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An introduction to the concept of simulating buildings using ArchiCAD software allows accurate, realistic 3d pictures of design concepts, including furniture and landscaping. The software allows virtual reality walk through, perspectives with sun shading and calculation of material quantities and drafting of construction plans.

Entry Requirements

Sound computer knowledge is essential. If you are not competent using a computer you will not be able to start this course.

Student Instructions

Bring a blue or black pen, pencil and writing paper, highlighter pen, A Memory stick/USB flash drive for saving your work and taking your files home.

Topics

Setup, Drawing, Dimensioning, Layers, Objects, Scaling, Basic Renders. How to obtain and install version of the program will be discussed as part of the first lesson.

Career Prospects

This course is a great pathway into industry as it is a pre-requisite skill for entry into Building Design and Architectural Careers. Industries that use ArchiCAD include Architecture, Draftspersons, Building Design, Interior Design and/or Technology, Builders

Delivery Style

Classroom delivery, with individual computers, projector, short tasks.

Outcomes

Ability to use ArchiCAD competently for basic / general use.

This course is for people who are new to computers and have little or no knowledge of the computer and its programs. You will gain an understanding of what a computer is and what you can do. Learn at an introductory level in a friendly supportive learning environment. Now including internet & Email.

Entry Requirements

No prior knowledge is required. This is a beginner’s course. You will however; need access to a computer between classes so you can practice, as this will ensure a better understanding at the conclusion of the course.

Student Instructions

Please bring:

• a pen/pencil
• a Memory stick/USB flash drive for saving your work and taking your files home. (This is optional but recommended and not required for the first lesson where USB’s will be discussed).

Topics

• Correct procedure for turning the computer on and off.
• Using the mouse, keyboard and your USB
• Introduction to Windows and windows applications and accessories
• Learn how to correctly Save and Print documents.

Plus short introductory exercises using Microsoft Word, Excel and File and Folder management.

Career Prospects

Office work

Suggested learning pathways

Next level is Basic Computers – this is a standard requirement for going onto further study or starting basic computer-related employment.

Delivery Style

The course is presented in a friendly, easy going, interactive environment with the student completing exercises from the workbook supplied. Delivery is on a Gold Coast TAFE PC (Note: this is not an Apple MAC).
Please note: tutor may change due to unforseen circumstances.

Outcomes

Students will be able to confidently use the computer for basic requirements and move onto more advanced computer courses.

This course is for people who are new to computers and have little or no knowledge of the computer and its programs. You will gain an understanding of what a computer is and what you can do. Internet and email is now covered in this course. Learn at an introductory level in a friendly supportive learning environment.

Entry Requirements

No prior knowledge is required. This is a beginner’s course. You will however; need access to a computer between classes so you can practice as this will ensure a better understanding at the conclusion of the course.

Student Instructions

Please bring:

• a pen/pencil
• a Memory stick/USB flash drive for saving your work and taking your files home. (This is optional but recommended and not required for the first lesson where USB’s will be discussed).

Topics

• Correct procedure for turning the computer on and off.
• Using the mouse, keyboard and your USB.
• Introduction to Windows and windows applications and accessories.
• Learn how to correctly Save and Print documents.
• Plus short introductory exercises using Microsoft Word, Excel and File and Folder management.
• Access and use popular websites.
• Create and use free email.

Career Prospects

n/a

Delivery Style

The course is presented in a friendly, easy going, interactive environment with the student completing exercises from the workbook supplied. Delivery is on a Gold Coast TAFE PC (Note: this is not an Apple MAC).
Please note: tutor may change due to unforseen circumstances.

Outcomes

Students will be able to confidently use the computer for basic requirements and move onto more advanced computer courses.

A student quote . . . Our teacher had excellent subject knowledge and communication. Ray also gives a feeling of self-confidence to his pupils so they can explore on the computer which is good for the over 50's – G Murray

A student quote . . . I thought Ray was a very patient man and he made the class fun and so interesting. I am sorry the class has finished. I have learnt so much more than I thought I would – V Englers

This is your chance to take all those hours of holiday footage and turn them into a keepsake that is inspirational and interesting! Through a combination of hands-on tutorials, this course will give you the basic knowledge required to complete your own short, edited video. Whilst we can provide stock footage to work on, you are encouraged to bring in your own whether it is for home or a corporate video.

