Minnetonka Community Education

Gain a solid understanding of the basics of Excel, a powerful spreadsheet application. You will learn how to navigate in Excel; use the Ribbon to issue commands, insert, delete, rearrange and rename worksheets.  You’ll also learn to enter data, delete and replace cell entries, work with number and text formatting, cut/copy/paste/move entries, format worksheets and apply borders and fills to cells. By the end of class you will also be able to print, save and close your workbook for easy retrieval.

Expand your Excel skills to work with formulas and functions, modify and copy formulas, and create formulas with the IF function. This hands-on course will help improve your work productivity.  You will also learn how to manipulate worksheets, format/hide columns and rows and create/size/move charts.Prerequisite: Excel 2013: Level 1 or basic knowledge of Excel.

Explore the capabilities of this free web-based word processing and spreadsheet tool. The benefits of Google Drive include the ability to share and edit in real time with others.

Learn how to navigate through the Photoshop screens and palettes; how to use tools including selecting, cropping, moving and rotating; and work with layers. This class is for all versions of Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Photoshop Elements. The lab has Elements installed, but the steps are virtually identical for both versions. The books contain screenshots (and directions) for both CS and Elements. Students wishing to bring their laptops with CS are welcome. Prerequisite: Windows

Learn how to navigate through the Photoshop screens and palettes; how to use tools including selecting, cropping, moving and rotating; and work with layers.This class is for all versions of Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Photoshop Elements. The lab has Elements installed, but the steps are virtually identical for both versions. The books contain screenshots (and directions) for both CS and Elements. Students wishing to bring their laptops with CS are welcome. Prerequisite: Windows

Begin working more extensively with photo repair and touch up. Gain more experience working with layers and text as well as the Levels and Clone Stamp tools. This class is for all versions of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. The lab has Elements installed, but the steps are similar for both versions. Students wishing to bring their laptops with CS are welcome. Prerequisite: Photoshop Elements 1

Delve into the flashier aspects of website design. Work with forms and form data, add work with images, add pages, customize navigation links, and embed a video or music. Prerequisite: Website Design and Creation for Beginners: Level 1.

Learn how to create and maintain a professional-looking website using HTML and CSS. Discussion will include how to use text, graphics, borders, styles and hyperlinks; low-cost web hosts; uploading and downloading pages; and registering a domain name.Prerequisite: Windows and Internet basics.

Learn how to use the many new features of Windows 10. Identify what is different and get to know Cortana. By the end of the class, you will be a confident user of this new operating system.

Discover how to use the basic functions of Word to increase productivity. Topics covered will include menu bar, margins and orientation, cut, copy, move, paste text, create envelopes, print and more.

Learn to utilize Word’s editing and proofreading tools. We will cover how to create custom tab stops, mailing labels and custom letters. We will also learn how to use bulleted and numbered lists, create and work with tables and more.Prerequisite: Word 2016: Level 1 or basic knowledge of Microsoft Word 2016.