
Learn to create a microsoft account at account.microsoft.com by choosing create one, forming an outlook.com email, setting a strong password, providing a birth date, and completing verification.
Learn to navigate Outlook to manage email, use to/cc/bcc, compose messages with a subject and drafts, schedule sends, and attach files while exploring the Microsoft apps menu.
Master Microsoft Word basics, using templates and documents; format text with bold, italic, and highlight; choose fonts like Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial at size 12; insert tables, pictures, lists.
Master Excel basics to store data, format cells, and create charts from columns and rows, turning headers and numbers into formal graphs and budgets.
Learn how to create engaging PowerPoint presentations by adding slides, choosing templates, and applying transitions and animations, with stock images, videos, and audio for impact.
Access and navigate the basic Google apps, including Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Chat, Calendar, and Forms, by opening the app grid and selecting the tools.
Learn to navigate Google Docs, name documents, rely on auto-save, share via link with editor or viewer access, save to Drive, and insert images, tables, and links.
Use Google Drive to store documents and organize your work by creating folders, dragging files into folders, renaming or deleting items, sharing with others, and checking shared with me.
Learn to create and manage data in Google Sheets, title documents, insert charts, customize text, share with others, and use comments to track changes.
Navigate Google Slides by creating a blank presentation, selecting templates, and naming your project. Customize backgrounds, layouts, insert images, and apply transitions like dissolve.
Navigate Gmail's inbox, compose messages with to, cc, bcc, subject, and text formatting options like font size and bold, attach files or links, and schedule sends as you practice emailing.
Craft a formal job email with a proper salutation, a concise self-introduction, and a plan to align your skills with the organization's mission, schedule a call, and attach your resume.
Walk through a resume template, including contact details, a compelling profile, work experience, education, and skills, to showcase transferable qualifications for job applications.
Structure a tailored cover letter by placing your name and contact details at the top, addressing the recipient formally, and linking your skills to the position, industry, and company mission.
Learn how to join a Zoom meeting with a meeting ID and password, and how to create a Zoom account to schedule and invite others, without downloading the app.
Learn how to set up a zoom account, schedule and join meetings with IDs and passcodes, manage audio and video, use chat and share screen, and end meetings.
Aimed towards former inmates, this course is the guide to learning and developing new skills essential for the workforce. This is a two week course with daily lectures and assignments. It offers step by step instruction in the most effective way for previously incarcerated persons to apply and receive jobs.
It will cover creating and utilizing google platforms, creating resumes and cover letters, using communication platforms and preparing for interviews, as well as how to show that time in prison serves as a benefit to employers. These skills will be taught in a way specialized towards those who served time in prison.The course will also feature other previously incarcerated people who obtained employment and are successful, so they can share their experiences and advice. Lastly, the course will provide links to organizations that hire previously incarcerated people and other resources that help those reentering society.
The goal of this course is to break the stigma surrounding previously incarcerated individuals being too inexperienced and dangerous to be productive employees. Joining the workforce is essential in reducing homelessness and recidivism. This course provides the necessary skills, training, guidance, and encouragement to provide previously incarcerated individuals a better chance at securing employment.