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MARCH MADNESS @ LVS

March 4th, 2010 Deborah

Woo-hoo – March session registration is now open!!!

Perhaps “madness” is going a bit far but we do go to the ends of the earth to have fun around here! For instance, look at the new courses that are being offering this session:

» Business and Management Introduction
» Corel Painter PhotoPainting & Portraiture I
» Flash CS4 Introduction
» Personal Finance
» Photoshop Elements 8 Basics II: Clear Sailing
» Podcasting Intro

 

Classrooms open 08 March 2010
March registration closes 10 March 2010
First lesson posts 13 March 2010

 

Looking for something else? Check out all available courses at LVS Online Classes. LVS offers affordable classes with highly qualified instructors that have the desire to share their expertise with you.

Course Fees

Instructor-led course cost is $30US for new students; $24US for returning students

And don’t forget about our Self-study courses — classes designed in an “open entry/open exit” format for your convenience.

Self-study course cost is $15US for new students; $12US for returning students

 

Our Windows Vista class is FREE to everyone and includes instructor support! And if anybody knows Windows, it’s Val Perkins.

Not on the Vista operating system? Not to worry. We also offer a free course XP, ME, and Windows 98.

 

Web Site Coding Class

Of course, all the LVS classes are fun-filled and jam-packed with information you can’t live without BUT none of them offers the opportunity to learn the basics of web site coding like Build Your Web Site I.

What’s that you say? You already know all about creating web pages? Then it is entirely possible my class isn’t for you. But before you make up your mind on that issue, why not take a page from any of your sites and run it through the W3C validation services, the Link Checker service and the Web Optimization site; if it reports back from those locations as being a great web page, kudos to you and please enjoy one of the many other courses LVS offers. If, on the other hand, it doesn’t… Oh, wait, you say you don’t know what those services are? Oh, dear! Would you like to learn? For fear of repeating myself, here’s that link again: Build Your Web Site I.

How about those of you who don’t know what X/HTML and CSS even means? You are the people for whom this course was specifically developed. You don’t NEED to know specifics. I’ve designed the Level I course in such a way that it introduces basic coding concepts by discussion and example. Each lesson builds on the previous one so what you learn in Lesson 1 will be used consistently throughout the rest of the lessons, as well as in all the Build Series classes, thus affording you the opportunity to become comfortable with the coding experience, by virtue of repetition, as you learn new material.

Is It Technical?

There are technical terms involved, certainly. Everything new to one’s learning experience involves its own terminology – it’s how we’re able to communicate with each other. Having said that, the material is presented in an easy to read, casual manner. A former student commented she was afraid the lessons would be like having to “read some geek manual”. Instead, she went on to say, they were more along the lines of a friend talking to her. That’s what I was going for!

Over the past several years of teaching at LVS, I’ve had a number of students proclaim they were nervous, doubtful, and even intimidated by the prospect of learning web site coding. Yet, they signed up for Build Your Website – Intro course. Congratulations to them and to their ultimate accomplishments because those folks have web sites today.

Still Not Sure?

I encourage you to browse through what former students have said about the Build Your Website I course.

So whether you are a true novice or you have worked with web sites in the past, this course offers something for everyone.

With that said, I’ll ’see’ you in the halls!

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New LVS Classes For Fall 2009

July 27th, 2009 Deborah

New Courses at LVS Online Classes

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Woo-hoo – September session registration is now open!!!

Classrooms open August 24, 2009
Registration closes August 26, 2009
First lesson posts August 29, 2009

New Courses for September session:
» AJAX Web Development with ASP.NET
» Corel Painter I – The Journey Begins [revised]
» Corel Painter II – The Journey Continues [revised]
» Corel Painter: Introduction to Brushes I [revised]
» Corel Painter: Introduction to Brushes II [revised]
» Corel Painter: The Art of Collage [revised]
» Introduction to Web Design

Looking for something else? Check out all available courses at LVS Online Classes. LVS offers affordable classes with highly qualified instructors that have the desire to share their expertise with you.

Course Fees

Instructor-led course cost is $30US for new students; $24US for returning students

And don’t forget about our Self-study courses!

Self-study course cost is $15US for new students; $12US for returning students

 

Our Windows Vista class is FREE to everyone and includes instructor support! And if anybody knows Windows, it’s Val Perkins.

Not on the Vista operating system? Not to worry. We also offer a free course XP, ME, and Windows 98.

 

Web Site Coding Class

Of course, all the LVS classes are fun-filled and jam-packed with information you can’t live without BUT none of them offers the opportunity to learn the basics of web site coding like Build Your Web Site I.

