The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and study techniques to help foster effective learning and a positive educational experience. This course explores two components of learning styles, Multiple Intelligence-based theory and Personality Spectrum – MBTI-based theory, and how learning styles and personality types affect learning. The course will cover the importance of values, their relationship to goals and goal setting. Strategies for setting personal goals, prioritizing tasks, managing time, and the stress that results from study or work situations will be explored and practiced through active participation in learner-centred activities. Effective study habits, techniques for preparing for tests and productive note taking strategies are key topics of this course that will provide the students with the necessary skills and attitudes to be successful in school. Having a sound understanding of financial, money, credit and debt matters and their implication on our lives is critical knowledge to have. Students taking this course will benefit from completing the Financial Management Workshops, which provides comprehensive coverage of financial and money management skills that will allow them to better save, budget, and manage their money and financial situations.

This course focuses on the essential IT skills and knowledge needed to perform tasks commonly performed by end-users and entry-level IT professionals. Students will learn to use the features and functions of common operating systems and establishing network connectivity. The course will explore common software applications and their purpose, security and web browsing best practices. By the end of this course students will have gained foundational knowledge in IT concepts and terminology, IT infrastructure, applications, and software development, database fundamentals and security.

Many IT professionals are required to repair and maintain personal computers as part of their regular duties. Consequently, individuals possessing these abilities are widely sought after by employers in the industry. With this in mind, the Managing and Maintaining PC’s: Part 1 course introduces you to the hardware components that make up the typical personal computer (PC) as well as networking devices, laptop computers, and printers. It also covers the topic of developing and using an organized approach to solving computer hardware problems by an IT technician. It is designed to align with CompTIA’s A+ 220-1101 Exam Certification objectives.

The Managing and Maintaining PCs: Part 2 course builds on the knowledge and skills introduced in Part 1. It explores computer operating systems, with particular emphasis on Microsoft Windows 10, its installation, configuration, maintenance and optimization. The course then provides you with the knowledge and skills to effectively maintain and troubleshoot software in a system. The critically important topic of security is also covered as well as the rapidly growing field of mobile operating systems. The course is designed to align to CompTIA’s A+ 220- 1102 Certification objectives.

This course teaches the fundamentals of networking with an emphasis on basic theoretical concepts and some practical hands-on skills. The course is intended to align with the objectives of CompTIA’s Network+ certification exam N10-008.

This is the first course covering Windows Client operating system. In addition, skills learned in this course will give students a foundation to build on in Windows Server courses. Topics include installing Windows Client, performing postinstallation configuration, implementing Windows in an enterprise environment, configuring networking, storage, data access, implementing applications, configuring updates, monitoring and remote management, configuring system recovery, authorization and authentication.