Course outline

For head teachers,senior Management Team,ICT subject leaders,E-Safety co-ordinators and teachers.

How do you assess the quality of your schools e-safety provision?. This course looks at the 360 degree self review tool as a means of highlighting the level of provision withing your school,how to provide reports to highlight areas of success and areas for development. It is a good way to present your e-safety provision when ofsted come calling.

Be able to use the self review tool to highlight your e-safety provision

Recognise the standard expected to achieve the E-Safety Mark

Understand how to produce reports and use them as part of the school development plan

Be able to apply for the e-safety Mark

Course outline:

For Head teachers, Senior Management Team, ICT subject leaders, E-safety co-ordinators and teachers

How do you assess the quality of your school's e-safety provision? This course looks at the 360 degree self review tool as a means of highlighting the level of provision within your school, how to provide reports to highlight areas of success and areas for development. It is a good way to present your e-safety provision when Ofsted come calling.

-         Be able to use the self review tool to highlight your e-safety provision

-         Recognise the standard expected to achieve the E-safety Mark

-         Understand how to produce reports and use them as part of the school development plan

-          Be able to apply for the e-safety Mark

Duration

1/2 day

Course Objectives

To introduce the Access 2003 relational database system, enabling the user to understand a simple database structure, input, edit and retrieve information

By the end of the course you will be able to:

·        Create a simple database to manage given data

·        Enforce correct data input, with table and field properties

·        Enter, edit and retrieve given data from a given table, correctly

·        Write a select query to retrieve data that meets given criteria from single or multiple database tables

·        Write a parameter query to retrieve data that meets given user input criteria from single and multiple database tables

·        Create a simple Access form for data input

Who is it aimed at

Anyone involved in data manipulation in simple databases

Course Details

The Access interface

Working with an Access table

Select Queries

Parameter Queries

Access Forms

Access Reports

Duration

1/2 Day

Course Outline :

For teaching and administrative staff who produce reports from different areas of SIMS

This course covers all aspects of creating and editing more complex reports.  Each stage of the reporting process is covered and a variety of outputs such as Mail Merge will be reviewed during the day.

Learning outcomes:

·                Design and create your own templates to meet the needs of your school

·                Produce reports for classes, groups and individuals

·                Create macros in Excel to produce graphs and analysis

Course pre-requisites:

Delegates should have previously attended Reporting: Introduction and have a good

working knowledge of Excel.

Duration 1 Day

To book please email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Course outline:

Great ICT inspired teaching and learning is reliant on effective ICT systems, so here is a course focused on the needs and requirements of Network managers and technicians. We welcome Mark Cullimore from AT Computers to our RTC to work with technicians/network managers to get the very best out of Macs in school.

Mark brings a wealth of technical expertise with him ‐ so feel free to bring any questions!

To the more technically minded, this will make sense:

• Directory Services

• Integration Scenarios

• Joining the Domain

• Server Technologies

• User Management

• Deployment Strategies

• Software Libraries

• System Image Utility

• NetBoot Service

• Windows on a Mac

• Software Updates

• Apple Remote Desktop

 Duration 1 Day

Course Outline :

The Attendance module allows your school to meet the day-to-day obligations for monitoring attendance and compliance with statutory reporting requirements.

Learning outcomes:

·                Know how to develop and implement successful strategies for managing attendance, data, reports and statistical information

·                Extract and export data into Excel to create pie and bar charts

·                Develop a system for first day of absence

·                Create letters, certificates and reports

Course pre-requisites:

Delegates should have an understanding of how attendance is currently recorded in school

Duration 1 day

To book please email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Who it is aimed at

For administrative staff with responsibility for the day-to-day operation and

management of attendance

An introductory course for those with little or no computing experience.

This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.

To book email: TrainingBookingsandinfo@coventry.gov.uk

Course objectives

To introduce computers and basic computing to new or in-experienced users.

Who is it aimed at
New computer users, or users with very little computing experience.

Course details
- Computer Hardware :– Base Unit; monitor; keyboard; using the mouse,
- Logging-on; User i.d and Password; PC security; log-out, 
- The Start button; Desktop icons and shortcuts; Recycle bin; My Computer, 
- Opening Windows; maximising; minimising; switching windows; closing windows, 
- Basic MS Word – Menus and toolbars; Create a new document; entering text; basic formatting; page set-up; spell-checker; saving; printing.  Opening and amending a saved document, 
- Basic MS Excel – Menus and toolbars; Opening Excel and creating New Document; cells; entering text and numeric data; introduction to simple formulae (+ - * / ); saving; printing. Opening and amending a saved document.

