Ed2Go Summer 2008 Course Descriptions:

Register for continuing education online courses at www.ed2go.com/dtcc.Starting dates for these Continuing Education online courses are: May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20, and September 17.

Note: All courses require Internet access, E-mail, Netscape or Internet Explorer Web browser, and Windows (except the Mac courses!). Some courses have additional software requirements as noted below.

• Accounting Fundamentals: Demand for accounting professionals currently exceeds supply. If you're interested in increasing your financial awareness and accountability while also gaining a marketable skill, this course is for you. You'll learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, while also learning how to analyze and record financial transactions, as well as prepare various financial reports at the end of the fiscal period. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities will be discussed. We'll cover all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period.
  
  
• Accounting Fundamentals II: While it is true that accounting professionals are scarce, those with corporate accounting experience are even more rare. This course will build on the knowledge you gained in our Accounting Fundamentals course to provide you with a solid understanding of corporate accounting practices. You'll be able to analyze transactions and prepare various corporate financial reports. You'll also gain practical experience working with dividends, plant assets, depreciation, accrued revenue and expenses, retained earnings, stockholders' equity, and more.
  
  
• Introduction to Crystal Reports 10: Learn how to use Crystal Reports to convert raw database or accounting data into meaningful and readable reports. Impress your peers, clients, and superiors by discovering new ways to convey information. By the time you finish this course, you'll be able to create a wide variety of handsome and sophisticated reports that communicate more--much more--than mere facts. You'll also be able to use charts and maps to present information visually, and cross-tabs to show correlations between loosely-related data items. You'll even find out how to save yourself time and effort by creating a library of custom functions you can use over and over in report after report..
  
  
• Introduction to Quickbooks 2007: earn how QuickBooks makes it easy to set up a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, create and print invoices, receipts, and statements, track your payables, inventory, and receivables, create estimates and generate reports.
  
  
• Learning to Buy and Sell on eBay: Online auctions match buyers with sellers in a global marketplace for almost any item. If you've ever dreamed of working from home or just earning extra income by buying and selling goods online, our experienced instructors will guide you every step of the way. You'll learn how to create titles that get noticed, how to craft advertising copy that sells items quickly and for top dollar, and how to create and upload photos of the items you are selling. You'll also learn how to safely conduct financial transactions, how to accept credit card payments, and how to pack and ship any item hassle-free. If you're a buyer, you'll learn how to value almost any item up for auction, how to get the best possible price, how to protect yourself against fraud, and how to compete effectively against other bidders.
  
  
• Performing Payroll in Quickbooks 2007: Learn how to use QuickBooks software to process payroll quickly and easily. You'll discover all the steps you need to properly set up your payroll system, troubleshoot common problems, and avoid mistakes.
  
  
• Real Estate Investing: Want to invest in real estate but have no money and no idea where to start? In this course, we’ll demystify the technical aspects of acquiring and profiting from property. We’ll explore how to find, finance, and negotiate a deal, how to invest in lease options, foreclosures, quick flips, rehabs, and mobile homes. And most important, you’ll finish up the course with a specific game plan tailored to your individual investing goals that will put you well on your way to finding your first (or next) deal.
  

• Real Estate Law: If you've ever bought or sold a home, you know that having an understanding of real estate law is essential. This course will give you a complete overview of real estate law, from buying and selling, to mortgages, easements, and foreclosure. We'll go over the issues in a straightforward and entertaining manner, leaving you with a strong foundation in this critical area of legal practice.
  
  
• QuickBooks 2007 for Contractors: Designed specifically for contractors, this course addresses the specific accounting needs of the construction industry. We'll focus on how to use the Premier Contractor Edition of QuickBooks 2007 to run your contracting business more efficiently. Clear lessons and step-by-step instructions written in plain language will give you hands-on practice using the features that you're sure to use on a daily basis.
  
  
• The Analysis and Evaluation of Stocks: The Analysis and Valuation of Stocks is a comprehensive course designed to show you how to research and value stocks. Topics covered in the course include reading financial statements, calculating financial ratios, industrial comparisons, and pricing techniques.
  
  

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• Administrative Assistant Fundamentals: Rapid growth in the health, legal services, data processing, management, public relations, and other industries have created many new job opportunities for administrative assistants. This course will help you discover and master the essentials of managerial and staff support, information and records management, communications technology, travel and meeting coordination, space planning, and office ergonomics. You'll become an indispensable member of your team by identifying opportunities and implementing solutions to turn your office into a high productivity machine. This course will also help you prepare for the internationally recognized Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) and Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) exams offered by the International Association of Administrative Professionals.
  
