+  Getting Started on the Computer:  a 6 week course for beginners or those who need to start over from the beginning.

+  Email & the Internet:  an 8 week course introducing the power (and dangers) of the Internet age.  Learn how to send email, deal with attachments, browse and search the World Wide Web.

+  Next Steps - Clipboard & Co:  an 8 week course all about the clipboard and how to use it both within a program and between computer programs.

+  Next Steps - Tabs & Tables:  an 8 week course looking at different ways to line up information in a word processing document.  Looks at the strengths and weaknesses of tab stops compared to tables.

+  Next Steps - Lists, Bullets, and Numbering:  an 8 week course getting to grips with the automatic listing and numbering facilities available in Microsoft Word.

+  Next Steps - Putting on the Style:  an 8 week course which looks at the concept of a style in Microsoft Office.  How to use existing styles, modify them, and create your own!

+  Photo Editing:  a 12 week course covering all aspects of handling photographs on the computer.  Scan in your pictures or transfer them from a digital camera.  Enhance, repair, or modify your pictures using PhotoShop Elements.

+  New CLAIT:  a 30 week course leading to the nationally recognised qualification.  Pass any 5 modules to gain the certificate.  Modules include Using a computer; Word processing; Spreadsheets; Databases; Desktop publishing; Graphs & charts; the Internet.

+  More Photo Editing:  a 12 week advanced course for those who want to go beyond the basic course.  A series of projects provides interest and opportunity to be creative and technical at the same time!

+  Posters & Publications:  an 8 week course using Microsoft Publisher covering all the main concepts of desktop publishing.  Produce posters, greeting cards, newspaper articles, and much more!

+  Creating your own Web Pages:  an 8 week course which builds on the Posters & Publications course to use Publisher to design and publish web pages.  The final 2 weeks are for project work to create your own web site for real!

+  Inside the Box:  a 12 week practical course covering all the main component parts of the modern computer.  Literally gets inside the box with lots of hands on work.  During the course the class will build a brand new computer from new parts.

 

All courses consist of a 2 hour session each week on the same morning or afternoon of the week.  In the morning class times are 09:30 to 11:30 am.  In the afternoon class times are 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

 

After completing their first course all students are eligible for our "Loan Computer" scheme.  The Telematics Centre will loan a computer with identical software to those in use at the centre.  Two conditions apply: the student must have household contents insurance to cover the value of the computer; the student must return the computer if they cease to be a student at the Telematics Centre.

 

The Telematics Centre also does IT work for other organisations in the community and voluntary sector on a paid for basis.  We charge a fair price for quality work with the bonus that the money stays in the sector!  If you need help with your computers, want to get onto broadband, have always wanted to network your computers, or just need some advice then get in touch for a free consultation.

 

To enquire about any of our courses or IT work contact us now:

 

Nick Walton

Tel:  01928 790228

Email:  telematics@whcf.org.uk

 

The Telematics Centre is located in the PlayCentre building on Norton Hill, Windmill Hill, Runcorn WA7 6QE.