By the end of the course, using Adobe Premiere Elements software, you will understand how to transfer footage from your camcorder to your hard disk and import it into the editing package. You will be able to shape those clips into a film using the editing package’s timeline, add transitions, effects, titles plus sound and finally export your completed movie for fascinating viewing.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have basic computer skills

Student Instructions

Please bring a pen and paper, your own digital movie footage to work on (optional), a memory stick/USB flash drive for saving and taking your work home, plus your own headphones.

Topics

• Introduction to course + what we hope to achieve
• How to import video
• Common sources of media files
• File types you can import
• Adding files from DVDs, digital cameras, mobile phones, non-tape camcorders, and other devices
• How to edit clips
• The Preview window
• To zoom into or out of the Timeline
• About trimming clips
• About previewing and trimming in the Preview window
• Trimming a clip in the Preview window
• Zooming in and out in the Preview window
• Trimming a clip in the Monitor panel
• Removing frames from the middle of a clip in the Sceneline
• About editing clips on the Timeline
• About splitting clips
• Splitting a clip
• How to add transitions
• Where to access transitions
• transition appearance in the Sceneline and the Timeline
• To preview a transition prior to applying it
• Controls and options for adjusting transitions
• How to add titles
• About titles, templates, styles, formatting, colours, shadows, rolls and crawls
• How to import audio
• Keeping audio synced with video
• How to export your final film
• Students work on their own movie.

Career Prospects

Not applicable

Delivery Style

Hands-on on TAFE computers

Outcomes

At the end of this course students should be able to bring footage into Adobe Premiere Elements and edit it, add transitions to their timeline, add titles and audio to their movie and complete their own movie, then export it for viewing.

Students will gain a basic understanding of the Illustrator CS5 vector drawing software package, and some experience to create professionally designed illustrations.

Entry Requirements

This course requires a solid understanding of computers, importing, locating and opening files on a PC platform. It is also required that students have a working knowledge of the internet. Some sort of illustration/drawing ability is also a plus.

Student Instructions

Students are required to bring a notepad, pen and pencil. A memory stick/USB flash drive for saving and storing your work to take saved files between home and the course.

Topics

• File structure and its importance.
• Design principles and elements.
• The program/software design workspace/layout.
• Working with the program drawing tools and controls.
• The importance of using layers.
• Creating/saving industry standard documents.
• Placing/importing the various content into illustrator.
• Using both the pen and paint brush tools to create illustrations.
• Selecting and manipulating objects.
• Understanding colour
• Exporting/ outputting pages to multiple media. (Web and Print)

Career Prospects

Not applicable.

Delivery Style

This course is designed to cater to the individual learners need. It is predominantly self-paced with hands on facilitator instruction and assistance.

Outcomes

Students will gain a basic understanding of the Illustrator CS5 vector drawing software package. This course is an introductory course, aimed at the introductory level user, which will give you a sound understanding of the software and provide you with the relevant experience to create professionally designed illustrations.

This course is aimed at the introductory level, which will give you a sound understanding of the software used within the graphic design/advertising industry and also provide you with the relevant experience to create professionally designed multi-page documents for both print and web.

Entry Requirements

This course requires a solid understanding of computers, importing, locating and opening files on a PC platform. It is also required that students have a working knowledge of the internet.

Student Instructions

Students are required to bring a notepad, pen and pencil. A memory stick/USB flash drive for saving and storing your work to take saved files between home and the course.

Topics

• File structure and its importance.
• Design principles and elements.
• The program/software design workspace/layout.
• Working with the program tools and the importance of layers
• Creating/saving industry standard multi-page documents.
• Placing/importing the various file types.
• Effective page layout principles
• Understanding colour
• Setting character/paragraph styles for formatting text
• Exporting/ outputs pages to multiple media. (Web and Print)

Career Prospects

Not applicable.