  
• Administrative Assistant Applications: Gain the skills and knowledge you'll need to prepare for the Certified Adminstrative Professional exam and begin a rewarding career as an administrative assistant. Discover how economics, accounting, business law, organizational behavior, and management affect administrative assistant responsibilities and activities. Determine how the world economy can affect an enterprise, learn the basics of accounting, including the general ledger and key accounting terms, and see how financial statements and controls help keep your organization moving in a positive direction.
  
  Understand the fundamentals of business law, contracts, and the principal-agency relationship; discover ethics and organizational politics; and understand the basics of international business. Learn about key management functions such as planning, control, motivation, and organization, discover how to increase creativity, and find out how marketing differs from sales. Learn the basics of operations management, understand why effective change management is so vital, and determine how to recruit, evaluate, select, and train team members. This course will also help you prepare for the internationally recognized Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) and Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) exams offered by the International Association of Administrative Professionals.
  
  
• Communicating Like a Leader:Learn to become a great communicator, improving your chances for professional success.
  
  
• Effective Selling: The goal of Effective Selling is not to teach you how to make a sale today, but to help you discover how you can easily convert a potential customer into a long term asset. Effective Selling will help you lay the groundwork for repeat business and your future success. In sales, there are no quick fixes. However, with the knowledge, planning skills, communication techniques, and the understanding of human nature that you will gain from this course, your sales will grow as if by magic.
  
  
• Employment Law Fundamentals:
Learn the basics of employment law so you can legally hire, evaluate, and manage employees. Learn the difference between an employee and an independent contractor; the basic types of employee benefits; effective hiring, evaluation, and termination procedures; methods to resolve employment disputes in and out of court; discrimination and union laws; and workplace safety rules. This course is a must for anyone who is (or aspires to be) a supervisor, manager, or human resources professional.


• Managing Customer Service: Customer service personnel interact with current and potential customers every day. But do they truly spend time finding out what customers really want and giving them the highest service possible? In this six-week online course, you'll discover dynamite methods for bringing out the best in your team, measuring customer service, and anticipating the needs of your reps and your customers. Learn how to attract and hire top-notch reps, succeed with teams, and minimize customer complaints. As an added bonus, you'll unlock the power of leading by example and setting new trends for customer service in your growing business.
  
  
• Fundamental of Supervision and Management: Learn how to be an effective manager or supervisor. Master the basics of business and organizations, learn the people skills required to motivate and delegate, and learn tools for solving problems and resolving conflicts.
  
  
• Fundamental of Supervision and Management II: Learn how to be an effective manager or supervisor. Master the basics of communicating effectively, and learn tools for developing your own interpersonal skills.
  
  
• NEW! High Speed Project Management:
With accelerated schedules driving many technology projects today, the smart project manager must rapidly retool their skill set. This course offers a breakthrough model for dealing with the realities of managing projects at supersonic speeds. Learn to meet and win the challenges of truncated timelines, short-staffed project teams, skimpy budgets and crippling risks.


• NEW! Introduction to Microsoft Project 2007:
Discover how to effectively plan, implement, and control projects using Microsoft Project 2007. In this hands-on course, you'll find out how to apply the world's most popular project management software to your needs. You'll convert lists and schedules into an integrated plan you can be proud of, and you'll see how Microsoft Project can walk you through any project by helping you organize details, sequence tasks, produce a baseline, assign resources and costs, track progress, identify and analyze variances, revise your project plan, create schedules, and share everything with your customers and coworkers.


• Understanding the Human Resources Function: This course is designed to help people without experience in human resources to understand this very vital link in the organizational chain. It will prepare both managers and business owners to handle basic human resource functions in a way that will ensure the best possible result.
  
  
• Introduction to Microsoft Project 2003: Discover how to effectively plan, implement, and control projects using Microsoft Project 2003. In this hands-on course, you will find out how to apply the world's most popular project management software to your needs. You'll convert lists and schedules into an integrated plan you can be proud of, and you'll see how Microsoft Project can walk you through any project by helping you organize details, sequence tasks, produce a baseline, assign resources and costs, track progress, identify and analyze variances, revise your project plan, create schedules, and share everything with your customers and coworkers.
  
