Loyola University Chicago

• Groupwise Resources
• Instructor-Led Training
• LOCUS Resources
• Tutorials
• Workshop Presentations

We have listed companies in the Chicago area that provide training in popular desktop computer applications to address the educational needs of Loyola faculty and staff.

Instructor-Led Training

Computer Resource Center
1525 E. 53rd St., Chicago, IL

The Computer Resource Center is Loyola University’s training partner. Staff members can also take advantage of its fee-based classes. The CRC offers affordable one-day computer classes in popular software programs.

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
2 N. LaSalle, Chicago, IL or 8550 W. Bryn Mawr, Rosemont
http://www.newhorizons.com

Computer Training Source, Inc.
444 North Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL
http://www.ctscomputertraining.com

Fee-based Online Computer Classes
e-Learning Depot

Free Online Classes
Global Computer Learning
Offers free, online beginning computer courses and other learning opportunities world-wide in English and Spanish.  Registration is free.

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Below are external links to a variety of self-paced tutorials to help you learn some common software applications. 

PowerPoint Tutorials

Microsoft Office Online Training: Create your first presentation

University of Texas – Getting Started With PowerPoint

PowerPoint in the Classroom Tutorial

Active Learning with PowerPoint

Word Tutorials

Florida Gulf Coast University– Word 2000 Tutorial

University of Texas – Getting Started With Word

Word 2002 Tutorial

Excel Tutorials

Microsoft Office Online Training: Excel

Microsoft Excel:  Worksheet Basics

University of Texas - Getting Started with Excel

Florida Gulf Coast University– Excel 2000 Tutorials

Excel 2002: Getting Started

Access Tutorials

Florida Gulf Coast University – Access 2000 Tutorial

Microsoft  Access Home Page

About.com Access Tutorials Page

BC Schools Access 2000 Tutorial

Creating a Web Page

HTML

Dave Kristula's HTML An Interactive Tutorial For Beginners
Case Western Reserve’s Introduction to HTML
Project Cool's 12 quick, easy steps to creating a basic HTML page.
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction's Writing HTML
The Web Design Resource's Complete HTML Tutorial List.
Kevin Werbach's Bare Bones Guide to HTML
The Bare Bones Guide's list of HTML tags.

Design

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox Top 10 Mistakes of Web Design.
Webreference's What Makes a Good Website?
University of Mississippi's Hints for Web Authors
Color Scheme Generator
Web Style Guide offered by Yale University Press

Workshop Presentations

Below are links to PowerPoint Presentations from software workshops taught at Loyola.

Adobe Photoshop Hands-On Workshop - You can download this file and save, or view from this page. 

In order to complete this tutorial, you will need to:
1. Create these folders on your computer: Alaska, Correct Color, Objects, Surfaces and Layers Exercise.
2. Right-click on each of the files below and save to your computer in the folders you created: 

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