Our self-paced learning course is an educational approach that delivers instruction and resources through our digital platforms, enabling you to access courses, interact with instructors, and collaborate with peers remotely via the internet.
Available courses
This course is designed for first time users of computers and also for those who are looking to expand their grasp and knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word Applications.
It offers an Introductory package for first time users and for those who need to sharpen and refresh their skillsThe course also offers some topics for intermediate users to maximize their use of the applications.
Course Overview
A 4‑week, hybrid program that teaches the essential skills needed to set up, manage, and navigate QuickBooks (Online or Desktop). Designed for small‑business owners, entrepreneurs, and aspiring bookkeepers, the course covers the core workflow—from recording sales to reconciling bank feeds—so you can keep your books clean, accurate, and audit‑ready.
Target Audience
- Small‑business owners who want to handle their own bookkeeping.
- Startup founders needing to understand cash flow and financial reporting.
- Students or freelancers looking to learn a widely used accounting platform.
Learning Outcomes
- Set up a QuickBooks company file and customize the chart of accounts.
- Accurately record sales, purchases, and payments using invoices, expenses, and checks.
- Reconcile bank and credit‑card accounts to ensure error‑free balances.
- Run basic financial reports (Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash‑Flow) and export them for stakeholders.
- Understand the workflow for basic payroll, vendor payments, and tax filing basics.
By the end of the course, participants will be comfortable logging into QuickBooks, entering daily transactions, reconciling accounts, and pulling out clear financial snapshots—enabling them to keep the books running smoothly while freeing up time for business growth.
Course Overview
A 5‑week, blended‑learning program that gives beginners a solid foundation in the principles, tools, and workflow of professional graphic design. With a mix of live instruction, hands‑on exercises, and a capstone project, students learn to translate ideas into visual solutions that communicate, persuade, and delight.
Target Audience
- Creative students or hobbyists looking to formalize their design skills.
- Entrepreneurs and small‑business owners who want to produce their own visual assets.
- Anyone interested in pursuing a career in branding, marketing, or UI design.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply color, type, and composition to create clear, engaging visual messages.
- Navigate key design software and produce high‑quality files suitable for print and digital media.
- Understand file formats, resolution, and color spaces for various output channels.
- Deliver a polished design portfolio piece that showcases concept, process, and final execution.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to conceptualize a design brief, create compelling assets from start to finish, and confidently present a professional‑looking portfolio to clients, employers, or collaborators.
Introduction to Microsoft Word
A blended‑learning program that teaches the essential tools and techniques needed to create, edit, and publish professional documents. In interactive lectures and hands‑on labs, students learn:
- Document Basics – setting up pages, margins, and styles
- Formatting & Design – working with text, paragraph, and object layouts
- Editing & Collaboration – track changes, comments, and document sharing
- Tables & Graphics – inserting tables, pictures, and SmartArt
- Printing & Output – printing, PDF export, and mail merge fundamentals
By the end of the course, learners can produce clean, well‑formatted Word files for reports, letters, flyers, and basic mail‑merge projects, providing a solid foundation for deeper Office training.
Introduction to Microsoft Excel
A concise, course that equips beginners with the core skills to create, organize, and analyze data in Microsoft Excel. Through live demonstrations, guided labs, and real‑world projects, students learn to set up spreadsheets, format cells, use formulas and functions, build tables and charts, and automate simple tasks with keyboard shortcuts. By the end, learners can produce clean, well‑structured worksheets, perform basic calculations, and generate simple visual reports—providing a solid foundation for more advanced Excel training or everyday business data tasks.
Course Overview
This 5‑week, learning program is designed for finance and accounting professionals who already know the basics of QuickBooks (Online or Desktop) and want to leverage the platform’s full power. Through instructor‑led sessions, hands‑on labs, and real‑world scenarios, participants will master advanced bookkeeping, reporting, and automation techniques that streamline workflows, ensure compliance, and drive business insight.