  
• Project Management Fundamentals: There are more projects occurring today than at any time in history. Organizations initiate projects to create new computer applications, erect bridges and buildings, improve processes, develop new products, and reorganize company operations. Unfortunately, most organizations do not manage projects well, creating an unprecedented demand for project management practitioners. If you're organized, perceptive, detail-oriented, and an excellent communicator, you just might have what it takes to succeed in the fast-growing field of project management. If you're new to project management, this course will provide you with the essential information you'll need to prepare for and complete your first project. If you're an experienced project manager, this course will make you more valuable to your employer by increasing your skills and competencies. This course will also help you prepare for the internationally recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exams offered by the Project Management Institute.
  
  
• Project Management Applications: In this course, an experienced Project Management Professional will teach you the same powerful tools and techniques that experienced project management professionals rely on every day. You'll increase the probability of project success by mastering the tricks of the trade: Earned Value Performance Measurement, Gantt Charts, Network Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structure, and Cost-Volume Analysis. You'll also become proficient at recruiting project team members and empowering them to succeed. You'll understand the stages of team development, and you'll gain skills in developing and motivating team leaders. You'll even learn about project software, statistics, change management, processes, and estimating. And you'll gain valuable experience with project planning, contro,l and data analysis tools. This course will also help you prepare for the internationally recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exams offered by the Project Management Institute.
  
  
• PMP Certification Prep 1: Learn how to prepare for Project Management Institute's prestigious PMP certification exam. Master the first six chapters of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), the most essential resource for the PMP certification exam. Learn all about the nine Project Management Knowledge Areas, five Process Groups, and 39 project management processes. Raise your project management IQ by discovering tips and techniques related to the questions you'll encounter on the PMP exam. Use proven learning techniques to help you absorb key terminology, concepts, and formulas.
  
  
• PMP Certification Prep 2: Prepare to take--and pass--the Project Management Institute's PMP certification exam. Master chapters seven through twelve of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the most essential resource for the PMP certification exam. Learn all about the nine Project Management Knowledge Areas, five Process Groups, and 39 project management processes. Raise your project management IQ by discovering tips and techniques related to the questions you'll encounter on the PMP exam. Use proven learning techniques to help you absorb key terminology, concepts, and formulas.
  
  
• Leadership: Leadership skills can help you gain the respect and admiration of others, while also allowing you to enjoy success in your career and more control over your destiny. Contrary to popular belief, leadership skills can be learned and developed. Even if you don't hold a leadership position, this course will teach you how to use the principles of great leaders to achieve success in almost every aspect of your daily life.
  
  
• Keys to Effective Communication: Lost for words? Don't be! Learn to build rapport, trust, warmth, and respect through conversation.
  
  
• Six Sigma: Total Quality Fundamentals: Learn how to effectively apply the elements and methods of Six Sigma. Understand how more than 25 tools and methods relate to the DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) model. Determine the relationship of basic statistics to Six Sigma and learn about the Six Sigma business case including strategic planning, the voice of the customer (VOC), quality function deployment (QFD), benchmarking, and financial investment methods. Discover how to use brainstorming, Pareto charts, and critical to quality to help define processes, problems, and opportunities. Master the use of other key tools such as cause and effect diagrams, checksheets, scatter diagrams, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and force field analysis. Learn the basics of advanced Six Sigma tools such as design of experiments (DOE), analysis of variance (ANOVA), hypothesis testing, control charts, and probability distributions. This course will also help you prepare for the internationally recognized Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Manager exams offered by the American Society for Quality.
  
  
• Total Quality Fundamentals: Learn how to effectively apply the fundamentals of total quality. Understand what quality is and learn about the history of the quality movement. Discover the role of customers in quality and determine the major elements of a quality system. Master key concepts such as the cost of nonquality, variation, and total employee involvement (TEI). Increase your value to your company by learning about various motivational models, leadership, and teamwork. Determine how to effectively apply quality standards by creating and implementing internal and external auditing activities. Learn the ins and outs of ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
  

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• Creating User Requirements Documents: Your success as a developer depends almost entirely on your ability to meet or exceed your customers' every expectation. This course will show you, step by step, how to discover and document precisely what your customer wants. You will learn how to gather, manage, and document user requirements for any type of project in any industry.
  
