Work at your own pace with a virtual instructor. Video based training in a wide range of subjects. Great for those with limited time to invest. These courses are charged depending on the length of the course.

Microsoft Office

Code VC1001
Title Access 2003 Essential Training
Duration 5 hours *
Cost £50
Summary This training begins with an introduction to database concepts and a design methodology that will help new designers organise the data being stored, and quickly advances to cover many of the features and tools needed to design exceptional database applications. This training also looks at features that are new or improved in Microsoft Access 2003.

Code VC1002
Title Excel 2003 Essential Training
Duration 4 hours *
Cost £40
Summary For users who are new to working with spreadsheets, or those wanting to improve their skills. This workshop begins with a basic overview of the application and quickly advances to cover useful formulas, functions, techniques for enhancing spreadsheets, charts, and much more.

Code VC1003
Title Word 2003 Essential Training
Duration 6.5 hours *
Cost £65
Summary For users who are either new to working with MS Office Word 2003, or those upgrading from a previous version of Microsoft Word. This workshop begins with a basic overview of the application and quickly advances to cover text formatting, styles, automatic text features, find/replace, proofing, shared workspaces, printing (including envelopes and labels) importing graphics, working with templates, customising the toolbar and much more.

Code VC1004
Title PowerPoint 2003 Essential Training
Duration 5.75 hours *
Cost £57.50
Summary Tutorials designed to help new and existing PowerPoint users get a basic to intermediate understanding of this latest version of Microsoft Office PowerPoint. The training begins with a basic overview of the newly designed PowerPoint interface and quickly advances to cover such topics as formatting slides, adding charts and tables, graphics, special effects, printing, templates and much, much more.

Code VC1005
Title Outlook 2003 Essential Training
Duration 6 hours *
Cost £60
Summary Designed to help new and existing Outlook users get a basic to intermediate understanding of this latest version of Microsoft Outlook. The training begins with a basic overview of the newly designed Outlook interface and quickly advances to cover such topics as sending e-mail, using contacts, tasks, the calendar, notes, mailbox options and much more.

Code VC1006
Title FrontPage 2003 Essential Training
Duration 8.25 hours *
Cost £82.50
Summary Intended for beginning or existing FrontPage users who want to get up to speed with FrontPage 2003. You’ll find hours of tips and techniques designed to help you understand how to use the feature-rich tools of FrontPage 2003. The tutorial covers topics such as FrontPage Web sites, linking, HTML typography, Cascading Style Sheets, tables, frames, themes, components, forms, how to get your site online, and much more.

Code VC1007
Title Visio 2003 Essential Training
Duration 7 hours *
Cost £70
Summary This tutorial will show you how to create a wide variety of powerful diagrams – from simple calendars and timelines to intricate organisation charts, maps and network diagrams. The training begins with a basic overview of the newly designed Visio interface and quickly advances to cover such topics as stencils, shapes, connectors, snap and glue, layers and a whole host of drawing tools and drawing types.

Code VC1008
Title Publisher 2003 Essential Training
Duration 5 hours *
Cost £50
Summary For people who are either new to working with Microsoft Publisher 2003, or who are upgrading from a previous version. This workshop begins with a basic overview of the application and advances to cover working with publications, text, objects, tables, designs, commercial printing, and much more.

Code VC1009
Title Windows XP Essential Training
Duration 4 hours *
Cost £40
Summary The course is intended for people who are new to Windows XP, or upgrading from a previous version of Windows, and want to get up to speed quickly with this powerful and popular operating system. It covers skills that can be applied in both the Professional and Home editions of Microsoft Windows XP, and contains more than 4 hours of QuickTime movies that will walk you through the nuances of using Windows XP.

Code VC1010
Title Learning Internet Explorer
Duration 4 hours *
Cost £40
Summary Get up to speed with Internet Explorer 6, the most widely used browser on the internet. In this tutorial you'll find hours of tips and techniques that will help you to use Internet Explorer 6 easily and effectively. Topics include browsing web pages, favourites, downloading files, security, email, newsgroups, instant messaging, and much more!

Code VC1011
Title Effective Presentations
Duration 11 hours **
Cost £110
Summary Transform your style and technique so that you will be making an impact with your dynamic presentations in no time. This course will teach you a structured yet flexible system to take you from concept, through design and development, and into delivery. It tackles the complete process - from defining your mission and weaving a story, to the on-screen options for presenting data, selecting images, and integrating sound. It also covers proven skills and techniques that will help prepare you to present.

