Welcome to Windows 8

We’ll make it fun and easy for you to get to know Windows reimagined and reinvented. From its solid core of speed, security, and reliability, to the all-new world of apps and touch, we’ll help you discover a whole new way to personalize your computing experience and keep an eye on the things you care about most. Be up and running in about an hour.

Amazing Apps

Learn how to access built in apps: Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging. Locate and install apps from Windows store and use Xbox Music on your Windows 8 PC. Experience how to play games and connect your Xbox to your Windows 8 PC or device.

Activate your Cloud Power

Explore how to take advantage of the cloud everywhere you go. Learn how Windows 8 can synchronize your user account settings across the computers connected to your Microsoft account. With your Microsoft account you will have access to SkyDrive and other Microsoft cloud services.

Give us an hour to reveal its awesomeness—plus, learn some especially cool tips and tricks to help keep your family protected and secure.

Getting Around

Start by exploring your desktop and navigating your PC, including the Start menu, Taskbar and Instant Search. Understand how files, folders and libraries work, and find out how to shake, peek, pin and snap in Windows.

Organizing & Optimizing

Continue to learn how to move or copy folders or files, manage different user accounts, install or remove programs, maximize battery life, set up your screen saver and personalize your desktop.

Connecting & Protecting

Become a pro at connecting to networks, creating Homegroups, sharing files on your network, setting up antivirus protection and installing devices, like your printer. Learn how to do Windows Updates, too.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Putting People First

Windows Phone 8 is the only phone that pulls together your contacts so you can easily follow them and stay connected. You’ll learn how to create a room where you can chat and share with family and friends. Your contacts are automatically linked together from all your social networks, so you can email, call, text, Skype call, IM and more. Finally, we’ll take a look at the Photos Hub and camera and see how easy it is to create and share memories with friends and family.

Smarter Apps

We’ll kick things off with by exploring the Windows Phone Store, access new apps, Xbox Music, games podcasts and more. You’ll learn how Live Apps are like having your own personal assistant. We’ll show how to navigate through the Music+ Videos Hub and how you can stream or download multimedia to your phone using the Xbox Music Pass. We’ll finish up by getting productive with the Office Hub, and explore how Windows Phone is the only phone that can access, edit, and share a Word doc using Office Hub and SkyDrive.

Beyond the Browser

You’ll learn how Windows Phone 8 is the only phone that has Kid’s Corner, an area that allows kids to play with your phone with access only to the apps and features you choose for them while giving you peace of mind. We’ll show you how Scout helps you find the best of nearby shops, restaurants, and how Bing Vision helps you save money by allowing you to scan in barcodes or snap a pic of a book cover and see where to purchase online. We’ll show you how you can take your Xbox Music experience with you on the move by conveniently syncing your collection wirelessly across your devices so that your music follows you wherever you go.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Win Phone Puts People First

Get familiar with the start screen, live tiles, People Hub, groups and Marketplace apps. Then set up and customize your settings, email and more.

Connect & Share with Smarter Apps

Learn how to use the pictures hub and camera, games hub, music and videos and Office hub with Outlook, Word and OneNote.

Beyond the Browser

Get to know your Internet Explorer, Local Scout, Search and Maps (featuring Bing) and top apps. Plus, learn how to use Bing Vision, voice-to-text, SkyDrive.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Word Essentials

An introduction to Word 2013, covering the installation of Office and exploring the user interface to view, create, edit and print documents using a traditional mouse and keyboard or a touch user interface.

Polishing Documents with Word 2013

Add flair to documents by inserting or modifying graphics such as pictures, diagrams, screen clippings and online videos. Learn how to organize and arrange content within documents using Live Layout and alignment guides.

Sharing Documents with Word 2013

Add the final touches needed to share documents with others in multiple formats including Word and PDF via email or online using Microsoft SkyDrive. Learn how to customize the look and feel of the Word interface including backgrounds, the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

The Fundamentals of Fabulous Text

Learn how to navigate Word’s interface, create and save documents, have fun with your text and, last but not least, print with ease.

