This course is meant for absolute beginners. It is meant for students who have little or no prior experience with computers. The purpose of this course is to empower learners with the knowledge and skills needed to use computers effectively in life, college, work and beyond.

Students will learn what computers can do for them and how to use the Internet for communication.

Emphasis will be placed on using software packages for emails, word processing, spread sheets, and presentation as well as using the Internet.

This training is designed for participants who are reasonably proficient in English and have an understanding of basic ICT concepts.

Who Should Attend?

This course is meant for absolute beginners. It is meant for students who have little or no prior experience with computers. The purpose of this course is to empower learners with the knowledge and skills needed to use computers effectively in life, college, work and beyond.

Duration

5 Days

Course Objectives

• Students will learn what computers can do for them and how to use the Internet for communication.
• Emphasis will be placed on using software packages for emails, word processing, spread sheets, and presentation as well as using the Internet.

Course Content

Internet

Introduction to computers and the internet

Email

• Begin and end emails professionally
• CC, BCC, Reply, Reply All, forward
• Understand the fundamentals of grammar, formatting and punctuation to improve readability
• Write better emails faster
• Tactics to manage email volume
• Write clear and well-structured professional emails
• Save time through communicating appropriately from the outset
• Avoid frustrating others with email overload

MS Word

• Quick start
• Introduction to MS Word basics
• Organizing content using tables and charts 
• Customizing formats using styles and themes
• Inserting content using quick parts
• Using templates to automate document formatting
• Controlling the flow of a document
• Simplifying and managing long documents
• Using mail merge to create letters, envelopes, and labels 
• Table of content

MS Power Point

• Quick start
• Slides & layouts
• Text & tables
• Pictures & graphics
• Present slideshows
• Animation, video & audio
• Share & co-author
• Use 3D models
• Powerpoint keyboard shortcuts
• Powerpoint templates
• Office templates

Intermediate & Advanced MS Excel

• Introduction to MS Excel basics
• Entering, selecting & editing data
• Formatting cells, rows, columns & sheets
• Creating formulas and functions
• Charts, graphs and data sort
• Printing Excel documents
• Naming cell ranges
• Linking sheets and files
• Conditional functions
• Basic lookup functions
• Essential list management