Choosing Your Computer Course
If you are interested in an introductory computer class, check out the computer courses listed in the Career Readiness section
Not only are those the introductory computer courses, but some students may qualify for tuition-free classes based on family income.
Computer Use & Applications
Can you turn on a PC? Do you know how to save a file? Do you know how to use your mouse and keyboard? Can you create folders? Do you know the difference between hardware and software? If you answered NO to these questions, then the HRD Computer Skills for the Complete Beginner is the class for you.
If you would like to learn more about file management, web browsing, e-mail and basic application software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, then browse the classes listed below. Do you need special training for your company's employees? If so then maybe our Workforce Development courses are what you need.
Special Note: RCC can customize computer courses for businesses or special groups based on convenience, content, time, or location. Call 633-0228 or e-mail epkremer@randolph.edu for more details. Courses can be structured to include certification testing or non-certifications.Basic Computer Skills
($122)
This course is for those who have little or no computer experience. Learn basic terminology and parts of computers, and how to control the mouse, move and size windows, open and close programs, and use the task bar.
Archdale
CAS3120AA 08167 - 1-4P, MW, 8/9-9/13
CAS3120AA 08170 - 1-4P, TTh, 8/19-9/21Computer Skills for Windows 7
($65 + $2 for supplies)
Learn the common terms used for the Windows 7 operating system. Become comfortable with using a computer in a slow-paced classroom environment. This course will cover all of the newest Windows 7 features, including HomeGroup, Jump Lists, Libraries, and more.
Archdale
CAS3020B 08199 - 9A-12P, MW, 9/27-10/25
CAS3020B 08198 - 6-9P, TTh, 10/5-11/2Computer Skills for the Workplace Applications
($65)
Most jobs today require a working knowledge of certain computer skills. Employers seek and reward employees with the skills and knowledge to send messages across the country via e-mail; use a spreadsheet to create a graph and paste it into a report; add and edit data in a database; understand the implications of file sizes, memory limitations, and network arrangements; and recognize the function and features of modern computer components. Any job candidate who already possesses these skills will stand above those who do not. This course is designed to provide the fundamental computer competencies you need to survive and prosper in today's fast-changing workplace. You will learn how to implement the powers of modern office software to work faster and more efficiently. We'll focus on practical application for software most common to the workplace. When you finish this course, you will have learned why employers consider technological literacy so critical to the success of any organization.
Online-Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3120AFZ 03550 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3120AFZ 03846 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3120AFZ 03847 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3120AFZ 03848 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3120AFZ 13048 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3120AFZ 13049 - 12/8-2/7Internet & E-mail
($67)
Topics include introduction to the Internet, service providers, basic e-mail, e-mail attachments, advanced searches, and encrypting messages. The final session includes a question and answer period and problem resolution.
Archdale
CAS3120AC 08168 - 1-4P, MW, 9/15-10/4
CAS3120AC 08171 - 1-4P, TTh, 9/23-10/12
Asheboro
CAS3120AC 01384 - 1-4P, MW, 7/12-7/28Introduction to Keyboarding
($65)
Using the computer software program FasType for Windows, you will learn the basic skills of touch-typing. If you already know how to type, this course will help you improve your typing speed and accuracy. When you are finished with the course, continue to use FasType for Windows to improve your keyboarding skills with its intermediate and advanced lessons.
Online-Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3010AZ 03553 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3010AZ 03849 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3010AZ 03850 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3010AZ 03851 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3010AZ 13050 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3010AZ 13051 - 12/8-2/7Introduction to Microsoft Access 2007
($67)
Asheboro
CAS3070G 01504 - 8A-2:30P, F, 10/1-10/15Microsoft Access, Introduction
($122)
Asheboro
CAS3070A 01462 - 8:30-11A, MW, 10/4-11/24Microsoft Access Complete
($122)
Asheboro
CAS3070C 01462 - 8:30-11A, MW, 10/4-11/24Microsoft Access 2007, Introduction
($65)
Learn how Microsoft's powerful and award-winning database can help you manage, store, search, analyze, and display important information you've collected about your business, home, community, or any other entity. In this practical and project oriented hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to create tables filled with fields and records. You'll build relationships between the tables to eliminate redundancies and slash data entry time. You'll discover how to achieve huge reductions in data entry errors by setting default values, creating validation rules, and building input masks. You'll find out how to make your database more user-friendly with custom data entry forms, smart lists, and other sophisticated controls. You'll learn how to retrieve exactly what you need from your database with powerful queries and reports, and you'll even start automating routine tasks with labor-saving macros.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3070EZ 03544 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3070EZ 03840 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3070EZ 03841 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3070EZ 03842 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3070EZ 13044 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3070EZ 13045 - 12/8-2/7Microsoft Access 2007, Intermediate
($65)
Microsoft Access 2007 database developers need the technical knowledge and skills to design databases that use multiple related tables. At the same time, good developers must know how to hide some of these underlying complexities so their completed products are pleasant to use. In this course, you'll master the tools and techniques required to create user-friendly Access 2007 databases. You'll learn to design one-to-many and many-to-many databases and create queries, forms, and reports to reflect those relationships. You'll find out how to create a switchboard form, change database settings, and use macros to make a database easy and intuitive enough for even a computer novice to use.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3070BZ 03547 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3070BZ 03843 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3070BZ 03844 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3070BZ 03845 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3070BZ 13046 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3070BZ 13047 - 12/8-2/7Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007
($67)
Asheboro
CAS3050H 01503 - 8A-2:30P, F, 9/10-9/24
CAS3050H 01507 - 8A-2:30P, F, 11/5-11/19Microsoft Excel 2007, Basic
($177)
Create/edit simple worksheets, work with menus and toolbars, use basic formulas, format entries, merge cells, hide/unhide rows/columns, and learn about date and time functions, text alignment, inserting and deleting columns/rows, freezing/unfreezing cells, splitting the window, and page breaks. NOTE: The textbook is also used for Excel 2007 Advanced, which is a continuation of Excel 2007 Introduction. Textbook and supplies are approx. $100-$150.
