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Training Programs At MaxImpact, we prepare you, not only with the technical job skills needed, but also with the employability and job retention skills necessary, especially for participants who come to our programs with limited skills, lack of formal education, multiple barriers, and little work experience or a sporadic employment history. To register or for more information about a class, please call 603-624-6102 or download the registration form, complete it and mail it to MaxImpact Institute, 221 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH 03104. Our fax number is 603-623-0014. Programs: COURSE TITLE: Keyboarding Training Basic keyboarding skills with emphasis on correct techniques and development of speed and accuracy. Introduction to centering, typing of personal and business letters, envelops, simple tables and manuscripts. For those with no previous typing training. Keyboarding is a tool of literacy. You will learn to keyboard by touch on computers and develop a level of skill (speed & accuracy) that will enable you to produce correctly formatted reports, business letters, memorandums, tables, and so forth. COURSE TITLE: Windows XP Tips and Tricks This training is designed to help XP users in their quest to understand the power and speed of the Microsoft XP Professional Operating System. Configuration, Windows Explorer settings, shortcuts, key strokes, navigation tips, and settings that customize and improve your XP experience will be covered. COURSE TITLE: Meet Your PC - (Computer Hardware & Software) This class is designed to give PC users a better understanding of the hardware they are using every day. This class will be presented in two parts. Part one will be a PowerPoint lecture and demonstration of the main components of the modern PC. We will discuss PC hardware at the most basic level. Part two will be hands-on, where the student will be able to remove and add a hard drive, add a PCI card, replace RAM, remove and install a processor and gain first hand knowledge of the internal hardware of a PC. COURSE TITLE: MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATION PACKAGE The program provides computer literacy, measures proficiency, and identifies opportunities and modalities for skills enhancement in all the Microsoft Office Application programs. It enables students to master everything from the very basic day-to-day function office functions to advanced features of Microsoft Office. The course is divided into three levels of proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Access and two levels of proficiency in MS PowerPoint, and MS Outlook. COURSE TITLE: MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATION With Basic Accounting Principles/QuickBooks The program provides computer literacy, measures proficiency, and identifies opportunities and modalities for skills enhancement in all the Microsoft Office Application programs. It enables students to master everything from the very basic day-to-day function office functions to advanced features of Microsoft Office. The course is divided into levels of proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access MS PowerPoint, Internet/MS Outlook, QuickBooks and basic accounting principles. The Basic Accounting course takes students through the various basic aspects of QuickBooks, such as creating an entire company file, completing transactions and reconciling bank statements. Main subjects include; setting up customers, vendors, employees electronic forms, new company setup, payroll setup and processing, and banking. COURSE TITLE: GRAPHIC DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Program Purpose: To prepare students with technical knowledge and hands-on training in using computers, cameras and other materials in the field of graphic design. Computer Graphic Design has provided Graphic Designers with the most powerful range of tools they have ever enjoyed. While creative talent and the ability to sketch by hand are still important, Computer Graphic Design has greatly increased the speed and ease with which Graphic Designers can translate ideas into visual form and then save and edit their designs. If you are interested in working in Computer Graphic Design, then you will need a combination of creative ability, some aptitude for computers, and the capacity to communicate well. COURSE TITLE COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST PROGRAM Computer support specialists provide technical assistance, support, and advice to customers and other users. This occupational group includes technical support specialists and help-desk technicians. These troubleshooters interpret problems and provide technical support for hardware, software, and systems. They answer telephone calls, analyze problems by using automated diagnostic programs, and resolve recurring difficulties. Support specialists may work either within a company that uses computer systems or directly for a computer hardware or software vendor. Increasingly, these specialists work for help-desk or support services firms, for which they provide computer support to clients on a contract basis. COURSE TITLE: NETWORKING DESIGN AND DESKTOP SUPPORT The Network Design and Administration program prepares students as local- and wide-area network administrators. Successful completion of the program provides students with the essential skills of network administration including network design, implementation, maintenance, optimization, and troubleshooting, utilizing a variety of network operating systems, and hardware platforms and protocols. COURSE TITLE: QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTING This course takes you through the various aspects of QuickBooks, such as: Opening and setting up a new company file, Setting Preferences – with suggestions for the most common settings, Items, Lists, & Forms – what they are, why they are necessary, and how they work, The new Fixed Asset Item List, Setting up Customers, Vendors, and Employees, Entering transactions using purchase orders, accounts payable bills, customer invoices, payroll timesheets, and journal entries, Customizing QuickBooks Forms to create a professional appearance COURSE TITLE: ACCOUNTING APPLICATIONS CLERK Our Accounting Applications Clerk program will prepare you in the principles, procedures and theories of keeping the financial records and accompanying financial reports maintained and organized. Our program can quickly give you the hands-on training to make your mark in the modern business world. LENGTH OF COURSE: 12 weeks or less. Accelerated courses are designed to run in less than 12 weeks based on previous knowledge and learning potential of the student. GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION Instruction Method: Textbooks, visual aids, computer simulation, and guided hands on instruction. Class work and homework reinforce the learning process. COURSE DELIVERY FORMAT: Our courses are a combination of lecture and in-class application of course topics with hands-on computer use. Classes are taught in a computer-equipped classroom. Class lessons are conducted during class. However, students will be required to complete lessons and assignments outside of class time. CERTIFICATION All students receive a certificate of competence from MaxImpact Institute upon successful completion of all requirements. ATTENDANCE POLICY Students need to attend classes regularly to achieve an acceptable level of competence. Lack of attendance can lead to a failing grade in the course GRADING CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES This course is presented in modules. Module grades will be assigned based on module examinations, class work and homework completion. These module grades will be averaged for the course grade. COURSE TESTING POLICY The exam for a given module may be taken only once (No Retaking of tests). Students expected to make every effort to be present for exams when it is given in class. The policy on make-up exams is at the discretion of your instructor. COURSE CALENDAR Homework assignments are due at the beginning of class the day following the assignment. CLASS HOURS Monday-Thursday 9:00 to12:30, 1:00PM to 4:30PM, 5:30-8:30PM. COMPUTER LAB HOURS M-F 10am – 4pm. The lab will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays. ATTENDANCE We consider attendance and class participation as factors when a student has a borderline final class grade (89 or 79). Students in this situation with good attendance and class participation and who have handed in all programs will have a point added to their overall grade average. TARDINESS Tardiness is a detriment to student learning, normal classroom procedures, instructions to students, and general decorum. Three occurrences of tardiness will count as one absence. Remember that being absent more than 20% of the class will result in a grade of F. For more information on how to enroll, please contact us at 603-624-6102. You may also email us at info@maximpactinstitute.org. |