Delivery Style

This course is designed to cater to the individual learners need. It is predominantly self-paced with hands on facilitator instruction and assistance.

Outcomes

Students will gain a basic understanding of the Indesign CS3 page layout software package and gain knowledge in prepress print requirements, correct file size and formats, as well as good graphic design elements and principles. This course is an introductory course, aimed at the introductory level, which will give you a sound understanding of the software used within the graphic design/advertising industry and also provide you with the relevant experience to create professionally designed multi-page documents for both print and web.

This course is designed to build professional level skills using MS Excel 2010 to create sophisticated and automated spreadsheets to analyse and display data.

Entry Requirements

Students will require a basic level of computer skills and some experience with MS Excel is essential.

Student Instructions

Please bring a pen and exercise book/paper for note taking. You will need a Memory stick/USB flash drive (512 Mb/1Gb is ideal) for saving your work and taking your files home to practice with.

Topics

The below lessons are structured around 3 hours sessions.

Lesson 1:
Basic Excel skills

• Move, drag, copy
• Paste options
• Insert, delete rows and columns
• Insert, delete cells
• Rename worksheets
• Copy, move worksheets
• Hide, unhide worksheets
• Sheet background and tab formatting

Formatting worksheets

• Adjust column width and row height
• Hide, unhide columns and rows
• Freeze panes
• Split

Formatting cells

• Font type, size, colour, italics, underline
• Alignment and indent
• Wrap text
• Format as currency, date, number, text
• Borders and shading
• Table AutoFormat

Lesson 2:
Charts

• Create
• Modify
• Format

Page set up

• Orientation
• Margins
• Alignment
• Header and footer
• Watermark

Printing

• Page breaks
• Print preview
• Page break preview
• Print settings

Lesson 3:
Protection

• Protect worksheet
• Unlock cells
• Protect workbook

Custom formatting

• Customized number and date formats
• Conditional formatting

Cell styles

• Apply, modify cell styles
• Apply themes

Data outlining
Range names
Working across multiple worksheets

• Select multiple worksheets
• 3D formulas
• Combine data
• Links

Lesson 4:
Functions

• PMT function
• ABS function
• Logical test
• IF functions
• Nested IF functions
• OR, AND and COUNTIF functions

Career Prospects

Working in an Office environment.

Delivery Style

Teacher instruction, complemented by independent student work using a work book supplied as part of the course. This course is information based and designed to cater to a wide range of learner needs with facilitator assistance

Outcomes

Students will gain the ability to create and modify high level professional documents and apply sohisticated formatting in the MS Excel

MS Office is an intensive course designed to build professional level skills using the most common Microsoft Office programs such as MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
Through this course, students will learn professional skills using the Microsoft Office suit and become a proficient computer operator. By the end of this course, students will develop professional level skills in Microsoft Word to create advanced level documents; Microsoft Excel to create sophisticated and automated spreadsheets to analyse and display data; Microsoft Outlook to manage messages and for time management; and Microsoft PowerPoint to create and deliver professional presentations.

Entry Requirements

Students will require a basic level of computer skills and some experience using the above Microsoft Office programs primarily in being able to create new documents from scratch and apply basic level modifications and formatting to create simple projects. Computer skills – basics or equivilent knowledge is required.

Student Instructions

Please bring a twin ring folder (for manuals) pen and exercise book/paper for note taking. You will need a Memory stick/USB flash drive (512 Mb/1Gb is ideal) for saving your work and taking your files home to practice with.

Topics

The below lessons are structured around 3 hours sessions.

