Welcome to the Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) Training Page. Here you will find the upcoming training courses and seminars schedules. Also, you will find information on how to register for a course. Please select from the following list or scroll down to the area of your choice
Yes, when you look at our course listing this month you will probably notice a change in the pricing from previous months. During our transition into the new price structure in the months of July and August we will honor whatever pricing is most favorable to the person registering for the class. However, we will be listing the new pricing in the Monitor and any other published course listings starting in July.
The new pricing will be a two fee structure, with a "Regular Rate" and a "Member Rate". All you need to do to obtain the lower "Member Rate" is to provide your membership number when you register and to register in advance. The cut off time for advance registration is 1 p.m. on the Thursday before the class.
The Training department will also offer a special deal for non-members who register for two courses at the same time at the Regular Rate. We will provide them with a complimentary one year membership in CPCUG.
All classes require registration. Exceptions to this are the free Saturday and Sunday Seminars and Software Showcases at NIH Lipsett Amphitheater, and all Pre-BUILD Seminars. Use the preprinted Training Registration Form from your MONITOR or write the information on a piece of paper: print clearly your name, address, phone number, membership # . Make your check payable to CPCUG and mail to:
Capital PC User Group, Inc.
Director of Training
51
Monroe Street,
Suite PE-2
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone registration will be accepted only when paying with VISA or MASTERCARD!!! Call (301) 762-5216 on Tuesdays or Thursdays and speak with Frank Anoskey to register by phone.
Prices listed for classes are REGULAR and MEMBER RATES. To receive the MEMBER RATE you need only to provide your membership number when you register in advance.
Please DO NOT call the instructors for class registration!
Please register at least six (6) days prior to the class. Advance registration for classes ends at 1:00 pm the Thursday prior to the class.
You may pre-register now by going to the CPCUG Training "Pre-
Registration" Page.
You are considered registered when payment has been
received.
SATURDAY SEMINARS, SUNDAY SEMINARS, and PREBUILD SEMINARS (at NIH Lipsett AmphiTheater) do not require registration; just show up. They are open to the public and free of charge. There may be an optional handout available for $5.
Lipsett = Lipsett Amphitheater, NIH, Clinical Center, Bldg 10. Parking is free under the building.
Monroe = Irving W. Samuels Meeting Room, 51 Monroe St, Rockville. Parking under the building is free in the evenings and on weekends.
Unless specific arrangements with the CPCUG office have been made about your 'inability' to attend a particular course prior to the scheduled start date, "NO-SHOWS" will forfeit the course fee. To be rescheduled to another class, be sure to contact Frank Anoskey at the CPCUG office, (301) 762-5216. If no one is in the office, leave the appropriate message on the answering machine.
- For the beginner, no
experience
necessary and no prerequisites.
- Assumes some basic
familiarity of the
subject but is not a technical course.
- Assumes that the student is
somewhat
familiar with the subject and will discuss some technical
material.
- Assumes that the student is
competent in
the material and will be a technical discussion.
NR - No rating. A general overview course.
BASIC BASICS of PC's for VERY BEGINNERS - Course #1000
BEFORE YOU BUILD OR BUY YOUR NEXT PC - Course #2100
BUILD YOUR OWN PC - Course #2500
INTRODUCTION TO FOXPRO - Course #3200
GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR MODEM - Course #4025
COMMUNICATING WITH THE "MIX" (CPCUG's BBS) - Course #4225
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET - Course #4400
CPCUG.ORG: FIRST STEPS ON THE INTERNET - Course #4410
CPCUG.ORG: NEXT STEPS ON THE INTERNET- Course #4415
WINDOWS INTERNET CLIENTS (TIA/SLIP) - Course #4450
WORLD WIDE WEB: NETSCAPE - Course #4470
CREATING WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES -Course #4480
CREATING FORMS AND TABLES FOR WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES - Course #4481
Description: This course will provide a good place to
start for
those who wish to begin learning about computers. It will provide
an overall
picture of PC's and their uses, an introduction to computer
concepts, and a
clarification of fundamental ideas behind them. It will cover
basic terminology
and answer such questions as "what is an operating
system?", "what
does 80386 stand for?", "what is the difference between
a floppy disk
and a hard drive?", and "what is a spreadsheet?".
