My Classes at MCC - Updates & Important Notices

Two very important notices:

• Apologies… We had truly hoped to arrange several new 4 hour workshops for March and April for “ALL THINGS iMac” but the gentleman who was going to teach these classs is now unable to do so.  We assure you we will continue to search for a well informed MAC person to work with you, who can answer the Apple Mac questions many of you have raised about iPads, iPods, iPhones etc. I will continue to maintain the list of names, which is now more than 40, and as soon as we find someone, we will let you know.  I'm not sure that we can do this before the end of March when many of you will be returning to “cooler climates”… But keep your fingers crossed…

•  March 11th thru March 18th, all Mohave Community College campuses, including the libraries, will be closed for “Spring Break”..

When classes begin again Monday March 19th - we have lots of classes scheduled.  So call today and register for that class you thought about taking, especially the Digital Camera, Mail Merge & Laptop Classes which will be held the beginning of the week, when Spring Break is over…

Take a little time and learn a little more about all that your computer and/or software can do.. We’ve added several new computer and technology related classes that you asked for, even expanded 3 popular topics to 12 hours instead of 8 hrs.. and as always, if computers aren’t your thing, MCC has many wonderful credit and non-credit classes in a wide variety of subjects, including fitness, yoga, dance, ceramics, history, jewelry making, maintaining your motorcycle & many more...

Visit our website: www.mohave.edu; or visit our campus at 1971 Acoma Blvd in Lake Havasu or call for more information.. Don’t forget to stop by and visit our Library at MCC and ask their staff to give you a tour and explain all the wonderful services available to you for free, including library books, using our computers to check your email or surf the web or accessing countless databases and much more..

We have lots of great classes schedule for the remainder of March and April and we look forward to working with you. So sign up today and bring a friend along - Call Registration 928-855-7812 or 453-1139 and we’ll save you a seat...

As always, you are welcome to use the computers in our classroom or bring your own laptop; your choice. We do require a minimum of six (6) participants in every class (otherwise we will sadly have to postpone that class until the next scheduled class) but typically this time of the year – classes fill up very quickly, so call today….

Whether it’s today or the middle of the summer, remember if you have any questions about any of the subjects we teach, or a class you’ve attended or aren’t sure which class might be best for you – just email me… cherie_houston@hotmail.com

SOCIAL NETWORKING, FACEBOOK & BLOGGING BASICS LSC080-126: Mar 9, 10 & 23rd Friday & Saturday morning ~ 1pm-4:50pm – note that the 3rd class will be Friday morning, Mar 23: 8:30am-12:20pm, Three 4 hour classes learning all about social networking, which includes texting, “Facebook”, blogging, “Twittering” – smartphones vs cell phones and much more… We’ll review the importance of Facebook Privacy settings-how to send private messages and post comments & photos and how to create a blog for a family or organization newsletter, learn how, why & when to post and comment and use Photos, Slide Shows, Blog Tools & more..

DIGITAL CAMERA BASICS LSC100A-123: Mar 19 & 20, Monday & Tuesday mornings, 8:30am-12:20pm, Two 4 hour classes-Intro to digital cameras; pixels, camera lingo, basic how to’s, move photo’s to your PC with memory card & memory card reader, organize photos on your PC using Windows Explorer; save photos to portable drives Bring your digital camera to class

MAIL MERGE USING WORD & EXCEL LSC068-124: Mar 20 & 22, Tuesday & Thursday afternoons, 1pm-4:50pm, Two 4 hour classes-creating a data list using both Excel & Word software, learning to enter & sort data various ways to merge data for multi[le personalized documents, such as mailing labels, envelopes and form letters. Bring an address book or contact list to class

LAPTOP BASICS LSC100-121 Wednesday morning, March 21st ~ 8:30am-12:20pm, This one 4 Hour Fun Workshop during which we’ll review desktop/laptop-notebook-netbook differences, laptop tips, accessories needed, maneuvering around, Fn key, internet & Wi-Fi Basics, shortcuts, security & more – bring your laptop to class.

COMPUTERS FOR THE FUN OF IT LSC062- 123 : Mar 29 & 30, Thursday & Friday & Monday mornings ~ 8:30am-12:20pm, Two 4 Hour classes reviewing computer hardware, software (operating systems, application software, browsers and drivers), printing tips, keyboard shortcut tips, customizing desktop-changing backgrounds, create shortcuts, using quick launch bar, Start Menu, Task Bar, control panel & much more…

FIND & ORGANIZE WHAT’S ON YOUR PC LSC062-125: Mar 30 & Apr 4, Friday & Wednesday afternoons ~ 1pm-4:50pm, Two 4 hour classes-Learn to use Windows Explorer so that you can easily and quickly find & organize everything you’ve saved on your PC; organize your work, files & photo’s to find them quickly & easily. Learn to back up your pc, photo & documents with portable flash & hard drives, memory cards and memory card readers..

INTERNET AND IT’S MANY USES LSC071-123: Apr 2 & 3, Monday & Tuesday mornings ~ 8:30am-4:50pm, Two 4 Hour classes designed to help you get totally comfortable with the internet, tips& lingo, such as ISP, browser, blogger; when/why to use F5 & F11; website basics, hyperlinks, email basics, “tabbed browsing for multi websites”, using “Google & Bing” to search web, images, news; translating to & from different languages; blogging and more

POWER POINT FOR GREAT SLIDE SHOWS & PRESENTATIONS & TO CREATE LAYERED PHOTOS LSC069D-122: Apr 2 & 9, Monday afternoons ~ 1pm – 4:50pm Two 4 Hour classes designed to help you create basic slide show presentations to share with family, friends & your organization – how to enhance them with text, photos, clip art, animation, music, transitioning and timing features and how to create and save “slides” as photos for use in other projects such as greeting cards and books… Bring photos to class (on your camera or flash drive)

LIST AND DATA MANAGEMENT WITH EXCEL LSC 069-123: Apr 3 & 10, Thursday afternoons ~ 1pm – 4:50pm, Two 4 hour classes-Learn to work with numbers & text (budget, contact lists for mail merges) Workbook vs. worksheet; cells, columns, rows, auto-formats; margins, grid lines, sorting numbers & data & print basics - Bring an address book or contact list to class

HOW TO BUY & SELL ONLINE LSC101-123 April 4 & 5, Wednesday & Thursday mornings ~ 8:30am-12:20pm, Two 4 Hour classes reviewing tips for making travel arrangements-flights-hotels-rental cars-how to register, when to and not use your credit card; selling & buying online using eBay, Amazon, CraigsList and others – shortcuts & security tips…

SKYPE & GOOGLE VOICE WORKSHOP LSC100-130 April 5, Thursday afternoon, 1pm-4:50pm, One 4 Hour workshop reviewing the differences of using Skype and/or Google Voice to make free phone calls (with or without video web cams) all over the world for FREE from any computer and/or Smartphone… lots of tips.. Again bring your laptop and or Smartphone

So come on by; be sure to check out our class blog often for lots of helpful technology tips and updates on what’s happening around town… And we hope you’ll stop by MCC – visit our campus, library and get a complete listing of these and all the other wonderful classes offered at Mohave Community College…