Resources for Learning CIL Skills
Taking a credit course will not exempt you from taking the CIL exam. However, the following courses may be helpful by giving you training or experience with the skills you need to pass the exam.
Courses in Which CIL Skills are Emphasized
to a Moderate , Moderately-Significant  , or Significant Degree
  
as of Spring 2007
| ACC 201 |
Intro to Financial Accounting |
Yoshida |
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| ACC 202 |
Intro to Managerial Accounting |
Yoshida |
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| AG 152 |
Orchid Culture |
White |
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| AG 44 |
Landscape Equipment (SL, Lab) |
Cazinha |
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| ANTH 150 |
Human Adaptation |
DaGrossa |
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| ANTH 200 |
Cultural Anthropology |
DaGrossa |
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| ASTR 110 |
Introduction to Astronomy (WI) |
Kessler |
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BIOL 275 |
Cell and Molecular Biology (Lab) |
White |
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| BOT 101 |
General Botany |
White |
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| BOT 160 |
Identification of Tropical Plants |
White |
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| BOT 205 |
Ethnobotanical Pharmacognosy (Lab) |
White |
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BOT 210 |
Phytobiotechnology (Lab) |
White |
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| CHEM 151 |
Elementary Survey of Chemistry |
Colmenares |
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| CHEM 151 L |
Elementary Survey of Chemistry ( Lab) |
Colmenares |
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| CHEM 152 |
Survey of Organic and BioOrganic Chemistry |
Colmenares |
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| CHEM 161 |
General Chemistry I |
Colmenares |
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| CHEM 161 L |
General Chemistry Lab. (Lab) |
Colmenares |
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| CHEM 162 |
General Chemistry II |
Colmenares |
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| CHEM 162 L |
General Chemistry Lab. II (Lab) |
Colmenares |
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| ENG 22 |
Introduction to Expository Writing |
All |
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| ENG 100 |
Expository Writing (CAI, DE) |
Oliver |
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| ENG 100 |
Expository Writing (SL) |
Dahlman |
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| ENG 100 |
Expository Writing (CAI) |
Young |
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| ENG 100 |
Expository Writing (CAI, SL) |
Mattos |
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| ENG 100 |
Expository Writing |
All |
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| ENG 209 |
Business Writing (CAI, DE, WI) |
Oliver |
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| ENG 250 |
Major American Authors (CAI, SL) |
Mattos |
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| GG 103 |
Geology of the Hawaiian Islands (DE) |
McCoy |
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| GIS 150 |
Introduction to GIS/GPS (Lab) |
Ikagawa |
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| HIST 152 |
World Civilization II |
Knuuti |
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| ICS 100 |
Computing Literacy & Applications (CAI, Lab) |
Regentine |
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| ICS 101 |
Tools for the Information Age (CAI, Lab) |
Regentine |
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| ICS 105 |
CIL Preparation (CAI, Lab) |
Troeger |
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| JOUR 205 |
News Writing (WI) |
Young |
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| JOUR 285 |
Newspaper Lab (Lab) |
Young |
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| MICRO 130 |
General Microbiology |
White |
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| MICRO 140 |
General Microbiology (Lab) |
White |
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| OCN 201 |
Science of the Sea |
McCoy |
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| PSY 100 |
Survey of Psychology |
Coberly |
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| PSY 100 |
Introduction to Psychology |
Palacat |
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| PSY 170 |
Psychology of Adjustment |
Palacat |
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| PSY 224 |
Abnormal Psychology |
Coberly |
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| PSY 240 |
Developmental Psychology |
Coberly |
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| REL 150 |
Introduction to World Religions |
Hadmack |
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| REL 151 |
Religion and the Meaning of Existence |
Hadmack |
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| SP 151 |
Personal and Public Speech |
Ragains |
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| SP 231 |
Performance of Literature (WI) |
Ragains |
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| SP 251 |
Principles of Effective Speaking |
Ragains |
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| SSCI 200 |
Social Science Research Methods |
Palacat |
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| THEA 101 |
Introduction to Drama & Theatre (SL) |
Moffat |
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| THEA 101 |
Introduction to Drama & Theatre (WI) |
Moffat |
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| THEA 211 |
Mask Making & Performance (SL) |
Moffat |
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| THEA 221 |
Acting I |
Moffat |
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| THEA 222 |
Acting II |
Moffat |
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The Windward Community College offers Noncredit computer skills workshops and courses through the Office of Continuing Education. The current list of their computer-related offerings can be found at http://ocet.wcc.hawaii.edu/compsched.htm
UH Manoa Outreach College offers a variety of computer skills workshops. A listing of these workshops can be found at http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/Programs/HL1-COMPUTER.asp
Email Skills
File Management Skills
| Windows XP |
Online Tutorials |
Introduction, Getting Started, The Start Menu, Managing Files, Printing, Applications |
Leeds University |
| Mac OS 9 |
Online Tutorials |
Copy/Cut and Paste, Saving Files, Printing Basics, Fonts Overview, Working with Files |
University of Wisconsin |
| Mac OS 9 |
Book |
Mac OS. Ormond Beach, FL: Florida Marketing International, c2001.
