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Some folk like learning online. There are many in English and some en Espanol.  Check out :

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Concepts, Glossaries

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MS Word

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Mail Merge

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Access

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Excel

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PowerPoint

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WebCT
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WebBoard

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Windows

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Internet  (Internet Explorer)

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Office & Outlook

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FrontPage  

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HTML Javascript

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Other

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Proper English

  

YouTube Tutorials

Lots of YouTube tutorials on Word, Excel PowerPoint ...

Also VideoJug, which though mostly with a British accent, provides a transcript

 

Computer Technical Tutorials For even more tutorial sites check out Computer Technical Tutorials for tutorials on the many Applications

 Books

Lycos has some great has tutorials on just about every topic including a few video tutorials. 
Check here because Lycos will left you search by keyword.

Freeskills.comFreeSkills has many tutorials.  You know nothing is free.  It takes your time and that is worth a lot.  The site has a few free samples (which are worth checking out),  but it is currently $99 a year for access to everything.

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General Concepts, Glossaries, Word Definitions
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Internet Basics on Video Jug include 1 to 2 minute videos, with a written transcript, that cover
bullet What is the "Internet"?
bullet What can I do on the Internet?
bullet How does the Internet work?
bullet What are some of the most common difficulties with using the Internet?
bullet What can I find on the Internet?
bullet What is the "world wide web"?
bullet When was the Internet invented?
bullet Who decides what goes on the Internet?
bullet Who invented the Internet?

bullet Jan's basics cover: Computer Types,  Applications, Input4. Processing, Output, . Storage, Computer to Computer, System Software, Programming, What You See.  also available in español
bullet LINC Search Adult Literacy & Technology Network has lots of excellent link to simple tutorials

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Security

bullet  Defeating Spyware - Chapter 1
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WebCT (click anywhere on this line to expand & contract list)

bullet UCC has an animated tutorial on Navigation
bullet Columbia Basin College has a very nice presentation of the very basics with and without sound and with a simple quiz at the end of the 8 lessons under Tutorials and then there is more information on how to use  WebCT under Help Topics.
bulletSauk Valley Community College has a fine talking tutorial which they call interactive but it is really just multimedia.
bullet The University of Texas-Pan American has another set of WebCT tutorials that talk as the screen show what is happening.
bulletUniversity of Northern Texas has extensive help for students and developers
bullet Montana State offers extensive help
MSU WebCT Banner
bulletCA State at Chico has one that uses Adobe Acrobat Reader with many pictures
bulletFor faculty (click on this line to see sites for designing WebCT sites)
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  a 94 page pdf provided by WebCT
be sure to click the bookmarks tab and use the search
bullet Montana State offers extensive help for faculty
bulletUniversity of Nevada has lot of
bullet University of Texas at Arlington has WebCT 4.1, many PDF's, some word docs and some flash on most topics
bulletBerkshire Community College has  lots of excellent short Animations or RTF step by steps
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WebBoard (click anywhere on this line to expand & contract list)

bullet UCC's ALC Instructions (pdf) for getting started with WebBoard software
bullet Chicago-Kent College of Law/Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago Kent College of Law has 7 modules on conferencing to chatting. It should take about an hour to do completely.
bullet University of Victoria Home PageUniversity of Victoria had one of the better - most up-to-date "WebBoard Starter Kits" that includes topics such

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bullet Layout of WebBoard
bullet Post a Message
bullet Read a Message
bullet Mark Messages as Read
bullet Reply to a Message
bullet Real-time Chat
bullet Copy/Paste Text into WebBoard
bulletLakeland College has a (wordy) tutorial on
bullet Accessing WebBoard
bullet Log On
bullet Conferences
bullet Topics
bullet Passwords
bullet Message
bullet Preview & Spellchecker
bullet Posting & Deleting
bullet Attachments
bullet Chat Rooms
bullet Searching
bullet Replying
bullet Profile Editing 
bullet Mellon Technology at Sarah Lawrence College has pdf for students and faculty
bulletRemember that WebBoard has a fine set of built in Help screen!
bulletA 14 page pdf written by Jolee West of Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments (SCALE) Last Updated 10/9/97 is hosted by University of Illinois at Springfield and has great tricks like how to put a picture in a post
bullet NJIT has 6 lessons with lots of screen images and some Tips
bullet Go to the FGCU Homepage Florida Gulf Coast University's Tutorial starts out slow and only gives a previous and next.  Good screen shots with red arrows to explain portions.   You can also get an Adobe Acrobat Version.
bullet Chaminade University in Hawaii has a brief clear tutorial.
bullet Complete (over 300 pages) documentions0 as pdf's from the publisher

Windows(click anywhere on this line to expand & contract list)

bullet Jan has 2 Projects: Windows Basics and Files & Folders and covers  Desktop &Taskbar, Mouse,  Dialog Box,  Windows Help, Views, Format Disks, Names,  Folders,  Files  also available in español
bullet Office XP
bullet Windows XP
bullet List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP
bullet Windows 2000
bullet Windows Millennium
bullet Windows 98
bulletMuseum of Technology explains the Windows 95 and Windows 98 Operating System (and most is applicable to XP) and Networking with Window NT Children

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Internet (Internet Explorer) (click anywhere on this line to expand & contract list)

bullet Jan's illustrated Computer literacy windows section covers IE Interface, Navigating, Printing, Saving, Searching, HTML Basics (HTML Code,  About HTML,  What You Need
to Code by Hand,  WYSIWYG, FrontPage/FPX,  Images in HTML, Formatting,  Tables,  Print,  Convert) also available in español
bullet Global Learning - Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Mozilla Firefox,  Email Basics, Internet Safety
bulletMuseum of Technology explains the Email WWW with Internet Explorer to Children
bullet Microsoft answers basic questions like
bullet What's in a Web browser?
bullet What is a URL?
bullet Browser tips
bullet The Cache and Toolbar
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from Univ. SD is a comprehensive FAQ