  
• Effective Business Writing: Do you have a nagging suspicion that a small improvement in your writing skills might also improve your career prospects? Don't let small gaps in your business writing skills prevent you from reaching your full potential! It doesn't matter whether you're a clerical worker, an engineer, or an executive. If you communicate with others in writing, you need this course to help you identify and eliminate problem areas. By the end of this course, you'll know the secret to developing powerful written documents that immediately draw readers in and keep them motivated to continue until your very last, well-chosen word.
  
  
• The Keys to Effective Editing: Ask any published writer and you will hear that a good editor is not just helpful, but essential. If you aspire to be an editor, this course will teach you the fundamentals of top-notch editing for both fiction and nonfiction. If you’re already working as an editor, you’ll not only brush up on your skills, but will also learn about recent advances in your chosen profession. If you’re a writer, you will learn essential self-editing tools to give your manuscripts the professional look that publishers like to see.
  
  
• Fundamentals of Technical Writing: Learn the skills you need to succeed in the well-paying field of technical writing. You'll discover the secrets of successful technical writers, including technical writing conventions, interviewing skills, documentation management, publishing and formatting techniques, and how to get your first job as a technical writer.
  
  
• Writing Great Technical Documents: Do you write technical documents? Would you like to learn how to write them better? This course will teach you how to polish your writing and improve the effectiveness of your technical documentation. You'll learn how to choose the right words, write powerful sentences and paragraphs that flow, use technical terms, improve your grammar and punctuation, use graphics, and format your technical documents to get results.
  
  
• Grammar for ESL: If English is your second language and you're headed for college, you will find this class to be very valuable. This course will provide you with an in-depth analysis of English grammar and structure so that you will be more prepared to succeed in any class taught in English.
  
  
• Grammar Refresher: Revive your lost or forgotten knowledge of English grammar and gain confidence in your ability to produce grammatically correct writing. Whether you’re a student or professional, a published or beginning writer, this course will help you navigate and master the linguistic twists and turns inherent in English grammar. Grammar is fun if you know the rules. A patient instructor will support you throughout the course, and plenty of interactive exercises will give you ample opportunity to put into practice everything you learn.
  
  
• Write Like a Pro: Writing a successful novel, screenplay, business report, or non-fiction book is far easier when you work from a well thought-out story outline. Under the guidance of a professional writer and author, you will learn how professional writers use story outlines to 'blueprint' a structure for any story. Once you have mastered the special story structure techniques taught in this course, you will be prepared to…write like a pro.
  
  
• Beginning Writer’s Workshop: If you've dreamed of writing creatively, this course is a great place to start. Get a taste of the writing life, improve your writing skills, and discover new ways to stretch your creative muscles. This isn't school as you know it. It’s an in-depth writing experience filled with challenging hands-on exercises, expert advice, and plenty of direct support and encouragement.
  
  
• Writeriffic: Creativity Training for Writers: Banish writer's block forever with these tricks from the published writer's toolbox. Writeriffic liberates the inventive bolts of genius that are inside everyone. If you've ever dreamed of hearing your writer's voice, this class will make it happen.
  
  
• Writeriffic2: Advanced Creativity Training for Writers: Increase writing confidence, beat writer’s block, manage time, negotiate writing fees, write, and live your dreams. Learn advanced methods to create and write like the professionals--whether you’re launching a career or seeking personal satisfaction through writing. In Writeriffic 2, you’ll learn to be the writer you've always wanted to be and have fun, too.
  
  
• Writing for ESL:
Would you like to learn how to write more effectively? Many ESL learners have excellent training and skills in their native languages but find their academic or career progress slowed by the challenges of writing in English. This course will take you through each step of the writing process, showing you how to generate, focus, and develop your ideas. A thorough grammar review will also help you refine and perfect your writing. By the end of this course, you will be able to produce writing that is clear, logical, cohesive, and free of grammatical and punctuation errors.

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• Advanced Comp TIA A+ Certification Prep: Ready for a crash course in (almost) every important computer technology in the known world? The Advanced CompTIA A+ Certification Prep course takes you through an extensive set of technologies, including SCSI, video, modems, printers, multimedia, portable PCs, and networking. You'll study the hardware and learn the software necessary to install, configure, and troubleshoot that hardware. This course completes your understanding of the hardware and operating systems tested on the CompTIA A+ Certification exams. So grab a seat and strap yourself in - you're in for a wild ride!
  
