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·         Introduction

·         Basic parts of a Computer

·         How to start and shut down the computer properly

·         Launching a Program – Window Explorer

·         Functions of Window Explorer

·         Launching a program – Wordpad

·         Create a Document using Wordpad

·         Basic navigation buttons

·         Introduction to the Internet

·         How to get connected? (The requirements for getting connected to Internet)

·         How to search for information on the internet

·         Using search engine on the internet

2. e-Communications (网络通讯)

·         Introduction to different forms of online communications

·         Signing up for an email account

·         Emails

·         Introduction to Instant Messenging (Chat)

·         Internet Chat (e.g. MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, SKYPE, etc)

3. e-Transactions & Internet Security (网上交易和网络安全)

·        Why do e-Transactions? (also known as Online Transactions)

·         What you can do with Online Transactions?

·         How to do transactions?

·         Do a sample online Shopping transaction

·         Internet Security

·         Types of Malicious Programs

·         How to protect your computer?

·         Other Security Measures

4. e-Travel (网上旅游一点通) 

·         What can you gain from planning your travel online?

·         How do I start off?

·         Source airline tickets and transfers

·         Book travel insurance

·         Other Travel Requirements

5. Digital Photo Management (数码照片处理) 

·         What can you do with those precious memories (digital photographs)?

·         Download digital photographs to computer

·         Download and install free photograph management and editing software

·         Simple editing with Picasa

·         Publish and Share photo album

6. e-Entertainment (数码娱乐)

·         Introduction to e-Entertainment – listening to music, seeing videos and movies and playing games using the Internet.

·         Benefits of using the Internet for entertainment

·         Essential hardware and software for Internet Audio

·         General steps to access:

            - Internet radio stations and music clip, play and download Internet Music

            - Internet TV stations, play and download Internet Video

- Internet games and play multi player games

·         Access IPOS Website to review copyright law in Singapore

·         Steps on ensuring computer setup to protect against malware

·         Participants may bring their personal audio headsets along

7. Social Networking (网络社交)

·        Introduction and benefits of using Internet for Social Networking

·         Types of social networking websites

·         General steps to access Facebook and sign up with a Social Networking website

·         General steps to build profile and design the homepage of your social networking site

·         General steps to network using your Social Networking site

8. Blogging (新手学博客)

·        Introduction – Blogging is web journalism, types of blogs and blog hosting sites

·         Steps on how to register your blog

·         Building features of the Blogger

·         General steps to post a blog

·         General steps to post and follow-up the blogs  

·         Blogging etiquette for responsible bloggers

·         Blogging lifestyle for successful blogging

9. 电脑 - 汉字与汉语拼音输入法

      一、运用手写板输入汉字

      二、学习汉语拼音的基本步骤

      三、应用汉语拼音拼出汉字输入电脑

汉字的读音是由声母和韵母组合而成的，声母发音轻而短，韵母发音则重，标上四声的调号，就可以读出一个字了。

1） 先认识声母和韵母

（1）声 母， （2）借声母， （3）单韵母， （4）复韵母， （5）前鼻韵母， （6）后鼻韵母， （7）整体认读音节

2）两拼方法

3）三拼连读的方法

100. Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel & Powerpoint)

Course Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders. Students should have completed the following courses or possess equivalent knowledge before starting with this course:

• Basic Computer & Internet

Course Objectives

• Explore the various components of the Microsoft Office Word 2007 environment.
• Create a document.
• Edit documents by locating and modifying text.
• Format text.
• Format paragraphs.
• Add tables to a document.
• Add graphic elements to a document.
• Proof documents to make them more accurate.
• Control a document's page setup and its overall appearance.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 allows you to quickly update existing data, run reports on the data, calculate totals, and chart, sort, and filter your data. Previously, using paper-based method to store data, you need to erase the totals row every time you add a new row of data. The totals row has be to re-written after manually adding the newly added data with the previous total. This is time consuming and can cause data loss. In an electronic spreadsheet, you can simply insert a new row and add the new data. The totals row could be set to update whenever the data changes. Storing data electronically becomes more efficient.

Course Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders. Students should have completed the following courses or possess equivalent knowledge before starting with this course:

• Basic Computer & Internet

Course Objectives

• explore the Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 environment and create a basic worksheet.
• perform calculations.
• modify a worksheet.
• format a worksheet.
• print workbook contents.
• manage large workbooks.

Course Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders. Students should have completed the following courses or possess equivalent knowledge before starting with this course:

• Basic Computer & Internet

Course Objectives

• Get started with PowerPoint.
• Create a presentation.
• Format text on slides.
• Add graphical objects to a presentation.
• Modify objects on slides.
• Add tables to a presentation.
• Add charts to a presentation.
• Prepare to deliver a presentation.

14. Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is the software that entices people to acquire skills beyond an introductory level of knowledge, because it is actually enjoyable to learn and encourages experimentation with it. Photoshop users are fascinated at the power it possesses as a program for editing images over the years. When you launch Photoshop on the computer, you will know that you are about to work with such a photo-manipulation application that is more versatile and sophisticated than expected.

Pre-requisite: Simple Windows skills, basic use of Keyboard and Mouse

• Introduction to Photoshop
• How to make & manipulate selections
• How to work with colours
• How to apply gradients, stroke a selection
• Photo repairing techniques: Clone and Pattern stamps, Healing Brush, Patch Tool
• Photo retouching techniques: Blur, Colour Balance, Hue, Saturation, Variations, Contrast, and Brightness
• Work with layers: stacking order, visibility, renaming, blending, moving, auto-select, layer linking, alignment
• Shapes and Layer Styles: What's different between layer styles and custom layer styles, How to apply styles from style palette
• Practical techniques: e.g. (for persons' photo) eliminate red eye/glass glare, reduce wrinkles, tinting hair, create motion effects; (for outdoor photo) change the time of day, add lighting effects, make greener grass, remove unwanted stuff, etc

15. Web Page Design

Pre-requisite: Simple Windows skills, internet skills and basic use of Keyboard and Mouse.

·         Troubleshooting of PC problems

·         Upgrading knowledge

·         Guided instructions in disassembling and re-assembling your laptops (warranties will not be affected)

·         Notes and hardware tools will be provided

·         Upgrading PC components

      Class Requirements and Remarks:

·         Basic computer knowledge

• Sharing your Internet connection and single printer between the many PCs you have at home
• Transfer files from desktop PC to another desktop PCs or Laptop without cables or plugging a thumb-drive to and fro the machines
• Covers the steps to the sharing of your Internet connection and other resources through a network environment.

Class Requirements and Remarks:

• Strongly recommended to participants who have attended the PC maintenance, upgrade and repair course.
• With  computer knowledge

** $5.00 material fee is applicable to all the above courses.

·         What is Computer Virus

·         What is Spyware

·         Cover on program application and settings used to secure Internet connection and data in your personal computer.

·         Precautious taken for your Computer

·         How to secure Internet connections and computers from undesirable attackers.

·         Notes will be provided

Class Requirements and Remarks:

·         Basic computer knowledge

·         Aged 15 & above