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. You'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 will receive your login in information and any handouts prior to the class. Please have a current email on file with us. 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, email ads and links. (Not for Apple/Mac users or tablets.) You'll use Zoom as our classroom.

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 a Zoom online class. Please make sure you have a current email address on file. You will be sent a link a few days prior to the class start. Learn how to navigate and interface with Excel's basic features. See how to create a simple contact list. You will view how to use calculations such as AutoSum and see how to generate simple formulas. Also, learn to use the fill handle, sort existing data, merge and center, move cells and ranges and wrap text. These easy steps will be held over Zoom.

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.)

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 email, 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 emails. This class is a great place to start before hosting your first Zoom meeting. Join this informative class by Zoom.

This is an online class. An email with login information and handouts will be sent to you a few days prior to the class starting. Please have a current email on file with us. 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. We 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.) This will be a class held on Zoom.

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.)

This is an online class. You will receive login information a few days before class begins. Please have a current email on file with us. 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) Easy steps held over Zoom.

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 email. 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 email. 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.

Class takes place on Zoom or Microsoft TEAMS; a free on-line software. You will receive instructions on how to access the class prior to it starting. Please have a current email on file with us. Take this fun and informative iPad class. We will explore the practical uses of your iPad and how to use the features. You will learn how to navigate, use apps, work with e-mail, take pictures, go online and do more as time permits. Your patient instructor's iPad screen and features will be clearly displayed over Zoom. Not for Android tablet users.

Class takes place on Zoom or Microsoft TEAMS; a free on-line software. You will receive instructions on how to access the class prior to it starting. Please have a current email on file with us. Take this fun and informative iPad class. We will explore the practical uses of your iPad and how to use the features. You will learn how to navigate, use apps, work with email, take pictures, go online and do more as time permits. Your patient instructor's iPad screen and features will be clearly displayed over Zoom. Not for Android tablet users.

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. This is an adult friendly Windows 11 class. See how to use the desktop and the new taskbar. We'll also explore the start menu and related features. In addition, you will learn about the new design, the use of widgets and how Windows 11 is organized. (Not for Apple/Mac users.) Meet us on Zoom for this informative class.

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 email for sending. Learn all these features in the Zoom classroom.(Not for Apple/Mac users.)

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 email for sending. Learn all these features in the Zoom classroom. (Not for Apple/Mac users)