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Have you considered I.T. training for your staff or the members of group or organisation? Have you considered how beneficial it would be to you if all your members/staff were better able to use email, word process, surf the net and more! may-be you've just up-graded to Office 2007 and things seem a bit foggy - give us a call!
COSMIC has been delivering I.T. services with a growing reputation in the South West for over 11 years. The services COSMIC provides includes website design, IT training, technical support, and consultancy. COSMIC is able to deliver services to individuals, businesses, voluntary and community organisations and the public sector.
COSMIC is able to supply off-the-shelf courses on the following subjects:‘Explore IT Starters’ – A seven week, two hours per week ‘introduction to computers’ course. Designed for the computer beginner – get your staff/members learning how to use that computer! Let COSMIC show them how to ‘Word Process’, ‘Surf the Net’, use ‘Desk-top Publishing’, ‘Web-based Email’ and find out about ‘Digital Images’ and ‘Digital Storage’.
Explore IT is a level I OCN accredited course, learn how to use a computer and get your staff qualified at the same time! Learn along-side students of your own ability on this fun, light, introduction to the world of I.T.‘Explore IT Main Course’ – A follow on course from the ‘Explore IT Starter Course’. Over 6 weeks, 2 hours per week; take your experience a little further by going deeper into word-processing, surfing the net and email using ‘Outlook’. Be introduced to ‘Excel’ spread-sheets, ‘Photoshop’ image manipulation and ‘Powerpoint’ digital presentations.
Consolidate your learning and give yourself the complete I.T. package with both the ‘Explore IT’ ‘Starter and ‘Main Courses’
‘Explore IT in One Day’ – A day-long course for small businesses and groups, giving your staff an over-view of the benefits of I.T. to a group or organisation. This all day (10-4pm) session introduces you to the computer, word-processing, surfing the net, spreadsheets and web-based email. Get a taste of how using a computer in your business or group could help you keep an eye on your finances, enable you to do all your letter heads and stationary, keep in touch by email and use the net to keep up-to-date as well as keep an eye on the competition!
‘Desk-Top-Publishing’
– A day-long course introducing you to the endless possibilities of
DTP. Create letter-heads, business cards, newsletters and publicity
booklets. Learn to insert your own photographs to embellish your
publications, apply your company colours and company logos to all your
publications to build in ‘colour association’. Learn the importance of
re-sizing your images with a brief introduction to ‘Photoshop
Elements’.
Save yourself a fortune at home by making your own range
of birthday cards and Christmas cards etc - get some matching paper and
envelopes, it’s a lot of fun!‘
'An Introduction to Web-design’ – A
day-long course introducing you to the amazing world of making
websites! Ever wondered why your current web-design company takes ages
to make the slightest change to your site – and then charges you the
earth? Come and find out why! Take the journey from that ‘light bulb
moment’ (the, ‘I must have a website’ moment) to the hit-counter
rolling ‘round as visitors flood in! Map all those important steps -
what is my site going to be about? What shall I call it? What colour
and how many pages does it need? Just what is HTML? Be introduced to
‘Dreamweaver’ – the industry standard web design program. Take your
first steps into putting all that preparation together. Just how do you
get your website on ‘the net’? How do I get a ‘domain name?’ How do I
get my finished site listed on Google.
Question, questions, questions! For the answers, answers, answers – ask about the ‘Introduction to web Design’ course
‘Power
to your Powerpoint!’ – A day-long course showing you just how versatile
‘PowerPoint’ is. PowerPoint is a program which allows you to prepare
and display a digital presentation. A digital presentation could mean a
huge auditorium with many hundreds of businessmen, or it could mean a
very small presentation to just a few; all huddled ‘round a laptop
screen or monitor. Create simple ‘slide-shows’ which run automatically,
add images to sell your business, and use pre-prepared text to save
time, create printouts, handouts OHP slide and more!
Animate the content, link to external websites or add video clips for best effect.
Learn
how avoid the pit-falls and making one of ‘those’ presentations – we’ve
all seen them! Use company colours and logos to create company
association, save and re-use the presentation over and over again.
‘Cameras and Computers’ – A day-long course for those taking their first steps into digital cameras. Why pay a photographer the earth when you can do it yourself! Find out how a digital camera works, what all those fiddly controls do and how to get the shots the man in the shop promised you. Discover how to get your photos onto your computer and what to with them then. What if you don’t have a computer? Why should I buy a digital camera? Learn about how your local chemist can help you to print out the shots you want, about photo-printers or how to simply display them in a digital photo-frame.
Put all your new found skills to use in a photo-shoot with fellow students then learn how to edit and organise your shots on your computer using a free program from Google called ‘Picasa’.
‘Cameras and Computers - Advanced’ - Think you know all about your digital camera? COSMIC can offer your group a follow on course introducing you to using a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera (a DSLR). Learn about the difference in using an SLR over a digital compact, the relationship between ‘Aperture’ and ‘Shutter speed’, the importance of controlling ‘White Balance’ and ‘ISO’.
Put all your new found skills to good use in a photo-shoot then learn how to edit your shots on your computer using ‘Photoshop Elements’.
‘Photoshop’ – A day-long course showing you just a few of the almost endless possibilities of image manipulation with ‘Photoshop Elements’ can offer. Start the day by getting your files into order. Sort out your ‘My Pictures’ folder, create new folders, re-name folders, delete un-wanted images – good housekeeping starts now! Learn how to perform simple adjustments like brightening or darkening, cropping your holiday snaps - to applying filter effects, cutting and pasting or the different ways to select areas of an image to adjust them. Apply text to make banners for websites or Publisher documents. It’s a great program to have – come and find out why!
Contact our us today for advice and to discuss your ICT training requirements. We offer an ICT Skills Assessment, as part of our evaluation and planning process. We will then design an ICT course that will meet the needs of your staff.
Like many successful businesses and organisations, both large and small, you can offer this accredited ICT qualification to all your staff through COSMIC!
COSMIC
Pendennis House
Ottery St Mary
Devon
EX11 1DG
Tel: 01404 813226
Fax: 01404 813226
Subjects can be covered individually or if you prefer, these subjects are covered in our 'Explore IT' sessions, 'Starters' or 'Main' course. Select a link from the training menu to discover more about our other courses.
If you can't see what you require, email Kim to discuss your training requirements - or ring us on 01404 813226. We look forward to hearing from you!
Explore IT | IT's Neet | DTP | Making Movies | Intro to Web Design | Photoshop