The e-Learning Café of the Niue Computer Society (Inc.) in association with WINTEC (of Waikato Polytech) offers study online for Certificate in Computer Applications. These courses are FREE for the first 40 people to register, on first come first serve basis, so hurry up. These computer courses is for people who have none or very little computer knowledge and experience, only New Zealand, Australian citizens and those born on Niue, Cook Islands and Tokelau are eligible. Students have 15 weeks to complete each course starting from the date student register. There are 10 courses that needed to complete before being awarded the Certificate in Computer Applications, each course worth 4 credits, 10 courses will provide a total of 40 credits. Students may choose to do one course at a time, and that is recommended, because the more courses are open the more load students need to carry especially meeting the time frame of completing the courses within 15 weeks. Students have up to three years to complete the 10 course programme. Students who wish to complete the ICDL (International Computer Driver’s License) and CC3 qualifications need to pass also the courses required for those programmes, however at the moment NCS e-Learning Café is not a certified testing centre for those two programmes. All these courses are provided through online study mode, including sitting exams as well. However students need to attend a General Session first at the e-Learning Café for registration and information sharing before commencement of study. Additional lecture sessions may be provided depending on need.

Enrollment for these courses are now closed 13 March 2007. Please watch this space for our notice on the next round of enrollments.

NZQA - Unit Standards 1. Keyboarding Skills 1 (101) - Unit Std 2. Keyboarding Skills 2 (102) - Unit Std 3. Produce a CV (504) - Unit Std 4. Browsing the Web (18758) - Unit Std 5. Operate a PC (2780) - Unit Std 6. Manage Computer Data (2781) - Unit Std 7. Word Processing (111) - Unit Std 8. Computer Spreadsheets (2784) - Unit Std 9. Flat File Databases (2786) - Unit Std 10. Email (5941) - Unit Std 11. Integrating Data (2791) - Unit Std 12. Introduction to Graphics (5939) - Unit Std 13. Introduction to Web Design(15167) - Unit Std 14. Web Design (15168) - Unit Std 15. Produce a simple Design Illustration (5958) - Unit Std 16. Text Processing (107) - Unit Std 17. Desktop Publishing 1 (2788) - Unit Std 18. On-line Computer Services (5942) - Unit Std 19. Computer Peripherals (2790) - Unit Std 20. Write Business Letters (3488) - Unit Std 21. Basic Accounting MYOB (331/332) - Unit Std 22. Desktop Presentations (5940) - Unit Std 23. Desktop Publishing 2 (2789) - Unit Std 24. Managing Projects (5953) - Unit Std ICDL 1. Basic Concepts of IT - ICDL 2. Using the Computer - ICDL 3. Word Processing (Word) - ICDL 4. Spreadsheets (Excel) - ICDL 5. Databases (Access) - ICDL
Presentations (PowerPoint) - ICDL
1. Information and Communication – ICDL IC3 1. Computer Hardware - IC3 2. Using an Operating System - IC3 3. Computer Software - IC3 4. Common Program Functions - IC3 5. Word Processing Functions - IC3 6. Spreadsheet Functions - IC3 7. Networks and the Internet - IC3 8. Electronic Mail - IC3 9. Using the Internet - IC3
Impact of IT on Society - IC3