works with most computers and operating systems-Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and Pocket PCs. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista and Internet knowledge recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06BR00  9/20  Thursday  6:30pm-8:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Mousa  34.00  -  34.00  CANCELLED      top     The Basics of Buying on eBay Tell a Friend!          Are you ready to shop on the world's leading online marketplace? Buying items on eBay is a unique shopping adventure. For many buyers, the shopping experience of finding and winning a great antique button or that missing part for a motorcycle feels like a treasure hunt. Others are interested in bargains, but prefer to buy products at a fixed price. To have a fun and safe buying experience, it's important to take the time to learn about pricing, buying and bidding. This hands-on class will focus on establishing positive feedback. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista and Internet knowledge recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06AB00  9/27 & 10/4  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Mousa  64.00  -  64.00  CANCELLED      top     The Basics of Selling on eBay Tell a Friend!          Students will get started by opening a seller's account, research eBay, and creating a simple and quick eBay listing. Students will learn the anatomy of a listing such as create great pictures, writing a perfect description, determining a pricing strategy, and opening a PayPal account. Students will be putting it all together by exploring the SYI form in packing and shipping their item, and fianlly leaving feedback. Instructor will touch on the differences between eBay and eBay Express. Students will learn how to add Skype to their eBay auctions. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista, Internet and The Hype on Skype Workshop is recommended.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06AC00  10/11 - 11/1  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn  Mousa  74.00  -  74.00  Add to Cart      top     Grow Your Sales with eBay Stores Tell a Friend!          Seventy-five percent of eBay Stores' sellers surveyed said that opening an eBay Store increased their sales. How does opening an eBay Store increase your sales? eBay Stores provides powerful tools to build, manage, promote, and track your business. Take your sales to the next level with these built-in benefits of an eBay Store. Find out the top 10 reasons why you should open an eBay Store. Learn how to build your store, manage your sales, promote your store, and track your success. Prerequisite: The Basics of Selling on eBay.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       600800  11/8 - 11/15  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Dr., Auburn Owner of Joshua's Fine Furniture  LaPointe  74.00  -  74.00  Add to Cart     Web Design      Web Design (Dreamweaver 8 and HTML) (PC or Mac) Tell a Friend!          Learn how to create a website for yourself or for your small business and also learn some HTML while you're at it. Create a website with pictures, text, links, and more. This class will teach you the basics of Dreamweaver 8 along with some basic HTML. Students will create a small multi-page website and then learn how to post and update that website on a web server. Students will also learn how to obtain a domain name for their website. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista or Mac/OSX.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06AJ00  9/10 - 10/8  Monday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Davis  89.00  -  89.00  Please Call!     Life Begins at 55      Meet the PC Seniors Tell a Friend!          Are you a new computer user with little or no experience? Students will be introduced to computer terminology and Windows XP/Vista basics that will provide them with the skills needed for beginning computer classes. No experience necessary.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       080100  9/11 - 9/14  T,W,Th,F  8:30am-11:00am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  44.00  -  44.00  Please Call!      top     Windows Vista-Seniors Tell a Friend!          Learn Windows basics such as starting Windows, controlling programs and using online help. Students will learn how to run Windows programs such as writing with WordPad, drawing with Paint, and moving text and graphics. Prerequisite: Meet the PC.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       080200  9/18 - 9/21  T,W,TH,F  8:30am-11:00am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  44.00  -  44.00  Please Call!      top     Internet Explorere 7 Level 1-Seniors Tell a Friend!          Would you like more information about that "perfect vacation?" Learn the basic search techniques to browse the World Wide Web and locate loved one with People Find! Come and enjoy this slow-paced class where the goal is to "have fun!" Don't let the grandchildren leave you in the dust! Prerequisite: Meet the PC and Windows XP/Vista.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       082500  9/25 - 9/28  T,W,Th,F  8:30am-11:00am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  44.00  -  44.00  Add to Cart      top     Internet Explorer 7 Level 2-Seniors Tell a Friend!          Learn how to use improve e-mail skills by using contacts, sending attachments, sharing photos, and organizing messages. If time allows, you will learn how to use instant messaging. Prerequisite: Internet Explorer Level 1.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       082600  10/2 - 10/5  T,W,Th,F  8:30am-11:00am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  44.00  -  44.00  Add to Cart      top     Microsoft Word 2007 for Seniors Tell a Friend!          Learn how to: create, edit, save and print documents, work with menus and dialog boxes, become a power user, use template, work with paragraph and fonts format, use search and replace tools, insert pictures into documents and use spell checker. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       083600  10/9 - 10/12  T,W,TH,F  8:30am-11:30am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  54.00  -  54.00  Add to Cart      top     Digital Photography for Seniors Leve 1 Tell a Friend!          Explore the basics of buying and using a digital camera. Learn how to download your pictures to your PC. Perform basic formatting, cropping, resizing and printing photos using Windows Photo Gallery. Students are encouraged to bring their own digital camera to use in class. Prerquisite: Windows XP/Vista and Managing Files and Folders.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       083100  10/16 - 10/19  T,W,TH,F  8:30am-11:30am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  54.00  -  54.00  FULL - Please Call!      top     Digital Photography for Seniors Level 2 Tell a Friend!          Create quality photography by exploring exposures, shutter speeds and resolution. Enhance your work by working with color balance, white balance and temperature. Learn to set up photgraphs for presentations by working with file formats, editing and resizing them. Print and save photos to send as an attchment via e-mail. Organize and store your photos on a variety of media and with a variey of methods. Students are encourged to bring their own digital camera to use in class. Prerequisite: Digital Photography for Seniors Level 1.