Today’s websites require streamlined code that adapts to a variety of devices, screen resolutions, web browsers, and user needs. CSS3 and HTML5 are the keys to creating that, and they’re the foundation upon which all modern websites built (not to mention many mobile apps, games, and even desktop apps). This means today’s software developers need a deep understanding of…
Go beyond the basics of word processing and master the more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2016 (now available through Office 365). In this course, you’ll learn how to automate Word 2016 using shortcuts to help you write more while typing less. From signs, newsletters, and greeting cards to long documents, you’ll learn how to create whatever you need—quickly…
Have you ever seen a terrific-looking brochure or newsletter and wondered how it was made? Chances are the designer used Adobe InDesign CC, the industry-standard desktop publishing software now available through the Creative Cloud. In each lesson, you will learn an important aspect of InDesign CC and prepare a range of print and online products for a fictional company….
Deepen your understanding of the Java programming language, and start writing programs that are more sophisticated and professional. Learn how to save data permanently on a disk by writing it to a sequential data file. See how to read the file to get the data back and process it. Organize information using multiple classes in Java’s class hierarchy and…
In this practical and project-oriented course, you will learn how to use this award-winning MS Office software to create and customize tables. You will build relationships between your tables to eliminate redundancies and slash data entry time. In addition, you will find out how to make your database more user-friendly with custom data entry forms, smart lists, and other…
In this Adobe InDesign CS6 class, you’ll get hands-on desktop publishing training and come away knowing how to use this popular page layout software program to design and create professional-quality letterhead, business cards, brochures, PDF files that play movies, and more. You’ll discover that you don’t have to be a designer or an artist to produce professional-quality documents! Lesson…
Communicating successfully depends on effective use of communication strategies and behaviors. Words, facial and body movements, tone of voice, even clothing and situation, all form an intricate symbol system that must be quickly translated by those who want to communicate. It has been said that there is no communication unless a mutual sharing of meaning takes place. It has…
This course starts with programming fundamentals: input/output operations, decision making, and looping. Then, you will explore the many benefits of object-oriented programming, with plenty of vivid, real-life examples. Then, you will gain hands-on experience with sequential data files, and you will be able to build a professional-looking and intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) application on your very own computer….
In this practical and project-oriented course, you will learn to build and customize tables to store data. This course explores relational databases and how to use them to build forms, generate reports, and search for data with queries across thousands of records in hundreds of tables. You will also discover how to use macros to automate repetitive tasks and…
If you’re planning to apply to graduate school, you will likely have to take the GRE. This course is here to help! Part 2 features a math review and techniques for tackling the quantitative comparison, data interpretation, and standard math questions that make up the quantitative reasoning sections, as well as how to tackle the GRE’s unique new question…