The purpose of
the course is to bring the student up to speed enough to to know
what questions
to ask when shopping for a computer. It will provide information
necessary to
understand a typical computer advertisement, and provide a good
foundation for
taking other computer courses, and interchange of ideas with
others.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: Marty Shinko, (301) 253-1743
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $30
MEMBER RATE: $15
Date Time
12/07/96 (Sunday) 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Prerequisite: No hardware experience required.
Description: This seminar is for those who are ready to
build or to buy
their next PC. You will learn about memory, monitors, CPU's and
BIOS. Extensive
discussions about pricing and vendor issues. Vendors will be
present to answer
your questions. You MUST attend this Seminar in order to register
for the next BUILD
YOUR OWN PC WORKSHOP because you will be assigned your
mentor at this
Seminar.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS SEMINAR IS NOT REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Lipsett
INSTRUCTOR: Contact Chip Dodge, (703) 425-7038 (H)
TECH RATING: N/A
Date Time Cost
03/15/97 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. $7 for optional handout
07/26/97 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. $7 for optional handout
12/06/97 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. $7 for optional handout
Prerequisite: Completion of the BEFORE YOU BUILD OR BUY
Seminar. No
soldering and no prior hardware experience is required.
Description: You will bring your components to the
Workshop and you
will build your Pentium under the watchful eyes of
hardware experts.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS WORKSHOP IS DONE AT THE SEMINAR BEFORE
YOU "BUILD
OR BUY".
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: contact Chip Dodge, (703) 425-7038
TECH RATING: N/R
Date Time Cost
04/26/97 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. $75
09/13/97 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. $75
01/10/98 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. $75
Prerequisite: This is a hands-on class for people with
some keyboard
experience. No prior knowledge of DOS is required.
Description: The basic DOS commands will be covered
including
creating directories, copying, deleting and backing up.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: Richard Washington, (202) 708-2885 (Day),
(301) 649-3562
(Evening)
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $40
MEMBER RATE: $20
Date Time
12/15/96 (Sunday) approximately 3:30 p.m.
01/19/97 (Sunday) approximately 3:30 p.m.
02/16/97 (Sunday) approximately 3:30 p.m.
Prerequisite: This is a hands-on class for people with
some keyboard
experience. No prior knowledge of FoxPro or databases is
required.
Description: Students will learn how to create
databases, append,
edit, and delete records from the database files which they
create. They will
also learn how to sort and index database files.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: Richard Washington: (202) 708-2885 (Day),
(301) 649-3562
(Evening)
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $40
MEMBER RATE: $20
Date Time
12/15/96 (Sunday) 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
01/19/97 (Sunday) 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
02/16/97 (Sunday) 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Description: This course will prepare you for the
installation,
hook-up and configuration of modems and communication ports, and
demonstrate the
use of communication software. The instructor will cover basic
communications
concepts. Purchasing guidelines, with an overview of available
hardware and
software, will be offered. The material should prove helpful to
users planning
to attend follow-on courses, such as "Communicating With The
Mix",
#4100 and "Getting Along With Your Modem", #4050.
Students are
requested to bring at least two high density formatted diskettes
(3" or 5")
to class for the purpose of copying some useful shareware
programs. PRIOR
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: Gerhard Postpischil, (703) 938-1928
TECH RATING:
Date Time
TBA
Prerequisite: Basic familiarity with a PC keyboard and
some basic
knowledge of data communications is required. You should have
your modem
attached and your communications software installed on your PC
before attending
this class so that you can immediately apply what you learn in
class. (There
will be homework!).
Description: This class steps you through signing on
to the MIX,
handling messages, uploading and downloading files.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $15
MEMBER RATE: FREE
INSTRUCTOR:Fred Holmes, (703)560-5234 (H)
(703)841-3441 (W)
Date Time
01/04/97 (Saturday) 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
03/01/97 (Saturday) 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Date Time
TBA
Online demonstrations of what Internet is, what you can do on it,
and how to get on. Have you been wondering what all that http://
stuff is? Want to know the difference between a shell and ppp?