Online-Moodle
CAS3050BX 01497 - 9/10-11/19
Asheboro
CAS3050B 01463 - 8:30-11:30A, MW, 9/13-11/22Microsoft Excel 2007, Introduction
($65)
Work with numbers? Then you need to learn Excel 2007. In this unique six-week online workshop, you'll discover dozens of shortcuts and tricks for setting up fully formatted worksheets quickly and efficiently. You'll also learn the secrets behind writing powerful mathematical formulas, using the function wizard to quickly and automatically calculate statistics, loan payments, future value, and more. You'll also learn the best ways to sort and analyze data, create custom charts and graphs, create 3-dimensional workbooks, build links between files, endow your worksheets with decision-making capabilities, and automate oft-repeated tasks with macros and buttons.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3050EZ 03559 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3050EZ 03855 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3050EZ 03856 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3050EZ 03857 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3050EZ 13054 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3050EZ 13055 - 12/8-2/7Microsoft Excel 2007, Intermediate
($65)
Master advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2007, including charting and PivotTables, and discover how this powerful MS Office program can boost your productivity. In this practical, hands-on course, you'll learn how to create informative and eye-catching charts, as well as how to harness the power of Excel 2007's filtering techniques. You'll see how Excel 2007 can give you further insight into your valuable data. And by learning how to create macros that eliminate repetitive tasks, you'll earn your coworkers admiration and gratitude. With your macro knowledge, you'll be able to manipulate data with the push of a button. You'll also discover how to use Goal Seek and Solver and apply them to real-world problems. And you'll set yourself apart from the casual Excel user by learning how to use Excel's VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH, and other time-saving functions. So get ready for six fun, action-packed weeks that will take your Excel skills to the next level!
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3050FZ 03562 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3050FZ 03858 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3050FZ 03859 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3050FZ 03860 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3050FZ 13056 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3050FZ 13057 - 12/8-2/7Microsoft Excel 2007, Advanced
($65)
Microsoft Excel 2007, Advanced Any proficient Microsoft Excel user will agree that MS Excel is a very powerful analytical tool. Wouldn't it be great to learn how to effectively use all the advanced Excel features at your disposal? In this practical and information-packed course, you'll see how to maximize Excel's functions and capabilities. Most organizations rely heavily on Microsoft Excel to consolidate, analyze, and report financial information. Your company is probably no exception. By learning these advanced techniques, you can become more valuable to your organization. Your ability to generate information with increased accuracy, timeliness, and usefulness will lead you and others to better decision-making. Over the next six weeks, you'll see how to use the additional analytical tools provided by Excel add-ins. You'll become skilled in the use of validation to protect the integrity of your worksheets from other, less experienced users. You'll impress your coworkers by learning how to add functional and eye-catching controls to any worksheet and how to use scenarios and data tables to quickly perform multiple what-if analyses. You'll discover advanced techniques for PivotTables, such as creating calculated fields and calculated items. You'll become adept at consolidating and importing data from other sources, and you'll master the art of conditional formatting to highlight duplicate entries and other common worksheet problems. Learn how Excel 2007 table tools take the complexity out of table creation and management. As you become proficient at nesting functions within other functions, you'll be able to accomplish just about anything Microsoft Excel has to offer!