Duration
1 day

Course Outline:

For cover managers

Twice a year we run a cover 7 Good practice workshop to which all cover managers are invited. The agenda changes each term and aims to address the areas of current work in Cover 7. We often discuss new features of teh cover software and share solutions to common problems.

Learning Outcomes:

To share good pratice in the use of Cover 7

To Share new features and improvements to the Cover 7 software

Course pre-requisites:

Use of SIMS.net Cover 7 software

To book please email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Course Objectives

To build on existing basic email and Calendaring skills

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Use specified email delivery options
• Set specified email preferences, e.g. out of office, signature
• Use personal contacts and create email groups
• Open other’s calendars
• Create Meetings and recurring calendar entries
• Use specified additional calendar preferences
• Print emails and calendars

Who it is aimed at

Users who wish to develop their email and calendar skills

Course details

• Setting delivery options with email, What are they and what do they do?
• Setting email preferences and views
• Contacts and email preference groups
• Creating meetings
• Recurring entries
• Calendar preferences and options
• Printing

Duration

1 1/2 hours

Learn more advanced skills, including how to use formula and functions, conditional functions, data validation and worksheet protection to control data entry, and how to compare different areas of a spreadsheet.

 Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Use Formula and functions to extract information
Use Conditional functions
Audit formulae to determine their makeup
Use Conditional formatting to visually and compare values
Use data validation and worksheet protection to control data
entry
Compare different areas of a spreadsheet
Set up specific printing requirements e.g. headers and foot

Who it is amined at

Users who wish to develop further Excel skills

Course Details

Formulae and Functions
Concatenating (joining) cell contents
Copying data using Left, Right and Mid
Auditing and showing formulae
Conditional Functions
The Conditional IF function?
Sum and Count with conditions
Formatting a Spreadsheet
Hiding and Un-hiding cells
Using Conditional formatting
Validating Data input
Setting an Input message to show
when the cell is selected
Setting the output message when the
data is incorrect
Protecting your Worksheet
Protecting the whole worksheet
Partially protect leaving specified cells
unlocked
Navigating and viewing a spreadsheet
Using Split and Freeze screens to
compare areas of the same worksheet
Using new windows to compare
worksheets in the same file
Arranging windows and files on screen
Using Page Break view
Using Print Setup for page orientation
and scaling etc
Setting areas to Print and header rows

Duration
1½ hours

Learn to create specified types of chart, to modify chart type, data and position, to format charts, to copy and embed charts into Word or PowerPoint.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Set up and manipulate data lists
Use a data form to manipulate data in a list
Sort specified lists by single and multiple keys
Use Auto and custom filter on data in a specified list
Use Subtotals to give values for groups of data
Use advanced filtering to filter information using set criteria
Use LOOKUP functions to pick out specific data from a list

Who it is aimed at

Open to staff working with lists of data (databases) who are required
to run alphabetical sorts and to filter out specific criteria

Course Content

Creating Data Lists
Selecting and naming data lists
Using the Data Form to enter and
search for data
Sorting a column alphanumerically
Sorting by up to 3 columns
Using the auto filter to display
information from a list
Using custom auto filter for displaying
specific information
Using advanced filtering functions to
extract information
Using Database Functions
Creating automatic subtotal and grand
totals from a list of data
Manipulating the outlines in a subtotal
document
Using the VLookup (vertical lookup)
function to extract specific data from a
record in a list
Using HLookup (horizontal lookup)

Duration
1½ hours

This course will show how to add, delete, manipulate or group worksheets, how to link calculations between different workbooks and files, and between different worksheets, and how to view two worksheets at the same time.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Add, manipulate and delete worksheets
Group worksheets
Link calculations between different worksheets
Link calculations between different workbooks and files
View different worksheets of workbooks at the same time
Use Workspaces

Who it is aimed at 

Users who wish to develop multi-sheet Excel spreadsheets Basic knowledge of Excel to level 1

Course Content

Working with Multiple Worksheets
Inserting a new worksheet
Moving/copying a worksheet
Renaming a worksheet
Deleting a worksheet
Creating links within a worksheet
Creating a link to a cell
Grouping worksheets
Grouping non-contiguous worksheets
Un grouping worksheets
Typing, editing across a group of
worksheets
Formatting across a group of
worksheets
Copying formula through multiple
worksheets
Creating Formula Links
Calculating between worksheets
Calculating between workbooks
Viewing different parts of the same
workbook side by side
Viewing multiple workbooks
How to save a group of workbooks in
one workspace
Switching Between Workbooks
Switching between open workbooks

Duration
1½ hours

Learn to create specified types of chart,to modify chart type,data and position,to format charts,to copy and embed charts into word or powerpoint.

 Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Create specified types of chart
Modify chart type, data and position
Format charts
Use specified chart features
Copy and embed charts into Word or PowerPoint

Who it is aimed at

Staff wishing to create and format charts from existing Excel data

Course Content
 
What are charts?
Getting Help on Charts
Creating a Chart
Creating a chart using the menu/Icon
Creating a chart using F11
Modifying a Chart
Select, move and resize a chart
Changing chart information e.g. Labels
and Axes
Changing the chart type
Exploring pie charts
Changing the data range from which
the chart is generated
Adding and removing data series
Combined Charts
Using the Secondary X axis
Adding trend lines
Using Error bars
Formatting a Chart
Areas of a chart
Formatting using the menu or right
click
Embedding or linking the chart into
another application
Printing a chart

Duration
1½ hours

Course Overview
Simply stated, a pivot table is an interactive table that quickly combines and compares large amounts of data from a given spreadsheet.  It can be a real time saver for getting answers back from the spreadsheet.  We will work together looking at simple to more complex spreadsheets to achieve a better understanding of how and when to use pivot tables.  

Pre-requisites
This workshop assumes knowledge/experience with spreadsheets in MS Excel – familiarity with entering and manipulating data.  It also assumes a need to use pivot tables in one’s work following training.

Course objectives
To introduce pivot tables (and charts) and their usefulness in evaluating data in spreadsheets.

Who is it aimed at
This is for anyone handling large spreadsheets and needing a tool to aid speedy evaluation of data.

Course details
• What pivot tables are
• Creating a pivot table
• Navigating menu options
• Using the pivot table Field areas
• Looking for elegance in design
• Running Sum totals
• Running Count totals
• Other formula options
• Using groups
• Using charts
• Report options
• Adding further data/formulas into an existing pivot table sheet
• Saving and printing

Duration
½ day

Course overview

For headteachers,senior management team,e-safety coordinators,ICT subject leaders and teachers.

e-safety at home. Do your pupils take e-safety messages home? Are the parents of your pupils aware of the scope of internet use and understand how to deal with issues? We have developed an e-safety session with resources to help you deliver your own e-safety session to parents. The resources have been developed with WMnet e-safety group and are being offerered only with this training session.

learning outcomes:

Awareness of e-safety and its impact at home

Use the resources and modify them to suit individual school needs and requirements

Deliver the e-safety session to parents giving appropriate advice and messages

To book a place please email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on  01926 414100

Course overview

There is an expectation that all adults working in school receive e-safety training (reference 360 degree safe mark). Everyone from the Head,teaching staff,teaching assistants,invigilators,librarians,catering staff,technicians,governers,office staff,caretakers,cleaning staff etc all need to have e-safety awareness. The difficulty is getting everyone together to deliver training,so we have produced and collated a number of useful resources and training options to help you address this issue. These options will be shared with you and methods of delivery demonstrated/modelled to you with a package of resources which will be made available for you to take back to school or use online.

Learning Objectives

Awareness of e-safety issues affecting young people and adults in schools

Use the resources and modify them to suit individual school meals and requirements

Consider different methods of delivery and plan a programme of support within school

Course pre-requisites

Delegates need to be aware of school policy and proceedure regarding e-safety,that is already in place

To book a place please email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Course Outline:

This course introduces you to the features of the Reporting module.  It allows interrogation of the SIMS database to extract data and produce appropriate reports.

Learning outcomes:Who it is aimed at

Understand how to run or edit existing reports and create new reports with class lists and labels

Import and exporting reports

Use basic filters and create simple analysis reports

For new or existing administrative staff with responsibility of creating reports using core pupil data

Duration 1 Day

To book a place please email ictsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Course outline:

This course introduces you to the skills and techniques required to maintain basic pupil data in SIMS .net on a day-to-day basis.  You will get practical hands-on experience using a number of features.