What’s that you say? You already know all about creating web pages? Then there is a good chance my class isn’t for you. But before you make up your mind on that issue, why not run your site through the W3C validation services; if it comes back clean, kudos to you and please enjoy one of the many other courses LVS offers. If, on the other hand, it doesn’t, well — the link for information about the Build1 course is right above this paragraph.

How about those of you who don’t know what X/HTML and CSS even means? You are the people for whom this course was specifically developed. You don’t NEED to know specifics. I’ve designed the Level I course in such a way that it introduces basic coding concepts by discussion and example. Each lesson builds on the previous one so what you learn in Lesson 1 will be used consistently throughout the rest of the lessons, as well as in all the Build Series classes, thus affording you the opportunity to become comfortable with the coding experience as you learn new material by virtue of repetition.

Is It Technical?

There are technical terms involved, certainly. Everything new to one’s learning experience involves its own terminology – it’s how we’re able to communicate with each other. Having said that, the material is presented in an easy to read, casual manner. A former student commented she was afraid the lessons would be like having to “read some geek manual”. Instead, she went on to say, they were more along the lines of a friend talking to her. That’s what I was going for!

Over the past several years of teaching at LVS, I’ve had a number of students proclaim they were nervous, doubtful, and even intimidated by the prospect of learning web site coding. Yet, they signed up for Build Your Website – Intro course. Congratulations to them and to their ultimate accomplishments because those folks have web sites today.

Still Not Sure?

I encourage you to browse through what former students have said about the Build Your Website I course.

So whether you are a complete novice or you have worked with web sites in the past, this course offers something for everyone.

With that said, I’ll ’see’ you in the halls!

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It’s Fall at LVS

July 25th, 2009 Deborah

And we all know what that means — CLASSES ARE IN SESSION!

Registration for the September online Build Your Web Site I opens July 27th
the virtual classroom opens August 24th
First Lesson posted August 29th

This six week course is designed for the beginner as well as those experienced in coding techniques, starting with the basic fundamentals of X/HTML, continuing with exploring Cascading Style Sheets [CSS] to format text and add color, integrating X/HTML and CSS to create links and add images, and finishing up by working with directory structure.

Most importantly, by the time you’ve completed this introductory course, you will not only have learned the basics of current standards compliant code but will be adept at using and understanding the online validation services to find and correct coding errors. And you will have a complete web site to show for it!

So mark your calendar for the 27th, scoot on over to the Build1 registration page and sign up for some fun.

Course Cost $30US for new students; $24US for returning students

As my friend, Hils, who teaches the Joomla! Fast Track Course at LVS Online says, "WARNING! Once you have found LVS Online Classes there is no available cure for LVSELA (LVS eLearning Addiction)".

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Do You Have The Summertime Blues?

July 16th, 2009 Deborah

Classes are over; you’ve nothing to do,
With time on your hands, you’re feeling blue.
Look to LVS for relief,
’cause we’re there for you!

Well, that may explain why I teach a coding class and not the poetry class.

LVS Online learning is between sessions until September. That’s a bummer! But don’t despair; there is an option, you know. It’s called the Self-study curriculum.

LVS offers a wide variety of courses under this category.

What Is a Self-study Course?

Self-study classes are open entry / open exit courses for which there is no instructor support, unlike our instructor-led courses. But, like our instructor-led courses, the lesson material is high quality in its authorship.

Why Are Courses in Self-study?

There are a number of reason LVS designates some of its courses as self-study. For instance…

The Dreamweaver MX/MX2004/8, the self-study course, are lessons encompassing older versions of that program, whereas Dreamweaver CS3-CS4 was written for the most recent version. Perhaps you’ve not upgraded to the latest version of this software; this would be a great class for you to take.

Let’s say you use FrontPage as your text editor. As you are aware, Microsoft no longer supports this product. Being on the leading edge of e-learning, LVS transferred the FrontPage lessons to self-study, offering the instructor-led Expression Web course as a replacement.

Finally, a course’s instructor elected to take a session or two off and, rather than not offer it at all, put his or her class into self-study.

What Is The Cost?

Like all LVS courses, a self-study class is reasonably priced. Choose any class in the self-study curriculum for only $15.00 per course.

How Do I Register?

Go to Self-study, select your course(s) of interest, and click on the title, at which time you will be directed to that course’s registration page. Complete registration like you do for any other LVS class. How easy is THAT!

Please bear in mind that over the summer, your request may take a couple of days to process. So, the sooner you register, the sooner you can begin your learning adventure.

Now go have some fun and get over those summertime blues!

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Is The Div Tag Causing You Woes?

May 14th, 2009 Deborah

Well, there is absolutely no need for that to be the case!

