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Effective Grammar Certificate
with Ellen Feld, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
Write and edit better starting today. Gain confidence in your writing. Improve your communication skills. This course will reinforce the rules you learned in school and teach you some you didn't.
Good grammar doesn't make good writing, but good writing demands good grammar. Whether you're a student or a professional, a career changer or a job seeker, Effective Grammar will equip you to write more effectively from day one. You'll learn it all—from grammar basics to more advanced concepts like parallelism and agreement to the finer points of capitalization and punctuation. After completing this certificate, you'll be a master of commas, complete sentences, common sense writing, and more.
Put an end to grammar mistakes that detract from your work. The grammar knowledge you'll gain will contribute to whatever kind of writing you produce. Everything you learn will elevate your communication skills and help you present polished, professional writing every time.
CEUs/ILUs: 3.2
Length (in hours): 32
This is a two-month program with quarterly start dates.
Email Basics
with Suzette Moulton, RSU16 Adult Education
Everyone asks for your email address these days! Do you need help navigating the whole email process? In this class, you will create an email address for yourself and learn the basics of sending and receiving messages. Practice opening, replying and forwarding email so you can communicate with friends, family and professionals. Start anytime! Please call for an appointment. Registration: four 1-hour sessions $40.
Employability Skills
with Suzette Moulton, CCSP, RSU16 Adult Education
START ANYTIME! Job searching? Let’s sharpen your job skills! Do you need to create or update your resume, create a (professional!) email account, learn Microsoft Office basics, or refine your existing skills? Our Certified Career Services Provider/Advisor, Suzette, will work one-on-one with you over six sessions to meet your career-focused computer needs. Work on creating documents appropriate for the workplace and/or the basics of sending and receiving email messages as well as opening and attaching files. Call for more information or to set up a schedule. Registration: 6-week session, $50.
Entrepreneurship Certificate
with Conrad Brian Law, Mary Beth Izard and Kathy Nadiman, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
Boost your chances of success for your new or small business and reduce your risks. Get the latest on planning your business, brainstorming business ideas, and a checklist for going into business. Then learn how to create a business plan, including assessing business feasibility and prepare the management and financial plans. Then take home a step-by-step approach to attract and keep customers, with an emphasis on customer-driven marketing decisions and building a strong brand. At the end of this certificate, you will be able to identify the abilities required of successful entrepreneurs and how to acquire them, develop goals to help establish your business, develop an outline for your plan, and take home techniques to successfully manage and market your new business.
CEUs/ILUs: 4.8
Length (in hours): 48
Price in USD $495
Offered 4 times/year, call for dates.
Fantastic Photo Finishes - Organize & Edit Images With Your iPhone/iPad Photos App
with Boomer Tech, Bangor Adult & Community Education
Fantastic Photo Finishes-Organize and Edit Images with Your iPhone/iPad Photos App
with BoomerTECH Adventures, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education
Most of us take hundreds of photos that languish on our iPhone/iPad or in the cloud. Knowing how to edit images and organize your photos on your iPhone and iPad is essential. Other areas of study include using the tabs in the Photos app —“For You" tab (ready-made slide shows), creating, using, and sharing albums, and the very useful search function.
Open Enrollment - take it when you want! These classes are online/videos, on demand so once you register for it, you can watch it as much as you'd like!
Fantastic Photo Finishes—Organize & Edit Images with Your iPhone/iPad Photos App
with BoomerTech Adventures with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee, Lake Region & Fryeburg Area Adult Education
Most of us take hundreds of photos that languish on our iPhone/iPad or in the cloud. Knowing how to edit images and organize your photos on your iPhone and iPad is essential. Other areas of study in this online, self-paced course include using the tabs in the Photos app — “For You" tab (ready-made slide shows), creating, using, and sharing albums, and the very useful search function.
Fifteen iPhone /iPad Vision Accessibility Features
with BoomerTECH Adventures, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education
Many people have vision issues. A variety of iPhone/iPad settings allow you to use your device more easily when vision challenges arise. In this course you will learn where to find vision accessibility options and how to use them. The vision accessibility features are identical on the iPhone and iPad except in a couple of noted instances.
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Open Enrollment - take it when you want! These classes are online/videos, on demand so once you register for it, you can watch it as much as you'd like!