Computer courses

Course title Description Who is it for Dates

Introduction to web-writing with Dreamweaver

Half day

Learn to create and maintain simple web pages with Dreamweaver. Anyone who needs to maintain and update web pages.
  • tbc

European computer driving licence (ECDL)

ECDL consists of seven module tests, which lead to the qualification:

  • Basic concepts of IT
  • Using the computer and managing files - Windows XP
  • Word processing - MS Word XP
  • Spreadsheets - MS Excel XP
  • Database - MS Access XP
  • Presentation - MS PowerPoint XP
  • Information and Communication - MS Outlook and Internet Explorer
Anyone who wants to learn IT skills. Drop in dates and times

Microsoft project essentials

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Learn how to:

  • Navigate around MS Project
  • Establish appropriate defaults
  • Create a simple plan, applying constraints, linking tasks
  • Resource the plan
  • Extract information and print out charts
Anyone who is tasked with managing projects.
  • 16 Oct 2012

NVIVO 8 software for qualitative data analysis

Half day

A hands-on introduction to NVIVO 8 software.

Part 1: Managing, organising and coding qualitative data

Part 2: Querying you data; linking, modelling and reporting

Part 3: Analysis of multimedia data (images, audio and video)

For Brookes staff and tutors to assist with preparation, management and analysis of qualitative data.

 

Turnitin training

Half day

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Turnitin is a text matching tool that can be used firmatively and summatively to inform assessment judgments about plagiarism. For staff and assessors.  

 

Further information:

IT training and qualifications are also run by Computer Services.