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3050CZ 03565 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3050CZ 03861 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3050CZ 03862 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3050CZ 03863 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3050CZ 13058 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3050CZ 13059 - 12/8-2/7Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Introduction
($65)
Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007-- the best presentation program on the market today. This version of PowerPoint is very different from previous versions because of its new interface in which a Ribbon replaces the menu bar and toolbars. You'll find out how to create dazzling slide presentations consisting of slides that contain text, objects, animation, slide transitions, sounds, charts, outlines, media clips, clip art, and hyperlinks. You'll learn how to work with the new PowerPoint Ribbon, task panes, the clip organizer, and how to access Microsoft's Web site to download clip art and templates for your presentations. You'll see how to make global changes to your slides with the Slide Master. Finally, you'll discover how to save your presentations so you can share them online or copy them onto CDs. The instructor will share valuable tips and keyboard shortcuts that you'll use all the time with PowerPoint 2007. She'll also provide you with many links to Web sites to broaden your knowledge of PowerPoint even further.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3120XZ 03556 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3120XZ 03852 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3120XZ 03853 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3120XZ 03854 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3120XZ 13052 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3120XZ 13053 - 12/8-2/7Microsoft Project Management 2007, Introduction
($65)
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.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3040BZ 03569 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3120AJZ 03831 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3120AJZ 03832 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3120AJZ 03833 - 10/20-12/20
CAS36120AJZ 13042 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3120AJZ 13043 - 12/8-2/7Microsoft Word 2007, Basic
($177)
Features covered include creating and editing documents, date/time/symbols, page breaks, paragraph marks, aligning and formatting text, format painter, help, spelling and grammar checking, thesaurus, find and replace, go to, hyphenation, line spacing, text indentations and margins, bulleted lists, advanced table techniques of merging/splitting cells, embedding Excel worksheets, calculations, table auto format, and properties, working with columns and sections, and a research paper functions such as footnotes/endnotes, headers/footers, text flow options, and styles. NOTE: The textbook is also used for Word 2007 Advanced, which is a continuation of Word 2007 Introduction. Textbook and supplies are approx. $100-$150.
Online-Moodle
CAS3120FX 01498 - 9/10-11/19
Asheboro
CAS3120F 01460 - 8:30-11:30A, MW, 9/13-11/24Introduction to Microsoft Word
($67)
Asheboro
CAS3120W 01502 - 8A-2:30P, F, 8/20-8/27
CAS3120W 01506 - 8A-2:30P, F, 10/22-10/29Microsoft Word 2007, Introduction
($65)
Learn to use the word processor PC Magazine ranked as one of the 'strongest and most intelligent programs ever written.' In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to add, move through, and edit text, move words from one part of your document to another, work on two or more documents simultaneously, change the size or appearance of text, change margins and tab settings, automatically center, right align, justify, and indent text; run the integrated grammar and spelling checker; use the thesaurus, and save, retrieve, copy, organize, and print your documents.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3120VZ 03572 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3120VZ 03864 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3120VZ 03865 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3120VZ 03866 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3120VZ 13060 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3120VZ 13061 - 12/8-2/7Microsoft Word 2007, Intermediate
($65)
Microsoft Word 2007 is a powerful and popular program, yet most people use only a fraction of its features. In this course, you'll learn Microsoft Word's more advanced features, which can make writing easier, faster, and more fun. You'll improve your creativity and efficiency at the same time! In the first part of the course, you'll see how to perform a mail merge, and we'll explore macros, styles, and templates. Macros let you type repetitive words and phrases quickly and accurately at the touch of a button. Styles let you save text formatting. Templates let you create documents that contain predefined formatting and text, making it a snap to create documents that look right every time. In the second part of the course, we'll cover how to use Word as a simple desktop publishing program to create signs, flyers, menus, brochures, and even newsletters. You'll learn how to insert different types of graphics in a document including digital photographs from your own camera, clip art images provided by Microsoft, and different types of charts such as bar, line, or pie charts. Next, you'll find out how to wrap text around graphic images and divide a page into columns and text boxes. Both columns and text boxes give you different ways to display text beyond the traditional appearance of text that fills an entire page. Finally, in the last part of this course, you'll learn about printing labels, making form letters, and creating an index, table of contents, and list of figures automatically. If you need to create long documents, you'll appreciate Word's ability to keep track of page numbers for your chapter headings or index entries. Whether you need to produce a short letter, flyer, report, or book-length manuscript, this course will teach you how to get the most out of Microsoft Word 2007!
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS3120GZ 03575 - 7/21-9/20
CAS3120GZ 03867 - 8/18-10/18
CAS3120GZ 03868 - 9/15-11/15
CAS3120GZ 03869 - 10/20-12/20
CAS3120GZ 13062 - 11/10-1/10
CAS3120GZ 13063 - 12/8-2/7PC Professionals
($177)
Asheboro
CAS3120V 01505 - 6-9P, TTh, 9/14-11/18Software Skills, Beginning
($122)
A course for students who know how to control the mouse, open/close/minimize/maximize windows, use the Windows task bar and manage (copy/delete/move) files. The differences between types of applications, basics of working in word processing, spreadsheets, databases and graphics presentation software will be emphasized. PREREQUISITE: Basic Computer Skills or equivalent knowledge.
Archdale
CAS3120AB 08095 - 9A-12P, MW, 7/19-8/18
CAS3120AB 08169 - 1-4P, MW, 10/6-11/20
CAS3120AB 08172 - 1-4P, TTh, 10/14-11/8
Asheboro
CAS3120AB 01385 - 1-4P, MW, 8/2-9/1N.C. residents 65 years or older are exempt from registration fees in some classes. Please ask when you register if your class is exempt.