Code VC1012
Title Effective Email
Duration 6.5 hours *
Cost £65
Summary We all know how annoying junk email can be, and this course will help ensure that your messages are never considered spam. Not only will you learn how to write effective emails, you'll also learn management techniques for some popular email applications such as Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail. Also includes techniques for creating HTML-based email newsletters, sending and receiving to and from multiple accounts, designing for PDA-based email, and organising your inbox. Improve your email work habits, increase your email software knowledge, and keep your customers and colleagues happy.

Code VC1013
Title MS Windows Movie Maker 2
Duration 2.75 hours *
Cost £27.50
Summary This tutorial shows you how to use Movie Maker’s many features to create exciting movies from captured video, digital photos, graphic files and more.

Adobe Courses

Code VC2001
Title Acrobat 7 Essential Training
Duration 8.75 hours *
Cost £87.50
Summary This training shows you how to take your PDFs to the next level by adding interactive elements such as links, bookmarks, and form fields. You'll learn to tweak your PDFs using Acrobat Distiller, make changes to them using Acrobat's editing tools, and keep them safe using the new security features. Covering both the Standard and Professional versions of Acrobat 7, these movies ensure that you'll master the key features of this diverse application in no time.

Code VC2002
Title Acrobat 7 New Features
Duration 2.25 hours *
Cost £22.50
Summary This short tutorial covers the most significant enhancements and changes to Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional, and provides expert tips and tricks for making the most of the new tools and features.

Code VC2003
Title Learning Acrobat 6
Duration 7.5 hours *
Cost £75
Summary Covering both Acrobat 6 Standard and Professional, these hands-on exercises teach you how to take your PDFs to the next level by adding interactivity such as links, bookmarks, and form fields. You’ll also learn how to use Acrobat for commenting on documents in a group review scenario, and how to create dynamic PDF presentations by embedding multimedia items like sound and video. By following along with this tutorial, you’ll master key features of Acrobat 6 Standard and Professional in no time.

Code VC2004
Title GoLive CS2 Essential Training
Duration 9.75 hours **
Cost £97.50
Summary Designed for beginning to intermediate GoLive users who want to quickly get up to speed with the latest version of this popular web design application. This tutorial teaches basic web authoring skills using GoLive's vast array of tools, and covers working with text and images, creating links, adding rollovers and JavaScript actions, creating forms, and managing your site. The training also shows how to use many of the new features of CS2, including designing with the new Cascading Style Sheets "liquid layout" tools and using the new automated favicon creation tool.




Code VC2005
Title Illustrator CS2 Essential Training
Duration 17.5 hours **
Cost £175
Summary This tutorial shows new and intermediate users how these simple concepts work together and relate to the complete suite of Illustrator tools. Training begins with basic drawing, colouring, and editing, then advances to transparency, type, advanced path tools, special effects, and much more. Tips and specific examples that teach users how to improve workflows and maximise productivity are also included.


Code VC2006
Title Illustrator CS2 Creative Techniques
Duration 9 hours **
Cost £90
Summary This 9 hour tutorial shares tricks and techniques for creating imaginative and inventive effects and projects. The Virtual Instructor walks you through creating special effects on text, adding depth and texture to your illustrations, and creating buttons and professional bar charts. This training title also features tutorials that reveal strategies behind challenging projects, such as drawing clear items (water drops and glass), 3D objects, smoke, chrome, and reflections.

Code VC2007
Title Illustrator CS2 and Flash 8 Integration
Duration 3.5 hours *
Cost £35
Summary Learn how to set up Illustrator with Flash in mind, how to work with groups, layers and styles, and explains 3D effects and artwork mapping. Golding also demonstrates how to work with type, how to create and use symbols, and provides insider hints and guidelines. Emphasis is on creating Illustrator files that will work most efficiently and smoothly in Flash using Live Paint, Live Trace, and Live Effects.

Code VC2008
Title Illustrator CS2 Power Shortcuts
Duration 5.25 hours *
Cost £52.50
Summary You will learn everything from general programme shortcuts to time-saving text editing and image transformation secrets. It also covers working with graphs, live effects, printing, and even hidden Illustrator Easter Eggs.

Code VC2009
Title Photoshop CS2 Essential Training
Duration 11 hours **
Cost £110
Summary The training begins with an overview of the software, including simple functions such as managing documents and palettes, then quickly moves on to cover more specific topics such as image adjustment and manipulation, tonal and colour correction, brush settings, cloning, healing and other advanced tools, layers, masks, type, blending modes, filters, layer effects and so much more.