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       083200  10/23 - 10/26  T,W,TH,F  8:30am-11:30am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  54.00  -  54.00  Add to Cart      top     Electronic Picture Album Level 1-Seniors Tell a Friend!          Learn PowerPoint basics which can be used to develop a wedding, family reunion or friend documentary or to present your personal photographs. Scanning, downloading photos from camera, resizing pictures and creating attractive backgrounds and text will be covered. Prerequisite: Windows XP/Vista and Managing Files and Folders.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       080600  10/30 - 11/2  T,W,TH,F  8:30am-11:30am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  54.00  -  54.00  Add to Cart      top     Electronic Picture Album Level 2-Seniors Tell a Friend!          Enhance your electronic picture album with sound, animation and clip art. Complete 10-12 slides for a personalized project that you can copy to a CD or flash drive to send to family members or friends for permanent and safe keeping. Prerequisite: Electronic Picture Album Level 1.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       080300  11/6 - 11/9  T,W,TH,F  8:30am - 11:30am  Tech/Adult Center 13055 Bill Francis Drive, Auburn  Masters  54.00  -  54.00  Add to Cart     Mac Classes      Basic Skills for the Macintosh Workshop Tell a Friend!          Just bought a new Macintosh computer? Basic introduction leading to emphasis on file management and how to get around your computer. Work at a slow pace and get the basics to work for you. No experience necessary. One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06CE00  9/8  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Peltier  64.00  -  64.00  Please Call!      top     Digital Photography with iPhoto '06 Workshop Tell a Friend!          Explore the ins and outs of iPhoto, the remarkable application that has revolutionized photo editing that comes with Macintosh OSX. Learn the basics of digital photography, how to import, edit, organize, remove red eye, lighten, brighten and more. Learn to send pictures via email, make slideshows and burn your picture creations to CD. Prerequisite: Basic Skills for the Macintosh or instructor approval. One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06CG00  9/22  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Peltier  64.00  -  64.00  FULL - Please Call!      top     iTunes '06 for Mac and PC Workshop Tell a Friend!          iTunes is the premier MP3 music player that all other players are judged by. Apple has started a music revolution on this piece of software and in conjunction with its iPod has changed the way the world listens to music. Learn how to import your favorite tunes from CD into iTunes - mix, match, and play in any order and burn your own. Learn how to rate songs, make playlists and organize your music that can be used at parties, in your car, or just to have the coolest digital jukebox via your computer. No experience necessary.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06CL00  Saturday  10/6  8:30am-12:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Peltier  44.00  -  44.00  Add to Cart      top     Internet for the Mac Workshop Tell a Friend!          This hands-on workshop is an introduction to Apple Internet applications, "How to" basics and "How to protect yourself". Includes: Address Book, Mail, Safari, iCal, iSync, iDisk, Dot Mac and more. Prerequisite: Basic Skills for the Macintosh Workshop.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06CP00  10/27  Saturday  8:30am-12:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Peltier  44.00  -  44.00  FULL - Please Call!     Desktop Publishing for Mac      Introduction to iWork/Pages for Macintosh Workshop Tell a Friend!          Pages is the page layout partner to Apple's Keynote presentation application in iWork. Pages and Keynote integrate with Apple's iLife suite and other apple applications to aid you in producing beautiful brochures, flyer, journals, letters, menus, and more. Learn how to create documents from scratch and with templates for personal or business use, making full use of Fonts, Styles, Color, Photos, Graphics, Leading, Kerning, Text Wrap and much more. Learn how to export your Pages creations to different formats for publishing and compatibility. Prerequisite: Basic Skills for the Mac and the ability to type gibberish! One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       06CM00  11/3  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629  Peltier  64.00  -  64.00  Add to Cart     Mac Digital Camera and Professioanl Photography      Professional Photography Techniques and Concepts Tell a Friend!          Are you interested in becoming a professional photographer? In this highly competitive, fast paced field, you need to learn basic techniques and concepts from Jason Lee, owner of Lee Photo before you open your business. Topics include, but are not limited to, what kind of equipment you need, how to set up your camera for professioanl quality photos, along with exploring the importance of light, managing digital files, and the ABC's of running a studio. No experience necessary.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       605500  9/13 - 10/4  Thursday  7:00pm-9:00pm  Placer H.S. Room 629 Owner of Lee Photo  Lee  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart      top     How to Buy and Use a Digital Camera Workshop Tell a Friend!          Trying to master how to use your digital camera? This class will cover basic information, camera menus and functions, using the LCD monitor and viewfinder, photo sizing and pixel dimensions, as well as accessories that are important to have. We'll discuss camera settings and useful hints for taking great photos. Learn how to download your photos to your computer, resize photos for e-mailing to your family or posting to the Internet. An overview of Adobe Photoshop is also included. Bring your camera and manual to learn even more. Prerequisite: Basic Skills for the Mac OSX. One-hour lunch break.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       605700  10/13 & 10/20  Saturday  8:30am-3:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629 Owner of Lee Photo  Lee  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart      top     Adobe Photoshop CS2 Level 1 Mac Tell a Friend!          If you want to work with digital images, Photoshop is the program you need to learn. This hands-on course is filled with detailed step-by-step instructions you will have no trouble following as you learn how to edit photos, get rid of red eye and prepare your images for printing. Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting poor exposure, and removing or adding new elements. Prerequisite: Basic Skills for the Mac OSX.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       605600  10/18 - 11/15  Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  Placer H.S. Room 629 Owner of Lee Photo  Staff  89.00  -  89.00  Add to Cart
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