COURSE RESOURCES

Improve your computer skills

The Learning Skills Centre offers a range of information and computer skill workshops. These are online sessions and free to Holmesglen students.

Online Mini Workshops

Welcome to term 2, 2025!

For online mini workshops timetable and details, please see below:

Microsoft Excel Part 2: Format spreadsheets

Would you like to make your Excel tables look professional? This 30-minute workshop will teach you the basic Microsoft Excel groups such as Font, alignment, number, and table formatting.

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

30 April
2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Microsoft Excel Part 3: Calculations and shortcuts

This 30-minute workshop will teach you the basic numerical functions used in Microsoft Excel such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You will also become familiar with some more advanced functions such as subtotal, maximum, and minimum, D-SUM and VLOOKUP. Students will also learn useful shortcuts.

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

7 May 2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Microsoft PowerPoint: Slide layouts for effective presentations Part 1

Do you need to use PowerPoint slides for class presentations? In part one of three workshops, you will learn about Microsoft PowerPoint tabs, ribbons and groups, the slide navigation pane, how to add headings and subheadings and insert tables, text box, pictures, headers, and footers. Develop your skills in 30 minutes, to make your slides easy to read and engaging.

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

14 May 2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Microsoft PowerPoint: Slide layouts for effective presentations Part 2

Do you need to use PowerPoint slides for class presentations? In part two of three workshops, you will learn Microsoft PowerPoint font, alignment, number, and table formatting. You will also learn about ‘moving’ background design. Develop your skills in 30 minutes, to make your slides easy to read and engaging.

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

21 May 2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Microsoft PowerPoint: Slide layouts for effective presentations Part 3

Do you need to use PowerPoint slides for class presentations? In the final part of these Microsoft PowerPoint workshops, you will learn how to set up animations, use transitions and develop shortcuts. Develop your skills in 30 minutes to make your slides easy to read and engaging.

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

28 May 2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Microsoft Outlook: Settings and Navigations

Do you need to use Outlook to send and receive emails? Want to learn the basics? Come along to this 30-minute workshop and learn how to log in and access your emails, send, and receive attachments, create ‘flags’ for incoming emails and categorise received emails. You will also explore more advanced features such as how to recall, encrypt and set up an autoreply. 

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

4 June 2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Microsoft Outlook: Calendar and appointments

Need to manage your time better? Holmesglen students have access to Outlook Calendar, so why not use it to organise your study. In this 30-minute workshop, you will learn how to put daily tasks into the calendar, create categories and schedule meetings. You will never miss any study deadlines!

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

11 June 2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Improve your computer safety awareness

With the amount of information you search and use online every day, it is important to keep your work and identity safe. In this 30-minute workshop you will learn connectivity options such as Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi, and personal hotspots along with online safety awareness and about your own Digital footprint. 

For session dates and times, please see below:

Session Date

 Session Time

Wednesday

18 June 2025

4.00 – 4.30 pm

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Cannot attend the online mini workshops? Contact the Learning Skills Centre for personalised support:

E: learningskills@holmesglen.edu.au

T: 03 9564 1880