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.

Adobe Lightroom The Digital Photographer's Best Friend

Prerequisite(s): "Computer Basics: Windows," or equivalent Windows class or experience. Photoshop or Photoshop Elements experience is suggested but not required.

Whether you're an amateur or professional photographer, you'll wonder how you kept your sanity before Lightroom, Adobe's software to help you manage, organize and correct images. Lightroom offers five functional modules: Library, to organize your images; Develop, to enhance your images; and Slide Show, Web Gallery, and Print, to share your images. Lightroom works hand-in-hand with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, or as a stand-alone application.

The optional book, "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Classroom in a Book," ISBN 9780321700933, is available at the WCC Bookstore.

Artists and Photographers: Build Your Own Niche Website

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

Build a website to share your creations and hobbies, or to reach more customers for your organization or small business. Using the popular (and free) software "KompoZer," you'll work step-by-step through the process from conception to live website.

This class may be taken as an elective for WCC's E-Marketing Certificate.
For more information, visit E-Marketing Certificate.

Artists and Photographers: Ready, Set, SHOW Your Images Prepare Your Art Images for Print, Competition and the Web

Digital Photography has made it so easy to capture images of your artwork or share your creative perspectives with the world...or has it? Do the pictures you take with your digital camera do your work justice? Gain an understanding of the pixel realm of images and what you need to know to prepare your images for print or electronic distribution. Take images of your artwork from camera to computer to a photo editing program. Try and easy method to organize your images on your computer. Learn from an expert how to understand and comply with the digital image requirements of a competition prospectus.
This class may be taken as an elective for WCC's E-Marketing Certificate.

For more information, visit E-Marketing Certificate.

Computer Basics 1: Getting Started With Your Windows Computer — Daytime Start With Confidence!

Is it time to become computer literate? If you have limited computer skills and maybe even some computer anxiety this is the class for you. The class philosophy of "no student left behind" and "repetition, repetition, repetition" helps provide a solid set of skills to launch you into the computer age. There is a special focus on computer terms and setting up Windows to make it easier for a new learner to use. In addition, home practice suggestions help you take those skills home with you.

Windows 7 is used in class, but Windows XP can also be demonstrated. Computers are provided, but students with laptops (Windows) are welcome to bring them. The optional book, "Easy Microsoft Windows," is available in XP, Vista and Windows 7 versions. Students are encouraged to purchase the version for the operating system they are using, after the first class meeting. ISBNs for these are: (XP) 9780789736000; (Vista) 9780789738295; (Windows 7) 9780789739940. The Windows 7 version of this book is available at the WCC Bookstore.
This class qualifies for 1.20 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.

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.

Computer Basics 3: Internet Finding Your Way Around the Worldwide Web

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

Is your main Internet skill sending and receiving emails? Do you struggle with receiving and sending attachments? Do you know what a PDF file is? We begin with a thorough introduction to the Internet Explorer browser and discover how to print efficiently from the Internet, download information from the Internet and explore various websites.

Computers are provided, but students with laptops (Windows) are welcome to bring them. The optional book, "Easy Microsoft Windows," is available in XP, Vista and Windows 7 versions. Students are encouraged to purchase the version for the operating system they are using, after the first class meeting. ISBNs for these are: (XP) 9780789736000; (Vista) 9780789738295; (Windows 7) 9780789739940.
This class qualifies for 1.00 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.