 Learning outcomes:

· Basic understanding of entering and amending pupil data in SIMS .net

· Learn how to enter pupil related data, such as contacts and agencies

· Become familiar with navigating around the system

· Learn basic housekeeping routines

To book please email ictsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Who is it aimed at

For new or existing administrative staff with require an understanding of managing pupil data

Course Objectives

To build on existing Notes skills

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Create and manage email rules in Notes
• Create and use group calendars
• Share your Mailbox and Calendar with others
• Set up and use Instant Messaging

Who it is aimed at

Those needing Expert Notes skills to automate tasks and share their system

Course details

• Rules
• Displaying another users mailbox
• Finding out what colleagues are doing
• Granting Access
• Instant messaging

Duration

1 1/2 hours

Course outline:

GarageBand is your personal recording studio, where it’s easy to make a song whether you’re a first‐time musician or a seasoned pro. With GarageBand, you can create your own virtual on‐stage band and play along on your favourite instrument. You can record, edit, and mix a song exactly as you want it, in pristine CD quality.

Joe Moretti specialises in teaching music through the use of music technology. He has taught for 25 years; from Key Stage 2 through to further education. Joe’s energetic delivery means he is much in demand around the country at seminars, conferences and training days. He conveys his own love of music in a way that motivates all who take part in his courses, whatever their ability. Joe is an Apple Distinguished Educator.

Let the music flow and:

• Develop an understanding of the basic features of Garageband

• Understand how to combine pre‐recorded music loops and real instruments to create music

• Share your newly created music in a variety of ways

Duration 1 Day

Course Outline

For secondary teachers and administrative staff who are responsible for constructing the timetable.

Workshop overview:

This is a termly half day meeting of secondary school staff responsible for constructing the timetable. The agenda contains items of news,problem-solving,good advice and good practice to help users of Nova T6 make the best use of the software.

Learning outcomes:

Better knowlege of the software to maximise user effectiveness.

To book please email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Course Outline

For administrative staff who are involved in the creation of timetables

This course is aimed at school administrative staffs who are asked to make minor changes to the timetable. It will include an overview of curriculum structures and how to make changes such as teacher rotation and room changes.

Learning outcomes:

Understand curriculum structures

Ability to make changes to Nova T6

Understanding export to SIMS.net

To book please email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or call the service desk on 01926 414100

Course Outline:

For primary staff responsible for reporting to parents/carers

The Profiles module enables schools to create reports for parents and carers in a quick and simple way.  This course provides you with practical, hands-on training in using this module.

Learning outcomes:

·                Create tailored reports suitable for parents and carers and preview before printing

·                Understand the features of the standard set of comments and how to adapt them to suit your individual school needs or use free text

·                Access and import data from Attendance module

·                Link parental reports to Assessment Manager data

Course pre-requisites:

Delegates should have knowledge of the procedures for reporting to parents within the school.

Duration 3 Days

Course Outline :

‘Podcasting is transforming school life for forward‐thinking schools, stimulating creative learning and new ways of communication.’ The Guardian Newspaper

GarageBand has easy, yet powerful built‐in tools to create your own rich and professional sounding podcasts; creating recordings that your students will be eager to listen to again and again.

Through planning, preparation and a good dose of creativity, we will create podcasts that are fit for a global audience! As well as having the skills to produce further podcasts, you will be able to share these creative skills with your eager students.

Watch podcasting become a natural learning tool.

Get in tune and:

• Develop an understanding of Garageband’s podcast features

• Consider cross‐curricular opportunities for podcasting

• Understand the process of podcast creation

• Create and publish a podcast

• Subscribe to podcasts

Duration

1 Day

Course Outline:

The Personnel module stores personal, professional and contractual information for all your school staff.  This course provides an overview of how information is stored and potentially used.

Course outline :

For administrative staff who use the personnel module

The Personnel module stores personal, professional and contractual information about all school staff.  This course demonstrates how to effectively create reports in Personnel.

Learning outcomes:

·                Use and edit existing reports or design new reports

·                Create letters and labels using the Mail Merge feature

·                Use the analysis tool to interpret data

Course pre-requisites:

Delegates should have previously attended the Reporting: Introduction course

Duration 1 Day

 Course outline:

Every picture tells a story and the digital revolution has meant more pictures!

iPhoto makes managing your photos easy. It helps you organise your photos so you can find them quickly, edit them so they look their best and share them with colleagues and students. Develop a ‘World’ illustrated through pictures that your students can explore.

