Sydney Community College

This Python for beginners program will teach students the fundamentals of coding with Python. The program is split into six 3-hour sessions covers a wide range of Python concepts, including an introduction to Python, working with functions, loops, and lists, Python’s approach to abstract data types, working with Python objects, and more. The final session is centered around a Python project, where students will have the opportunity to showcase their Python programming knowledge.

This 6-hour Word Essentials program will teach students the foundational skills to successfully work with Microsoft Word. The program covers a wide range of Word concepts, including document creation, view types, working with text, how to cut, copy, and paste, formatting paragraphs, creating and modifying tables, using mail merge, printing a document, creating high-quality document designs, and more.

This 12-hour Photoshop program will teach students the foundational skills to successfully work with Adobe’s digital imaging software. The program covers a wide range of Photoshop tools and concepts, including an introduction to the Photoshop working environment, determining resolution and graphic content, working with selections and layers, exploring image modes and making color adjustments, saving images for web and print, and more.

This introductory Adobe Lightroom course will teach students the foundational skills to successfully work with Adobe’s image manipulation and editing software. The program covers a wide range of Lightroom tools and concepts, including an introduction to the Lightroom working environment, the Lightroom catalog, importing and exporting image files, global image processing, the histogram, working with color, local and specific editing procedures, targeted adjustments, and more.

This introductory 12-hour Adobe Premiere Pro course will teach students the foundational skills to successfully work with Adobe’s dynamic video editing software. The program covers a wide range of Premiere Pro tools and concepts, including an introduction to the Premiere Pro working environment, using the interface, editing in the timeline, adding titles, working with and editing audio, how to use various video effects, finalizing and exporting projects, and more.

This 7-hour coding bootcamp will teach students the fundamentals of working with two of the most important website coding languages: HTML and CSS. The program covers a range of HTML and CSS introductory topics, including an introduction to basic internet concepts, coding basics for HTML and CSS, responsive design principles, best practices for web page layouts and structure, web page design, working with the list menu, and using jQuery for mobile menu systems.

This 18-hour Adobe After Effects course will teach students the fundamentals of working with Adobe’s dynamic motion graphics and visual effects software. The program covers a range of After Effects tools and concepts, including an introduction to the interface and various layer operations, the various aspects of the composition workflow, masking with shape and text layers, and more.

This 1-day Accessible Documents course was built to teach proficient InDesign users how to create accessible PDFs using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat. The course a range of InDesign and Acrobat concepts and tools, including an introduction to PDFs and why accessibility matters, various design considerations, best practices for generating an accessible PDF, and how to make an already existing PDF file more accessible.

This 6-hour Microsoft PowerPoint course will teach students the fundamental skills needed to work with Microsoft’s dynamic presentation software. The program covers a range of PowerPoint tools and topics, including how to create a new presentation, working with presentations, inserting text and images into slides, using various slide layouts, incorporating SmartArt graphics, drawing and editing shapes, PowerPoint slide navigation best practices, various printing techniques, creating compelling presentations, and more.

This 14-hour User Experience design course was designed to teach students the fundamental skills needed to launch a career as a User Experience design professional. The program covers a range of introductory User Experience (UX) design concepts, including an introduction to the UX design process, performing user research, basics of analysis, the difference between solutions and deliverables, prototyping and testing, and the different career paths available in the field of UX design.

This introductory Adobe Illustrator course aims to teach students the skills they need to successfully work with Adobe’s dynamic vector graphic software. The course covers a range of beginner Illustrator tools and concepts, including working with menus, layers, the tools palette, file formats, the pen tool, image tracing, drawing and editing paths, using rulers and guides, working with color and type, and more.

This 17.5-hour graphic design course aims to teach students the skills they need to successfully work with three of Adobe’s premiere design software programs: Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. The course covers a range of beginner graphic design tools and concepts, including a history of graphic design and branding, working with color and type, the basic of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and this course concludes with a project workshop.

This 12-hour introductory InDesign course aims to teach students new to InDesign the skills they need to successfully work with three of Adobe’s layout and page design software. The course covers a range of beginner InDesign tools and concepts, including how to work with the interface, setting up a document, page palettes, working with layers and image files, text formatting and font usage, working with color, creating and working with tables and style sheets, printing best practices, and more.

This 13-hour WordPress training course teaches students new to WordPress how to successfully create a responsive website. The course covers a range of WordPress beginner tools and concepts, including an introduction to WordPress and an overview of the platforms and terminology, a comprehensive look at the WordPress dashboard, how to work with and understand plugins, choosing and installing themes, integrating Google Analytics, debugging tips, and more.

This 13-hour Digital Marketing course teaches students how to build a brand and reach more customers through the power of digital marketing. The course covers a range of digital marketing tools and concepts, including an introduction to digital marketing, identifying the target market, developing customer personas, customer journey mapping, creating a one-page marketing plan, website and search engine optimization, leveraging blogs, video, email, and social media marketing, creating SMART goals, and more.

This 8.2-hour introductory stock market course provides students with the foundational knowledge to confidently start investing in the stock market. The course covers a range of introductory stock market concepts, including an introduction to what the stock market is, the pros and cons of investing in shares of stock, knowing yourself as an investor, the principles that move the market, methods for analyzing and selecting stocks, various sources of information, and more.

This interactive product management workshop was designed to teach individuals the knowledge and skills needed to become efficient and effective project managers. The course explores a range of core project management concepts, including an introduction to project management, project initiation and project stakeholders, defining a projects scope, agile project management, how to plan a project, quality and risk management, execution, project reporting, bringing a project to a close, and more.

This introductory 13-hour Social Media marketing course will teach students the foundational skills to successfully work with various social media platforms to market products and services. The program covers a wide range of social media marketing platforms and concepts, including introductions to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, understanding the differences between platforms, choosing the proper social media channel(s) for marketing efforts, creating a social media marketing and advertising strategy, understanding the metrics to measure your marketing efforts, incorporating video into your social media marketing, and more.

This 1-day Accessible Documents course was built to teach proficient InDesign users how to create accessible PDFs using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat. The course a range of InDesign and Acrobat concepts and tools, including an introduction to PDFs and why accessibility matters, various design considerations, best practices for generating an accessible PDF, and how to make an already existing PDF file more accessible.

This introductory 9-hour SEO and Google Analytics course will provide students with the foundational knowledge to enhance and optimize websites for search engines. The program covers a wide range of SEO and Google Analytics tools and concepts, including an introduction to SEO basics, what not to do when managing your own SEO, keyword research best practices, link building tips, how Google Analytics works, setting up Google Analytics, important website metrics to focus on, reporting, and more.