Go beyond the traditional classroom through hands-on, business oriented labs. Each Power Hour contains lab activities related to a central business theme. The courses are taught in a focused two to three hour session and help take students “beyond the keystrokes”. Tips and tricks are offered for the software.
Showcase Your Data with Charts using Excel
Students will create a variety of charts, with emphasis on selecting appropriate chart types and personalizing them by using various chart options.
Microsoft Word Mail Merge/Template Power Hour
Become more efficient by learning how to use the mail merge and template tools in MS Word 2003! Word’s mail merge features enables you to create need to produce documents such a form letters that are generally similar but customized for individual recipients. Templates can automate the process of document creation saving you time.
Create Brochures, Flyers, and more using Microsft Word
Students will use a variety of desktop publishing techniques to create some simple publications with Word.
Using Pivot-Tables in Excel
Students will learn how to use PivotTables to summarize large amounts of data and analyze it in a variety of ways. They will also see how to create a chart from a PivotTable, modify the PivotTable, and use various options to adapt to their information needs. This will enable them to answer common business questions about the data.
Save Time with Functions using Excel
Students will use a variety of functions and timesaving techniques with sample files consisting of a business’ personnel files, timesheets, exam scores, and project scheduling reports.