Use your photos to tell stories by turning your images into videos .

Say cheese and:

• Develop an understanding of the basic features of iPhoto

• Understand how to use photos from iPhoto in other applications

• Share your photos in a variety of ways for publication

Duration Morning Session

Course Outline :

For primary staff responsible for reporting to parents/carers

The Profiles module enables schools to create reports for parents and carers in a quick and simple way.  This course provides you with practical, hands-on training in using this module.

Learning outcomes:

·                Create tailored reports suitable for parents and carers and preview before printing

·                Understand the features of the standard set of comments and how to adapt them to suit your individual school needs or use free text

·                Access and import data from Attendance module

·                Link parental reports to Assessment Manager data

Course pre-requisites:

Delegates should have knowledge of the procedures for reporting to parents within the school.

This course is available to book as either an on site bespoke event or for individuals who want to come on an open event.

To book email: dianesmithcl@warwickshire.gov.uk

Duration 1 Day

To book email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on  01926 414100

Details to follow

Course Objectives

To enable the delegate to understand the concepts of Desktop Publishing and to produce professional looking documents,leaflets,brochures etc using the features available in publisher 2000.

Who is it aimed at

For users new to Publisher,but who have experience with PC`s and Windows.

Course Outline:

For secondary teachers and administrative staff

Cover 7 in SIMS allows you to manage the arrangements required for teacher absences,room closures and exam invigilation. This includes the use of cover supervisors,supply teachers and agencies. The course takes you through setting up cover routines,suspending the timetable,registering absences and providing cover. The module links fully with the other aspects of SIMS.net. This includes personnel absence records and records of the external agencies used for cover as required for the school workforce census.

Learning outcomes:

Set up the module for school requirements

Register staff absences and suspend classes

Deal with supply staff

Printing cover and make available management statistics

To book email ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the service desk on 01926 414100

Course Outline:

Options is an easy to use and very effective module.  Once students' option choices have been entered the software will automatically produce the required number of classes and allocate students to them, though this can be edited manually.  When choices have been allocated, it produces various useful lists for students, parents and staff, and student class allocations can be transferred electronically to SIMS.net. 

For staff with responsibility for managing student option choices

At the end of the process,options blocks and their classes can be transferred to the curriculum model in Nova T6

Duration:1 Day

Course outline:

For Head teachers, senior management team, E-safety co-ordinators, safeguarding officers and teachers

The course provides a context for e-safety and associated responsibilities for the e-safety coordinator.  All delegates will be given an exemplar e-safety policy that has been developed by ICT Development Service.

You will:

· Develop awareness of potential e-safety issues in your school

· Consider how e-safety can become an integral part of all schools’ policies

· Confidently use e-safety resources available to schools

Course Objectives:

-         To have a clear understanding of the role of the e-safety coordinator.

-         To raise awareness of pupil use of the internet both in and out of school.

-         To have time to explore policies and resources that may be of interest to the school.

-         To have a greater understanding of the technologies, organisations and systems in place to support e-safety.

Duration 1/2 Day

Learn to edit and add data to a spreadsheet, create basic formulae, use basic functions, format a spreadsheet and print a worksheet.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:
Describe and use the Excel interface
Edit and add data to a spreadsheet
Create basic formulae
Use basic functions
Format the spreadsheet to aid understanding
Print a worksheet

Who it is aimed at

Users who wish to develop basic Excel skills

Course Details

The Excel Interface
The Excel Screen
Spreadsheet vs. worksheets
Creating a new spreadsheet
Using Help
Selecting and Navigating
Opening an existing spreadsheet
Selecting areas of the worksheet
Navigating within a worksheet
Editing a spreadsheet
Entering and editing data
Cell contents vs. cell formats
Automatically adopted formats (date)
Deleting vs. clearing cell contents
Moving and copying cell data
Using Auto fill
Copying formats using Format Painter
Using Undo, Redo, Find and Replace
Saving and closing a Spreadsheet
Saving and closing a spreadsheet
Using Close All
Simple Formula and Functions
Creating a formula with BODMAS
Using basic functions
Using Auto Functions
Formatting a Spreadsheet
Basic data formatting
Changing data alignment
Resizing columns and rows
Adding Borders and Shading
Using Autoformat
Printing
Using Print Preview
Printing a worksheet
Printing selected area of a worksheet