Spice Up Your Docs with Graphics

Make things more visual by inserting and modifying pictures, adding WordArt, creating and modifying diagrams, shapes and SmartArt. Plus, take screen clippings and arrange objects perfectly.

Managing and Sharing Docs

Get your docs ready to share. Preview and adjust page layout, save files in different formats, create table of contents, customize your Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar. Then learn how to save to your SkyDrive and use Web Apps.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Getting Started

Covers the basics of navigating the interface, and using touch when appropriate. Start building a presentation by inserting and sizing text, diagrams, charts, and tables. Then organize the presentation into slides and organize the slides into sections.

Adding Graphics and Transitions

Set up the visuals of the presentation, insert pictures and graphics from local or online sources, and align the visuals so the presentation is appealing to the eye. Create your own shapes and graphic, add color, and make the transitions between slides more interesting.

Bring Your Presentation to Life

Make your presentation stand out with animations, sounds, and videos. Each slide can be customized with features that make your presentation interesting and memorable.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Getting Started

Learn how to navigate PowerPoint’s interface, create and save presentations, have fun with text and manage slides and sections.

Adding Graphics & Transitions

Next, begin to insert and edit pictures, add graphic elements (like Smart Art diagrams) and transitions before you preview and print your final presentation.

Bring Your Presentation to Life with Animation

Have fun with using animations, playing sounds and showing video. We’ll teach you how to deliver your presentation, save it to — and share it from — the SkyDrive and use Web Apps, too.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Excel Essentials

An introduction to Excel 2013, covering the installation of Office and exploring the user interface to view, create, and make basic edits to workbooks. Learn how to navigate the Excel interface using the ribbon and tabs, create and modify a workbook and worksheets, how to enter text and numerical data into cells, use formatting and data entry tools, and print options to ensure workbooks print as intended.

Tables and Formulas with Excel 2013

Learn how to manage data, work with tables and perform calculations in Excel. First learn the basics in creating, defining and formatting tables, then learn how to use time saving tools such as Recommended Charts. Lastly learn how to create and troubleshoot formulas that can be used to calculate data within a workbook.

Managing and Sharing Data with Excel 2013

Learn how to better sort and present data in Excel spreadsheets by using sorting tools and the Quick Analysis feature to visually reflect data. Once the data management is complete, learn how to share work online using Microsoft SkyDrive and the Excel Web App. Lastly learn how to customize the look and feel of the Excel interface including backgrounds, the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Excel Essentials

Learn how to navigate Excel’s interface, create and modify workbooks and worksheets, enter and revise data, format cells and — finally — print your worksheets.

Tables and Formulas

Take your data to the next level. Start by naming groups of data, defining tables, creating and using basic formulas and then finding and correcting errors in calculations.

Managing and Sharing Data

Sort and filter your data, learn how to do conditional formatting and organize your data into levels. Now you’re ready to save to the SkyDrive and use Web Apps.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Getting Connected with Outlook 2013

Focuses on the fundamentals of sending and receiving information with your Microsoft Outlook Mail account. You’ll create and send emails, create and manage contacts, and see the online status updates for the people you connect with.

Getting Organized with Outlook 2013

Learn the fundamentals of creating meetings and managing your tasks. With the Microsoft Outlook Calendar, you can schedule appointments, invite people to meetings, monitor online calendars, and send reminders.

Getting the Most from Outlook 2013

Explore how to set-up Microsoft Outlook so it works the best for you. Configure short cuts, learn how to create rules to manage your mail, and learn how to manage junk messages. You will also be able to personalize your account with signatures or stationery.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Getting Connected

This class focuses on the fundamentals of sending and receiving information in Outlook 2010 and managing the contact information for all messages.

Getting Organized

This class explores configuration options and managing content in each of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 modules. Use shortcuts and quick steps to use e-mail, calendars, contacts, and tasks as efficiently as possible.

Getting the Most from Outlook 2010

This class focuses on the fundamentals of creating calendar entries and managing task lists.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Capturing Digital Notes

Focuses on the basics: creating and opening notebooks, creating text, audio and video notes, capturing screen clippings, navigating, and working with sections and pages to organize and store your notes.

