Computer Helper offers tutoring and training to help you learn about how to use your computer. All of our tutoring courses are designed for the small groups or a one-to-one training situation and can be carried out either at your home or at our computer training room. This is so that the material covered during the tuition can be applied straight to the user's computer.
Any of training may be carried out during the evening or on Saturdays without any out-of-hours surcharge.
Our pre designed programs are listed here; however we also offer a 'mentoring' service, where a tutor will come to you and do one or more ad-hoc sessions watching your computer use, offering advice, answering any questions that you have. Please email us info@computer-helper.ca for more information.
Website Design
- Prerequisite: Windows Level 1 and 2
- You will learn how to create a website using html, css, and how to upload to hosting server. When you finish this course, you would have a personal website online!!
Foundation Courses
Basic Computer (Mouse and Keyboard Skills)
- Prerequisite: None
- You will learn about computer terminology, hardware, software, components of a computer, start-up and shutdown process, customize the mouse and keyboard. Learn how to use keyboard shortcuts, single click, double-click, drag & drop, and how to select text and pictures. Learn what to look for when buying a computer.
Windows Level 1 (Desktop & Windows Accessories)
- Prerequisite: Basic Computer
- You will learn how to navigate within the windows operating system. Learn how to use the start menu and all of its components, calculator, WordPad, paint, and character map, customize the desktop, and start menu.
Windows Level 2 (File and Folder Management)
- Prerequisite: Windows Level 1
- This is one of the most important courses you can take. You will learn how everything is organized on the computer, and how to organize everything you save on your computer so that you can find that folder, letter, or picture. You will be able to answer these questions: Where do files go when you download them from the Internet, or when you save something to your hard drive?
Internet Level 1 (Basic Internet Surfing and E-mail)
- Prerequisite: Windows 1
- You will learn the terminology; review the equipment requirements that are necessary for connecting to the Internet. Understand ISP, URL, Hyperlinks and Address bar. Learn how to compose, reply, send an email, and use the address book.
Internet Level 2 (Maintain e-mail, use search engines, download files, unzip files, and etc.)
- Prerequisite: Internet Level 1
- You will learn how to organize your e-mail, save your favorites, and add e-mail address to the address book. Learn how to use different search engines to find what you want. Learn different method of searching, download files, attach files to an email, unzip files, save and print email.
Microsoft Office Applications
Word Level 1 (Foundation for Learning Word Processing)
- Prerequisite: Windows 1
- This course will cover basic features and options in Microsoft Word. Students will learn menu bars, toolbars, help tools, and other features. Students will create, edit, format, add graphics, border, bullets, and alignment, spell check, save, preview and print a document. You will learn how to copy, cut, paste, delete, undo, format a picture, and use the keyboard and mouse to select text.
Word Level 2 (Concentrates on borders, shading, graphics, text as art, and columns)
- Prerequisite: Word Level 1
- Word can be use to create letters, memos and sophisticated publishing documents. Students will learn to create a professional looking document with text, text objects, WordArt, graphics, shading, borders, special effects, columns, customized bullets, drawings, and callouts. You will learn how to use page setup, copy and paste, find and replace, and tips on using spell check and grammar features.
Word Level 2 (Concentrates on borders, shading, graphics, text as art, and columns)
- Prerequisite: Word Level 1
- Word can be use to create letters, memos and sophisticated publishing documents. Students will learn to create a professional looking document with text, text objects, WordArt, graphics, shading, borders, special effects, columns, customized bullets, drawings, and callouts. You will learn how to use page setup, copy and paste, find and replace, and tips on using spell check and grammar features.
Excel Level 1 (Creating Worksheets and Writing Formulas)
- Prerequisite: Windows 1
- You will learn how to navigate within the Excel environment. You will identify the spreadsheet components, use the help features, create spreadsheets with numbers, labels and formulas. Also, format the spreadsheet, set up charts, adjust columns and rows, rename, delete, and insert sheets, save and print workbooks.
Excel Level 2 (Concentrates on formula construction and formatting)
- Prerequisite: Excel Level 1
- Microsoft Excel enables you to turn data into information with powerful tools to communicate, and share results. Excel can help you work better in teams, and help protect and control access to your work. You will learn how to create, copy, link, update, and share a Budget Report. You will add data, labels and formulas to the report. You will also format the report by changing the fonts, color, shading, alignment, borders, and decimal. You will use the merge feature and paste special command, customize the Excel user's default options, and more.
PowerPoint Level 1 (Creating Documents and Presentation Slides
- Prerequisite: Windows 1
- You will create dynamic presentations in just a few minutes. You will create presentations from scratch, auto wizard, and templates. Learn the terminology, slide views, slide layouts, slide transitions, animation, and special effects. You will learn how to create, edit, save, and print dazzling displays that are sure to impress.
PowerPoint Level 2 (Concentrates on building a multimedia slide show)
- Prerequisite: PowerPoint Level 1
- PowerPoint will help you to improve the way you create, present, and collaborate on presentations. You will combine everything you have learned in Level 1 to help you create a dynamic multimedia slide show – text, graphics, sound, music, voice, animations, special effects, charts, multimedia effects, linking between other applications, and more.
Outlook Level 1 (Foundation for Learning MS Outlook)
- Prerequisite: Windows Level 1 & 2
- Microsoft Outlook provides an integrated solution for managing and organizing e-mail messages, schedules, tasks, notes, contacts, and other information. Learn to send and receive email, create contacts, create folders, and manage your calendar. Learn to use notes, tasks, and my shortcuts features in Outlook.
Publisher Level 1 (Foundation for Learning MS Publisher)
- Prerequisite: Windows 1
- You will learn how to work within the Publisher environment. Customize Publisher’s options and toolbars, use the wizard to create a publication, work with the rulers and snap to ruler features. Learn to identify the elements in a publication. Learn to create publication from scratch, template, and by using the wizard. Learn to add text boxes, pictures, connect text boxes, use design checker, how to read guides, save and print.
Publisher Level 2 (Create complex Publications)
- Prerequisite: Publisher Level 1
- Publisher lets you design and publish material for print, web and email with professional results. You can create brochures and publications with its templates, or design your own. The user will create a Newsletter or Flyer from scratch. Learn tips you should know before designing the page, and the design do’s and don’ts. Learn how to add drawing, layers, groupings, alignments, tables, and WordArt. Understand object linking and embedding and adding the finishing touches.
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