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Teaching Manuals

Below is a list of manuals that are available from courses that have been held. Please use the link to contact the appropriate person to request a copy.

Teaching manuals listed on this site are for Federation Learning Centres only. Requests for teaching manuals are to be made by either the Course Coordinator or the Secretary of the Learning Centre.

Windows Vista:

Introduction to Windows Vista – Short course intended to help students and tutors make the transition between Windows XP and Vista. By Donald McIver SeniorNet Marlborough Sounds - Click here to enquire
Detailed courses about Windows Vista - An excellent set of detailed tutorials set out in a modular fashion on how-to-do most things with MS Windows Vista. These tutorials have been kindly made available by the author John White to all New Zealand SeniorNet Federation Learning Centres. Thanks also to Tony Bourne from the Papakura SeniorNet Learning Centre for making us aware of this resource www.yoingco.com/main_vista.htm
The Vista Windows Explorer (Folder) Window – Short course describing the different navigation methods with Windows Vista By Ian Turner SeniorNet Hibiscus Coast - Click here to enquire
Introduction to Comp. Vista/ Word 2007 - Basic introduction to computing. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Email using (Vista) Windows Mail - Four lessons of two hours. Starts from the beginning. Covers the techniques generally needed to use email effectively. Includes practical exercises of email interaction between students in class. Explains in some detail the settings available in Windows Mail and what they do. Includes re-sizing of pictures prior to sending by email. Reference section Appendices on Windows Mail settings, managing dial-up connections, re-sizing pictures. By John Selby - Click here to enquire

Internet, Email & Online:

Blogging for Seniors – Short course covering the basics on how to create a Blog site and what to use it for By SeniorNet Hutt City - Click here to enquire
Skype – Short course to introduce students to VOiP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or how to use your broadband internet connection to make voice and video calls By SeniorNet Hawkes Bay - Click here to enquire
Skype – Short Course to introduce students to VOiP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or how to use your broadband internet connection to make voice and video calls By SeniorNet Wairarapa - Click here to enquire
Skills for Seniors - Introduction to the Internet. - For Internet Explorer 6 (which is what most of our members seem to have at present). Four lessons of two hours. Starts from the beginning. Has practical exercises using current internet sites, so is regularly updated to take into account changes in sites. Includes two appendices with basic information on security, and managing dial-up connections By John Selby SeniorNet Whakatane - Click here to enquire
Skills for Seniors - Email (using Outlook Express 6). Description: Four lessons of two hours. Starts from the beginning. Covers the techniques generally needed to use email effectively. Includes practical exercises of email interaction between students in class. Explains in some detail the settings available in Outlook Express and what they do. Includes re-sizing of pictures prior to sending by email. Reference section Appendices on Outlook Express settings, managing dial-up connections, re-sizing pictures. By John Selby SeniorNet Whakatane - Click here to enquire
Internet and email - An introduction to the Internet and email. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Email & Internet - Divided into 4 weeks each email & internet. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Internet - Tips, Sites & Insights - Advanced Internet features. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Trade Me - Register - to bid and sell on Trade Me. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Email and the Internet - This course in 2 quite separate parts, taken over 8 weeks. The course takes you through a full understanding of dial-up and high-speed access, address books, attachments, making up folders, setting layouts and options, and creating a useful tool-bar, using Internet Explorer, surfing, searching, webmail, etc. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
Skype - Demonstration Only. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Trade Me - Demonstration Only. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Mailwasher - Demonstration Only. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Introduction to Email - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Advanced Email - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Internet - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Creating a Web Page - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire

Using MS Office Products:

Differences between Word 97-2003 / Word 2007 – Short overview of the main differences and the use of the “Ribbon” By Neal Utting SeniorNet Hamilton - Click here to download
Creative Stationery in Microsoft Word – Short course using MS Word 2002 and 2003 to create stationery, envelopes and a database for envelopes By Alan Overington SeniorNet Napier - Click here to enquire
Microsoft Online Free Tutorials – Short and long course on all Microsoft Software. Many are accompanied with self paced audio assistance but all Can be downloaded and customized to suit. - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/FX100565001033.aspx
Introductory Course for Microsoft Windows XP By SeniorNet Wairarapa - Click here to enquire
A week six extension lesson to the Introduction to Computers course based on WORD 2002 - 2 hours. By SeniorNet Porirua - Click here to enquire
Create an 8 page booklet - Using Microsoft Word's many features, create and print out an 8 page booklet. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Spreadsheets - An introduction to Spreadsheets. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Creating labels - Creating labels using Microsoft Word. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Mail merge - Using Microsoft Word, create your personalised Christmas letter using the mail merge function. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Word skills 1, 2, & 3 - 1. Learn the basic skills needed to use Microsoft Word; 2. More in depth instructions on some of the features of microsoft Word, e.g. Spelling, tabs, formatting; 3. More detailed specilised instructions on features of Microsoft Word. Short courses By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Power point - Setting up a presentation or photo display. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Word Art Feature - An introduction to Microsoft word's word Art. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Access Database from Office 2003 Pro - 8 week x 2 hours course in Access. With this you are able to interface well with other Office programs to gain a most useful facility. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
Cards With Word - This 2 hour course will enable the student to produce an A5 Half fold greeting card. Using Word. 2000 up to 2007. By SeniorNet Whangamata - Click here to enquire
PowerPoint 97 - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Using MS Word - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Spreadsheets - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire

General Computing:

Introduction to Computing Win XP/Word 2003 - Basic introduction to computing. Short course By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Computer Housekeeping (How to optimize your computer) – Notes intended to help computer novices use the basic tools in MS Windows to optimize their computer By Brendon Gill SeniorNet Gisborne - Click here to enquire
Variety of Computer Awareness Courses including Email, Excel, File Management, Internet, Computer Maintenance, Photo Editing, Publisher 2000, Publisher 2003, Scanning, Simpleware, Word Processing, Works Spreadsheet By SeniorNet Eastern Bays - Click here to enquire
Variety of courses including Welcome to Basic E-mail, Welcome to Computing, Essential Word Processing, More Word Processing, Advanced Word Processing, Windows XP, Files, Folders & Printers, Essential E-mail, Essential Internet, Microsoft Money 2002, Genealogy, Maintaining your PC, Scanning & Image Editing - Click here to enquire
Computer Maintenance Workshop - 2 hours based on PowerPoint presentations covering such things as Ad-Aware and Spybot By SeniorNet Porirua - Click here to enquire
Beyond Print – Types of Printers, Maintenance etc. Short course By SeniorNet Kaitaia - Click here to enquire
Computer Maintenance & Security – Workshop By SeniorNet Kaitaia - Click here to enquire
Navigating Around Windows Easily – Workshop By SeniorNet Kaitaia- Click here to enquire
Basic computing - An introduction to the mouse, keyboard, Windows, basic word processing, file creation and saving, Paint. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Computer maintenance - An introduction to disc and file management in windows, viruses and spy ware. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Scanning - An introduction to scanning and editing of images. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
So you want to buy a computer? - A set of course notes supporting a PowerPoint presentation and talk on the pitfalls and features to look for when considering buying a computer. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
The basics of Scanning and Image Enhancement - 2 x 2hour course giving you a much better understanding of the principles behind your scanner plus whets your appetite for image enhancement. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
Data Safety - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Installing and Uninstalling Programs: - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Routine Maintenanace - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Removal of Spyware - Using Spybot and Ad-Aware. Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Using a scanner - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Desktop Publishing - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Introduction to Computers - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
File Management - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire

Photography, Images and Image Software:

