ISD 279 - Osseo Area Schools Community Education

Cable (and satellite) television is the single most expensive utility for many households. This class will show you many viewing options that are free or much lower cost than cable. We'll discuss the pros and cons of cable, how to get internet without cable, how to get tv from your computer to your television without cable, how to access free and inexpensive subscription services and much, much more. Find out why and how millions of tv watchers are ditching cable forever!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! During this class you will learn how to manage pictures on your computer. Also, find out how to name, rename, and move pictures into folders to get organized. You will take a look at using the Photo Gallery and minor editing of pictures, such as cropping and making enhancements. Use pictures for desktop backgrounds and insert a picture into Microsoft Word to manipulate for flyers, invitations, and other printed materials. (Not for Apple/Mac users.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Learn from your home! Simply click the text sent to your e-mail, type your name, click “register” or “join”, and then click the word “ok” and you will be “in class”, watching and listening to your live instructor! Your instructor will start off explaining basic terms that can be foreign to the beginner. You will navigate the desktop and look at some of the benefits of using a computer. Take the mystery out of ‘www’ and the Internet, compose an e-mail, and check out the current news. Other features may be discussed as time allows. (Not for Apple/Mac users) Basic requirement: you must know how to use a mouse or touchpad and be able to access your e-mail account.

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Don’t let your computer control you! Find out what you should and should NOT click on. Instructor will discuss scams to know about; frustrating and suspicious popups; advertisements; your haywire computer, e-mail ads, and links. (Not for Apple/Mac users, or tablets.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Need help with your recently purchased computer? Your instructor will define and demonstrate the Windows 10 operating system and related features. See how to navigate the desktop, use the taskbar, and work with icons. Learn about apps and how they are organized in Windows 10 and use the start menu to explore even more features. (Not for Apple/Mac users.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

***This is an online class. A detailed email will be sent to you prior to class to log in to your Zoom account. Please have a current email address on file with us. You will also need access to a computer with Microsoft Excel software. Establish essential skills in Microsoft Excel. Enter data, manage ranges, columns and rows. Change number and date setting, font colors, add borders/shading. Learn to incorporate formulas with various projects, applying the sum, average, count, and min and max functions. Prerequisite: Computer basics or strong equivalent to topics covered.

***This is an online class. A detailed email will be sent to you prior to class to log in to your Zoom account. Please have a current email address on file with us. You will also need access to a computer with Microsoft Excel software. Graduate from simple worksheets to managing large lists of data. Learn sort commands and methods to apply drop-down filters to include or to extract specific data, plus ways to use the subtotal versus sum function to recalculate any filter applied. Introduce headers and footers plus repeating column headings for printed worksheets. Prerequisite: Excel 101 or strong equivalent to topics covered.

***This is an online class. A detailed email will be sent to you prior to class to log in to your Zoom account. Please have a current email address on file with us. You will also need access to a computer with Microsoft Excel software. Take formula skills to the next level. Work with absolute references and settings to link cells and workbooks together. Learn logical, date/time, text and lookup functions as well as what-if analysis. Use templates to create an amortization schedule and begin other projects with re-designed templates in Excel. They'll help you jumpstart any project quickly and professionally. Prerequisite: Excel 102.

***This is an online class. A detailed email will be sent to you prior to class to log in to your Zoom account. Please have a current email address on file with us. You will also need access to a computer with Microsoft Excel software. Discover how to use pivot tables to organize, summarize and calculate lists of data in just seconds! Learn to group dates, insert additional calculated fields and calculate percentage of growth using pivot tables. Using charts as well as pivot chart features, you will learn to display your data visually and professionally, including pie, bar, area, stock, pie-in-pie and many more custom chart settings. Prerequisite: Excel 103

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Let’s make your tasks in Microsoft Word a lot easier! You will save time and frustration and see how to properly use tabs. We will go on to explore dictation, easy paragraph functions, the sort feature, and using macros to eliminate laborious repetition. See the beauty of working with soft and hard returns and how to easily create and use tables. Get tips and tricks, as well as use shortcuts to save time. Let’s look at creating headers/footers and using the Format Painter to easily format existing text. (Not for Apple/Mac users.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Many instructors use Zoom for live/virtual classes such as cooking classes, painting, exercising, computers, music, and others. Students and/or participants should have a working knowledge of how to use Zoom controls. Author and computer instructor, Mike Wilson, will help you understand the process of receiving Zoom invites, “getting to your classroom,” and navigating the features used in Zoom. Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! You will see how a host sends an e-mail, invites, and schedules meetings. Even the basic host controls can seem overwhelming, but we will explore those, as well. You’ll learn how to Share Screen, invite, and send links to e-mails. This class is a great place to start before hosting your first Zoom meeting! Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! You can create eye-catching presentations with PowerPoint! Explore the PowerPoint interface and see presentations from simple stock designs. Learn to easily apply themes, animate text, and insert images. See how to create text boxes and manipulate slides for printing. You will enhance a presentation by adding animations and transitions. Finally, view the actual presentation as seen by your audience and get a few tips and tricks to design presentations for maximum impact. (We do not show how to share PowerPoint in Zoom during this class. Not for Apple/Mac users.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Learn how to e-mail, forward, reply, and send attachments. You will see how e-mails are organized and deleted. Work with other features, such as starred, drafts and sent. Become acquainted with the writing tools, e-mail folders, and creating links to direct others to your area of interest and websites you have visited. In addition, we will look at contacts and how to use them. Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Your instructor will break down the unknown Microsoft Word stuff. and present them to you in a clear, sensible, and enjoyable way! We will briefly look at the free and paid version of word processors. Then the instructor will open and show basic functions in Microsoft Word. We will go on to explore saving, alignments, bullets, numbering, and indents.. (Not for Apple/Mac users.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Save money and fix your computer yourself! No great skills needed. Use three proven free online software to fix most software related issues like malware and viruses with a few clicks of a button! Speed up your computer in no time! (Not for Apple/Mac users.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! Understand how to use and get the best out of a search engine such as Google for looking up information and doing research. Find out how to search for practically anything online and limit your searching for more accuracy. Great class to open the power of Google search! Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!

This is an online class. You must have an email address on file with us upon enrollment. You will be sent an email prior to the class start with your login credentials. You will enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail! The instructor will show you how to save files with Microsoft Word and your free installed Windows 10 word processor. We will also cover how to create a PDF file and why we would use them. You will see how to view, organize, and find your documents, as well as place them on flash drives, external drives, and the cloud. We’ll explore features to preview documents without opening them and attach documents to your e-mail for sending. (Not for Apple/Mac users.) Enter your instructor-led classroom with 3 simple clicks from your e-mail!