Lesson 1: Word 2010
Formatting paragraphs

• Alignment
• Indenting
• Bulleted and numbered lists
• Lines spacing
• Borders and shading
• Formatting the page

Page set up
Margins
Section breaks
Headers and footer
Print preview

Lesson 2: Word 2010
Tabs

• Setting left, right, centre, decimal and bar tabs
• Adjust tab position and type
• Tab leaders
• Delete tabs

Tables

• Insert a table
• Change column width and row height
• Insert and delete columns and rows
• Table styles
• Borders and shading
• Convert a table to text
• Convert text to a table
• Calculations

Lesson 3: Word 2010
Styles

• Applying character styles
• Applying paragraph styles
• Modifying styles
• Creating a table of contents

Automating features

• AutoCorrect
• Quick Spelling and Grammar
• Building Blocks
• Cover page

Lesson 4: PowerPoint 2010
Creating new presentations

• Create a new blank presentation
• Change slide layouts
• Using the normal view
• Using the slide sorter
• Bullets

Slide effects

• Apply slide transition effects
• Modify slide effects
• Animation effects
• Add sound and modify speeds

Lesson 5: Excel 2010
Basic skills

• Move, drag, copy
• Paste options
• Insert, delete rows and columns
• Insert, delete cells
• Rename worksheets
• Copy, move worksheets
• Hide, unhide worksheets
• Sheet background and tab formatting

Formatting worksheets

• Adjust column width and row height
• Hide, unhide columns and rows
• Freeze panes
• Split

Formatting cells

• Font type, size, colour, italics, underline
• Alignment and indent
• Wrap text
• Format as currency, date, number, text
• Borders and shading
• Table AutoFormat

Lesson 6: Excel 2010
Charts

• Create
• Modify
• Format

Page set up

• Orientation
• Margins
• Alignment
• Header and footer
• Watermark

Printing

• Page breaks
• Print preview
• Page break preview
• Print settings

Lesson 7: Excel 2010
Protection

• Protect worksheet
• Unlock cells
• Protect workbook

Custom formatting

• Customized number and date formats
• Conditional formatting

Cell styles

• Apply, modify cell styles
• Apply themes

Data outlining
Range names
Working across multiple worksheets

• Select multiple worksheets
• 3D formulas
• Combine data
• Links

Lesson 8: Excel 2010
Functions

• PMT function
• ABS function
• Logical test
• IF functions
• Nested IF functions
• OR, AND and COUNTIF functions

Lesson 9: Outlook 2010
Email messages

• Read, reply forward messages
• Preview messages
• Print a message
• Attach a message
• Preview, open, save, remove attachments

Organising messages

• Add flags
• Assign categories
• Use conversations
• Change message views
• Search
• Filter
• Colour code messages
• Quick steps
• Create and use folders

Lesson 10: Outlook 2010
Calendars

• Share calendars by email
• Share calendars using MS Exchange server
• Calendar permissions
• Open a shared calendar
• Working with multiple calendars

Meetings

• Schedule a meeting
• Accept, decline, cancel meetings

Tasks

• Create a new task from multiple locations
• View, sort, prioritise tasks
• Organise tasks
• Assign tasks
• Share tasks

Career Prospects

Working in an Office environment.

Delivery Style

Teacher instruction, complemented by independent student work using a work book supplied as part of the course. This course is information based and designed to cater to a wide range of learner needs with facilitator assistance

Outcomes

Students will gain the ability to create and modify high level professional documents and apply sohisticated formatting in the MS Suite

A student quote . . . My understanding of Excel has increased greatly. The learning I have done in this course has given me confidence to keep going in my computer studies. PowerPoint is very enjoyable and I have learnt much that will help me in the future. – L Welsh

This course will enable students to gain confidence in using computers for home projects, study or work while learning essential computer skills such as file management, preparing smart looking word processing documents, spreadsheets with calculations and formatting, as well as surfing the net and using email.

Entry Requirements

Some basic computer skills required. Completion of the Absolute beginner’s computers course or have equivalent knowledge. Keyboarding skills are beneficial but not essential.

Student Instructions

Please bring a pen and exercise book/paper for note taking. You will need a Memory stick/USB flash drive (512 Mb/1Gb is ideal) for saving your work and taking your files home to practice with.