Code VC2010
Title Photoshop CS2 Actions and Automation
Duration 18.5 hours **
Cost £185
Summary This comprehensive tutorial teaches users how to build actions more efficiently and reliably, identifies places where automation functions can be improved, and provides an understanding of JavaScript commands to dramatically expand automation possibilities. The instructor also explores the power of workspaces and batch processing, and describes Droplets inside out. The training shows how to turn Photoshop into an industrious, image-crunching, timesaving tool -- and the instructor shares his top insights and techniques.

Code VC2011
Title Photoshop CS2 FAQs
Duration 4.75
Cost £47.50
Summary A terrific resource designed to help you find the answers to more than 100 of the questions most frequently asked by typical Photoshop users. Each video in this title provides an answer to a specific question. Questions like "How can I reset Photoshop's Preferences?"; "How can I find the new features in Photoshop CS2?"; and "What do I do when Photoshop tells me it can't save my file?" are all covered in this tutorial. You will learn how to set up Photoshop to create the most trouble-free working environment and how to solve dozens of common problems faced when working with this complex and powerful programme. You will also gain an understanding of key Photoshop concepts along the way.

Code VC2012
Title Enhancing Digital Photography with Photoshop CS2
Duration 14.5 hours **
Cost £145
Summary The training follows a photographer's digital workflow, starting with essential colour management decisions and organising images with Adobe Bridge. The instructor moves on to cover processing Camera Raw files, enhancing tone and colour, and correcting imperfections. He then demonstrates how to prepare the images for output and client reviews.

Code VC2013
Title Photoshop CS2 for the Web Essential Training
Duration 11.5 hours **
Cost £115
Summary The training covers designing effective navigation, optimising images for the Web, creating background images, working with transparent images, slicing images, creating rollovers, creating image maps, designing animations, exporting images to Macromedia Flash, and much more. Integration with other applications, such as Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Flash, is also covered.

Code VC2014
Title Photoshop CS2 and Flash 8 Integration
Duration 2.5 hours *
Cost £25
Summary A series of video-based tutorials designed to show you the most efficient methods for importing content created with Adobe Photoshop CS2 into Macromedia Flash Professional 8, while maintaining as much of the original appearance as possible. You will learn how to take advantage of the new bitmap features in Flash Professional 8, such as filters and blend modes. The tutorials will also show you how to control the optimisation settings in Flash for bitmap images when they are embedded inside exported SWF files, and how to load external bitmaps into Flash movies.

Code VC2015
Title Photoshop CS2 Tips & Techniques
Duration 6.25 hours *
Cost £62.50
Summary An entertaining collection of Photoshop tips and tricks to help improve your Photoshop CS2 skills

Macromedia Courses

Code VC3001
Title Dreamweaver 8 Essential Training
Duration 11 hours **
Cost £110
Summary This tutorial begins by covering basic Web authoring skills like working with text and images, adding links, modifying page properties, and managing your site. From there you'll move on to more advanced topics like using Dreamweaver 8's new unified CSS style panel, creating layouts with layers, and embedding audio and video files into your pages.

Code VC3002
Title Dreamweaver 8 Beyond the Basics
Duration 8 hours **
Cost £80
Summary This tutorial will help take your Dreamweaver skills to a professional level. It delves into the nitty-gritty of Dreamweaver 8, teaching you how to apply CSS hacks, explore the new Code toolbar, use Design Notes, design advanced navigation systems, build usable forms, set up site maps, and much more. We recommend that you complete Dreamweaver 8 Essential Training or its equivalent before viewing this tutorial.

Code VC3003
Title Dreamweaver 8 Dynamic Development
Duration 7 hours
Cost £70
Summary This video tutorial delves into the possibilities offered by Dreamweaver 8, including the integration of a back-end database, SQL queries, customised blogs with filtered content, and search forms. Dan breaks down the skills that will help turn you from designer into developer: understanding data types, creating a database, and inserting and updating database records. He also walks you through the construction of both the front and back ends of an interactive blog. While this title uses ColdFusion to demonstrate dynamic development in Dreamweaver, the same procedures and concepts also apply to ASP, PHP, .NET, or any other server-side language.

Code VC3004
Title Dreamweaver 8 New Features
Duration 1 hour
Cost £10
Summary This series of movies will get you up to speed with the most important and noteworthy improvements and features. You'll learn about the new zoom tools and guides for viewing and aligning Web page content. You'll also see how to use the new unified CSS panel to manage your style sheets, and you'll explore many other new features, like the code view toolbar, savable workspace layouts, and Dreamweaver 8's new ability to visually lay out XML data on your Web pages.