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WCC Library Main Collection
— Temporarily shelved
at the Circulation Desk
Call Number: LD 21 |
| Mac OS 9 |
Interactive CD-Rom Tutorials |
Total training for Mac OS X. [Encinitas, CA]: Total Training, 2002. |
WCC Library Main Collection
Call Number:
QA 76.76 .O63 T6 2002 |
| Mac OS X |
Online Tutorials |
Basics, Copy/Cut and Paste, Keyboard and Mouse Options, Saving Files, Printing Basics, Fonts Overview, Working with Files, Working with Files: Additional Options, Printing Basics |
University of Wisconsin |
Word Processing Skills
| MS Word 2000 |
Online Tutorials |
Screen shots with text which include tutorials for Word basics, formatting a document, printing a document, and using print preview. |
Screenbooks |
Win 2000
MS Word 2000 |
Online Tutorials |
Getting Started, Working with Files, Working with Text, Formatting Paragraphs, Graphics, Spelling and Grammar, Page Formatting,
Keyboard shortcuts |
Florida Gold Coast University |
| Win Word 2003 |
Online Tutorials |
Instructional videos on using MS Word, creating, editing and saving documents, formatting text, paragraphs and documents, using find and replace, proofreading tools, graphics, tables, and more. |
Lynda.Com |
Win XP
MS Word 2003 |
Online Tutorials |
Word Basics Series, Word Basics: Paragraph Formatting, Organizing Information with Word Tables, Creating Headers and Footers, Working with Images, Using Microsoft Office Help |
University of Wisconsin |
Win XP
MS Word XP |
Online Tutorials |
Introduction to Word processing; Create, open, edit, save, and print a document; Insert headers/footers, page numbers, footnotes, Simple tables; textual files, and graphics; Change margins, text alignment, line spacing, tabs, indents; Format typeface and emphases; spell checking. |
Utah State University |
Win XP
MS Word XP |
Online Tutorials |
Word Basics Series, Word Basics: Paragraph Formatting, Organizing Information with Word Tables, Creating Headers and Footers, Working with Images, Using Microsoft Office Help |
University of Wisconsin |
Win XP
MS Word XP |
Online Tutorials |
Beginners Guide, Page Formatting |
Leeds University |
Win XP
MS Word XP |
Interactive CD-Rom Tutorials |
Word XP MacAcademy, Windows Academy. Osmond Beach, FL: Florida Marketing International, c2001. |
WCC Library Main Collection
— Temporarily shelved
at the Circulation Desk
Call Number: LD 19 |
Mac OS X
Word X |
Online Tutorials |
File Management, Find and Replace, Fonts, Styles and Printer Selection, Graphics, Headers and Footers, Spelling, Grammar and Thesaurus, Tables, Tabs and Text Alignment |
MacAlester College |
Information Literacy Skills
Spreadsheet Skills
| Win Excel 2000 |
Online Tutorials |
Screen shots with text which include tutorials for Excel basics, formatting a spreadsheet, and using formulas. |
Screenbooks |
| Win Excel 2003 |
Online Tutorials |
Instructional videos on creating, modifying, and formatting worksheets, using formulas and functions, making charts, and more |
Lynda.Com |
| General |
Online Tutorial |
Overview Of Spreadsheets |
Leeds University |
| Win Excel XP |
Online Tutorials |
Introduction to Spreadsheets; Open, edit, format, save, and print a spreadsheet; Insert and delete Columns or Rows; Calculate with a formula and with simple functions; Copy, sort, create, save, open, print and interpret a graph (chart) |
Utah State University |
Win
Excel 2000 |
Online Tutorials |
Introductory Exercises, Writing Formula, Formatting Data, Charting |
Leeds University |
Win
Excel 2000 |
Book |
Shelly, Gary B., Thomas J. Cashman and James S. Quasney. Microsoft Excel 2002:complete concepts and techniques.
2002. |
WCC Library Main Collection
Call Number:
HF5548.4.M523 S532 2002 |
Win
Excel XP |
Online Tutorials |
Introductory Exercises |
Leeds University |
| Mac Excel |
Online Tutorial |
Drawing Graphs in Excel |
University of Illinois |
Please go to the Workshops Schedule page to see information on when and where they are held.
To make an appointment for an individual conference with the CIL Coordinator, please contact Bryan Shon.
| Tuesday |
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Wednesday |
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Thursday |
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Friday |
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
Tutoring appointments are subject to but not limited to availabillity and his schedule. To look at the CIL Coordinator's Schedule please visit the CIL Events Calendar page.
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