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More than 100 online courses are now open for enrollment

New Courses for May session: » AutoCAD 2008 Introduction » Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune » Home Diagnostics » Writing Your Memoirs 2 » Photoshop Elements 6 Basics

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The Introduction to Windows class is FREE! Students must have an LVS Account to access the classroom. There is instructor support via the classroom message board.

LVS students are eligible for Corel educational version software from the Corel Education Store. This includes CorelDraw, Painter, and Paint Shop Pro! Check out the LVS News page for more information and details on special offers!

As a benefit to enrolled LVS students, special offers are made available by famous software developers such as Andromeda, AV Bros, Extensis, Harry Heim (the PlugIn Site), namesuppressed, Nik Multimedia, and Ulead. Only registered students receive the information and discounts! Click on the "Class Information" link provided in your confirmation of registration email.

As in the past, registered LVS students are eligible to purchase some of their favorite programs at a student discount through our Academic Reseller program.

Instructor-led classes begin May 10, 2008. If you have not yet registered, head on over to the LVS Online Registration to enroll today!

Registration for the May session ends May 7, 2008.

New Course Highlights

*AutoCAD 2008 Introduction*
BAutoCAD is powerful software used to draw shapes in 2D and 3D. Design, visualize, and document your ideas clearly and efficiently with AutoCAD software from Autodesk. From conceptual design through drafting and detailing, AutoCAD 2008 enables you to explore ideas like never before. Create, edit, and develop design alternatives using realistic solids and surfaces in an updated design environment. Communicate your ideas with powerful sketch, shadow, and rendering tools, including intuitive walk-through animations. Then turn your concepts into a set of documents with the new section and flatten functionality. Visit our Graphic Programs Campus to learn more.

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*Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune*
Blogging is taking the world by storm and at the heart of its power lies its immediacy of publishing information, the ease of setting up and maintaining a blog and its interaction with its users. Blogs are used for everything from private family updates to journals to product reviews to photo journals to political podiums.

During this course, you will learn about the art and science of blogging. We will use the popular and FREE WordPress software to install and administer our blog. We touch upon styling the blog to match your style and topic. We will cover how to write engaging titles and blog posts, how to use blog directories, how to build authority in the blogging world and how to share your blog with others. We will focus on the interactive nature of blogging and how to increase participation on your blog without a lot of spam.

Not all blogs will gain you fame and fortune but they all can be fun! For those blog topics that are conducive to it, we will also cover revenue streams like tip jars, affiliates, advertisements and sponsorships. Visit our Computers & Internet Campus to learn more.

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*Home Diagnostics*
It has been said that the best way to defeat your enemy is to study it thoroughly. In my opinion, the worst enemy to any human being is a disease of any kind.

Home Diagnostics course familiarizes students with the symptoms and treatments of the common diseases of the twenty-first century; starting with flu and ending with cancer. First, students will be briefly introduced to how the body naturally works to fight diseases. Then, students will be introduced to the causes ands symptoms of each ailment and the possible treatments available; whether it is medication or surgery. Students will also be taught how to prevent the occurrence of each disease altogether. This course is intended to teach students how to become their own doctors, at least temporarily.

The end of the course will cover home diagnostic products available in the market nowadays such as the glucose test kit or the ovulation kit. It will also introduce the concept of telemedicine and how some day in the near future hospitals will be just a click away. Visit our Arts & Humanities Campus to learn more.

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*Photoshotp Elements 6 Basics*
his class introduces you to the basics of Photoshop Elements 6. Topics covered include navigating the workspace, using tools and palettes, creating images from scratch, applying quick fixes to photos, saving images and choosing appropriate file formats, working with layers and layer styles, and applying special effect filters.

This class is designed for users who are new to Photoshop Elements 6. In the class, you'll learn the basics of Photoshop Elements 6, both for creating original graphics images and for improving and enhancing digital photos. You'll also learn some general image editing concepts and techniques, seeing how to apply those techniques in Photoshop Elements 6. Visit our Arts & Graphics Programs Campus to learn more.

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*Writing Your Memoirs 2*
Writing Your Memoirs II provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to maintain a journal, draw ideas from your journal entries to create a personal essay, and transform your personal essay into a memoir.

During the six-week course, handouts will be provided to assist you in completing your weekly writing assignments and enhance your memoir-writing skills. Visit our Arts & Humanities Campus to learn more.

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Check out our complete selection of classes!

• Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune
• Home Diagnostics
• Writing Your Memoirs 2
• Visit the Registration area for more information!

