Introduction to Microsoft

• Wed 08 Oct
  Six Wednesdays, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM At Selwyn College, Auckland. Presenters: Kathy Skellern
  

  • TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying learners $35.00 incl. GST
  • $132.00 incl. GST
  Session information

  Sessions

  Session 1

  Wed 08 Oct 18:30 - Wed 08 Oct 20:30

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 2

  Wed 15 Oct 18:30 - Wed 15 Oct 20:30

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 3

  Wed 22 Oct 18:30 - Wed 22 Oct 20:30

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 4

  Wed 29 Oct 18:30 - Wed 29 Oct 20:30

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 5

  Wed 05 Nov 18:30 - Wed 05 Nov 20:30

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 6

  Wed 12 Nov 18:30 - Wed 12 Nov 20:30

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.
  Register
  Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.

Description

Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) course fee subsidy

This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the TEC for:  

• NZ citizens;
• Those who hold a residency-class visa;
• Individuals granted refugee status;
• In some cases spouses of NZ citizens and permanent migrants may also qualify - please contact the office to enquire.

Conditions:

• Registrants must be aged 16 years or older.
• Registrants must not be currently enrolled at a secondary school.
• You should attend at least 80% of your classes to qualify for a fee subsidy.
• We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes.
• You must provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status.

If you are unable to meet these conditions, please contact the office to discuss your situation. The subsidised course fee is $35.

About Introduction to Microsoft

This course is for those who wish to get more familiar with common Microsoft software including:

• Windows 10 - operating system
• Outlook - email
• Word - create smart-looking documents
• Excel - spreadsheet programme (grids of text, numbers and formulas for calculations)
• PowerPoint - software for designing presentations
• Publisher - for creating brochures, leaftets, newsletters

Expected learning outcomes

• Learn to navigate your keyboard more efficiently - understanding fn, ctrl, tab and alt keys
• Windows 10 - overview of this new version including features like Write on the Web and Take Your Reading with You
• Outlook - learn how to format an email, attach more than one document, add appointments to Calendar, add Contacts
• Word - create an interesting an eye-catching document and learn a few of Word's fabulous formatting features. Learn how to use the Online Picture function, add a Page Border, use several different formatting features
• Excel - create a simple budget,  use the Merge and Centre function, Autofill, Autosum, and enhance data with formatting features
• PowerPoint - create an eye-catching presentation using PowerPoint and learn a few of its features like changing the background colour and design
• Publisher - learn to use one of Publisher's many Quick Publications (templates) to create an advertising flyer

Who should attend this course?

Those relatively new to computing who would like a quick and interesting introduction to some of Microsoft's popular software programmes. This will give students an opportunity to see which software they may wish to study further. We offer MS Word Beginners (12 hours), MS Excel Beginners (10 hours), Introduction to PowerPoint (8 hours), MS Publisher for Beginners (10 hours).

The course is taught in a PC classroom at Selwyn Community Education.

Testimonials

Impressed with Kathy - she's the best computer tutor I've had in a long time coming to Selwyn. GK March 2020

 

2023

Our computer skills were near zero until we attended the modern Selwyn College 2023’s six Microsoft Courses progressively covering various aspects over more than 25 thoroughly enjoyable evening-classes using large computer screens, which step-by-step advanced our skills to quite a level of competency.  Our delightful and entertaining Tutor  Kathy Skellern gave truly ever-patient, over-the-shoulder explanations and guidance with her clearly-structured introductions and overviews, followed by detailed directions, coupled with her vast previous professional experience, never rushing us, kept us coming back for more and more classes. We are amazed that we could master such relatively high levels of usable competence in such a short time even on techniques that we would not have imagined possible. The low dollar cost of the classes gave extreme value for money.