Digital Photography and Photo & Image Editing – Short Course By SeniorNet Kaitaia - Click here to enquire
Paints shop Pro for beginners - An introduction to graphics using Paint shop Pro. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Basic photo enhancing - Using Ulead photo Express, learn how to make changes to the photographs look. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Photo And Image Editing - L1 & L2 - L1. Enhancing digital images using a demonstration copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements II; L2. Using advanced features of L1. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Photo and Image editing - an 8 week, 16 hour course to introduce learners to the digital imagery program Photo Elements 2 and some of the commonly used features to manipulate images. Learners will learn to adjust, enhance and bring new features to digital and scanned images. Edited by Malcolm Garrett using material from SeniorNet USA. - Click here to enquire
Digital Photography - A comprehensive 8 week course on cameras and their features. What is digital photography? How does it differ from film? What do I need to know? Learn the interface between your camera and your home PC; creating and storing files; printing; editing. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
Photo editing using mainly Adobe-based programs: - An advanced course of 8 x 2-hour lessons to cover the basics of a quite complex subject. Focusing on Adobe Photoshop 2, 3, and 4, to impart the principles found in many others. We look at scaling and resizing, cropping, cloning, layers, filters, sharpening, and many other points. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
Photo editing using Microsoft Imaging programs: - An 8 x 2 hour course focuses on Microsoft digital imaging programs. We consider Picture It and Digital Image Suite10 and look at other programs built into your Windows Operating System for handling graphics on your home computer. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
Picasa 2.6 - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Photo Editing 'PhotoStudio 2000' - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Photostory 3 - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Restoring old Photos using 'Photo Impact 5' - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Printing photographs using 'Kodak Easy Picture' - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Remove Objects/Change Background - Using PhotoShop Elements 2. Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Making a composite - Canon 'PhotoRecord'. Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Using Photoshop Elements 2 - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire

Other:

Digital Video Editing using Windows Movie Maker (Windows XP and Vista)– Short course covering types of cameras, basic filming techniques, uploading from cameras and editing By Grant Sidaway SeniorNet Federation - Click here to enquire
The use of Computers in Genealogy - 8 weeks @ 2 hour per week By SeniorNet Porirua - Click here to enquire
Typing - Basic typing - with exercises. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Vinyl to CD - What hardware and software you need, and how to get music from your records/tapes onto a CD. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Video Editing - Capturing and editing video and creating DVDs. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Genealogy - Recording of records using 'Personal Ancestral File' Version 5. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Genealogy - a 6 week, 12 hour course to introduce learners to the Brother's Keeper genealogy program as a means of recording genealogical data. By Prinia Riordan SeniorNet Motueka - Click here to enquire
DC & DVD Burning - This is a 4-lesson course covering the recent developments in DVD burning and recent changes to Media Player. We cover types of disks, the burning of Data CDs using the facilities within Windows XP, and also use other popular programs. By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
Sound Editing - Converting of LP records into a CD over 2-lessons (4 hours) using Nero Wave Editor 2. (We do not work with 78 rpm records.) By SeniorNet Warkworth - Click here to enquire
CD Burning using 'Nero 6/7' - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Choosing a Digital Camera - Demonstration Only. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Using a digital camera - Demonstration Only. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire

Arts & Crafts:

Cards, Gift Tags - Special Occasion Cards & Gift Tags. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Calendar Making - Calendars - using own photographs. By SeniorNet HuttCity - Click here to enquire
Scrapbooking - Making a scrapbook using Microsoft word. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Christmas Gifts - Using a variety of programmes, create gift tags, envelopes, etc. that can be used at Christmas time. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Making a calendar - Using Microsoft Word, design and make a calendar. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Create a 4 fold greeting card - Using Microsoft Word, Word Art and Clip art, a greeting card is created. Short course By SeniorNet Whangarei - Click here to enquire
Cards With Word - This 2 hour course will enable the student to produce an A5 Half fold greeting card. Using Word. 2000 up to 2007. By SeniorNet Whangamata - Click here to enquire
Working with Tables - This one day workshop will enable the student to produce a variety of items which will decorate any table for any special table. Placename cards. gift cards. for example. By SeniorNet Whangamata - Click here to enquire
Cards using Printmaster. - This 1 day workshop will show how to use the programme to make greeting cards. By SeniorNet Whangamata - Click here to enquire
Calendars using Printmaster - This workshop will show how to produce your own Calendar. By SeniorNet Whangamata - Click here to enquire
Card Making using 'PictureIt' 2001: - Christmas Theme. Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Card Making using 'PictureIt' 2001: - Hands On. 1 session, 2 hours in duration. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Genealogy using Legacy 6 - 4x 2 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire
Keyboard Skills - 4x 1.5 hour lessons. By SeniorNet Canterbury - Click here to enquire

Learning Centres:

Notes:

Hamilton Seniornet has a number of notes for workshops ("Address labels", "Keeping your computer safe", "Making calendars, cards, bookmarks", "Using the program IrfanView", "Slideshows", "Laptops", Printers", "Burn CDs", etc), as well as a lot of other ideas. - Click here to view