Harold Washington College Office of Information Technology :: Computer Workshops

Harold Washington College is offering a series of workshops designed to assist you in succeed in using the technology at the college. Most workshops are free to students. To register, complete the registration form in the Computer Training Lab, Room 404 or Library on the 5th floor. If you have any questions, please call ext. 3208 or 5760, Monday through Friday. Seating is limited to 10 students so register early.

Topic	Date	Description
What's Online?...Student.ccc.edu	Visit Room 404 for one on one session	Intro ccc.edu fundamentals class: locating user name, changing passwords, online registration, grades, class schedule, and etc.
Introduction to E-mail	March 17, 2010 (C.E. fee *)	This workshop will introduce you to email and internet fundamentals. Learn to open, close and send e-mail with and without attachments. And perform maintenance on your email account.
Where Is My Course Material?...Blackboard Orientation (One-On-One Computer Training)	Visit Room 404 for one on one session.	Learn the fundamentals about blackboard: signing onto blackboard, course materials, submitting assignments, printing out course material, view grades, discussion board, digital drop box, and etc.
We Do Windows! Intro To Windows XP (Campus Operating System)	March 15, 2010 (C.E. fee*)	Learn windows fundamentals: using the mouse, scrolling, opening, closing, minimizing and maximizing windows, using the task bar, and help tool.
Introduction to the MAC	March 24, 2010 (C.E. fee*)	Workshop is geared to learning the basic fundamentals of using the MAC operating system.
Writing a Research Paper	Visit the Library on the 5th floor to get more information	This workshop will show you how to turn a research question into a paper in 6 steps. In order to get the most out of this workshop, please come prepared with a research paper topic in mind.
Introduction to Citations: The why and how of citing information	Visit the Library on the 5th floor to get more information.	This workshop will provide info on avoiding plagiarism through the use of citations. An intro to why and when citations are needed, as well as a brief overview of common citation styles, will be provided.
Introduction to Internet Searching	Visit the Library on the 5th floor to get more information.	This class will introduce you to searching the internet and understanding search engines to complete class assignments.
Introduction to Word 2007	March 16, 2010 (C.E. fee*)	This class will teach you Word fundamentals: opening, closing and saving documents, fonts, margins, printing, bolding, underlining, and italicizing, centering, inserting dates, selecting and using the speller.
Introduction to Excel 2007	March 18, 2010 (C.E. fee*)	This class will teach you Excel fundamentals: saving, closing, opening documents, fonts, margins, printing, bolding, underlining and italicizing, centering, printing and simple formulas.
Introduction to PowerPoint 2007	March 19, 2010 (C.E. fee*)	This class will teach you PowerPoint fundamentals: saving, closing, opening presentations, formatting slides and inserting pictures.
Introduction to the Internet	March 23, 2010 (C.E. fee*)	This workshop will introduce you to the internet fundamentals. Learn the basics in locating information online.

Note: All workshops are free to CCC students except those denoted by (C.E. fee*). Harold Washing College Continuing Education department offers a series of 1 hour workshops during the lunch hour to all students for a fee of $10.00 per workshop.

Note: For detailed information about each of these workshops (including workshop meeting times), you may download/print/view our student computer training workshop schedule in Microsoft Word format.

Harold Washington College "Class" Computer Training Workshop Information:

The following applications to entire classes at the request of the instructor. Please contact Vincent Wiggins, Director, Computer Training Labs (Email: vwiggins1@ccc.edu, Phone: 312.553.5655) to discuss further.

Harold Washington College "Class" Computer Training Workshops:

Class Papers - Introduction to Word - 2007 (APA & MLA Format)

Presentations - Introduction to PowerPoint

Spreadsheets - Introduction to Excel

Note: For more information please call the Open Computer Classroom at 312.553.3208.

Harold Washington College Faculty/Staff Computer Training Workshop Information:

Training on various software applications and programs are being offered to all Harold Washington College faculty and staff throughout the semester. Please contact Vincent Wiggins, Director, Computer Training Labs (Email: vwiggins1@ccc.edu, Phone: 312.553.5655) to discuss further.

OIT offers one hour computer workshops on various topics to assist staff with technology. You are encouraged to submit topics and projects that we can assist you with in the workshop.

AZTEC Software - Aztec is the computerized software used to supplement instruction.

Address: 30 East Lake Street, Room 403, Chicago IL 60601; Phone #: (312) 553-3030, Email: hwc_helpdesk@ccc.edu