  
• Basic Comp TIA A+ Certification Prep: The Basic CompTIA A+ Certification Prep course teaches you about the hardware common to virtually every personal computer - including microprocessors, RAM, power supplies, motherboards, BIOS, CMOS, the expansion bus, floppy drives, and hard drives. You'll learn how things work, how to configure everything, and how to troubleshoot in real world environments.
  
  
• Intermediate Comp TIA A+ Certification Prep: The Intermediate CompTIA A+ Certification Prep course teaches you how to work with the command line in Windows; how to install and configure both Windows 9x and Windows 2000, and install hardware in both operating systems; and you even learn how to work with DOS memory management within Windows.
  
  
• Comp TIA Network+ Certification Prep: This course will teach you everything you need to know to take and pass the challenging CompTIA Network+ certification exam and become an excellent network technician. You'll learn about topologies, the OSI Seven-Layer model, protocol suites, modern network operating systems, network hardware, cabling standards, remote connectivity, Internet connections, network troubleshooting, and more. CompTIA Network+ certification also counts as one of the elective exams for the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification.
  
  
• Comp TIA Security+ Certification Prep: The U.S. Department of Labor forecasts that computer security and related computer-support specialties will be among the fastest-growing occupations through 2012. CompTIA’s Security+ certificate is widely regarded as the entry-level certificate for gaining access to this well-paying, in-demand field. In this six-week course, you'll learn everything you need to know to achieve your Security+ credential.
  
  
• Microsoft Windows Certification Prep:Exam 70-270: The road to Microsoft certification begins here! This intense course teaches you what you need to know to pass the 70-270 exam--Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional--which carries with it the title of Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). The 70-270 exam can also be the first step toward full-fledged Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification.
  
  

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• Creating a Home Network: Create your own home network so that your computers can easily share printers, Internet connections, drives, and documents. You'll learn what hardware you need, how to configure Windows XP to run your small network, and how to configure printers and other peripherals. By the end of the course, you'll know how to manage and maintain your network, and how to keep it secure.
  
  
• Creating a Small Office Network: Create your own small office network using Windows XP Professional Edition. Slash expenses and improve efficiency by learning how to share printers, Internet connections, drives, and documents. You'll learn what hardware you will need, how to configure Windows XP Pro to run your small network, how to configure printers and other peripherals, and how to manage and maintain your network and keep it secure.
  
  
• Introduction to Networking: Businesses, schools, and other organizations are becoming increasingly reliant on computer networks, which explains why workers with networking skills are in high demand. If you'd like to learn the fundamentals of computer networking in terms you can easily understand, this course is for you. Learn why networks have become so important, how software and hardware makes networking possible, and how networks function. This course will give you the foundation you need to begin training for CCNA Certification or employment in a computer networking career.
  
  
• Intermediate Networking: Learn real-world applications for the concepts you learned in 'Introduction to Networking. You'll gain a full understanding of almost every aspect of networking technology, including hot topics such as virtual private networks, security, and Internet connectivity. Completion of this course and its prerequisite should serve as a springboard for a career in computer networking or training for CCNA Certification.
  
  
• Introduction to PC Troubleshooting: Are you ready to dive under the hood of your PC? Introduction to PC Troubleshooting takes you step by step through the typical hardware and operating system problems encountered by technicians, and teaches you troubleshooting techniques to decipher any problem and gives you the skills you need to solve them. Once you've mastered the basics, the course launches into some of the more advanced and nasty problems that sometimes crop up in the PC, teaching you how to diagnose and fix those problems. Finally, this course will show you how to maintain and optimize a Windows PC. So what are you waiting for? Let's troubleshoot - and fix - some PCs!
  
  
• Introduction to Windows XP: Whether you're new to Windows or an experienced PC aficionado, there's a lot to learn in the all-new Windows XP. This course covers all the basic skills and concepts needed to use a computer. This course will teach you how to work with text, pictures, photos, sound, music, DVD, Interactive TV, and video; create shortcuts, customize the interface, take full advantage of the Internet, and even build your own local area network (LAN). You'll even learn how Windows XP supports the new Microsoft .NET strategy and XML - a new language that's poised to revolutionize the way we use our computers. Note: Students who want to learn about the product before purchase are also welcome.
  