Managing Your Digital Notes

Learn how to get things into your notebooks, starting with text and moving to images, screen clips from Web sites or other applications, creating audio and video notes, and even writing on the screen with touch devices. Manage your notes, including inserting links to other pages or resources, adding time stamps, tagging and color coding, and searching for notes.

Connecting Your Digital Notes

Learn how to share all the great stuff you’ve collected and how to collaborate with others, including emailing a notebook page and posting notebooks to Microsoft SkyDrive so you can edit them using Web Apps, and share them with anyone who has an Internet-connected PC. You can even edit OneNote notebooks online at the same time as friends and colleagues using co-authoring!

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Capturing Your Digital Stuff

Keep organized. See how to email a page, insert links, files and/or time stamps, tag and color-code your notes, search and print.

Managing Your Digital Stuff

Take your data to the next level. Start by naming groups of data, defining tables, creating and using basic formulas and then finding and correcting errors in calculations.

Beyond Basic Notes / Sharing Your Stuff

Do even more by docking or linking your notes, customizing your Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar, sending Outlook data to OneNote, sharing or co-authoring notebooks with others, saving to SkyDrive and using Web Apps.

Choose a topic and register for a 1-hour class or annual membership and we’ll tailor it to you.

Organizing, Editing, and Sharing Photos with Windows 8 and Windows Photo Gallery

Learn all of the photo-centric features available in the free Windows Photo Gallery program. You will experience real-world demonstrations using Windows Photo Gallery to organize and find your photos. You’ll see how easy it is to fix your photos using Windows Photo Gallery’s editing tools, and how to tag and post photos on the web to share with your friends and family.

Turn Your Photos & Videos into Movie Masterpieces with Windows 8 and Movie Maker

Learn how to create amazing videos and movies using Windows Movie Maker on your Windows PC, and how to install and use this free download to quickly turn your photos and videos into polished movies using special effects, transitions, sound, and captions to tell your story. You’ll see how easy it is to share your movies with friends and family—whether on the web, a computer, TV, mobile device, or a DVD.

Stay Organized and Stay in Touch with Windows 8 and Windows Essential 2012

This class focuses on the applications in Windows Essentials that will help you communicate and get organized. You’ll learn to locate, install, and begin to use these free applications, and you’ll walk through real-world demonstrations of Windows Messenger, SkyDrive, and Mail.

Internet Explorer 10

Internet Explorer brings increased security, more privacy, and greater peace of mind than ever before through underlying Windows security capabilities. In this class we will show you how you can get automatic updates from websites, view and manage your browsing history, access toolbars, manage add-ons, manage your cookies and temporary internet files.

SkyDrive (part 1)

Learn how SkyDrive truly makes your files available on any device, anywhere. We will show you how you can get 7 GB of free, secure online storage at SkyDrive.com, and how the SkyDrive app syncs all the files you store in “the cloud” to your PC or Mac, phone or tablet.

SkyDrive (part 2)

In part 2 we continue to explore the benefits of SkyDrive. We will see how you can easily and securely share your documents, link to your photos from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and allow colleagues to view and edit Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote documents with Web Apps—even if they are using an iPad, Windows Phone or Android device.

Skype Basics: A Whole New Way to Call

In this class we’ll learn how to get started with Skype on the PC, including creating an account, signing in, and adding contacts. Then we’ll see how to make free calls anywhere in the world to other Skype contacts, as well how to make low cost calls to landlines and mobile phones. Skype has conference calls too, and we’ll see how easy it is to set up and join group calls.

Skype Secrets: Video, IMs, Group calls and More

In this class, we’ll go beyond basic voice calling and take a look at some free and low-cost features such as voicemail, caller ID, and call forwarding. Next, we’ll explore one of Skype’s most popular services, video calls, both to individuals (free) and groups up to nine people.

Skype Mobile: You Can Take It with You

In the third class in this course, we’ll explore the Skype app on mobile devices such as Windows Phone, iPhone, and Android. We’ll see how to make both voice and video calls—even without access to a Wi-Fi connection. The Skype app also lets you send instant messages and manage your contacts and your account—right from your phone.