+ 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
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.