With digital photography no longer being in its infancy, more and more people are finding it an ever increasing problem to find and organize their photo files.  Adobe Elements is one of the best programs available at this time to help with all aspects of digital photography.  This program is designed as an easy all-in-one digital management and editing solution that is becoming so popular, that a majority of professionals are now using it!  This class is designed to help get you up and running in corralling your ever-increasing numbers of digital photos.  It will help you understand the importance of and differences between the editing and organizing parts of the programs.  Due to the nature of differences in capabilities with using this program, this class will run as a “tell-and-show” style, with handouts for each class on what was discussed.  Students are welcome to bring in their laptop and follow along with the teaching if they choose, but this class is designed for you to recreate on your computer at home what you will be learning in class.  Although Elements version 13 will be shown, any of the previous 5 versions will be applicable for the class.  Students are encouraged to bring pen and paper (for extra notes) and a craving to get a handle on their digital images! 

This class will be online through Zoom.  You will receive a Zoom invitation prior to class.  You must have Zoom downloaded on your computer and have a web camera, audio (microphone) and internet to take this class.

Five courses to prepare students for an entry level role in IT Support. Includes technical support fundamentals, computer networking, operating sytems, system administration, infrastructure services, security and defenses against threats an attacks. This certification has wide application with employers that have an information technology department or technological capacity.

Learn the fundamental skills of developing and managing requirements. 

In this course, learn the fundamental skills of developing and managing requirements over product and service development life cycle processes. Practice applying these key tools and techniques to help improve the requirements management process. Other topics include interaction between requirements management and project management processes (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling and Closing).  

Become a Certified Financial Coach

Learn to coach others on financial literacy topics through a dynamic, interactive coach training that combines fundamental coaching skills with strong financial content and cultural humility. The course purposefully pairs coaching and financial topics so that participants get immediate practice and feedback on their financial coaching skills.

What you can expect:

• 40 hour course
• Highly interactive with authentic coaching practice
• Participants to leave with the knowledge and tools they will be able to easily integrate into their day-to-day work.
  

This 40 hour training applies to CNM's Financial Coach Certification. 

This course is offered in the Spring and in the Fall. 

This course covers the HIV/AIDS training required for health care professionals in Washington State.  The 1988 Washington State Omnibus Law requires certain people to have an HIV/AIDS education. If you are obtaining health care credentials, you must have this training. You are required to have AIDS education if you work as a health care professional or in a state-licensed or state-certified health care facility in Washington, and/or you want to get a license, certification or registration to practice a regulated health care profession in Washington State. The Washington State Department of Health developed a model curriculum for HIV/AIDS education. This curriculum is taught by an expert instructor and, upon successful completion of this course, students will receive state-accepted documentation of the training. This course is offered from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with one-hour for lunch (not provided).

This course teaches the basics of Idea Mapping and using the software MindManager to capture and organize information. Idea Mapping gives anyone that collects, develops or organizes information a new way to notate and structure that information into a useful, easily remembered product. It is useful to students, project managers, strategic planners, business analysts, facilitators and product developers. 
 
This hands-on course will give students ample opportunity to create maps that are immediately useful. Students will create an electronic To-Do list and a map of a project important to them. You’ll work collaboratively to create a team map and create an outline of a simple project using the project management capabilities of MindManager. 

Learn the intricacies of company benefits packages. 

Learn C# programming in a Windows environment using Visual Studio.

Learn C# programming in a Windows environment using Visual Studio. Develop skills in designing and writing simple C# computer programs using basic coding structures such as variables, constants, enumerations, decision-making statements, loops, arrays, methods and error handling. Learn how to use common Windows controls to provide input into an application. You’ll also get hands-on practice applying basic coding structures to common programming tasks by creating new code and revising existing code.

Simulate the work of a design team in planning a website with user experience in mind.

Students will cover maintenance fundamentals such as Federal Aviation Regulations, aviation math, aircraft drawings, and basic electricity. Students will increase their knowledge and hands-on competencies by performing inspections, functional checks, and adjustments on a multitude of airframe and powerplant systems; and will also gain specialized skills in aircraft structural repair. This 64-hour noncredit course addresses general aviation information for experienced aircraft mechanics that possess Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization for certification and seek to close gaps in their knowledge in preparation for their Certification Exam. 

Students will start coding while learning from reading, presentations, exercises and a final project.  Includes Oracle SQL and programming in Python.  Also includes skills needed to enter the job market as an entry level Oracle programmer or Python programmer.  NOTE: This course must be taken on a PC.  MAC is not compatible.  Dual monitors are helpful but not required.  Software requirements:  PC: Windows 7 or later; latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred.  Microsoft Edge is also compatible.  Adobe Flash Player Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Software must be installed and operational before the course begins.  The instructional materials required for this course are included in the enrollment price; these are available online after payment is received.

This PMP course will provide you with a deeper understanding of project management concepts and applications in the workplace. At the end of this course, you will be prepared to take the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification exam.

This course provides a detailed exploration of key project management topics and concepts. Once complete, you'll have an intermediate to advanced-level comprehension and be ready to sit for the exam. You'll learn about project selection, strategy development, complex schedule modeling, forecasting, risk identification and assessment, statusing, recovery, and more. You'll also explore project proposals, planning components, and project evaluation and discover how important a project manager is to an organization. 

PMP, Project Management Professional, Project Management Professional (PMP), PMBOK, PgMP, PMI-RMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) and the PMI REP Logo are registered marks of the Project Management Institute.

Data is everywhere. Today, most job roles involve some form of data management. Nearly everyone in every line of business is affected in some way by the need to wrangle data. A relational database application such as Microsoft Office Access can help you and your organization stay on top of this task.

This course focuses on the design and construction of an Access database: viewing, navigating, searching and entering data in a database, as well as basic relational database design and creating simple tables, queries, forms and reports.

Note: The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification test voucher is also available as an option for specific applications.

Gain hands-on experience using the Microsoft Project application software in the key roles of planning, control and execution. Course topics include setting up projects; entering tasks and resources; linking tasks; setting up and assigning resources; saving a baseline; addressing constraints and deadlines; changing task types; sorting, grouping and filtering; and reporting status.  

Note: Microsoft Project runs on Windows and is not Mac OS compatible.  

Gain an overview and analysis of the federal employment laws, plus real case studies.