Computer Applications

NC residents 65 and older are exempt from computer registration fees, but are required to pay technology and book fees. Technology fees range from $1 to $5. Books range from $25 to $35.
Registration fees include all fees required for the course listed except for the book fee which is listed with the course.
Contact: For information on all computer-training courses, online courses, and computer certificate programs, please call 919-209-2108.
When paying for your course, please do not send the registration fee and book fee together as these are to be paid separately.
For Senior Citizen computer course information, please call 919-209-2034.
Written directions and some maps are available for JCC locations.

Microsoft Office Applications Mini Course

Grasp the most important features of using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This mini course will give you the tools you need to get started in all these applications.

Registration Fee - $58. Prepaid registration is required Book - Not required Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 28 hours.
8:30am - 12:30pm	S	9/13 - 10/25	Cleveland Center/004

MS Word and the Internet

This course is for beginners to word processing and will stress the basics of keyboarding, and the fundamentals of creating, editing, saving, and retrieving basic documents. Also covered will be advanced topics including using the Internet for information retrieval, email to send word documents, graphic insertions, tables,, merging data with documents and emphasizing the proper manner to store documents using the XP or Vista operating system.

Registration Fee - $57. Prepaid registration is required Book - Not required Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 18 hours.
9:00am - 12:00pm	MTW	11/11-20	Elsee/164

Microsoft Word

Students will achieve the understanding of how to manage documents with specific time savers such as deletions, moving, cutting and pasting, how to set margins and tabs, create envelopes and labels from tables, and more.

Registration Fee - $58. Prepaid registration is required Book - Not required Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 24 hours.
6:00 - 9:00pm	T	9/9 - 10/28	Benson Center/205

PowerPoint Designer

This course delivers PowerPoint 2003 presentation training for screen and print that includes making your presentations become energetic using pictures, animation, and sound. This second part of this course includes Photoshop Elements for the graphic side of creating and manipulating graphics in your presentations.

Registration Fee - $65. Prepaid registration is required Book - Photoshop: 978-0-07-59136-078-0 / PowerPoint: 978-1-59136-031-5 Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 45 hours.
6:00 - 9:00pm	T	9/2 - 12/16	JCC/Elsee/110

Desktop Publishing

This course is divided into three sessions. This course will cover PowerPoint presentations, Photoshop Elements for your photos and images, and Publisher to design and print any flyers, brochures, newsletters or any type of publication you need that will promote and advertise your business or family gatherings.

Registration Fee - $64. Prepaid registration is required Book - Optional. Approx. $25 ea. ISBN: PowerPoint: 1-4188-8946-6 / ISBN: Photoshop: N/A / ISBN: Publisher: 1-4239-1380-9 Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 42 hours.
9:00am - 12:00pm	T/Th	9/9 - 10/23	Kenly Center/003

Office Computer Operations Specialist

Basic Computer and typing skills are required! One price for all below! This certificate program offers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and QuickBooks. Each course is approx. 28 hours and will be completed in 10 weeks. All books are available for free use in the classroom.

Registration Fee - $70. Prepaid registration is required Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 140 hours.
Word 2003	6:00 - 9:30pm	9/15-25	M-Th	JCC/ Elsee/164
Excel 2003	6:00 - 9:30pm	9/29 - 10/9	M-Th	JCC/ Elsee/164
Access 2003	6:00 - 9:30pm	10/13-23	M-Th	JCC/ Elsee/164
PowerPoint 2003	6:00 - 9:30pm	11/3-13	M-Th	JCC/ Elsee/164
QuickBooks 2007	6:00 - 9:00pm	11/17 - 12/4	M-Th	JCC/ Elsee/164

The course above is considered one course for a one-time fee of $70. You only register and pay once and you must enter all classes to receive this certificate of completion. Books are available for use in the classroom or available for purchase in the bookstore if you choose. A certificate of completion will be granted for 140 hours upon completion of 80% attendance and exams

Publisher 2003

The essence of desktop publishing with Publisher is the merging of text and graphics to produce a professional looking document and saves time and money by being able to do it yourself. This course will get you started by teaching you how to design a publication, starting with an existing publication for print or a Design Set option. You will learn how to edit, insert and import clipart and other objects into your publication. This class is both fun and exciting and can please your boss!

