San Bernardino Valley College

CIT081: Operating Systems A+

Instructor:	Richard Collette
Contact/Email:	Click here to send me a message
Description:	Basic, hands on instruction and practice with computer Operating Systems. Prepares the student to use, install, conﬁgure, upgrade, manage and troubleshoot Windows type Operating Systems. Topics include the function of major components of the Operating System Desktop; installation, conﬁguration and upgrade of Operating Systems in both a stand-alone and networked environment, and diagnosis and troubleshooting of Operating System Errors. Prepares the student to take the CompTIA A+ certiﬁcation exam.
Text:	A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Sixth Edition, Comprehensive - Jean Andrews ISBN 13: 978-0-619-21758-7 ISBN 10: 0-619-21758-8
Syllabus:	The class syllabus is available on Blackboard

CIT080: Inside the PC

Instructor:	Richard Collette
Contact/Email:	Click here to send me a message
Description:	An introduction to the personal computers at the machine level. Topics include the system board, keyboard, floppy and hard disk drives, interface cards, monitors, printers, machine organization, and design conventions.
Text:	A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Sixth Edition, Comprehensive - Jean Andrews ISBN 13: 978-0-619-21758-7 ISBN 10: 0-619-21758-8
Syllabus:	The class syllabus is available on Blackboard

IE6 No More - Enough is Enough

Enough is enough. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was released in late 2001. For its time, it was a decent browser, but in 2009, it is still in use by a significant portion of the web population, and its time is now up.

As any web developer will tell you, working with IE 6 is one of the most difficult and frustrating things they have to deal with on a daily basis, taking up a disproportionate amount of their time. Beyond that, IE 6's support for modern web standards is very lacking, restricting what developers can create and holding the web back.

If you are a web developer and wish to help, please go to IE6nomore.com and add one of the code samples to your site.

Get Microsoft Office Ultimate for $59.95

You must have a valid e-mail address at an educational institution ending with the domain suffix .EDU (ie, leina@contoso.edu) OR have a valid email address at one of the educational institutions listed

Visit the Web Site

Amazon Book Finder

Enter any ISBN number
OR the book title:

Benefits of an A+

Enhanced Career Opportunities: Recruiters prefer certified candidates for job placements. Being A+ certified can also play a role in getting a promotion at a job. Many companies such as CompuCom, CompUSA and IBM have also made A+ certification mandatory for their service technicians.

Better Salary: Surveys consistently show better salary for A+ certified candidates as opposed to non-certified candidates in equivalent position.

Greater Confidence: Surveys indicate that certification gives candidates a higher level of confidence.

Prerequisite For Trainings: Many companies require candidates to be CompTIA A+ certified to qualify for their corporate and vendor-specific training programs.

If you plan to build, repair configure or maintain computers or computer networks, or plan to perform other functions of a computer service technicians, A+ certification will let you emerge much stronger in your career.

Current Classes: