Courses

The type of training and/or courses that the university ICT Services offers vary greatly with regards to required entry level knowledge, content and degree of difficulty. The program of courses at the ICT Services focuses on three categories:

	End users: these deal with, for example, Windows, Word, Excel, Internet etc.; Informatics courses for middle and top management personnel; Seminars/workshops for management boards and/or staff of institutions

Information about seminars/workshops are always announced well in advance via the local press.

Overview of Courses
Here follows an overview of computer courses and starting dates offered by the ICTS. For more details, please click to download our "Information Brochure" and our new "Starting Dates" flyer.

	Computer Appreciation Course This course gives a practical introduction for those who are new to using computers (ICT).			Inleiding / Advanced Web Design This course introduces the student to design and development practices for multimedia content, focusing particularly on web sites. Modern design practices for the web are taught, framed by an introduction to human-centred design techniques, particularly heuristic based interface design guidelines for web interfaces and web accessibility from a global perspective. Today's web sites need to be both well designed and dynamic, thus the course also introduces some basic scripting techniques for going beyond static content. The focus of learning is activity based and incorporates both individual and team based exercises.
	Inleiding / Advanced  Microsoft Word Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007  It doesn't matter if you're new to MS-Word or an experienced user, this course teaches the basic features as well as focuses on the more advanced tools that all students will find useful.  Additionally, this course introduces new features to MS Word 2003 & 2007, as well as includes detailed instructions on how to use them. You'll learn your way around the toolbars and menus, basic editing features, how to insert items into a document, how to create and edit tables, Macros, and much more!			Aspirant Beheerder voor PC-systemen, Deel 1 / 2 The System Administration course is designed to introduce new and existing System Administrators to the use, maintenance and administration of PC-Systems. The class provides in-depth, hands-on practical experience that directly maps to the day-to-day activities of an System Administrator.
	Inleiding / Advanced Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007  Microsoft Excel 2003 or 2007 are very popular business productivity applications for the management and manipulation of data. With the right training and understanding of Excel 2003 or 2007, businesses and individual users can unlock the world of opportunities that this powerful business application offers. This Excel 2003 or 2007  Training Course does just that and more! It assumes users have no prior experience with Excel or other spreadsheet programs.			Internet Workshop Consists of an independent reading of information on the Internet around a topic and a location initially designated by the teacher; it concludes with a short workshop session where students can share and exchange the ideas and strategies they discovered during their work on the Internet. Internet Workshop permits students to learn from one another about content information, critical literacy skills, and the new literacies of Internet technologies. It is one of the easiest approaches to use with the Internet, being familiar to anyone who is already using a workshop approach for reading or writing instruction.
	Inleiding / Advanced Microsoft Outlook  This section has been developed to be of benefit to new users of Outlook, individuals migrating from previous versions of Outlook and individuals wanting to learn to use the advanced functionality of Outlook 2003 or 2007. After completing this section, learners will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental features of Outlook, set up new email accounts along with understanding how to convert their previous Outlook information to 2003 or 2007,  utilize the toolbars and navigation panes in Outlook 2007, understand how to operate the email tools in Outlook 2007, demonstrate an understanding of how to customize email options and tools, perform personal information management tasks, manage and utilize Outlook 2007's contact management tools,  understand and utilize Outlook 2007's calendar, and tasks.			Powerpoint Workshop Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007 The purpose of this course is to help you understand what PowerPoint 2003 or 2007 can do for you, whether you are familiar with PowerPoint 2003 or 2007 altogether. One of the most noticeable changes is the new user interface called the Microsoft Office Fluent which allows for the creation of dynamic, professional presentations. Among the many new options offered by PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 are new themes and quick styles, custom slide layouts, and much more. This course will walk you through PowerPoint 2003 or 2007, beginning with the basics and lead you through to some of the most advanced features available, offering additional helpful tips and hints along the way.
	Inleiding / Advanced / Programming in Microsoft Access This course is designed for participants who have little or no knowledge of MS Access. On completion of course, participants will be able to design and modify tables, create relationships, use queries, design and modify forms and reports.			Basis Programmeren Students learn object oriented programming techniques using the current software development tools and a .NET programming language. Students design procedures and write computer instructions to solve business problems, learn procedural programming, develop graphical user interfaces in Windows and work with events and objects.
	Office Management Applications, Deel 1 / 2 Unleash the power of Office! Did you know that a Word file can contain a spreadsheet automatically updated in Excel or be merged with either your Outlook or Access database? Linking and Embedding are the powerful, integrating feature of MS-Office that will save you time! Learn how to use these remarkable tools to work seamlessly between Office applications.			Programming in Visual Basic This course is an introduction to Visual Basic programming for beginners. This course assumes that you have no programming experience whatsoever. It's a lot easier than you think, and can be a very rewarding hobby!
	Microsoft Project The course provides an overview of project planning and execution (monitoring and control). Participants will learn to master MS Project for preparing a project schedule and recording project status. The course follows the steps a project manager follows for preparing a project schedule.  The course encourages participants to use Microsoft Project for preparing a project schedule for a work or home project of their choice. Participants may submit their project schedules for review. The instructor will engage in a dialog with each participant providing specific feedback and suggestions. The objective is to apply what has been learned on a real world project immediately.

Registration
To register fill in and mail the registration form accompanied by a copy of proof of payment of the course fee in full.