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Certificate in Mastering Excel
with John Rutledge, Amyn Klous, Elizabeth Flanagan, Biddeford Adult Education
A must-have skill to succeed in business, whether an entrepreneur or a valued employee, is the ability to create, edit and manage spreadsheets. Microsoft Excel is the most used spreadsheet tool in the world. Begin with learning how an Excel worksheet is constructed, populated with content, and edited for delivery. Discover how various menu items, commands, settings and processes affects the look of your Excel worksheets and workbooks. Then, increase your efficiency by learning how to organize, display and calculate your data into useful information. Identify different types of data and how data can be best visually represented or formatted, by using different data tool techniques. Finally, you’ll learn a variety of Excel’s most powerful features to analyze data quickly and easily. This Certificate will help you discover how to attractively visualize your data into meaningful information with confidence. Students must have Microsoft Excel to complete this certificate.
Certificate in Online Teaching
with Dionne (Dee) Felix, Mary Dereshiwsky, Biddeford Adult Education
For those new to teaching online, or those already teaching online. Get the best instruction from the foremost authorities in online learning. Thousands of people have taken this fundamental yet advanced training in teaching online. From building an online course to improving an online course, from fostering online discussion to encouraging student interaction, from traditional assessment to online tests, the program will give you both the fundamentals of teaching online, as well as the most advanced tips and techniques in the business. Your instructors are authors, speakers and consultants in online learning and teaching.
Certificate in QuickBooks
with Marcus Lander, Biddeford Adult Education
Save time, track money, and get important insights with Quickbooks Online. Quickbooks Online is the leading online accounting platform. It is the preferred choice for small business managers, owners, bookkeepers and accounting professionals. There area patches and regular automatic upgrades to the software. Get a comprehensive understanding of QuickBooks Online. Then learn how to work with more advanced Quickbooks Online topics.
Certificate in Web Design
with Marcus Lander, Biddeford Adult Education
Online users say a website’s design is the number one criteria for deciding whether a company is credible or not, according to recent research. Understanding what it takes to produce effective web design is essential in today’s market of highly saturated digital competition. First discover the basics of web design using HTML and CSS. No prior knowledge of HTML or web design is required. After the first course you will have the info you need to plan and design effective web pages. Then find out how to create effective and dynamic websites/applications. Take away a functioning web application hosted on a web server that is both accessible and Search Engine Optimized. Finally, learn about responsive design process, advanced layout and design features. Plus explore industry standard technologies and frameworks. This Certificate must be taken in the following order: - Introduction - Intermediate - Advanced
Certificate in Workplace Communication
with Sally Klauss, Biddeford Adult Education
Good communication in the workplace is more important than ever. And critical to your career advancement and success. Come get a comprehensive and intensive preparation with skills and techniques you can put to use on Monday morning. Take back a workable conflict management model, along with successful and practical conflict management strategies. Then work with a pro to learn how to improve your negotiation skills for a win-win outcome, including helping others to get what they want, so you get what you want. Finally, find out more about yourself and others using personality profiles for better work performance. You will be learning from some of our more popular instructors, and taking away new how-to skills that work.
CERTIFICATE Mastering Computer Skills for the Workplace
with LERN U Got Class, Sanford Community Adult Education
This is an online course. This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified. This class can be taken up to one week past the class start date.
Must have skills to succeed in the workplace including the ability to create, edit, and manage presentations in MS PowerPoint, documents in MS Word, email and calendars in MS Outlook, and spreadsheets in MS Excel. Microsoft Office Suite of applications is the most used software tool in the world. Stay current with this class, as it is always up-to-date and will change as the features of MS Office change over time. Master the most common uses so that you can work faster and more efficiently and can take your computer skills from plain and drab to exciting and engaging. You will leave class with a set of skills that are a workplace requirement in today’s fast-paced ever-changing environment and will enable your future career success.
This includes three classes which may be taken individually or grouped as a certificate:
Mastering Microsoft Excel $245
Mastering Microsoft Word $245
Mastering Microsoft PowerPoint $245
For full details, see: https://www.yougotclass.org/Index.cfm/Sanford
Class runs: June 2, 2025 through Aug 29, 2025
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org
CERTIFICATE Social Media for Business
with LERN U Got Class, Sanford Community Adult Education
This class is an online course. This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified. This class can be taken up to one week past the class start date.
Get in on this exciting and growing way to communicate, market and serve your customers and clients. For businesses, nonprofits, government, and other organizations. From Facebook to Twitter, blogging, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more, discover the new principles of communication that apply across all networks and how these specific social networks work and the possible uses for your organization. Learn how social networks are used to develop a two-way communication and marketing strategy for your organization. Then find out what you can be doing, what you should be doing, and take back a plan to integrate social networks into your communication and marketing. Whether you are new to social networks or already involved, you will come away with both an understanding of social networks and practical, how-to techniques to integrate social networks into your organization or business. Your instructors are outstanding practitioners who also speak, write, and train others on social networks.
This includes three classes which may be taken individually or grouped as a certificate:
Introduction to Social Media - $195
Integrating Social Media in Your Organization - $195
Marketing Using Social Media - $195
For full details, see: https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford
Class runs: June 2, 2025, through August 29, 2025
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org
CERTIFICATE Web Design
with LERN U Got Class, Sanford Community Adult Education
This is an online course. This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified. This class can be taken up to one week past the class start date.
Online users say a website’s design is the number one criterion for deciding whether a company is credible or not, according to recent research. Understanding what it takes to produce effective web design is essential in today’s market of highly saturated digital competition. First, discover the basics of web design using HTML and CSS. No prior knowledge of HTML or web design is required. After the first course, you will have the info you need to plan and design effective web pages. Then find out how to create effective and dynamic websites/applications. Take away a functioning web application hosted on a web server that is both accessible and Search Engine Optimized. Finally, learn about the responsive design process, advanced layout, and design features using the Bootstrap framework. Plus explore CMS frameworks and industry standard technologies and frameworks.
This includes three classes which may be taken individually or grouped as a certificate:
Introduction of Web Design - $245
Intermediate Web Design - $245
Advanced Web Design - $245
For full details, see: https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford
Class runs: June 2, 2025 through Aug 29, 2025
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org