Office ICT Basic Skills Training Course

Introduction

This course is meant for absolute beginners. It is meant for students who have little or no prior experience with computers. The purpose of this course is to empower learners with the knowledge and skills needed to use computers effectively in life, college, work and beyond.

Students will learn what computers can do for them and how to use the Internet for communication.

Emphasis will be placed on using software packages for emails, word processing, spread sheets, and presentation as well as using the Internet.

This training is designed for participants who are reasonably proficient in English and have an understanding of basic ICT concepts.

Who Should Attend?

This course is meant for absolute beginners. It is meant for students who have little or no prior experience with computers. The purpose of this course is to empower learners with the knowledge and skills needed to use computers effectively in life, college, work and beyond.

Duration

5 Days

Course Objectives

• Students will learn what computers can do for them and how to use the Internet for communication.
• Emphasis will be placed on using software packages for emails, word processing, spread sheets, and presentation as well as using the Internet.

Course Content

Internet

Introduction to computers and the internet

Email

• Begin and end emails professionally
• CC, BCC, Reply, Reply All, forward
• Understand the fundamentals of grammar, formatting and punctuation to improve readability
• Write better emails faster
• Tactics to manage email volume
• Write clear and well-structured professional emails
• Save time through communicating appropriately from the outset
• Avoid frustrating others with email overload

MS Word

• Quick start
• Introduction to MS Word basics
• Organizing content using tables and charts 
• Customizing formats using styles and themes
• Inserting content using quick parts
• Using templates to automate document formatting
• Controlling the flow of a document
• Simplifying and managing long documents
• Using mail merge to create letters, envelopes, and labels 
• Table of content

MS Power Point

• Quick start
• Slides & layouts
• Text & tables
• Pictures & graphics
• Present slideshows
• Animation, video & audio
• Share & co-author
• Use 3D models
• Powerpoint keyboard shortcuts
• Powerpoint templates
• Office templates

Intermediate & Advanced MS Excel

• Introduction to MS Excel basics
• Entering, selecting & editing data
• Formatting cells, rows, columns & sheets
• Creating formulas and functions
• Charts, graphs and data sort
• Printing Excel documents
• Naming cell ranges
• Linking sheets and files
• Conditional functions
• Basic lookup functions
• Essential list management

General Notes

•          All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants needs
•          The participant must be conversant with English
•          Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are expert with more than 10 years of experience.
•          Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with Foscore Development Center certificate (FDC-K)
•          Training will be done at Foscore Development Center (FDC-K) in Nairobi Kenya. We also offer more than five participants training at requested location within Kenya, more than ten participants within east Africa and more than twenty participant all over the world.
•          Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.
•          The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance and other personal expenses.
•          Accommodation, pickup, freight booking and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.
•          One year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.
•          Register as a group of more than two and enjoy discount of (10% to 50%) plus free five hour adventure drive to the National Game Park, in Nairobi Kenya.
•          Payment should be done two week before commence of the training, to Foscore Development Center account, so as to enable us prepare better for you.
•          For any enquiry at:[email protected] or +254712260031