Code VC3005
Title Dreamweaver MX 2004 Essential Training
Duration 9.5 hours
Cost £95
Summary This product is intended for the beginner or the existing Dreamweaver user who wants to get up to speed with MX 2004. You’ll find hours of tips and techniques designed to help you understand how to use the feature-rich tools of Dreamweaver MX 2004. These tutorials cover issues such as accessibility, CSS, site management, rollovers, forms, frames, how to get your site online, and much more!

Code VC3006
Title Dreamweaver MX 2004 Beyond the Basics
Duration 7.75 hours *
Cost £77.50
Summary The workshop begins with a look at managing workflow, and quickly advances to cover several different layout styles, from the traditional table-based layout of the “good old days” to hybrid CSS layouts, and finally a full-blown table-less DIV layout. After you’ve wrapped your head around CSS-P layouts you'll learn about working in teams, build a small dynamic application, and much more.

Code VC3007
Title Dreamweaver MX 2004 Dynamic Development with ASP
Duration 6 hours *
Cost £60
Summary This tutorial designed to familiarise Dreamweaver MX 2004 users with dynamic development using Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP). The training begins with a brief introduction to database design and best practices, then shows you how to use Dreamweaver’s built-in server behaviours to create a blog application with an administrative backend.

Code VC3008
Title Fireworks 8 Essential Training
Duration 11 hours **
Cost £110
Summary This tutorial is designed for beginning to intermediate Fireworks users who need to design and export static, animated, and interactive graphics for the Web. This tutorial begins with an overview of the Fireworks 8 interface, then advances to cover topics such as working with vector tools, manipulating bitmap images, image optimisation and exporting methods, as well as integration with Dreamweaver 8 and Flash 8.

Code VC3010
Title Fireworks MX 2004 Essential Training
Duration 7 hours **
Cost £70
Summary This tutorial is designed for novice and intermediate Fireworks users who want to design and export static as well as interactive web graphics. Solid, clear, creative, and easy-to-follow instructions cover both the design and the interactive code development features offered by Fireworks MX 2004. This tutorial begins with an overview of the Fireworks MX 2004 interface and quickly advances to cover topics such as working with and creating vector and bitmap image content, animation, optimisation, interactivity and exporting methods, as well as Dreamweaver integration.

Code VC3011
Title Flash Professional 8 Essential Training
Duration 11.5 hours **
Cost £115
Summary This teaches new users how to use the drawing tools, swatches, and colour panels in Flash 8. The course walks learners through animation processes, and how to integrate type, graphics, audio, and video. The instructor teaches you how to use ActionScript for common projects such as creating slide shows, pop-up menus, and scrolling text. The training ends with instruction on how to publish to the Web or CD-ROM.

Code VC3012
Title Flash Professional 8: Building Data-Driven Applications
Duration 6.25 hours *
Cost £62.50
Summary This tutorial teaches users how to connect to data sources using Web-based scripting languages, such as ASP, PHP, or Perl, or using Web application servers, such as ColdFusion or Java. Phil also shows how to use always-on socket connections to make real-time data-driven applications, such as multiplayer games, chat rooms, and dashboard applications. Using static XML files to simulate data from any data source, he takes viewers through the process of importing and handling data from a database inside Flash Professional 8 to build Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).

Code VC3013
Title Flash Professional 8 New Features
Duration 1 hour
Cost £10
Summary Flash 8 New Features is geared toward users who have prior Flash experience, but want to get up to speed quickly with the new features of Flash 8. This title is best for you if you're interested in seeing all the new Flash 8 additions and improvements in action and up close.

Code VC3014
Title Flash User Experience Best Practices
Duration 4.25 hours **
Cost £42.50
Summary Flash User Experience Best Practices offers solutions to common user experience issues that Flash designers and developers face every day. Topics shown include: making the browser Back button work with the Flash Player, handling state management, implementing effective Flash detection with useful alternate content, improving "scanability" and workflow in your applications, and helping users maintain context while working with your applications. Throughout the training you will see real-world examples and techniques for improving the experiences you create.

Code VC3015
Title Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics
Duration 10 hours **
Cost £100
Summary Have you completed the Flash Professional 8 Essential Training course, or are you already up to speed on the fundamentals of Flash? If so, you’re ready to move beyond the basics with this series of step-by-step video tutorials. In Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics, The instructor will expand your Flash skill set by guiding you through the production of a complete website built with Flash and ActionScript.

