UNHCE Information Technology & Distance Education Blog

There are several FREE and NEW offerings available throughout the state of NH in the coming months. Read on!

The following training opportunities are available in the next two months.

I. UNH CIS

 Sign up early for CIS classes. Not only are the most popular classes oversubscribed early; CIS has begun to cancel classes which are under enrolled two weeks prior to the class date.

FREE training sessions

UNH CIS is offering the following course free to UNHCE employees:

1/14/05 - Computing at UNH: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Using Photoshop to Create Wicked Cool Web Sites But Were Afraid to Ask

For further information or to register, please consult their web site at: http://www.cistrainingcenter.unh.edu/

Vendor-based Training

CIS has arranged with outside vendors to offer classes on a variety of topics for a nominal fee. The cost is typically $99 for a full day or two half-day sessions, or $198 for 2 days or 4 half-day sessions. That is less than half the cost of the training offered to the public.

Classes in the following topics will be offered in the next two months.

• Access
• Dreamweaver
• Excel
• PhotoShop

All Microsoft Office applications are taught using Office 2003. Dreamweaver is version MX 2004.

For further information or to register, please consult their web site at: http://www.cistrainingcenter.unh.edu/

Subscribe to Updates

CIS offers a new feature where you can subscribe to receive training updates. If you are on the lookout for a particular course, and want to be notified of new offerings, you can subscribe to their update newsletter by going to their site at: http://www.cistrainingcenter.unh.edu/ and selecting the subscribe option on the right-hand side of the screen.

 II. TheState of New Hampshire offers classes “at cost” to all UNH employees. This is at considerable savings from what one would pay with an outside vendor.

The state is offering classes in the following topics during the next 2 months.

• Access
• Excel*
• Internet Explorer
• PowerPoint
• Research on the Internet
• Word*

* Note: In addition to general training in these areas, special topics are also offered, such as creating macros, merging, creating brochures, etc.

Please consult their website for further information on the above listings.

To consult their website, go to: http://www.nh.gov/hr/docs/ Then scroll down to the section on training and select the term for which you’d like information. (Note – The URL for the specific calendar changes each semester. If you bookmarked their site, you may want to replace it with the new URL listed above. Then follow the directions for scrolling to the appropriate term’s document.)

Note – The state also offers a multitude of courses in other areas such as Effective management, strategic planning, supervisory techniques (certificate program), communication and writing skills, conflict resolution, grant writing, learning styles, and Myers-Briggs, to name a few.

III. College for Lifelong Learning has expanded its offerings. They will be offering the following classes during the next two months.

 Seacoast Region – In-services in the following topics are being offered in the Seacoast region in the next two months.

• Access (two levels with the third level to follow in March)
• Excel
• Word (two levels with the third level to follow in March)

In addition, they offer formal credit courses in computer topics which begin in January.

North Country Region

Although not a computer topic, they are offering FREE a class in Presentation Skills on January 25 th.

In addition, they offer formal credit courses in computer topics which begin in January.

Merrimack Valley Region

There are two FREE offerings in the month of February. They are:

• PC Basics on Wednesday, February 2 nd from 3-5 pm in Manchester
  
  
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• PowerPoint Basics, Tuesday, February 8 th form 3-5 pm in Bow

In addition, they offer formal credit courses in computer topics which begin in January.

The Connecticut Valley Region offers formal credit courses which begin in January.

For further information and to register, consult their website at: http://www.cll. edu / .

IV. Free on-line tutorials available!

Learn2.com offers free online tutorials in various topics. The offering changes periodically, and is not always a computer topic. To take advantage of their current offering, access their site at: http://www.tutorials.com/fd/tutorials.asp Select the “free Training” option on the left side of the screen.

CBT and Training Resources Guide

Training Resource Listings

The UNHCE Training Resources Guide is available at: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Intranet/ITDE/trg/vend_app.htm This guide contains information on training resources available in applications utilized by employees of UNHCE, including Microsoft Office, Adobe products (Acrobat, PageMaker, PhotoShop), as well as operating systems, and applications used by smaller audiences, such as DreamWeaver, Blue Ribbon YOUTH enrollment, or WordPerfect.

Included in this guide is a listing of Extension or University-owned Computer-based Training CD-ROMs (CBT), which can be used for FREE. UNHCE has a library of CBT (Training CD-ROMs) available from the ITDE office. The CDs are free to UNHCE staff, and can be borrowed for up to 2 weeks. CIS also has free CBT available to be used on campus.

This CBT can be used interactively, and allows you to receive information on just the topics where you desire training. For instance, you can select a topic such as “Creating/modifying headers and footers” in Word. It will show you how to do that step-by-step. You can repeat any sections as needed, and skip to other sections.

For further information on our CBT and a listing of the offerings, go to: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Intranet/ITDE/trg/trcdtoc.pdf

To access the complete, Training Resources Guide, go to: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Intranet/ITDE/trg/indextrg.htm