Choosing Your Computer Course
If you are interested in an introductory computer class, take 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 Software for Career Development will be the class for you. 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 633-0260 or e-mail tsdixon@randolph.edu for more details. Courses can be structured to include certification testing or non-certifications.Navigating the Internet
($65)
Master the ins and outs of the Internet with this informative, behind-the-scenes look at the World Wide Web, search engines and directories, social networking and bookmarking, blogs, wikis, and more. Learn powerful research techniques to help you find whatever you want whenever you want; take advantage of the power of cloud computing; reconnect with friends and family; share documents and photos; plan vacations and major purchases; and discover how you can better defend your computer against external threats.
Online-Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3120IZ‐03261 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3120IZ‐03262 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3120IZ‐03263 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3120IZ‐03264 - 4/21-6/21Computer Skills for the Workplace Applications
($65)
Learn the fundamental computer skills you need to succeed in today's workplace. You'll discover practical applications for email, word processors, spreadsheets, and databases, gaining a working foundation for the critical computer skills you need to survive in the modern job market.
Online-Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3120AFZ‐03225 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3120AFZ‐03226 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3120AFZ‐03227 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3120AFZ‐03228 - 4/21-6/21Introduction to Computer Applications
($65)
Asheboro
CAS‐3120P‐07587 - 6-9P, MW, 3/1-3/17
Archdale
CAS‐3120P‐07588 - 6-9P, MW, 4/19-5/5Keyboarding, Introduction
($65)
Use the computer program FasType for Windows to learn the basic skills of touch-typing.
Online-Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3010AZ‐03229 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3010AZ‐03230 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3010AZ‐03231 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3010AZ‐03232 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft Access 2007, Introduction
($65)
Learn how Microsoft's powerful and award-winning database can help you manage, store, search, analyze, and display important business, personal, or scientific data. You'll gain practical, hands-on experience with tables, relationships, custom data entry forms, queries, mailing labels, macros, and more. Increase productivity, reduce data entry errors, conduct comprehensive searches, and produce handsome and professionally formatted reports.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3070EZ‐03217 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3070EZ‐03218 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3070EZ‐03219 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3070EZ‐03220 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft Access 2007, Intermediate
($65)
Take your Microsoft Access 2007 skills to new heights! In this course, you'll learn the tools and techniques you need to create user-friendly Access 2007 databases. We'll work with multiple tables, one-to-many forms and reports, macros, and much more.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3070BZ‐03221 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3070BZ‐03222 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3070BZ‐03223 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3070BZ‐03224 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft Excel 2007, Advanced
($65)
Maximize your investment in Microsoft Excel 2007 by mastering advanced Excel features that most users don't even know exist. In this practical, hands-on course, you'll discover how to use scenarios and data tables to quickly perform multiple what-if analyses. You'll discover a variety of advanced techniques for PivotTables, like creating calculated fields and calculated items, as well as how to restore the "Classic PivotTable Style" drag-and-drop functionality. You'll see how to use validation to protect the integrity of your worksheets from other, less experienced users. 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. Impress your coworkers by learning how to add functional and eye-catching controls to any worksheet, and find out how to nest one function inside another to accomplish just about anything MS Excel has to offer!
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3050CZ‐03245 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3050CZ‐03246 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3050CZ‐03247 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3050CZ‐03248 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft Excel 2007, Basics
($175 +)
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
CAS‐3050BX‐01229 - 1/15-3/26
CAS‐3050BX‐01250 - 3/5-5/14
Asheboro
CAS‐3050B‐01228 - 8:30-11:30A, TTh, 3/30-6/10Microsoft Excel 2007, Introduction
($65)
Discover dozens of shortcuts and tricks for setting up fully formatted worksheets quickly and efficiently. Learn the secrets behind writing powerful formulas, using functions, sorting and analyzing data, creating custom charts, creating 3-dimensional workbooks, building links, and creating macros and custom toolbar buttons.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3050EZ‐03237 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3050EZ‐03238 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3050EZ‐03239 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3050EZ‐03240 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft 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. Learn how to create informative and eye-catching charts, as well as how to harness the power of Excel 2007's filtering techniques. Become adept at using Excel 2007 to gain further insight into your valuable data. Find out how to create macros that eliminate repetitive tasks, and set yourself apart from the casual Excel user by understanding VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH, and Excel's other time-saving functions. These practical, hands-on lessons are guaranteed to 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.
CAS‐3050FZ‐03241 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3050FZ‐03242 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3050FZ‐03243 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3050FZ‐03244 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Introduction
($65)
Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 to create impressive slide presentations filled with formatted text, images, video, audio, animation, charts, and hyperlinks. Find out how to save your presentations so you can share them with others over the Web or on CDs.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3120XZ‐03233 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3120XZ‐03234 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3120XZ‐03235 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3120XZ‐03236 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft Publisher 2003, Introduction
($65)
Learn how Microsoft's comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, desktop publishing package can help you create and publish a wide variety of stunning documents. This hands on, project oriented course will give you valuable experience in designing, developing, and publishing newsletters, Web sites, and brochures. And if you're new to graphic design, you'll receive plenty of expert guidance in selecting and using images, colors, and layouts.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3040BZ‐03249 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3040BZ‐03250 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3040BZ‐03251 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3040BZ‐03252 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft 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 discover how to create an index, a list of figures, tables of contents, do desktop publishing, perform a mail merge, and use timesaving macros. By the end of the course, you'll know how to use Word both to save lots of time and to set your creativity free!
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3120GZ‐03257 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3120GZ‐03258 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3120GZ‐03259 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3120GZ‐03260 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft Word 2007, Introduction
($65)
Learn how to create and modify documents in Word 2007, the most popular word-processing program available.
Online - Ed2Go
To learn more about Ed2Go courses, visit the Online Instruction Center at www.ed2go.com/rcc2go.
CAS‐3120VZ‐03253 - 1/20-3/22
CAS‐3120VZ‐03254 - 2/17-4/19
CAS‐3120VZ‐03255 - 3/17-5/17
CAS‐3120VZ‐03256 - 4/21-6/21Microsoft Word 2007, Basic
($175 +)
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
CAS‐3120FX‐01221 - 1/15-3/26
CAS‐3120FX‐01264 - 3/5-5/14
Asheboro
CAS‐3120F‐01220 - 8:30-11:30A, MW, 1/25-3/31
N.C. residents 65 years or older are exempt from registration fees in some classes. Please ask when you register if your class is exempt.