Want to know why/if you should be on the Internet? This is the
place to find your answers. Topics include email, special
interest discussion groups, library research and "surfing the
Web."
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: Peg Ireland, (301) 423-4526
TECHNICAL RATING CODE:
REGULAR RATE: $40
MEMBER RATE: $20
DATE TIME
02/02/97 (Sunday) 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
03/02/97 (Sunday) 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Covers the basics of signing on to and using a CPCUG.ORG
account for the
first time. We present a guided tour of the CPCUG.ORG menu with
emphasis on
sending and receiving mail and how to get HELP, if you need it.
Getting help
includes the basics of reading and writing to USENET newsgroups
(bulletin
boards) of value to novices and using TALK to chat with others
online. We will
briefly introduce the Unix Shell, including a demonstration of
editing a file.
Attendance will be limited to ten students.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR:
Randy Steer, (202)395-3164(W)
(202)745-5932(H)
Mike Kirk, (301)776-5127
Darryl Dennis
Date Time
12/14/96 (Saturday) 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Picks up where (CPCUG.ORG: FIRST STEPS ON THE INTERNET -
Course #4410)
leaves off. This includes the basics of using "data
surfing" tools
like GOPHER, FTP, ARCHIE and LYNX; learning how to find and
subscribe to
interesting "newsgroups", and some useful tricks in our
standard
e-mail reader. Students will also see how to log onto other
computers via the
Internet, how to download files to the PC's and how to use a few
basic Unix
commands. Prerequisite: Course #4410 or basic experience with
"Unix Shell"
Internet account. Attendance will be limited to fifteen
students.
PRIOR REGISTRATION
FOR THIS
CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR:
Peggy Ireland, (301)423-4526
Randy Steer, (202)395-3164(W)
(202)745-5932(H)
Mike Kirk, (301)776-5127
Date Time
12/15/96 (Sunday) 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Description: This course will provide demonstrations
and information
on how to set up and operate SLIP/PPP and unix shell TIA Internet
connections
using the Windows graphical Internet clients contained in the
CPCUG SLIPKIT.
This course is intended for those who have logged on to Internet
previously and
are ready to try new ways of doing things (Netscape, Eudora, and
more using the
Trumpet winsock TCP/IP manager). The SLIPKIT disks will be
available at the
class for an additional $10 if you have not already downloaded
them from the
MIX.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: Stuart Winokur (301) 229-0654,
Larry McGoldrick
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $40
MEMBER RATE: $20
Date Time
TBA
Description: The Netscape application is the Swiss Army
Knife of the
Internet. We will learn how the use Netscape as a browsing tool
and as a
searching tool. We will set up various viewers to automatically
view files such
as pictures, movies, and sounds. We will take a look at the
structure of
hypertext markup language files. You need a SLIP/PPP or direct
Internet
connection or a unix shell account using TIA to use Netscape.
The basic
SLIP/PPP/TIA setup is covered in another course.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR:
Larry McGoldrick
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $40
MEMBER RATE: $20
Date Time
TBA
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Windows and the World
Wide Web.
Description: This is an introductory class for people
who want to
learn how to create attractive World Wide Web pages. It will
cover the basics
of creating web pages using the HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
and what
programs to use in making the process easier. This course is NOT
an intro to
the Internet or the World Wide Web.
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR: Dave Hennessey, (301) 652-1569
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $40
MEMBER RATE: $20
Date Time
01/11/97 9:00 am to noon
03/08/97 9:00 am to noon
Prerequisites: Either having taken and understood the
Creating World
Wide Web Pages class, or equivalent. This is not an Introductory
class. You
should be familiar with using HTML tags. Will cover what forms
are used for and
how to construct them, and how to create tables with HTML (using
Netscape
extensions).
PRIOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS REQUIRED.
LOCATION: Monroe
INSTRUCTOR:Dave Hennessey, (301) 652-1569
TECH RATING:
REGULAR RATE: $40
MEMBER RATE: $20
Date Time
02/08/97 9 am to noon
04/12/97 9 am to noon
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