Access 2010: All for Less Take All Three Levels and Save

Prerequisite(s): "Computer Basics: Windows" or equivalent experience.

Take this class, which combines all three levels of Access, and save 10 percent off your tuition. The class schedule, location, prerequisites and required texts are included in the listings for "Access: Level 1," "Access: Level 2," and "Access: Level 3."

Registration for this option is online only and non-refundable after the class starts. Class does not meet 4/3 or 4/5.
This class qualifies for 2.40 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.

Access 2010: Level 1

Prerequisite(s): "Computer Basics: Windows" or equivalent experience.

Is Access the database of choice in your workplace? Learn the concepts, terminology, and data entry functions that will let you use existing Access databases efficiently. Next, design and create tables, enter and manipulate data in tables, and use queries to select and analyze information in a table. Create forms for viewing and inputting data, and create simple reports. Finally, you'll discover how to create relationships between tables.

The required book, "Microsoft Access 2010: Level 1," ISBN 9781424616367, is available at the WCC Bookstore.
This class qualifies for 0.80 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.

Access 2010: Level 2

Prerequisite(s): "Access: Level 1" or equivalent experience.

Do you have integrity in your relationships? Learn to establish relationships between tables and enforce referential integrity. Next, improve data integrity by setting properties, creating a lookup list, and creating indexes. Use select queries to create expressions and action queries to maintain your database. Enhance your forms with subforms and create reports that group and summarize data.

The required book, "Microsoft Access 2010 Level 2," ISBN 9781424615520, is available at the WCC Bookstore.
This class qualifies for 0.80 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.

Access 2010: Level 3

Prerequisite(s): "Access: Level 2" or equivalent experience.

Analyze the design of your database and create more advanced queries, such as crosstab queries. Add specialized controls to your forms and insert subreports within a master report. Increase ease of use through macros that automate your database and improve data entry. Develop a switchboard and set start-up options to facilitate user navigation.

The required book, "Microsoft Access 2010 Level 3," ISBN 9781424615742, is available at the WCC Bookstore.
This class qualifies for 0.80 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.

Bookkeeping: Practical Skills for Businesses Day-to-Day Skills for Accuracy & Success

Suddenly you have started your own business or you have been thrust into doing the bookkeeping for your company. What do you do? Where do you start? Are you sure you are completing the tasks efficiently and correctly? Learn the answers to these questions and gain the benefit of instruction in general bookkeeping tasks including payroll, taxes, inventory, sales, paying vendors, preparing financial statements and more in this class designed especially for you.

Business Casual: Stylish but Professional Business Comes First in Business Casual

Prerequisite(s): None.

Learn what not to wear to avoid making a terrible faux pas when dressing business casual. Ideal for those newly entering the workforce or looking to move up the work ladder, professional image consultant Indigo Zuri will walk you through the do's and don'ts of business casual, identify colors that are and are not appropriate for the office and identify the definition of business casual within multiple industries.

Computer Basics 2: Windows

Prerequisite(s): "Computer Basics 1: Getting Started with Your Windows Computer" or equivalent experience.

Windows is the electronic manager of your computer and you are the CEO. It's crucial for you to know what Windows is doing for you and how it works. Would you like to understand the Windows GUI (graphical user interface) better? What about all those programs and file types? How well are you working with files and folders — do you know where and how to find your "stuff". Home practice suggestions help you apply new skills on your home computer.

Section 1 will focus on Windows 7. Windows 7 Computers are provided in class, but students are welcome to bring their own laptops with XP or Vista to Section 2 (Daytime). The optional reference book, "Easy Microsoft Windows," is available in XP, Vista and Windows 7 versions. Students are highly encouraged to purchase the version for the operating system they have at home, after the first class meeting. The Windows 7 version (ISBN 9780789739940) is available at the WCC Bookstore.
This class qualifies for 1.00 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.

Cottage Food Industry: Make Money Selling Your Home Made Foods A Class in the Permaculture Design Series

Recently passed amendments to the Food Law of 2000 define a cottage food operation as one where a person produces or packages non-potentially hazardous food in a kitchen of that person's primary domestic residence. The law allows sales of allowable foods produced by a cottage food operation to homes, farm markets, roadside stands, municipal farmers markets, county fairs, celebrations, festivals and other events. Learn how to set up your own cottage based industry and how the concept relates to the Permaculture concept. Examine what foods are allowable for sale, the requirements for labels and listings, sales records, and learn how to plug into the network of existing cottage food operations.

E-Marketing for Small Business and Nonprofit Organizations Creating Connections Through Social Media

Prerequisite(s): "Computer Basics: Internet" or equivalent experience.

Looking to reach your customer in the digital age? Learn how to leverage social media technology to spread your message, rally support, and increase your revenues. This seminar course is designed to offer managers the bigger picture on how electronic marketing can be used to benefit their organization. Explore effective sites and walk away with a surplus of new ideas on how to use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more to give your business a boost. We'll also look at some online fundraising applications for your nonprofit organization.

This class is required for WCC's E-Marketing Certificate.
For more information, visit E-Marketing Certificate.

E-Marketing: Facebook Ads

Prerequisite(s): Able to use a web browser; familiar with Facebook.

Business owners, entrepreneurs, and affiliate marketers ? get in the game! Create attention-grabbing ads on the world's most popular social network. Get to know display advertising basics and brand your business, build your following and measure the return on your investment. You'll also practice creating and writing ads that get users to take action.

This class may be taken as an elective for WCC's E-Marketing Certificate.
This class qualifies for 0.30 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.
For more information, visit E-Marketing Certificate.