Who Should Attend
- Accounts managers, bookkeepers, and financial analysts
- Business owners who want to optimize their QuickBooks usage
- Professionals preparing for QuickBooks ProAdvisor Advanced certification
Outcome
Upon completion, participants will be able to automate routine tasks, generate sophisticated financial insights, manage payroll and inventory at scale, and confidently maintain a clean, compliant accounting system—all while saving time and reducing errors.
MS Word Course Overview
Designed for users who already can create basic documents and want to unlock Word’s full potential. Participants will dive into advanced formatting, automation, collaboration, and document management techniques that transform everyday writing into professional, repeatable workflows.
Key Topics
- Mastering styles, themes, and long‑form layouts
- Building complex tables, columns, and page breaks
- Automating with Macros (VBA) and custom Quick Parts
- Advanced mail‑merge and data integration
- Collaboration tools: Track Changes, Comments, compare & merge documents
- Securing and protecting documents (permissions, watermarks, metadata removal)
- Exporting and publishing to PDF, XPS, and web formats
Target Audience
- Business writers, administrators, and project managers
- Instructional designers and trainers
- Professionals preparing for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Advanced certification
Learning Outcome
By the end of the course, participants will confidently produce polished, dynamic documents, automate repetitive tasks, collaborate seamlessly with teammates, and safeguard sensitive information—all while saving time and boosting productivity.
Intermediate‑to‑Advanced Microsoft Excel Course
Duration: 4 weeks (2 hrs lecture + 1 hr lab per week)
MS Excel Course Overview
Built for users who can complete basic spreadsheets but want to turn Excel into a powerful data‑analysis and automation engine. The course blends theory, hands‑on labs, and real‑world projects to teach advanced formulas, dynamic tables, and automation techniques that accelerate decision‑making and reporting.
What You’ll Learn
- Advanced Formulas & Functions – INDEX/MATCH, XLOOKUP, FILTER, SORT, LET, and dynamic array logic
- Data Modeling & Analysis – PivotTables, Power Pivot, Power Query, and data‑connectivity to external sources
- Automation & Customization – VBA macros, form controls, user‑defined functions, and automating routine tasks
- Dashboards & Reporting – Interactive charts, slicers, timelines, conditional formatting, and PDF/PowerPoint export
- Collaboration & Security – Workbook protection, sharing, version control, and audit trails
Target Audience
- Analysts, accountants, and business users who process large datasets
- Project managers and team leads needing dynamic reports
- Professionals working with MS Excel
Learning Outcomes
By course end, participants will design self‑updating dashboards, build complex data models, automate repetitive workflows, and deliver professional reports that drive insights and business decisions.
Audience: IT beginners, system administrators, aspiring network engineers, and anyone who wants to understand how data travels across the globe.
Course Overview
In today’s hyper‑connected landscape, a solid grasp of networking concepts is essential. This course demystifies the core principles that make modern networks possible— from the physical cables that carry your data to the protocols that guarantee reliable delivery. Students will move from theory to practice through guided labs that mirror real‑world scenarios, ending with a capstone project that designs a small, secure network.
Key Topics
- Foundations – OSI & TCP/IP models, IP addressing (IPv4/IPv6), subnetting, CIDR
- Layer 2 & 3 – Ethernet, VLANs, STP, ARP, IPv4/IPv6 routing, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
- Network Devices & Configuration – routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, access points
- Wireless & Cloud Networking – Wi‑Fi standards, WPA3, VPNs, SD‑WAN fundamentals
- Network Security – ACLs, NAT, IDS/IPS, secure network design
- Troubleshooting & Management – ping, traceroute, Wireshark,
- Hands‑On Labs – virtual lab environments (GNS3, Packet Tracer, or VMware), real‑time routing & switching, Wi‑Fi configuration, network monitoring
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will:
- Explain how data moves through a network using the OSI/TCP‑IP models.