When first learning how to code a web page, there tends to be some confusion about the div tag with regard to what it is, where to apply it, and how to make it work. And frankly, I’ve seen more than a few professionally developed web site where div tags were not performing up to their full potential. Translation: ooops!

If you’ve not taken my introductory coding course here at LVS, you, too, may have experienced a hiccup or two when applying a div tag.

If that sounds like something you’d be interested in finding out more about, I’ve put together a quick and simple tutorial that may help clarify that pesky div tag issue you’re having. Your world will be a better place to live once you learn how to "divide and conquer" your web pages.

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment either here or on the article page.

Thanks!

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New Page Added

April 23rd, 2009 Deborah

Deb just added a new Page to the LVS Build Your Web Site I blog. Whoa! It seems I can either teach it or I can blog about it; the two don’t appear to be concurrent activities. So, with the March session about to come to an end here at LVS, I thought I’d grab the opportunity to put together a short article.

When first learning how to code a web page, there tends to be some confusion about the use of a class, as in, where to apply it, when to use it, and how a class differs from a selector.

If you’ve not taken my introductory coding course here at LVS, you, too, may have a question about the difference between a selector and a class.

To that end, I’ve put together a quick tutorial that may help clarify that for you and help you to "class up" your web page.

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

Thanks!

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REGISTRATION IS OPEN

April 15th, 2009 Deborah

New Courses at LVS Online Classes

May registration is now open

Classrooms open May 11, 2009
Registration closes May 13, 2009
First lesson posts May 16, 2009

New Courses for May session:

» Corel Painter X: Introduction to Brushes II
» Digital Darkroom with Adobe Lightroom
» Digital Darkroom with PSPPX2
» JavaScript Basics
» Medical Terminology
» Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 – Level II
» Photoshop CS4 Intro
» Word 2007

Looking for something else? Check out all available courses at LVS Online Classes. LVS offers affordable classes with highly qualified instructors that have the desire to share their expertise with you.

Web Site Coding Class

Of course, all the LVS classes are fun-filled and jam-packed with information you can’t live without BUT none of them offers the opportunity to learn the basics of web site coding like Build Your Web Site I.

What’s that you say? You already know all about creating web pages? Then there is a good chance my class isn’t for you. But before you make up your mind on that issue, why not run your site through the W3C validation services; if it comes back clean, kudos to you and please enjoy one of the many other courses LVS offers. If, on the other hand, it doesn’t, well — the link for information about the Build1 course is right above this paragraph.

How about those of you who don’t know what X/HTML and CSS even means? You are the people for whom this course was specifically developed. You don’t NEED to know specifics. I’ve designed the Level I course in such a way that it introduces basic coding concepts by discussion and example. Each lesson builds on the previous one so what you learn in Lesson 1 will be used consistently throughout the rest of the lessons, as well as in all the Build Series classes, thus affording you the opportunity to become comfortable with the coding experience as you learn new material by virtue of repetition.

Is It Technical?

There are technical terms involved, certainly. Everything new to one’s learning experience involves its own terminology – it’s how we’re able to communicate with each other. Having said that, the material is presented in an easy to read, casual manner. A former student commented she was afraid the lessons would be like having to “read some geek manual”. Instead, she went on to say, they were more along the lines of a friend talking to her. That’s what I was going for!

Over the past several years of teaching at LVS, I’ve had a number of students proclaim they were nervous, doubtful, and even intimidated by the prospect of learning web site coding. Yet, they signed up for Build Your Website – Intro course. Congratulations to them and to their ultimate accomplishments because those folks have web sites today.

Still Not Sure?

I encourage you to browse through what former students have said about the Build Your Website I course.

So whether you are a complete novice or you have worked with web sites in the past, this course offers something for everyone.

With that said, I’ll ’see’ you in the halls!

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Don’t Get Left Out!

February 18th, 2009 Deborah

Registration Is Open At LVS Online Classes – Where Learning Is Fun!

Over 100 online courses are now open for enrollment

NEW Courses for March session: » Abstract Painting » Introduction to Astronomy » The Art of Collage with Corel PainterX » CoffeeCup Software » Corel Painter X: Introduction to Brushes I **Revised** » Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 – Intro » Joomla! Fast Track

Returning students receive a 20% discount! Just sign into your LVS account and the discount will automatically be applied to your registration.

Our Windows classes are FREE to everyone and includes instructor support!

 

 

For more information about the new classes being offered this session, as well as educational version software eligibility, please visit the LVS Blog.

Instructor-led classes begin March 14, 2009. If you have not yet registered, head on over to the LVS Online Registration to enroll today!

Registration for the March 2009 session ends March 11, 2009.

THE Web Coding Class To Take

Of course, all the LVS classes are fun-filled and jam-packed with information you can’t live without BUT none of them offers the opportunity to learn the basics of website coding like Build Your Web Site I.

