Advanced Courses

Buying and Selling on eBay

Computer Genealogy

Crafting With Your Computer

Using Your Digital Photos (also taught at the Renaissance Senior Center)

Word Processing

Buying and Selling on eBay

This five session course covers the basics of buying and selling items on eBay. The first part of the course will be on buying. Students will learn how to search for items on eBay and how the bidding process works. There will be exercises on how to determine the fair price for items being offered for sale and how to evaluate sellers before you place a bid. The second part of the course will be on selling. Students will learn about registering as a seller, creating an eBay listing and completing the sale. Included will be eBay fees, determining the shipping cost, packaging, and payment options.

Students must have completed Introduction to Computers 2 or equivalent to take this course. See below for the schedule of classes. The price of this course is $50.00, payable at the time of registration.

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Computer Genealogy

This six session course covers the use of a personal computer and the Internet to collect and organize family history information. The course uses the free Personal Ancestral File genealogy program for data entry as well as Family Tree Maker. Students will learn to enter and edit data, document sources, add photos, exchange genealogy information with others, publish results and search the internet for genealogical data. The instructors are thoroughly versed in the use of computers for genealogical research.

Experience in genealogy, at least three generations of family history, and basic computer skills are required for this course. See below for the schedule of classes. The price of this course is $50.00, payable at the time of registration.

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Crafting With Your Computer

The description of this course is under construction. Here are some highlights of the course:

• 7 session course
• Covers crafts from greeting cards to scrapbooks
• Includes scanning and simple photo editing
• Uses Print Artist, version 22

Students taking this course must have completed Introduction to Computers 2 or equivalent. See below for the schedule of classes. The price of this course is $50.00, payable at the time of registration.

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Using Your Digital Photos

This four session course helps you understand the many wonderful things you can do on the computer with the photos from your digital camera. The course will cover:

• General concepts of digital camera operation
• Tips on picture taking
• Transferring digital pictures to your computer
• How to store and organize your pictures
• Editing and enhancing your photos
• Printing photos
• E-mailing photos
• How to create a wonderful slide show of your photos, complete with music and effect

The class will also touch on scanning photos, adding text to photos and creatively adding photos to word processing and other documents. You will be given class materials to work with and references to further your knowledge. Programs used will be provided free to each student.

You must have a digital camera and a computer to take this course. You must have also completed Introduction to Computers 2 or have the equivalent experience. See below for the schedule of classes. The price of this course is $40.00, payable at the time of registration.

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Word Processing

This is a five week course, one session per week. It is a intermediate course in word processing using OpenOffice. Emphasis is on understanding the concepts of word processing, rather than the specifics of a particular word processing program.

Completion of the Introduction to Computers 2 course or equivalent is a prerequisite to taking this course. See below for the schedule of classes. The price of this course is $50.00, payable at the time of registration.

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