Topics

The below lessons are structured around 3 hours sessions.
Lesson 1: Windows 7
Working with files and folders:

• Create, copy, move, delete folders/ Copy and move files between folders/ Compress and extract files/ Empty and restore the recycle bin
• Some features of Windows 7 – a quick look at where to find:
• Calculator/ Paint/Notepad/Snipping tool/Sticky notes

Printing files

Lesson 2: Word 2010
Orientation to Microsoft Office 2010

• The ribbon/ Quick access toolbar and mini toolbar/ Zoom/ Compatibility checker/ Getting help/ Creating a new document/ Saving, closing and opening a document

Basic skills

• Writing text/ Select text, lines, sentences, paragraphs or the whole document/ Cut, copy and paste text/ Undo, redo
• Changing document views

Formatting

• Font size, colour, type, bold, italics, underline

Create a new document using a template

Lesson 3: Word 2010

• Drop caps/Finalising the document/ Spelling and grammar check/ Preview/ Print whole document/ Print current page or selected pages
• Images/ Insert a clip art/ Insert a picture

Lesson 4: Excel 2010
Basic skills

• Introduction to the excel screen/ Moving around the workbook/ Selecting a range of cells, rows, columns, worksheets/ Selecting non-adjacent areas/ Write text and numbers/ Undo, redo/ Replace, delete content of cells/Save, close and open a document/ Create a new document from a template

Lesson 5: Excel 2010
Enter a date/Use autofill
Formulas

• Enter a basic formula/Autosum/ Relative and absolute reference/ AutoCalculate

Lesson 6: Internet Explorer and Mail
Internet Explorer

• Opening Internet explorer/ Writing a website address/ Searching via google/ Searching via google images/ Selecting a search result/ Using the backward and forward buttons/ Using the stop and refresh buttons

Mail

• Creating a gmail address/ Create a new email/ Writing an email address/ Writing the email subject and message/ Sending/ Opening and reading email

Career Prospects

Working in an Office environment.

Delivery Style

Teacher instruction, complemented by independent student work using a work book supplied as part of the course. This course is information based and designed to cater to a wide range of learner needs. It is predominately self-paced with facilitator assistance. Delivery is on a Gold Coast TAFE PC (Note: this is not an Apple MAC).
Please note tutor may change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Outcomes

Students should gain basic knowledge and skills to operate a computer using Windows XP and basic knowledge of MS Office Programs: Word and Excel. They will also learn essential skills like file management and bringing images into documents. This course is often a prerequisite for other computer courses.

A student quote . . . I enjoyed learning the little things I needed to know to help me move forward. I was referred to things to help further my education with computers and to become good enough to come back to get qualifications for my personal learning. – Oliver D

A student quote . . . I am leaving this course with a sense of confidence to work with my computer. I feel I will improve at work with what I have learnt. I will most likely do another course – A Lavender

This course is designed to build professional level skills using MS Excel 2010 to manage messages and for time management.

Entry Requirements

Students will require a basic level of computer skills and some experience with MS Outlook is essential.

Topics

The below lessons are structured around 3 hours sessions.

Lesson 9:
Email messages

• Read, reply forward messages
• Preview messages
• Print a message
• Attach a message
• Preview, open, save, remove attachments

Organising messages

• Add flags
• Assign categories
• Use conversations
• Change message views
• Search
• Filter
• Colour code messages
• Quick steps
• Create and use folders

Lesson 10:
Calendars

• Share calendars by email
• Share calendars using MS Exchange server
• Calendar permissions
• Open a shared calendar
• Working with multiple calendars

Meetings

• Schedule a meeting
• Accept, decline, cancel meetings

Tasks

• Create a new task from multiple locations
• View, sort, prioritise tasks
• Organise tasks
• Assign tasks
• Share tasks

Career Prospects

Working in an Office environment.

Delivery Style

Teacher instruction, complemented by independent student work using a work book supplied as part of the course. This course is information based and designed to cater to a wide range of learner needs with facilitator assistance

Outcomes

Students will gain the ability to create and modify high level professional documents and apply sohisticated formatting in the MS Suite