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Training Resources
Your guide to self-help
resources
In an effort to help
our customers become more self-sufficient, we have created this list of
suggested training resources. CIT endorses the on-campus training resources;
however, off-campus training and on-line training is up to the individual
to investigate. We have merely listed a few suggestions or options that
are available outside the Oberlin Campus Community.
Index
Resources available through Oberlin
College:
Resources available outside Oberlin:
CD-ROM
For those of you
that want hands-on training, we have made available (only to Oberlin College
faculty, staff and students) a collection of CD-ROMs for use on Macintosh
or Windows machines.
The following training CDs may
be accessed through the network in Mudd Library CDROMJukebox
Server:
- PageMaker 6.5 (for Macintosh)
- FileMaker Pro 5 (for Windows or
Macintosh)
- FileMaker Pro 5 Advanced Scripting
- DreamWeaver 4
- Excel 2000 (for Windows)
- Word 2000 (for Windows)
- Powerpoint 2000 (for Windows)
- Excel 2001 (for Macintosh)
- Word 2001 (for Macintosh)
- Powerpoint 2001 (for Macintosh)
You also have the option of checking
out one or a set of CD-ROM training CDs through the Reserve Room in Mudd
Library. CDs available are:
- Mac OS 8.5 (for Macintosh)
- PageMaker 6.5 (for Macintosh)
- Windows NT 4.0
(for Windows)
- FileMaker Pro 3/4 (for Macintosh)
- FileMaker Pro 3/4 (for Windows)
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BOOKS
If you prefer How-To books, you may check out the following books from
the Help Desk:
Excel for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Maria Langer.
FileMaker Pro 4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide,
Nolan Hester.
Mac OS 8.5: Visual QuickStart Guide, Maria Langer.
Netscape Communicator 4 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide,
Elizabeth Castro.
Netscape Communicator 4 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide,
Elizabeth Castro.
PageMaker 6.5 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Ted Alspach.
PhotoShop 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide,
Elaine Weinman and Peter Lourekas.
PowerPoint 2000/98 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart
Guide, Rebecca Altman.
Word 6 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart, David Browne.
Word 98 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Maria Langer.
Quick Reference
If you want just a quick source reference
card for a particular program, the Help Desk has used a few from Bar
Charts, Inc., and The Resource Network. If you would like to purchase
the quick source reference cards, you can contact Bar Charts, Inc.,
1181 S. Rogers Circle, Suite 17, Boca Raton, Florida, telephone number
1-800-226-7799. Or, you can contact The Resource Network, 122 S. Main,
Suite 208, Harrisonburg, VA, telephone 1-800-296-5750. (The Help Desk
has samples of these quick reference guides if you wish to see what
they look like.)
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ON-LINE DOCUMENTATION
Technology
On-Line Documentation
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Courses over the
Internet
These are a few links of companies that
offer courses over the internet (at cost to the client).
Microsoft
Certified courses in MCSE, MCDE, A+ certifications in Microsoft software
products. Choose instruction over the internet, or classroom style
instruction.
New
Horizons
Sample of offerings: Desktop Presentations
(PowerPoint), Desktop Publishing (PageMaker),Graphics/Web Design (Firewords,
Illustrator, Photoshop), Internet (Dreamweaver 4), Spreadsheets (Excel),
Word Processing (Word).
Ziff-Davis (SmartPlanet)
Sign up for free membership for access to 250 courses for $19.95
to $29.95 per course. Subjects in: Arts & Society, Body &
Mind, Career & Business, Computing & Internet, Finance &
Investing, Hobbies & Recreation, Home & Family, Science &
Technology, Professional Development. You can enroll for instructor
led or self-paced tutorials.
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OFF-CAMPUS TRAINING
CompUSA
(To request a full course catalog, call: 1-800-TRAIN-80)
Sample of offerings: Basics (Windows 95,
98, and NT), Word Processing (Word for Windows), Databases (ACT!, Access),
SpreadSheets (Excel, Lotus 123 for Windows), Graphics (PageMaker, PhotoShop,
PowerPoint), Internet, Fundamentals (HTML Fundamentals), Macintosh Software
(Mac OS 8, FileMaker Pro)
Cleveland
State University
Sample of offerings: Databases and Spreadsheets
(Excel), Computer Essentials (How to Purchase a Personal Computer, Computer
fundamentals, Maintenance and Troubleshooting), Internet (Writing HTML),
Networks (Lan Novell, Routing and Protocols, TCP/IP), Operating Systems
(Windows 95, 98, NT, UNIX), Presentations and Desktop Publishing (Adobe,
PowerPoint), Programming (C++, Java, Visual Basic for Windows), Client/Server
and SQL, Applications (AutoCAD, Mathematica), Word Processing (Word
for Windows).
Cleveland State University also offers
hands-on computer workshops. Workshops included at varying times and
dates are Access, Excel, Computers for the Totally Terrified, Computer
Maintenance, The Internet, Networking, Windows NT, UNIX, Adobe PageMaker,
PowerPoint, C++, Java, Word, WordPerfect. You can register 4 ways. (1)
online at conted@csuohio.edu,
(2) call (216) 687-2144, (3) fax (216)687-9399, or (4) register in person
at Cole Center for Continuing Education.
Lorain
County Community College
Sample of offerings: Developing a Web
Site, Creating Web Pages, Introduction to Microcomputers, Windows 95,
98, Accessing the Internet, Excel, Word for Windows, PowerPoint
Lorain
County Joint Vocational School, Oberlin.
Sample of offerings (Adult
Education Program): Windows 95, Desktop Publishing,, Spreadsheets (Excel),
Graphics (PowerPoint), Creating a Web Page.
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