Spectrum Computer School

Programs for Adults  

We offer Instructor-Led training, full time, part time & evening.

* Typing for Adults:

Type Faster and Save Your Valuable Time:  This course is designed specifically for adults interested in improving their typing skills.  This program teaches students systematic instructions to excellent keyboarding skills.  This class begins by teaching finger positioning and the proper movements to strike keys.  Lessons and intense practice allow adults to learn the correct approach to touch-typing and to increase their speed and accuracy.  Topics also include a brief introduction to Windows and Microsoft Word. 

  Microsoft Office Program:

This course is designed to provide advanced training for you to become familiar with three popular Microsoft Office programs which are the most frequently used programs in today’s business environment.  This class will provide complete instructions for Microsoft Word that allows you to create documents, letters or reports.  You will learn page formatting, styles, lists, tables, and much more.  As well this class offers detailed instructions for working with files such as creating folders, saving, opening as well as using shortcut keys.  Topics also include the application of Microsoft Excel, which is an electronic spreadsheet that enables you to create worksheets for data entry, calculations, formulas, functions, graphs, charts and much more.  You will learn to apply Excel to your daily activities such as keeping track of your monthly income and expenses.  This course also teaches you to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create multimedia slide presentations to display information in a graphical format.  Learning PowerPoint will help you to professionally organize, and deliver ideas to an audience. 

  Introduction to MS Access. Topics covered include creating database; adding, displaying and editing   records; creating forms and reports using built in “wizards”.

   Internet and Windows:

  Students will learn to use FTP, E-mail, World Wide Web and search engines. 

 Students navigate the desktop, create folders and shortcuts, use Windows Explorer and Accessories. 

 These programs are designed for those who wish to become proficient in web and graphic design. On completion of the program, students will have good understanding of terminology and design concepts of web designing.

For more advanced approach there are additional programs to this course as:

Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Dreamweaver.  

    HTML - Web Design

This subject offers instruction to web design using HTML. Follow step-by-step lessons to create your own website using HTML.

    Microsoft Front Page - Web Design

Student will learn how to use Front page for web design and create dynamic web pages. Topics include text layout, image placement, inserting tables, frames and hyperlinks. They will design web sites on a topic of their choice and set-up web site on the Internet.   

     Macromedia Flash - Animations

    Using hands-on projects, students learn to create Web animations incorporating graphics, text and sound.  

    Macromedia Flash –Action Scripts

   This program is a more advanced approach to animation for those students who have completed or currently taking the Macromedia Flash course.  Students will be introduced in programming in Flash and create their own applications (games).

    This program is for students who have a good understanding of computers and are interested in exploring their knowledge further, by programming with Microsoft Visual Basic. 

  * NEW!!!* Visual Basic Programming- Advanced

This course is for those students who have completed or currently taking the Advanced Workshop.  This new program offers a more interactive approach to programming by allowing the students to engage in creating individual programs and to master their knowledge of programming with Visual Basic.

      E-mail: design_school@msn.com

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