UCS Self Taught Training 2015-16

MTA Database Fundamentals is designed to provide students with an explanation and understanding of fundamental security concepts. This training course prepares students for Microsoft exam 98-364.

This fee based course provides you with interactive videos that meet the needs of multiple styles of learning from auditory to visual and it includes a pre test and post test that accurately identifies your skill gap. The course is supplemented by a Microsoft Official Academic Course textbook and a practice and exam voucher is included.

MTA is a entry-level credential from Microsoft that validates the foundational knowledge needed to take the first step toward building a successful career in technology. The MTA certification programs cover the baseline knowledge of building and managing Microsoft Windows Servers, Windows-based network operating systems, Active Directory, account management, and system recovery tools.

Achieving MTA certifications is an optional first step to achieving the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification.

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Why MTA? Watch students, instructors and professionals explain why MTA makes a difference.

MTA Networking Fundamentals is designed to provide students with an explanation and understanding of fundamental networking concepts. This training course prepares students for Microsoft exam 98-366.

This fee based course provides you with interactive videos that meet the needs of multiple styles of learning from auditory to visual and it includes a pre test and post test that accurately identifies your skill gap. The course is supplemented by a Microsoft Official Academic Course textbook and a practice and exam voucher is included.

MTA is a entry-level credential from Microsoft that validates the foundational knowledge needed to take the first step toward building a successful career in technology. The MTA certification programs cover the baseline knowledge of building and managing Microsoft Windows Servers, Windows-based network operating systems, Active Directory, account management, and system recovery tools.

Achieving MTA certifications is an optional first step to achieving the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification.

View a Microsoft Certification Roadmap

Why MTA? Watch students, instructors and professionals explain why MTA makes a difference.

MTA Security Fundamentals is designed to provide students with an explanation and understanding of fundamental security concepts. This training course prepares students for Microsoft exam 98-367.

This fee based course provides you with interactive videos that meet the needs of multiple styles of learning from auditory to visual and it includes a pre test and post test that accurately identifies your skill gap. The course is supplemented by a Microsoft Official Academic Course textbook and a practice and exam voucher is included.

MTA is a entry-level credential from Microsoft that validates the foundational knowledge needed to take the first step toward building a successful career in technology. The MTA certification programs cover the baseline knowledge of building and managing Microsoft Windows Servers, Windows-based network operating systems, Active Directory, account management, and system recovery tools.

Achieving MTA certifications is an optional first step to achieving the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification.

View a Microsoft Certification Roadmap

Why MTA? Watch students, instructors and professionals explain why MTA makes a difference.

MTA Server Administration Fundamentals is designed to provide students with an explanation and understanding of fundamental server administration concepts. This training course prepares students for Microsoft exam 98-365.

This fee based course provides you with interactive videos that meet the needs of multiple styles of learning from auditory to visual and it includes a pre test and post test that accurately identifies your skill gap. The course is supplemented by a Microsoft Official Academic Course textbook and a practice and exam voucher is included.

MTA is a entry-level credential from Microsoft that validates the foundational knowledge needed to take the first step toward building a successful career in technology. The MTA certification programs cover the baseline knowledge of building and managing Microsoft Windows Servers, Windows-based network operating systems, Active Directory, account management, and system recovery tools.

Achieving MTA certifications is an optional first step to achieving the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification.

View a Microsoft Certification Roadmap

Why MTA? Watch students, instructors and professionals explain why MTA makes a difference.

MTA Windows Operating System Fundamentals is designed to provide students with an explanation and understanding of Microsoft's Windows operating system. This training course prepares students for Microsoft exam 98-349.

This fee based course provides you with interactive videos that meet the needs of multiple styles of learning from auditory to visual and it includes a pre test and post test that accurately identifies your skill gap. The course is supplemented by a Microsoft Official Academic Course textbook and a practice and exam voucher is included.

MTA is a entry-level credential from Microsoft that validates the foundational knowledge needed to take the first step toward building a successful career in technology. The MTA certification programs cover the baseline knowledge of building and managing Microsoft Windows Servers, Windows-based network operating systems, Active Directory, account management, and system recovery tools.

Achieving MTA certifications is an optional first step to achieving the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification.

View a Microsoft Certification Roadmap

Why MTA? Watch students, instructors and professionals explain why MTA makes a difference.

Microsoft Windows 8.1 is designed for users who are keen to learn how to operate the software to perform tasks that include: starting applications, creating folders, copying and moving files, creating and using libraries, performing searches, and personalising Windows.

This hands-on beginner’s course aims to give the learner a sound grounding in the use of Microsoft Word 2013 to create everyday documents required either at work or at home. Particular emphasis is placed on developing accurate and well-designed documents. The course begins by showing the learner how to navigate around Microsoft Word 2013. It then quickly gets the learner to create a new document before moving onto features such as text manipulation and enhancement, creating and using tabs and tables, embellishing documents with clip art and pictures, creating multiple documents through merging and printing documents.

