CONTINUING EDUCATION

18+ years old: In this 1.5 hour workshop participants will receive a comprehensive explanation of Cura, the software used by most entry level 3D printers. Participants will learn how to add new printers, customize settings, how to set up profiles, and a review of each print setting, what they do, and how to change them for best results. The workshop will teach the correct setup and capabilities of the Dremel 3D40 and 3D45 printers. Participants will be allowed to download and print 3D models from websites such as thingiverse.com.

*Max of 250g filament used. Additional filament sold by the grams are available for sale for $0.04/gram + 10% of total (Shop fee).

Instructor John Zehren
Wednesday, 4/17/24 
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Room 117
iMET Center

12+ years and older: Learn Aspire software associated with CNC carving. Aspire is a vector graphic 2D software, similar to Adobe Illustrator or Corel draw. Understanding Aspire is excellent if you are interested in furniture or guitar building.

"Instructor John Zehren 
Tuesday, 5/7/24 
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 
Room 117
iMET Center
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12+ years and older: "Learn Aspire software associated with CNC carving. Aspire is a vector graphic 2D software, similar to Adobe Illustrator or Corel draw. Understanding Aspire is excellent if you are interested in furniture or guitar building.
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"Instructor John Zehren 
Tuesday, 5/14/24
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 
Room 117
iMET Center
"

16+ years and older:  "Basic explanation of CAD, and CAM processes. Different tooling. Climb vs conventional. Importance of calculating proper feeds and speeds. 
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"Instructor John Zehren 
Thursday, 5/9/24
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 
Room 117
iMET Center
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16+ years and older.  Basic explanation of CAD, and CAM processes. Different tooling. Climb vs conventional. Importance of calculating proper feeds and speeds. 

Instructor John Zehren 
Thursday, 5/16/24
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 
Room 117
iMET Center

18+ years old or Parental Supervision: "In this 2 hour workshop, participants will learn how to safely set up and operate the Epilog Fusion and Helix laser engravers. Topics include how to layout your files, engravable materials, power/speed/frequency settings, how to focus on your material, lens and mirror maintenance, and cleaning the collection tray. Recommend knowledge of CAD, CorelDRAW, or similar.

"Instructor John Zehren
Wednesday 4/17/24 
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Room 117
iMET Center
"

In this course, learners explore basic features of Microsoft Excel. They examine spreadsheet terminology and editing. Learners explore Excel formatting functions and the features to create simple charts. Learners practice using spreadsheet printing options, page setup options, and a variety of shortcut techniques. Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to create, edit, and navigate a basic spreadsheet and create simple charts associated with a spreadsheet.

Instructor Arlene Roche
Thursdays, 4/11 & 4/18/24
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room S239 - Elkhorn Campus
 

In this course, learners explore basic features of Microsoft Excel. They examine spreadsheet terminology and editing. Learners explore Excel formatting functions and the features to create simple charts. Learners practice using spreadsheet printing options, page setup options, and a variety of shortcut techniques. Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to create, edit, and navigate a basic spreadsheet and create simple charts associated with a spreadsheet.

Instructor Arlene Roche
Thursdays, 5/9/24 - 5/30/24
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Room 268 - Kenosha Campus

In this course, learners build on basic Microsoft Excel skills to investigate the process of finding specific values within a data set. They examine Excel's lookup and reference functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, CHOOSE) and practice applying them to specific scenarios. The simplicity and flexibility of Excel's XLOOKUP function is presented. Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to use reference functions to search for specific information in a data set and use it to retrieve, combine, and categorize data.

Instructor Arlene Roche
Monday, 5/20/24
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Room 129  - Elkhorn Campus
 

In this course, learners build on basic Microsoft Excel skills to investigate the process of finding specific values within a data set. They examine Excel's lookup and reference functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, CHOOSE) and practice applying them to specific scenarios. The simplicity and flexibility of Excel's XLOOKUP function is presented. Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to use reference functions to search for specific information in a data set and use it to retrieve, combine, and categorize data.

"Instructor Arlene Roche
Thursday, 7/11/24
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room 265 - Kenosha Campus
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"In the Pivot Table course, students will learn the following: 
•        creating and modifying PivotTables
•        creating and modifying PivotCharts
•        filtering data using timelines and slicers

Upon completion of this 2-hour course, student will be more efficient in analyzing and organizing data through PivotTables and PivotCharts.

""Instructor Arlene Roche
Thursday, 6/11/24
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room 265 - Kenosha Campus
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18+ years old: This five hour two session workshop, and accompanying open Labs introduces you to some of the basic equipment in a Fab Lab. It also provides you with some background on Fab Labs and their use in education, and the community. Learn to set up and run Dremel 3D printers, Epilog Laser, the Roland GX 24 Vinyl cutting machine and ShopBot desktop CNC. We will go over the different software helpful for using a lab, and some modeling instruction on Tinkercad. There will be hands-on demos, and projects as time allows.

Instructor John Zehren 
5/1/24 & 5/2/24
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm 
Room 117
iMET Center
 

This 12-week course is designed to introduce participants to the essentials of Lean Operations. Lean training is one of the most valuable skills in business today. Businesses of all types are utilizing lean principles as the primary continuous improvement methodology. Lean changes businesses through techniques that create proven results that translate directly to the bottom-line. Blending on-line instruction with online modules, and a work project with 3 hours of individual coaching within three month's after course completion.

"Instructor Rick Lofy
623-812E-1WDE
Mondays, 5/6/24-8/5/24
8:00 am - 10:00 am"

"This 12-week course is designed to certify participants with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt credentials. Lean Six Sigma is the standard for world-class quality based on continuous improvement through identifying and eliminating waste. Blending on-line instruction with online modules and a work project with 6 hours of individual coaching within three months of course completion. The first half of this course (623-497) is comprised of Lean enterprise and Six Sigma organizational structure, and the elements of define and measure in the DMAIC process. The second half of the course (623-498) will cover the Analyze, Improve, and Control elements of the DMAIC Process with report outs of individual workplace improvement projects.

Corequisite: You must be registered in both the Part A (623-497) and Part B (623-498) courses to participate."

"Instructor Rick Lofy
623-497E-1WDE
Mondays, 5/6/24-8/5/24
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM"

"This 12-week course is designed to certify participants with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt credentials. Lean Six Sigma is the standard for world-class quality based on continuous improvement through identifying and eliminating waste. Blending on-line instruction with online modules and a work project with 6 hours of individual coaching within three months of course completion. The first half of this course (623-497) is comprised of Lean enterprise and Six Sigma organizational structure, and the elements of define and measure in the DMAIC process. The second half of the course (623-498) will cover the Analyze, Improve, and Control elements of the DMAIC Process with report outs of individual workplace improvement projects.

Corequisite: You must be registered in both the Part A (623-497) and Part B (623-498) courses to participate."

"Instructor Rick Lofy
623-498E-1WDE
Mondays, 5/6/24-8/5/24
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm"