Web Page Design &Digital Images

Do you suddenly draw a blank when you sit in front of a computer? Does it make you nervous? Do you find you just can’t seem to get started? You’re not alone. Let Myrna, an experienced therapist and teacher, help you overcome your fears and blocks. Once you’ve been led through computer baby steps by someone who was also computer-phobic, you will be able to use a computer. Fling away your techno-fright and join the computer generation. When this class is over, you’ll be ready for others, such as Intro to PCs for Absolute Beginners. Bring a sack lunch.  *$20 material fee for workbook payable to instructor.

Myrna Miller, MFCC, developed a method to overcome her own computer fears and is successfully using it to help others overcome theirs.

1 Saturday                    9 am-4 pm                $59*
Course #357                 June 21

This class is for beginning students with high interest but little or no knowledge of personal computers. Through lecture and some hands-on practice, you’ll learn the components of a computer and develop confidence using the keyboard, disks and memory. Other topics include hardware, software, networks, Windows, and how to do basic word processing. Bring a sack lunch.  *$10 material fee for workbook payable to instructor.

Thierry Hassid is an adult educator and has been teaching computer applications since 2000.

1 Saturday                    9 am-3 pm            $74*
Course #350                 June 14

1 Saturday                    9 am-3 pm             $74*
Course #354                June 21

Excel, the most popular spreadsheet program, has powerful features that allow you to analyze and manipulate financial and mathematical data. It’s great for budgets, simple bookkeeping, an easy database, or making charts and graphs, In this hands-on beginning class, you’ll learn the basic concept of how a spreadsheet works, how to enter data, common editing and formatting steps, and a variety of simple yet powerful functions. Bring a sack lunch. Prerequisite: a basic understanding of personal computers & Windows.

Jason Karuza, MS computer science from UCLA, is a software engineer and computer book author.

1  Saturday           9 am-4 pm           $89

Course #363.1             June 28

Course#363.2              July 26

MS Word is the most popular word processing program. This basic, beginning-level hands-on class will teach you how to create, modify and produce documents, from a simple letter to more complex ones. You’ll leave this class with a basic understanding of the tools of word processing that you can continue to build upon. Bring a sack lunch. Prerequisite: a basic understanding of Windows.

Jason Karuza, MS computer science from UCLA, is a software engineer and computer book author.

1 Saturday                    9 am-4 pm              $89
Course #360                 July 12

This hands-on intermediate class picks up where the basic Word and Excel classes left off. Word topics include headers and footers, columns, tables, envelopes and labels, mail merges, file management and more. Excel topics include calculations and built-in functions, sorting data, creating templates, renaming and moving worksheets, inserting and deleting cells, rows and columns, and adding graphs and charts. Note, this is not a beginning Word or Excel class. You must understand basic Word and Excel functions like editing, formatting, printing, and saving. 

Jason Karuza, MS computer science from UCLA, is a software engineer and computer book author.

2 Saturdays                    9 am-2 pm                 $99
Course #364                   August 2 & 9

PowerPoint is a powerful program for creating and running computerized slide shows that are perfect for sales pitches, meetings, class presentations and conferences. In this hands-on class, Joni will lead you step-by-step to create an organized presentation from scratch or with the PowerPoint templates. Add smooth transitions between slides, and add graphics, backgrounds, photos and clip art to spice up your presentation. You'll also find out how to create notes to use during your presentation and how to print your slides as handouts.  *$10 material fee for workbook payable to instructor.  Bring a sack lunch for this all-day class.  Prerequisite: familiarity with Windows and ability to keyboard.

Thierry Hassid is an adult educator and has been teaching computer applications since 2000.

1 Saturday                    9 am-4 pm               $89*
Course #367                June 28

Windows Vista, the new operating system from Microsoft, looks and operates very differently from Windows XP.  In this hands-on and demonstration class, you'll compare Vista to XP, and learn about Vista's new features, benefits and security.  Find out how to personalize it, change settings, set up the extra features it offers for the internet, and add and remove programs.  If you're thinking about upgrading or getting a new computer, here's a great chance to test drive Vista. Prerequisite: ability to use a mouse and keyboard.  *$10 material fee, payable in class.

Roberto Cruz is a computer consultant and technician. He teaches computer classes at Harbor College.

1 Saturday                   9 am-1pm             $59*
Course #356                Aug. 9

If you’re an intermediate level computer user, then this Tips & Tricks class can help you become more capable and proficient with your computer. In this lecture and demonstration class, Jason will show you how to customize, maintain, secure and optimize your machine. He will focus primarily on the Windows XP operating system, but about 75% is relatable to Mac or Linux. Topics include customizing for increased efficency, maintenance for a faster system, practices for data backup, security tools, Firefox, free helpful programs, XP powertoys, Google search and home networking. Prerequisite: you must be comfortable using a computer and know most basic skills. *$25 material fee for book, payable to instructor.

Jason Karuza, MS computer science from UCLA, is a software engineer and computer book author.

2 Thursdays          7-10 pm                  $69*
Course #369          July 10 & 17

Over the last decade, eBay, the online auction house, has transformed the way people buy and sell goods. Millions of products are sold daily through eBay, from new cars to old junk that you may not want but others covet. In this class, Roberto will show you how to sell any item, such as jewelry, clothing, books, tickets—you name it, people will buy it! Learn winning strategies for posting and marketing your item, collecting payment, shipping and maximizing profit. Join in and discover how profitable and fun eBaying can be! Prerequisite: you must be PC and Internet savvy, and have an email address. Bring a flash drive, your email and eBay passwords and a check and credit card to set up your eBay income accounts. *$20 material fee payable in class.

Roberto Cruz is a computer consultant and technician. He teaches computer classes at Harbor College.

2 Saturdays           9 am-Noon             $79*

Course #395          July 26 & Aug. 2

Google is the world’s most popular internet search engine because it’s so powerful. Millions of people rely on Google each day to retrieve information on everything and anything imaginable. But most requests are simple searches that use less than 2% of Google’s real power. After reviewing Google basics, you will become a power user by discovering the many hidden tricks and tools that mine the enormous amount of information that Google can access. Attend this class and make Google your personal research assistant. Prerequisite: you should be PC and Internet savvy.* $10 material fee payable in class.

Roberto Cruz is a computer consultant and technician who also teaches computer classes at Harbor College.

1 Saturday                 9am-1pm           $59*
Course #371              Aug. 2

In this hands-on class you’ll learn the basics of creating simple pages for publishing on the World Wide Web using Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML). Includes creating text, inserting graphics, creating forms, and how to upload your finished web page to an Internet site for publishing. This is a class for beginners, though you should be computer literate.  *$8 material fee payable in class.

Kenneth Taira is president and founder of Caprica, the first dial-up internet access company in Los Angeles.

1 Saturday                 9 am-1 pm              $59*
Course #391              July 12

In this hands-on and demonstration workshop, learn topics like how to prepare graphics for web publishing, changing background colors, making clickable image-maps, more advanced forms, manipulating sound, video and more. Also learn about access logs, putting password security on your web pages, use CGI programs and become acquainted with a software editor. Prerequisite: basic HTML publishing knowledge.  *$10 material fee for software and handouts, payable to instructor.

Kenneth Taira is president and founder of Caprica, the first dial-up internet access company in Los Angeles.

2 Saturdays                  9 am - 12:30 pm          $89*
Course #392                Aug. 16 & 23

The promise of digital photos is exciting, but working with them can be challenging if you don’t know where to start. Adobe Photoshop Elements, a simple-to-use but sophisticated digital imaging application can help you create, fix and edit your digital images. In this hands-on class for beginners, Judi will cover the basics of Photoshop Elements, including opening photos, simple fixes, resizing and cropping images, introduction to using layers, adding text to images, applying filters and special effects, optimizing images for the web and email, saving and printing. Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows and using a mouse. Bring a flash drive and a sack lunch.

Judi Lumpkin has 20 years of teaching and training experience, including the last seven as a computer trainer for Gateway and large corporations

1 Saturday                  9 am-4 pm               $89
Course #398               July 19

A picture may indeed be worth a thousand words, but a lousy picture is worthless. If you want to sell your products on a website or take great photos of family and friends, you need to know how to take proper photographs to make your subjects look their best. In this interactive class, you’ll learn how to best use all the features of a digital camera to get perfect shots every time. Find out how to download pictures, do simple photo editing with free software and order prints online. The focus will also be on using a tripod, cropping pictures and removing red eye. A great class if you’re interested in buying a camera or have one but don’t know how to take advantage of all it offers. If you have a digital camera, bring it (make sure the battery is charged) along with the user manual. *$5 material fee,  payable in class.

Roberto Cruz is a computer consultant and technician who also teaches computer classes at Harbor College.

1 Saturday                             12:30-3:30 pm        $49*
Course #394                          July 26

Digital scrapbooking is the hottest new hobby and anyone with digital photos can do it. Hands-on classes haven’t been available anywhere . . . until now! With the skills learned in this class, you will be able to make scrapbook pages, cards, announcements, various craft projects, and work projects like brochures easily and inexpensively. Learn how to:

• Unzip files of digital art and organize them.
• Make scrapbook pages from a quick page, a template, and from scratch using several Photoshop Elements tools.
• Recolor your digital scrapbook supplies so you can re-use them on other projects.
• Use edge templates, text paths, and other tricks to make page titles and backgrounds.
• Save your project in different file formats.
• Find the best places to get free digital scrapbooking supplies and trial software.

Bring 10 digital photos, a sack lunch and a flash drive. *Optional $39 material fee payable in class for comprehensive book and DVD full of digi-scrapping supplies.

Patty Debowski founded the scrapbooking website theDigitalScrapbookTeacher.com. She is an author, teacher and scrapper with more than 30 years of experience.

1 Sunday               9 am-4 pm              $89*
Course #379          June 22

Build upon the skills you learned in the Beginning Digital Scrapbooking class in this hands-on intermediate class. The focus will be on creating great scrapbook pages and other projects by combining photos and digital scrapbooking elements with new techniques using brushes, blending modes, and textures. Learn how to make a double page layout at one time and save it for printing at a photo lab. Patty will also demonstrate free programs that help unzip multiple files at the same time and help you manage your fonts and brushes. Bring 10 digital photos, a sack lunch and a flash drive. *Optional $39 material fee payable in class for comprehensive book and DVD.

Patty Debowski founded the scrapbooking website theDigitalScrapbookTeacher.com. She is an author, teacher and scrapper with more than 30 years of experience.

1 Saturday               9 am-4 pm           $89*
Course #380            Aug. 23