Registration for the May 2010 Session is Open!

April 14th, 2010 Updates Posted in May Session | No Comments »

Registration for the May 2010 Session is Open! LVS Online offers hundreds of affordable online classes taught by dedicated instructors who love to share their knowledge. Learn something new at LVS Online – Where Learning is Fun!
Over 100 online courses are now open for enrollment!
Returning students receive a 20% discount! Just sign into your LVS account and the discount will automatically be applied to your registration.		 Course Fees:

  • $30.00 New Students
  • $24.00 Returning Students
  • Courses are 6 weeks long unless otherwise noted
  • Certificates of Completion are available.
NEW Courses for May 2010 session:
LVS Online Classes Gift Certificate
Give the gift of LVS Online Classes to someone special AND….if you refer new students to LVS, receive $5 for EACH referral!

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


LVS students are eligible for Corel educational version software from the Corel Education Store. This includes CorelDRAW, Corel Painter 11, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo, and Corel PhotoImpact X3! Registered LVS students enter CRL10LVS when checking out to get an additional 10% discount on all Corel products! Check out the LVS News page for more information and details on special offers!

As an additional benefit to our enrolled LVS students, special offers are made available by famous software developers such as Auto FX, Andromeda, AV Bros, Harry Heim – The PlugIn Site, namesuppressed, Nik Multimedia, and Ulead. Only registered students receive the information and discounts! Be sure to click on the “Class Information” link provided in your registration confirmation for IMPORTANT class information and special offers!

Registered LVS students are also eligible to purchase some of their favorite software and hardware at a student discount through our Academic Reseller programs.

Instructor-led classes begin May 15, 2010. Head on over to LVS Online Registration to enroll today!

Registration for the May 2010 session ends May 12, 2010.

New Course Highlights

*Drupal Themes*

Drupal is a free and open source Content Management System written in PHP. With Drupal you can create a simple personal homepage, a company website, a blog, an ecommerce site, etc. Themes play a key role in the Drupal system. The theme is the most significant piece of your Drupal installation. It is responsible for your visitor’s first impression of the site.

This online course is designed to take you through the development of your own Drupal themes. You will be setting up your own design environment on your personal computers. We will examine the Drupal System and the files that make up a Drupal theme. You will learn how to make a subtheme of an original theme, use a starter theme and style it to suit your needs, and build your own theme from scratch.

When you finish this course you will be able to use your design environment for future projects and have a few new themes that you have designed for use on your website. Visit our Web Related Campus to learn more.

*Introduction to Computer Graphics: Starting with GIMP*

This class is all about images that you see, create and use in various ways on your computer. Whether you are retouching photos for the family, creating artwork for the web, or doing fine art professionally, this class will be a good starting point to working with images on the computer. We’ll start out with some very simple exercises and grow from there. By the end of the class, you should be able to create simple images in the GIMP program (and maybe not so simple!) You should also be able to import images into the program. You will also be able to manipulate images to be able to use them in various ways and you’ll know why certain manipulations are needed for various tasks. Along the way, you’ll try out some of the cool things you can do with the GIMP. Visit our Graphic Programs Campus to learn more.

*Corel Painter: PhotoPainting & Portraiture II*

PhotoPainting & Portraiture II covers more landscape painting but introduces painting of animals and birds. You will have the opportunity of painting your very own favorite pooch or kitty, or other favorite animal.

Each week you are given an image as you did in PhotoPainting & Portraiture I and step by step instruction is given on how to transform a photograph into a lovely painterly image. You are then requested to paint your own.

Create your own hairy brush; learn what brushes are great for feather painting and make a nice brush for snow, although I have provided brushes for this. In PhotoPainting & Portraiture II there are some video demonstrations, so look out for that information in the lesson. Visit our Graphics Program Campus to learn more.

*PSE 8 Beyond the Basics: High Seas*

We have Set Sail, we’ve had Clear Sailing, and now I will take you on the High Seas in this third class of the series of courses specifically for Photoshop Elements 8! This class will cover more advanced features of Photoshop Elements 8, such as installing and using layer styles, actions, and third party plug-ins. We will learn to replace a bad sky with a good one, work with patterns, and cover some more advanced photo correction techniques, such as using Camera Raw. We will learn to make a studio portrait from a snapshot, do a bit of digital alchemy and turn silver into gold, and much more! Visit our Graphics Programs Campus to learn more.

Check out our complete selection of online classes!

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