This course aims to enhance existing skills by covering more specific documentation creation aspects such as working with multiple documents, formatting tables, tabs, lists, merging, section breaks, templates and more.

Microsoft Word 2013 - Level 3 is designed for Microsoft Word users who are keen to extend their understanding and knowledge of the software beyond basic document creation.

Excel is a powerful spreadsheet and data analysis application, but to use it most effectively, you first have to understand the basics. This tutorial introduces some of the tasks and features that you can use in all workbooks.

PowerPoint for Mac 2011 helps you build and share rich and professional presentations, with engaging new features like narration and presentation broadcast. Then save, edit, and coauthor online.

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This is a fee-based online course for Oracle: Database Design and SQL. If you are unfamiliar with the Oracle online course environment it is strongly recommended that you attend the Oracle Academy: Database Design & SQL, and Database Programming in PL/SQL Induction to the Online Environment.

In the first half of Oracle’s Database Design and Programming with SQL course you will learn to analyse complex business scenarios and create a data model - a conceptual representation of an organization’s information. In the second section you will implement your database design by creating a physical database using SQL, an industry-standard database programming language.

Completion of this course prepares you close to being ready to sit the external exam Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I 1Z0-051. Read more about this exam.

This is a fee-based online course for Oracle: Database Programming with PL/SQL. If you are unfamiliar with the Oracle online course environment it is strongly recommended that you attend the Oracle Academy: Database Design & SQL, and Database Programming in PL/SQL Induction to the Online Environment course.

This course covers Oracle's PL/SQL, a procedural language extension to SQL. You will learn procedural logic constructs such as variables, constraints, conditional statements and iterative controls.

This online course prepares you toward the external exams:

• Oracle Database 11g: Program with PL/SQL Exam Number: 1Z0-144 Read more about this exam and its associated fee.

• Program with PL/SQL Exam Number: 1Z0-147 Read more about this exam and its associated fee.

This is a fee-based online course for Java Fundamentals & Java Programming. Both courses will be available upon receiving a confirmed booking, the courses cannot be booked separately.

If you are unfamiliar with the Oracle online course environment it is strongly recommended that you attend the Oracle Academy: Java Fundamentals & Programming Induction to the Online Environment course.

The Java Fundamentals course:

• Lays the foundation for those with little or no programming experience
• Introduces fundamental programming concepts and terminology in an easy, engaging manner
• Uses animations and games to introduce basic computer science concepts
• Incorporates integrated development environments: Alice 3, Greenfoot, and Eclipse

The Java Programming course:

• Builds upon the knowledge gained from Oracle Academy: Java Fundamentals
• Enables students to further develop Java programming knowledge using Java SE7
• Teaches the core APIs used to design object-oriented applications with Java
• Uses the GridWorld case study to enhance student knowledge of core Java concepts

Completion of this online Oracle Academy: Java Fundamentals course prepares you to take the optional external Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 7 Programmer 1 exam 1Z0-803. Information on the exam fee and details of the exam can be found online.

Completion of the Oracle Academy: Java Programming course prepares you to take the external Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 7 Programmer II exam 1Z0-804. Exam details including fee can be found online.

The skills and knowledge acquired in this course are sufficient to be able to create real life working VBA applications within Excel. The learner will be able to work with VBA within the Excel environment to program and automate worksheet operations.

The skills and knowledge acquired in Programming In VBA - Using Microsoft Word 2013 are sufficient to be able to create VBA applications in Microsoft Word 2013.

The Computing Service only runs courses on EndNote, not Reference Manager. However for people wishing to use the latter there are some online resources available.

Statistics for the Terrified is a common-sense basic guide to statistics, written in plain english with a minimum of mathematics (very little!). It makes statistics open to common sense. See online site Statistics for the Terrified

Access to the course contents is available on all MCS machines by following this pathway:

• Start:
• All Programs
• Speadsheets Maths and Statistics
• Statistics for the Terrified

This self-taught hands-on course gives a quick introduction to the Vi text editor, a widely available text editor for Unix (and other) systems.

This external Online Netskills Interactive Course (TONIC) is a web-based learning course on using the Internet. TONIC is an easy-to-understand, structured course, offering step-by-step, practical guidance on main Internet topics. The course is intended for beginners to networking who have some familiarity with computers. The course provides an introduction to the Internet and computer networks in general.

The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Visio 2013 - (with Challenge Exercises) are sufficient to be able to create real-world drawings using the many shapes, stencils and templates provided with the software.

Particularly for users who are keen to extend their understanding and knowledge of the operating system software Microsoft Windows 7.

The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Windows 7 Module 1 are sufficient to be able to use and operate the software to perform tasks that include starting applications, creating folders, copying and moving files, creating and using Libraries, perform searches and personalise Windows.