Registration Fee - $57. Prepaid registration is required Book - approx $23; Book ISBN - not required Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 18 hours.
6:00 - 9:00pm	T	11/4 - 12/9	Benson Center/205

Basic Word and Excel 2007

This course is divided into two courses. The course will be split after the first 10 days of Word and then begin the Excel session. MS Word will teach how to add, move through, and edit text, move words from one part of your document to another, work on two or more documents simultaneously, change the size or appearance of text, change margins and tab settings, automatically center, right align, justify, and indent text; run the integrated grammar and spelling checker; use the thesaurus, and save, retrieve, copy, organize, and print your documents. MS Excel will teach how to learn the secrets behind writing powerful mathematical formulas, using the function wizard to quickly and automatically calculate statistics, loan payments, future value, and more. You’ll also learn the best ways to sort and analyze data, create custom charts and graphs and more.

Registration Fee - $65. Prepaid registration is required Book - approx $33; Book ISBN - ISBN Word: 13: 978-1-0-07-329449-0 and ISBN Excel: 13: 978-0-07-329452-0 Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 60 hours.
6:00 - 9:00pm	W/Th	9/10 - 11/13	Cleveland Campus/004

MS Excel 2007

If you work with numbers, you need to know Excel. Discover how to quickly and efficiently set up fully formatted worksheets by creating formulas and functions to make your task work. Charts will also be introduced to emphasize your spreadsheets instead of just numbers. You will learn that Excel is primarily used to manipulate numeric data, see how data can easily be updated, added, or deleted and any changes immediately propagate throughout the entire worksheet. See how calculations can vary from very simple to extremely complex and all done with ease. Excel is widely used by most businesses and often is a requirement of employment. This program is also useful in creating budgets, financial planning, and much more for personal or business use.

Registration Fee - $64. Prepaid registration is required Book - approx $23; Book ISBN - 978-0-07-329452-0 Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 39 hours
9:00am - 12:00pm	S	9/6 - 12/6	JCC/Elsee/164

MS Access 2003

This course is designed to introduce students to the powerful Microsoft database management system. Access can process both numeric and text data, data can be easily updated, added or deleted as well as sorted, filtered, and other numerous operations. Calculations can vary from very simple to extremely complex and can greatly increase efficiency in the workplace. Used by many businesses, Access is also useful in creating budgets, inventory, relational databases, and integrity of your data, and more.

Registration Fee - $64. Prepaid registration is required Book - approx $33; Book ISBN - 0-07-829785-0 Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 33 hours
6:00 - 9:00pm	TW	11/4 - 12/10	WDC/Clayton/2012

Excel 2003 & QuickBooks Professional 2007

Students learn to navigate through this complete computerized accounting system for home and business. QuickBooks software features include creating a company, working with lists, bank accounts, sales, and invoices, and paying bills, and payroll.

Registration Fee - $58. Prepaid registration is required Book - approx $23 ea.; Book ISBN - Excel: 1-4188-8933-4 / QB: 1-4239-5892-5 Requirements - A USB 128 MB jump drive is required. 30 hours
9:00am - 12:00pm	T/Th	11/4 - 12/11	Kenly Center/003

Excel 2003 & QuickBooks Premiere 2008

Registration Fee - $64. Prepaid registration is required Book - approx $54(QB) $33(Excel); Book ISBN - QB: 157-338-1063 / Excel: 0-07-829777-x. Requirements - A USB 128 MB jump drive is required. 42 hours
6:00 - 9:00pm	M	9/8 - 12/8	WDC/Clayton/2012

Basic AutoCAD 2006

This course is designed to introduce the students to obtaining a working knowledge of AutoCAD 2006. Topics include how to create new drawings, display commands, and learn coordinates and basic drawing commands. By the end of this course, students should be able to produce and plot a CAD drawing.

Registration Fee - $64. Prepaid registration is required Book - approx $80; Book ISBN - 0-13-171388-4. Requirements - A floppy disk is required for this course. 36 hours
6:00 - 9:00pm	M	9/8 - 11/24	JCC/Elsee/110