Of course, I’m more than a bit biased because Build1 is my course. I authored the material and I teach it – that makes it very personal to me. As such, I make every effort to pass my enthusiasm along to students.

If you’ve ever looked at a web site on the internet, wondered how it was developed and, for a fleeting moment, considered creating a web site of your own, you had a touch of inspiration. Chances are, though, that thought was followed by, "I can’t do that". If you’ve convinced yourself you don’t have the skills to publish a web site, I’m not going to argue with you. After all, you’ve already talked yourself into not being able to do it.

Now if on the other hand, there is even a smidgen of doubt, you’ve come to the right place.

Over the past several years of teaching at LVS, I’ve had a number of students proclaim they were nervous, doubtful, and even intimidated by the prospect of learning web site coding. Yet, they signed up for Build Your Web Site – Intro course. Kudos to them and to their ultimate accomplishments because those folks have web sites today.

You see, it’s all a mindset. And the lessons play a large part as well!

I’ve designed the Level I course in such a way that it introduces basic coding concepts by discussion and example. Each lesson builds on the previous one so what you learn in Lesson 1 will be used consistently throughout the rest of the lessons, as well as in all the Build Series classes, thus affording you the opportunity to become comfortable, by virtue of repetition, with the coding experience as you learn new material.

The material, although somewhat technical in nature, is presented in an easy to read, casual manner. A former student commented she was afraid the lessons would be like having to “read some geek manual”. Instead, she went on to say, they were more along the lines of a friend talking to her. Ah, mission accomplished!

And should you “hiccup” during any part of the lessons, I’m there to help. Students are assigned to a class message board on which they post assignments and ask questions. You are never left to your own devices; there is no need to research any outside resources to complete an assignment nor are you left stranded without guidance.

For those individuals with previous coding experience, this class is of benefit as well. I’ve had student after student tell me they didn’t realize to what extent standards compliant X/HTML coding and CSS had developed since they learned to code.

So, whether you are someone who doesn’t know what X/HTML & CSS means or have prior coding experience, if you want to meet other exceptional people who registered for the Build1 Intro course while having fun, I’ll “see” you in class.

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Join In The Latest LVS Contest

December 11th, 2008 Deborah

Never A Dull Moment at LVS

This new contest is open to all students but hurry — it ends January 7, 2009.

How To Enter

There are 3 ways to be entered into this contest:

1. Create an item for download from the LVS Library LVS Library. Examples would be, a PSP Picture Tube, a PSP Picture Frame, a PSP Brush, a Photoshop Brush, or a Photoshop Preset. Submit as many you’d like to the LVS contest email hotline!

   Images submitted remain the property of the owner. Any Copyright violations remain the sole responsibility of the person who submitted the image(s).

   When submitting images, please include your First and Last name. Submission of an item signifies your permission for LVS to offer it for download on the LVS Student Library site. If you wish, at any point to have your image(s) removed, it is up to you to e-mail us with that request. Please allow sufficient time for the removal of the requested image.

   LVS will remove any image whereby a claim of Copyright violation have been made by another party.

2. If you have a website or blog, create a link back to LVS Online. You may use one of the images from the LVS Logos site or create your own image or a text link. You must email us with the URI of the web page that contains the link back. Please, only one page per web site. Submit your link to LVS.

3. Write a review about LVS on our Google Local Business page. Just follow this URI to Google’s Business site and click on the Reviews tab located under the map image.

   NOTE: If you don’t have a Google account, you will need to create one to sign in.

You will be entered into a drawing for each graphic, link back, and review you submit.

Final prizes will be announced December 10, 2008. At a minimum, prizes will include:

• Corel KPT
• Corel Knockout 2
• Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
• LVS Hosting Starter Account [includes domain name with a 1 year registration, 30MB disk space, 2 email address & 1 MySQL database)
• Free LVS Class

Now go have some fun! It’s what LVS is all about, you know.

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And the Winner Is…

October 27th, 2008 Deborah

In response to the LVS contest whereby we asked you to log onto class blogs and tell us a bit about yourselves, the winners have been selected.

• The 1st place winner is Jane Carter
• The 2nd place winner is Sheridan Boyer
• The 3rd place winner is Bonnie Lincicome

Congratulations to Jane, Sheridan and Bonnie and a special thank you to all September session students who participated.

Special Announcements

There is always something special going on at LVS in addition to all the terrific classes offered.

Win a Free Class

All students registered for the November session will be entered into a drawing to win a free class!

Another Contest

Students registered for the November session will also have the opportunity to participate in a contest where some great prizes will be given away.

Register now so you don’t miss out!

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