Duration
1/2 Day

Course Objectives

To use emails and electronic calendars with Lotus Notes

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Manage your email (read, create, send, reply, forward, file)
• Manage attachments (add, read, edit, remove and save)
• Manage your calendar (create, move and delete appointments)

Who it is aimed at

Users who wish to develop basic Notes skills

Course details

• Using Notes
• Reading an email
• Marking for Follow UP and Filing
• Creating and sending an email
• Replying to or forwarding emails
• Email attachments
• Sorting and searching emails
• Sent items
• Deleting emails
• Calendar

Duration

1/2 Day

Learn how to create, edit and run a simple PowerPoint presentation, using slides, simple graphics such as ClipArt and WordArt, and to apply corporate design templates.

Course Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to successfully create, edit
and run a simple PowerPoint presentation in addition:

Who it is aimed at
Users who have little or no PowerPoint experience and need to
present information to an audience

Course Content

Create and manipulate specified types of slide
Use simple graphics such as ClipArt and WordArt
Apply corporate design templates
Print slides, notes or handouts
using specified examples and with reference to the training material.
Creating A New Presentation
 
Methods of creating a presentation:
 Blank Presentation
 Design Template
 AutoContent Wizard
 
Create a simple presentation using a
Blank Presentation

Creating slides
 Title, Bulleted, Picture
 Adding notes
 
Deleting slides
Moving slides

Best practice guidance on creating
slides and slide content
 
Saving the presentation
Working with Simple Graphics 
Adding an image from the Clipart library

Insert simple AutoShapes such as
rectangles, squares and circles.
 
Add text to shapes
Edit borders and shading 
Inserting WordArt
Applying a Design Template
Review the design styles
Applying a design template
Running a Slide Show
How to start, stop and navigate through
a slide show
Using blank slides and blank screen

Duration
1/2 Day
 

Learn to create, edit, save, close and open a Word document, check spelling, use font and paragraph formatting, and print documents.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:
Fully utilise the features of the Word screen
Create, edit, save, close and open a document
Check spelling and use Font and Paragraph formatting
Use print features

Who it is aimed at

Users wishing to deal with documents using Microsoft Word

 Course Content

Using Word
Launching Word
Features of the Word screen
Hiding and Revealing white space
Using Help
Creating a New Word Document
Creating a new document
Creating, based on a WCC template
Entering text
Insert vs. overtyping text
Moving within a document
Selecting text, editing and deleting text
Copying and moving text
Using the Spell and Grammar checker
Using Undo and Redo
Using Find and Replace
Saving and Closing a Word Document
Naming and Saving documents
Saving to another name or place
Emailing a document
Closing a document
Working With Existing Documents
Opening single or multiple documents
Switching between open documents
What are font formats?
Bold, underline and other font formats
Copying formats using Format Painter
Clearing font formats 
What are paragraph formats?
Showing and hiding formatting marks
Aligning text, line spacing
Using Bullets and Numbered lists
Borders and shading
Clearing paragraph formats
Using Print Preview
Choosing a printer
Printing specific pages or text

Duration
1/2 Day

Course overview

For teachers and teaching assistants

Video conferencing is the process of using a camers and microphone to send images and sound across a network in real time. It enables tow or more people to communicate and collaborate:to share lessons:discuss ideas and hear foreign languages from native speakers in their own home countries. This course will enable delagates to set up sites for their own school and learn the key skills to administrate and manage the school access to Adobe Connect. Users will also take part in an online conference during the day and a live follow up session a week later. This course is ideal for the ICT coordinator or people who are willing to manage the schools video conferencing site. No special software is needed to run the application.

Course Objectives

After one day of training attendees will be able to create basic flowcharts and diagrams unaided. They will also be able to share those diagrams with others by understanding the various output options available within the application

Who is is amied at

Anyone who is new to Vision.