  
• Wireless Networking: Wireless networking is a hot topic. More and more people want to roam unplugged, so demand for wireless connectivity in homes, offices, and gathering spaces is soaring. In this fascinating and timely course, an industry expert will help you understand how wireless devices make connections, how the connections actually work, and how you can plan, deploy, and connect to wireless networks yourself.
  
  
• Introduction to PC Security: What you don't know about PC security really can hurt you! Learn why you're at risk and what you can do to protect your precious personal and business data from the outside world. This course, taught by a security expert, will quickly bring you up to speed on the fundamentals of PC and network security. You'll learn the nature of the threats you face, how to assess your vulnerability, how to identify the weak links in your system, and how you can implement simple solutions to minimize your risks.
  
  
• Advanced PC Security: When is hacking legal? When you use it to secure your own network. This new method of hacking, called ethical hacking or white-hat hacking, uses common and readily available hacking tools and techniques to audit your network so you can locate and close security holes. Whether you're running a small home network or you're an enterprise network administrator, this course will teach you how to better protect your system against those who wish to gain unauthorized access. Sooner or later, you know that somebody is going to try and break into your network. Why not learn how hackers think so you can harden your defenses against them?
  

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• Discover Digital Photography: This course provides an introduction to the fascinating technology that is catapulting the photographic world into the 21st century. We'll discuss the basics of digital photography, equipment, software, the digital darkroom, printing, Internet and e-mail use, along with commercial and personal applications.
  
  
• Photographing People with your Digital Camera:
Photographing people can be fun, exciting – and complicated! This course will make taking beautiful pictures of adults, children, and babies simple. Don't be nervous if you're new to digital photography, because we'll start with the basic principles you need to know in order to become a skilled people photographer. You'll discover the best way to shoot faces, fix common close-up problems, and use digital photo editing techniques to retouch your photos and make other improvements. Next, we’ll move onto portrait and formal group shots, where you’ll learn how to organize people, which angles to use, and which to avoid. You'll become proficient in action photography, and you'll also learn several fun and creative ways to photograph children and babies. You'll even gain expertise in filling your photographs with imagery, setting moods, and creating themes. Rounding out your training, this course will allow you to edit and improve your photos with Photoshop Elements 3.


• Photoshop CS2 for the Digital Photographer: Adobe Photoshop CS2 is a high-end software solution that provides support and specialized editing tools for digital photographers and graphic artists. Filled with practical, hands-on examples, this course will show you how to apply the professional tools and techniques in Photoshop CS2 that are most helpful to photographers. Even if you have no image editing experience, you'll be amazed at what you can do with your images after taking this course.
  
  
• Photoshop CS3 for the Digital Photographer:
Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a high-end software solution that provides support and specialized editing tools for digital photographers and graphic artists. In this class, we'll focus on how to select and use the professional techniques that are most helpful to photographers. Designed for those with no image-editing experience, this class will take students from novices to accomplished users.


• Secrets of Better Photography: Designed for both film and digital photographers, this course is filled with tips and tricks to help you take better photographs. You'll learn the basic technology that all cameras use, and you'll receive helpful information on exposure and lighting. You'll also explore strategies for taking excellent photos in all types of situations, including portraiture, landscape, macro, and still life.
  
  
• Photoshop Elements Projects: Take your Photoshop Element skills to the next level by working through 12 fun and exciting hands-on projects. A patient instructor guides you every step of the way as you repair an old photo, design custom greeting cards, create a heartwarming photo collage, construct an awe-inspiring panoramic photo, develop and illustrate your own newsletter, build graphics for the Web, and much more!
  
  
• Photoshop Elements 5.0 for the Digital Photographer: Bring out the best in your images! Adobe's Photoshop Elements 5.0 provides the tools you need for quick fixes and detailed enhancement. Take control as you discover the features of this award-winning package specifically designed for photo enthusiasts. Designed for those with no image-editing experience, this class will take you from novice to accomplished user. Upgraders from earlier versions of Photoshop Elements are welcome as well
  
  
• Photoshop Elements 5.0 for the Digital Photographer II: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Windows is full of outstanding features for advanced editing. Once you've learned the basics, you're ready to see how they all work together for detailed editing, building collages, restoring old photos, and more. This class is designed for those already familiar with cropping, printing, and color adjustments, as well as the various selection tools. If you're ready to take your photo-editing skills to the next level, join us and see what more you can do with the advanced features of Elements.
  
  
  

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For further information or questions, please contact Becky Roehrs at 919-686-3516 or conedonline@durhamtech.edu