Outlook for the Workplace: Level 1 Workshop There is much more to Outlook than just sending and responding to emails. Learn to manage your calendar, contact information, and utilizing the Tasks and Notes features as well as discussing the importance of using email responsibly and effectively. Flash drive required. Must have some experience with Windows and the keyboard. Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to first class.

Excel for the Workplace: Level 2 Expand your Excel knowledge. Topics include tables, templates, linking sheets and workbooks, range names, database filter and sorts, subtotals and outlines, pivot tables, and macros. Prerequisite Completion of Excel: Level 1 or equivalent experience. Flash drive required: Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to first class.

Google Apps Carefully examine Google Apps as a tool for communication, productivity and collaboration. Explore how to effectively use Google Docs, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Maps, Google+, Google Calendar, YouTube and more. Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to first class.

Keyboarding: Online Do you want to learn to touch-type or improve your existing typing skills? If so, this is the course for you! Using the Keyboarding Pro 5 program, a typing tutorial designed for personal computers, you will learn how to touch-type. That is, to type text you read from a printed page or a computer screen without looking at your keyboard. At completion, you will be able to touch-type the alphabetic, numeric, and symbol keys, create, save, and edit word processing documents, and successfully take a timed writing test during a job interview. To register, copy this link into your browser: https://www.ed2go.com/nscc/SearchResults.aspx?SearchTerms=keyboarding

New! Understanding the Cloud: Online Wondering what the cloud is? You are not alone! Come explore how the cloud works, the different kinds of clouds (public, private, and hybrid), why the cloud is so important, and challenges and opportunities that the cloud addresses. Explore cloud services and how you and businesses can take advantage of them along with the different kinds of cloud apps. Also covered will be the data in the cloud, how it moves across continents, oceans, and airwaves. A course not to be missed! To register visit: Online courses can be started anytime throughout the semester!

SketchUp Level 1 Designed to teach the fundamentals of both 2D and 3D computer aided drawing. Emphasis will be placed on fully understanding the SketchUp interface and inference system. Lectures, tutorials, and in class assignments will guide you through the use of SketchUp's drawing, construction, and modification tools. By the end of the course you will have a 3D model constructed of groups and layers which will be ready for further development in the Level 2 SketchUp Course. Flash drive,and Sketchup software required. Strong computer skills and knowledge of windows required. Students must activate their My Northshore account and download Sketchup Software prior to first class. Discounted SketchUp software available at https://shop.creationengine.com/collections/sketchup-studio-for-students.

Computer: An Introduction An ideal beginner's class from learning computer hardware basics to exploring Windows and Microsoft Office (including Word). Learn through hands-on sessions to open, close, size and switch between windows; create, edit, format, save and print a document. Build the necessary foundation for further study in computers. Knowledge of the keyboard is necessary. Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to first class.

QuickBooks Cloud Level 1 An introduction to the current version of QuickBooks. Topics include chart of accounts, list of vendors, items, customers, cash sales, invoicing, payments, deposits, bank reconciliation, bill payments, and creating reports and graphs. Knowledge of computers and Windows required. Flash drive required. Textbook required. Available at Danvers Campus Bookstore.Prerequisite: Bookkeeping and Accounting: Part 1 or equivalent experience. Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to first class.