Code VC3016
Title Flash Professional 8 Video Integration
Duration 7.25 hours *
Cost £72.50
Summary The training will teach you how to use video in Flash Professional 8 to create everything from online sales brochures to full-length features. In this comprehensive tutorial, the virtual instructor takes you from the idea stage to a finished, professional production. He demonstrates how to best prepare video for use in Flash, encode footage, choose between embedding or streaming video, and design and create a Flash video player. He also explains advanced techniques with filters, web cam video, and much more.

Code VC3017
Title Photoshop CS2 and Flash 8 Integration
Duration 2.5 hours *
Cost £25
Summary This tutorial is designed to show you the most efficient methods for importing content created with Adobe Photoshop CS2 into Macromedia Flash Professional 8, while maintaining as much of the original appearance as possible. You will learn how to take advantage of the new bitmap features in Flash Professional 8, such as filters and blend modes. The tutorials will also show you how to control the optimisation settings in Flash for bitmap images when they are embedded inside exported SWF files, and how to load external bitmaps into Flash movies.

Code VC3018
Title Flash MX 2004 Essential Training
Duration 14 hours **
Cost £140
Summary Flash MX 2004 Essential Training is a workshop of movie based tutorials developed for beginning Flash users. The exercises walk you through the essential features of the authoring tool including drawing tools, importing bitmaps and vectors, animation, masking, working with Symbols, ActionScripting basics, music and sound effects, video, the deconstruction of a complete Flash site, and much more!

Code VC3019
Title Flash MX 2004 Beyond the Basics
Duration 18 hours **
Cost £180
Summary During the course of this tutorial, you will learn intermediate to advanced level Macromedia Flash techniques by constructing a Web site entirely within Flash MX 2004. You will learn how to make a Web site dynamic and easy to update by loading external text and images, styling text with a combination of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), building a dynamic slideshow, creating a preloader, a feedback form, and more, all using the latest ActionScript techniques in Flash MX 2004. This tutorial is right for those who know Flash but feel uncertain about the strategies and workflow related to creating a finished presentation or web site.

Code VC3020
Title Flash MX 2004 Audio & Video Integration
Duration 12.5 hours **
Cost £125
Summary Designed to help more experienced Flash users learn a variety of methods for integrating audio and video into Flash MX 2004 projects. The training begins with gathering and compressing media, then quickly advances to cover best ways to add music and sounds to Flash projects, creating a dynamic MP3 jukebox, dynamic audio fade ins/fade outs, using the advanced media components in Flash MX 2004 Professional to create audio and video players, building your own customised video player, compressing and creating Flash video files (FLV's), layering other graphical elements on top of video for seamless design integration, and much more.

Filemaker

Code VC4001
Title FileMaker Pro 8 Essential Training
Duration 7.75 hours *
Cost £77.50
Summary This teaches everything that's new in this version of this powerful database application and gives comprehensive coverage of primary principles and functions. From understanding the concept of a database and building and browsing records to designing smart user interfaces, from defining and validating fields to calculating and scripting essentials, Ippolite demonstrates and clarifies both the big picture and the finer points of database management with FileMaker Pro 8.

Code VC4002
Title Learning FileMaker Pro 7
Duration 7.5 hours *
Cost £75
Summary A tutorial for those new to FileMaker Pro 7, the tool of choice for many data management needs. Previous users of FileMaker Pro will also benefit from the description of key concepts. The workshop begins with a discussion of two fundamental concepts for mastering the underlying philosophy of FileMaker Pro 7, and quickly advances, using examples of a small business solution and a school database to demonstrate the new relationship model, the differences between Tables and Table Occurrences, and the full-featured and unified security model.

Internet

Code VC5001
Title Picasa 2 Essential Training
Duration 4.5 hours *
Cost £45
Summary Take control of your digital photos with Picasa 2 Essential Training. These movies are packed with tons of useful tips on managing your photo library, editing your pictures, and sharing them with friends and family. In almost no time you will learn how to organise, sort, rate, and locate specific pictures as well as how to rotate images, remove redeye, and adjust exposure settings. You'll also learn how to share your photos via email, the Web, over a network, and even by ordering prints and books online. Stop just taking pictures and start enjoying them. Learn how this free software from Google can become a central part of your memory-authoring process.

