Parramatta College

This course is designed to provide participants with the basic skills to explore the internet. Learn to web browse, search for information, send and retrieve emails. Before you enrol you must be able to turn the computer on and off correctly and double click a mouse. The internet supports popular services such as online chat, file transfer and file sharing, gaming, commerce, social networking, publishing, video on demand, and teleconferencing and telecommunications. Course Contents ... [More]

Skype is free software that allows you to make phone calls over broadband internet. Skype permits phone calls with other Skype users, including video calls, anywhere in the world for free or to landlines for as little as 3 cents a minute. In this course you will learn how to join Skype, find friends and family already on Skype, make phone calls and much more. Basic windows skills needed. Headset supplied. [More]

Conduct advanced searches using search tools such as Booleansearch techniques and multiple search tools that cross reference information to determine accuracy and currency of information. Course covers; • Use appropriate key words in search engines to locate desired information • Use Booleansearch • Use multiple search tools • Using domain names • Cross reference information to check for accuracy and currency • Print information in different file forms [More]

Do you want to learn the most efficient and cheapest way to communicate with your family and friends? Participants will learn to use Facebook so you can network with others using the internet. The course includes uploading photos from your camera to your computer and Facebook, privacy and security. You must be able to use email and internet to enrol in this course. Students need a current email address that you can log into and a password eg gmail. Understanding social networking • ... [More]