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BBC - WebWise 
WebWise from the British Broadcasting Company has an excellent glossary and FAQ that answers many question

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Chris Jason has a short but very clear web glossary

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Web Hero - great stuff & links to lots of good stuff like Emoticons Dictionary

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Learn Online with ACTDEN Digital Education Network has 9 Internet Explorer 5 Lessons

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Office XP Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 5

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Office & Outlook (click anywhere on this line to expand & contract list)

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UW-Eau Claire Home University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire has Help on Creating a Custom Toolbar, Clip Art, Word Art, Drawing and most of all Using Microsoft Office Help

bullet Crabby Office LadyMicrosoft Offices Crabby Office Lady can teach you lots and listening to her videos is a fun way to do it.  Be sure to listen to "In forwarding hell" about BCC and "Read receipts."
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James Madison University Logo

James Madison Univ has tutorials on Office 2000
 

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GCF Global Learning- Free online courses in English and Sanis Free online Self-Paced courses and Instructor-Supported courses,
in English and Spanish, covering Email Basics, Office 2000

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GCFLearnFree.org Global Learning Life Skills- ALL FREE (Computer Basics,

Windows,

Internet Basics ,=
Email Basics, Internet Safety
Mozilla Firefox

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Colgate University four (4) two minute or so) videos explaining Microsoft Outlook, particularly email and signatures.

 

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MS Word (click anywhere on this line to expand & contract list)

bullet Word 2007 Help and How-to

Audio-Visual tutorials (some about Sharepoint) about 30 minutes each:

Word training
Up to speed with Word 2007 - 40 min - 4.0 of 5 stars (11947 votes)
Word training 
Decorate documents with backgrounds, borders, and text effects  50 min  3.8 of 5 stars (542 votes)
Word training
Save time with templates : 50 min  3.8 of 5 stars (1439 votes)
Word training
Bullets, numbers, and lists  30 min  3.7 of 5 stars (1149 votes)
Word training
Get to know Word 2007 I: Create your first document  30 min  3.8 of 5 stars (2323 votes)
Word training
Get to know Word 2007 II: Edit text and revise your documents 30 min 3.5 of 5 stars (890 votes)
Office training 
Security I: How the 2007 Office system helps you to stay safer 20 min  3.8 of 5 stars (1159 votes)
Office training 
SharePoint document libraries I: Introduction to sharing files  30 min  3.9 of 5 stars (1842 votes)
Office training 
SharePoint document libraries II: All about checkout 30 min  3.8 of 5 stars (728 votes)
Office training 
Keyboard shortcuts in the 2007 Office system 30 min  3.6 of 5 stars (3084 votes)
Word training
Get to know Word 2007 III: Make documents look great 40 min 3.8 of 5 stars (663 votes)
Word training
Revise documents with Track Changes and Comments in Word 2007  40 min  3.9 of 5 stars (134 votes)
Office training
SharePoint document libraries III: Work with version history  30 min 3.8 of 5 stars (538 votes)
Office training 
SharePoint document libraries IV: Tips and tricks 30 min  3.7 of 5 stars (508 votes)
Office training 
Up to speed with the 2007 Office system

Learn Office with self-paced training courses and more - these are comprehensive help screen.  Header/For lesson is a real tutorial
bullet Word2007.com has 1 page descriptions of  (basically the new stuff): What's New In Microsoft Word 2007,The Ribbon, Mini Toolbars, Quick Access Toolbar, Key Tips, Office Button, Styles, Themes, SmartArt, Format Painter, File Formats, Blog Entries, Groove, Building Blocks, Content Controls, Locking, Inserting Breaks, Printing, Superscript, Templates, Compatibility Mode, Compatibility Pack, Contextual Spell Checking

Compare Documents & Tracking Change
bullet Utah State has a animated Word tutorials including one on footnotes
bullet UW-Eau Claire Home University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire has very complete and well organized MS Word XP help.  The site also has a drop down for many others.
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Go to the FGCU Homepage Florida Gulf Coast has a Word 2000 tutorial that is very comprehensive - It includes making Web Pages, Macros, Styles and Tables of Contents.  Older tutorials are fine since changes with newer versions seem to be mostly in the super fancy features which CIS100 does not cover.

bullet Rutgers has a word tutorial with good Word 2003 Track Changes advice
bullet Unv Mass at Lowell's Continuing Ed has a good page on Track Changes and a version for Word XP

Asbury Theological Seminary has an 8 page pdf on track changes

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MVPS.org has many well written articles on the more advanced features of Word  to improve your MS Word skills.  Including tables, numbering and Mail Merge

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Jan's illustrated Computer literacy has 4 projects (Basics, Auto tools, brochures, and Report) with exercises and a quiz at the end of each. A glossary.too.

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Global Learning offers Free online Self-Paced courses and Instructor-Supported online courses in English.  Word 2003 has 22 Modules.  For the courses, one must register as a user first, then register for the online class on the day it starts, but it is free.

bullet BayCon Group had online tutorials in Basic Word
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Making the most of Word has more advanced topics including a very fine explanation of Track changes
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Atomic Learning charges but has some good free tutorials like footnotes

bullet Marrutt charges but they have a few free basic Word 2003 tutorials