Code VC5002
Title Introduction to Internet Searching
Duration 5 hours *
Cost £50
Summary For both novice and experienced Internet users who want to quickly and easily use the Internet to find relevant web pages, news articles, pictures, and other resources. Easy-to-follow, real world examples show you how to effectively use most of the Internet's popular search engines and directories. This tutorial begins with a quick review of basic search strategies and moves on to cover topics such as advanced Google search operators, other search tools, evaluating web resources for relevance and accuracy, and even simple search engine optimisation.

Code VC5003
Title Search Engine Optimisation
Duration 9 hours **
Cost £90
Summary Essential tips on how to appear at the top of search results in Yahoo!, Google, and other popular search engines. From purchasing placement to optimising keyword variations, from avoiding "black hat" SEO practices to setting up a search-friendly site, how to best submit your Web pages for indexing, how to monitor page rank, and how to build a solid base of links to your site. A must-watch video tutorial for novice & experienced website publishers

Code VC5004
Title Learning Blogger
Duration 3.5 hours *
Cost £35
Summary Learn what blogs are and the various ways they can be used. You'll quickly understand setting up your weblog, adding specialty features such as comment systems and news-feeds, working with and customising templates, and even creating team blogs and audio blogs.

Code VC5005
Title eBay Essential Training
Duration 7.5 hours *
Cost £75
Summary Gaining an advantage over competitors is key to the success of buyers and sellers, and eBay Essential Training offers tools to build this advantage.

Code VC5006
Title HTML Essential Training
Duration 3 hours *
Cost £30
Summary Designed to help you understand HTML, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to identify and fix problems in a web page. It covers the how and why of HTML documents, including document structure, block and inline level tags, floating images, controlling white space, phrase and font markup, and much more!

Code VC5007
Title CSS Site Design
Duration 6.25 hours *
Cost £62.50
Summary CSS gives Web designers control over the appearance of their web sites by separating the visual presentation from the content. It lets them easily make minor changes to a site or perform a complete overhaul of the design.

Code VC5008
Title PHP Essential Training
Duration 9.5 hours **
Cost £95
Summary A comprehensive guide to learning and understanding an open-source solution to your Web programming needs. Whether you want to use a little PHP functionality or you want to create a full-blown Web site, this tutorial will start you on the road to mastering PHP.

Miscellaneous

Code VC6001
Title Getting Started with Paint Shop Pro XI
Duration 2.5 hours
Cost £25
Summary This training shows how novices and pros alike can use this powerful application to organise, edit, and share digital photos. It demonstrates easy ways to perform common tasks, such as repairing red eye, removing scratches, and making lighting, colour, and tonal adjustments, etc. Exercise files accompany the training videos.

Code VC6002
Title Secrets to Selling and Publishing Photography
Duration 6 hours *
Cost £60
Summary This virtual instructor explains how to make a profitable living in this demanding field by developing a professional identity, setting realistic goals, getting publicity, finding customers, getting published, and working with agents.

Code VC6003
Title iLife - iTunes 4, iPhoto 2, iMovie 3 and iDVD 3
Duration 5.5 hours *
Cost £55
Summary A movie-based tutorial that quickly gets you up to speed with Apple’s breakthrough suite of digital device management software. Build and manage your music library with iTunes 4. Organise and share your digital photos with iPhoto 2. Turn your home movies into professional-quality productions with iMovie 3. And bring your music, pictures, and movies together in iDVD 3 to produce DVDs playable in most set-top DVD players.

Code VC6004
Title Podcast Plus Videocast Essential Training
Duration 5 hours *
Cost £50
Summary This training takes you through hardware and software requirements, planning a broadcast, recording, editing, and posting your files for download. It also explores videocasting software and hardware and basic broadcasting techniques, as well as valuable recording, editing, and publishing tips.

Code VC6005
Title Soundtrack Pro Essential Training
Duration 6 hours *
Cost £60
Summary This course starts with the basics of the interface, then explores the many professional effects plug-ins, sound effects, and sample music files that are included with the programme.

Code VC6006
Title Computer Privacy & Security Essentials
Duration 8 hours *
Cost £80
Summary A movie-based tutorial designed for both novice and experienced Windows or Macintosh users who want to avoid the varied security issues plaguing most Internet-connected computers.

Code VC6007
Title Audition 2.0 Essential Training
Duration 2.5 hours *
Cost £25
Summary From the basics of audio recording to creating a complete CD project, Audition 2.0 Essential Training teaches you all you need to know to record, mix, edit, and master professional digital music and audio.