[gui-talk] Fwd: ITE1 course running starting August 13

[Steve Pattison]

 From:    Kerry Hoath kerry at gotss.net
 To:      vip-l vip-l at softspeak.com.au

Some people may have missed this announcement in top ten titbits so I 
reproduce it below:

The Cisco academy for the vision impaired is planning to run an IT 
essentials 1 course starting August 13 2009. Course cost is $75.
For more info email caviinfo at gmail.com and check out the website 
http://www.cucat.org

IT Essentials 1 is an introduction to computer repair and troubleshooting, 
and is an excellent way to learn both computer maintenance skills and 
initial helpdesk technique.

Students who undertake this course are expected to have good internet and 
adaptive technology use skills; we provide advice on how to navigate course 
material but do not teach accessibility skills as part of the course.

Lectures will be provided online using Ventrilo and will be on Thursday 
morning at 1 universal each week.
See http://www.timeanddate.com to convert to your local time zone, a few 
examples are given below.

1AM universal is:
9am Perth time, 11am Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane time,
6:30am Indian time,
6pm  pacific, 7pm mountain (daylight), 8pm central and 9pm eastern Wednesday 
evening.

Students who can not attend lectures for one reason or another; are able to 
download the recordings in mp3 format from the
http://www.cucat.org website.

Exams, labs and exercises are done online inside a browser and  by editing 
word documents.
Students should be comfortable with accessing pdf files also.

Due to accessibility problems with voiceover on the Mac, Skype and Ventrilo 
have accessibility limitations and flash content will not display. Students 
are recommended to run Windows on either a separate box or virtually when 
doing the course.

At course completion students will receive a certificate outlining the 
skills they have attained. This certificate is an excellent addition to your 
CV. Please forward this announcement to anyone you think might have an 
interest in this course.

Regards, Kerry Hoath.
Instructor: Cisco academy for the vision impaired. http://www.cucat.org

Regards Steve
Email:  srp at internode.on.net
MSN Messenger:  internetuser383 at hotmail.com
Skype:  steve1963