Course Details

Introduction to the Vision workspace

Understanding page and drawing sizes

Using and linking basic shapes

Formatting shapes

Adding text to shapes

Saving custom shapes

Your first process map

Linking pages

Output options(inc HTML and PDF)

Hyperlinks

Using layers to hide or show detail

Your first organisational chart

Using data from Microsoft Word

Learn how to turn track changes on and off, accept or reject changes effectively, compare and combine documents, create, review and remove comments.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Turn track changes on and off 
Accept or reject changes successfully
Compare and Combine documents 
Create, review and remove comments 
Finalise a document prior to distribution

Who it is aimed at

Users who circulate documents for review and need to identify
changes made and comments added

Course Content

Track Changes
What is “Track Changes”?
Rules when using Track Changes
Turning On Track Changes
How to turn on track changes
Turning off Track Changes
Track Changes Options
Changing Track Changes options
Options for viewing changes (balloons)
Choosing which mark-ups to show
Using the reviewing pane
Accepting and rejecting Changes
Moving between changes
Accepting one or all changes
Declining one or all changes
Switching Between Views
Viewing Users
Changing user name to enter revisions
Using the Reviewing Pane
Comparing and Combining documents
Compare two versions of a document
side by side using scrolling options
Altering the comparison settings
Combine revisions from multiple authors
into a single document
Inserting Comments
Inserting a comment whilst using Track
Changes
Deleting a comment
Moving between comments

Duration
1½ hours

This course will show you more sophisticated levels of using bullets and numbering paragraphs.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Bullet or Number paragraphs at varying levels
Change style of bullets and numbering
Copy bullets and numbering format to text
Use re-start or continue number feature

Who it is aimed at

Word users who wish to improve upon basic bullets and numbering

Course Content

Automatic Numbering
What is Bullets and Numbering?
Using Bullets and Numbering
Applying bullets and numbering
Removing bullets and numbering
Mixing bullets and numbering
Changing the Style of Bullets
Changing the style of automatic bullets
Promote and Demote levels
Using Multi-Level numbering
Inserting Text
Insert text within numbered paragraphs
Deleting Text
Delete text within numbered paragraphs
Cut/Copy/Paste
How to use cut/copy/paste features with
numbering
Using Format Paintbrush with automatic
numbering
Changing the Style of Numbering
Restart numbering for a new section
Continue numbering from a previous
section
Changing the style of automatic
numbering

Duration
1½ hours

Learn to create new data lists, to merge a document with data from a different list, to use rules and filters to manipulate the result and to merge labels and envelopes.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Create a page of the same label or address single envelopes
Merge a document with data from a separate list
Create new or use existing data lists
Use rules and filters to manipulate the result of the merge
Merge to labels and envelopes as well as documents

Who it is aimed at

Users wishing to create multiple documents with new or existing
information from separate lists of data

Course Content

What is Mail-Merge?
Letters, labels and envelopes
Establishing the Data List
Using an existing list
Creating a new list
Customising the List
Entering data into the List
Saving the List
Editing and refining the List
Creating the Main Document
Using the Mail Merge Wizard
Using the options on the Mailings Tab
Creating the Main Document
Inserting Merge Fields
Preview data before Merging
Sorting and Filtering Data, Using Rules
Filter the data list
Adding Merge rules
Completing the Mail-Merge
Editing Individual documents
Merging to a Printer
Merging to email
Creating Merged Labels and Envelopes
Selecting label options
Creating mailing labels from an existing
list
Formatting the labels
Editing and Printing labels
Creating Single Labels and Envelopes
Entering the data
Addressing a blank envelope

Duration
1½ hours

This course will show you how to insert and draw tables, embed an Excel spreadsheet and link the data, convert a table into text or vice versa and how to insert and delete rows and columns, merge and split.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Insert and Draw a tables using the commands and tools
Embed and Excel spreadsheet and link the data
Convert a Table into Text and Text into a Table
Insert and delete rows and columns, merge and split cells
Work with table formatting e.g. borders and shading of cells
and repeating headings
Sort, Use formulae to calculate within the table

Who it is aimed at

Users wishing to create lists, tables of text or figures, or layout documents effectively

Course Content

Creating a table
Using the insert and drawing tool
Converting text to tables or tables to text
Embedding a blank excel spreadsheet
Linking Excel spreadsheets
Selecting cells, rows, columns or table
How to merge one or more cells
How to split cells into columns and rows
Sizing rows and columns
Using AutoFit
Distributing rows and columns evenly
Align cell contents horizontally
Align cell contents vertically
Changing text to display in different
orientations
Inserting rows and columns
Deleting rows, columns, table
Using cut/copy/paste
Formatting tables
Repeating Header rows
Adding, changing borders
Adding shading
Hiding table grid lines
Table Styles
Creating and moving tabs within cells
Dealing with Data
Sorting columns
Using Functions to calculate figures

Duration
1½ hours

Details to follow