• Basic Anatomy for Self Healing
• Building Self-Esteem and Confidence
• Conscious Romantic Relationships *SS*
• Effective Writing
• Genealogy *SS*
• Home Diagnostics
• Medicinal Herbs
• Meridian Psychotherapy
• Numberology *SS*
• Reflexology
• Reiki Energy Healing
• Music - Piano/Keyboard
• Seed Starting for Home Gardeners *SS*
• Writing Your Memoirs
• Visit the Arts & Humanities Campus for more information!

• Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune
• Computer Skills for the Workplace
• Computers/Internet Security *SS*
• eBay Explained *SS*
• Introduction to the Internet
• Skills for Learning in an Information Age
• Windows - FREE!!!
• Windows Vista>
• Visit the Computers & Internet Campus for more information!

• Acrylic American Landscape Painting
• Acrylic Bird Painting
• Acrylic Landscape Painting
• Acrylic Pet Portrait Painting
• Acrylic Wildlife Portrait Painting
• Desktop Publishing with The Print Shop
• Digital Art
• Digital Art - Beyond the Basics
• Digital Artists Studio
• How to Paint
• InDesign
• Quark
• Visit the Graphic Design Campus for more information!

• Basic Photography
• Digital Photography
• Digital Darkroom with PSPXI
• Digital Darkroom with Photoshop
• Digital Darkroom with PSP - 101 *SS*
• Digital Darkroom with PSP - 102 *SS*
• Digital Darkroom with PSP7 & After Shot *SS*
• Visit the Photography Campus for more information!

• Filter Frenzy Reloaded 1: Photo Tools *SS*
• Filter Frenzy Reloaded 2: Old Friends I *SS*
• KPT Collection
• Visit the Plugins & Filters Campus for more information!

• Designing Digital Scrapbook Components *SS*
• Memory Page Fundamentals *SS*
• Memory Page Design *SS*
• Stamping & Scrapbooking *SS*
• Visit the Scrapbooking Campus for more information!

• Understanding Directories and Paths
• Basic HTML Page
• Dreamweaver Extension Manager
• *Mac* Basic IRCle Tutorial
• Basics of mIRC
• Saving and opening PDF files
• Screen Captures with Photshop CS
• Screen Captures with IrfanView
• How to Set File Permissions
• Smart FTP
• Text Editors
• Create Thumbnail Images
• Windows XP Compression
• Winzip Tutorial
• WS-FTP Tutorial
• Visit the Free Tutorial Page for more information!

• Effective Writing
• English Composition
• GED Prep *SS*
• Lightning Math *SS*
• Music - Piano/Keyboard
• Visit the Academic Campus for more information!

• eBay Explained *SS*
• Event Management
• InDesign
• Introduction to Advertising
• MS Access
• MS Excel
• MS Powerpoint
• MS Publisher *SS*
• MS Word
• Nonprofit Fundraising Basics *SS*
• Preparing Your Manuscript
• Project Management
• Quark
• Quicken Basic
• Skills for Learning in an Information Age
• Writing a Business Plan *SS*
• Visit the Business Campus for more information!

• Adobe GoLive 6 *SS*
• Animation Shop
• ArtRage 2 *SS*
• ArtRage 2.5
• Bryce
• CorelDraw
• Filter Frenzy
• Fireworks
• Flash
• Flash FX
• Flash Actionscripting *SS*
• Freehand *SS*
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Paint Shop Pro
• PSP Scripting
• PSP7 Custom Brushes *SS*
• PSP Tubes 'N Frames *SS*
• PSP Vector Graphics
• Painter
• Painter - Emphasis on Layers
• Painter - Collage
• Painter - Brush Basics
• Painter - Portraits That Pop
• Painter Essentials 3 *SS*
• PhotoImpact *SS*
• Photo-Paint
• Photoshop
• Photoshop Elements *SS*
• Photoshop Special Effects
• Poser
• PrintShop
• Quark
• Swish *SS*
• Terragen 2
• Terragen 1 *SS*
• UVMapper Pro
• Vue
• XaraX *SS*
• Xara Xtreme
• Visit the Graphics Program Campus for more information!

• Basic Web Applications with ASP
• Basic Web Applications with ASP.NET
• Database E-Commerce Basics with ASP
• Build Your Website
• CSS
• Database Development with MySQL
• Database Development with MySQL & PHP - Intermediate
• Dreamweaver
• Expression Web
• Flash
• FrontPage
• HomeSite
• HTML Tables *SS*
• Javascript
• PHP
• Swish *SS*
• XHTML/SSI
• Visit the Web Related Campus for more information!