- Design and implement a small LAN/WAN with appropriate routing and switching.
- Configure basic security measures on network devices.
- Diagnose and resolve common network issues using industry‑standard tools.
- Prepare a written network design and a demonstration of its operation.
Whether you’re stepping into IT, upgrading your skill set, or preparing for networking certifications (CCNA, CompTIA Network+), this course provides a practical, hands‑on foundation to launch your networking career.
Course Overview
This instructor‑led program equips IT professionals, system administrators, and aspiring Microsoft architects with the skills to design, deploy, and manage Windows Server environments. Participants will gain hands‑on experience with Windows Server and learn to secure, virtualize, and automate core infrastructure services that power modern enterprises.
What You’ll Learn
Hands‑On Labs
Every session contains practical labs that mirror real‑world scenarios: deploying an AD domain, configuring a secure VPN, setting up Hyper‑V for a small business, and automating routine tasks.
Target Audience
- System administrators & network engineers
- IT managers preparing for infrastructure migration
- Professionals studying for Microsoft Certified: Windows Server 2022 Administrator (or similar) exams
- Anyone looking to build a career managing Windows Server infrastructures
Outcome
After completing the course, you’ll be confident in deploying and managing Windows Server environments, implementing robust security, and automating administrative tasks.
This intensive program is designed for system administrators and IT professionals who need to build, manage, and secure production Linux servers. Participants will gain hands‑on experience with the latest enterprise distributions (Ubuntu Server, Alma Linux) and learn to:
- Install, configure, and harden Linux systems from scratch
- Manage users, groups, file systems, and permissions
- Set up network services (DHCP, DNS, NTP, firewall)
- Use the Command Line interface to manage the Server
- Deploy and maintain web, database, and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Implement backup, monitoring, and logging solutions (rsyslog, Grafana)
- Troubleshoot common performance and security issues
The course blends instructor-led lectures, live labs, and real‑world case studies. By the end, participants will be able to confidently deploy, manage, and secure Linux servers.
Course Overview
A 5‑week, blended‑learning program that teaches everything you need to build clean, responsive, and user‑friendly websites. Whether you’re a visual designer looking to add coding skills or a developer who wants to understand design best practices, this course blends theory, hands‑on labs, and real‑world projects to produce a polished, publish‑ready site.
Key Deliverables
- A fully functional, responsive website (personal, portfolio, or mock client project).
- A design system (style guide) and component library.
Target Audience
- Graphic designers who want to bring prototypes to life.
- Front‑end developers looking to deepen design knowledge.
- Small‑business owners or freelancers who want a polished web presence.
- Anyone aiming to build a web‑design portfolio for career advancement.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply UX principles to create intuitive user flows.
- Write clean, semantic HTML and modern, responsive CSS.
- Add dynamic behavior with JavaScript while maintaining performance.
- Deploy a production‑ready site using Git and a CI/CD pipeline.
- Produce a portfolio‑ready project that showcases design and coding prowess.
Course Overview
A 5‑week, blended‑learning program that takes absolute beginners through the fundamentals of Python, the world’s most popular, beginner‑friendly programming language. Combining live instructor sessions, guided exercises, and real‑world projects, the course empowers students to write clean, readable code and solve everyday problems with confidence.
Target Audience
- Absolute beginners with no prior coding experience.
- Professionals looking to add scripting to automate tasks.
- Students who want a solid foundation before diving deeper into data science, web development, or AI.
Learning Outcomes
- Set up a Python development environment and run code interactively.
- Manipulate basic data types and control program flow.
- Write reusable functions and use built‑in data structures effectively.
- Read from and write to files, and pull in external libraries.
- Complete a self‑contained project that demonstrates practical use of Python and a roadmap for continued growth.
After the course, participants will be able to read and write Python scripts that solve real problems, understand the core idioms of the language, and be ready to tackle more advanced courses in data science, web development, or automation.





