“It makes me feel a lot better about myself because I feel a lot more confident in my computer skills. I wasn’t too confident in that area prior to learning these. Your programs have basically boosted my confidence in my computer knowledge area and I really believe that I’m gonna keep doing it in the future. It’s encouraging.” - Louisa Sealy
“I feel good about being able to do the job better equipped.” – Pearl
“It’s gonna improve my life a lot knowing more about the computers, because I wanna run my own business, and I wanna know how to run the business, instead of having to hire somebody else to do everything that I can learn.” - Kevin
“It makes you feel good because it gives you the chance to get something that pays a lot more.” - Chance
“Well right now I feel pretty confident because I haven’t been in the workforce for a while, so sitting here just doing WordPerfect made me feel real good that I could pick it up real quick.” - Andrea
“Having these skills makes me feel a lot more confident, especially when trying to get into the business world. All the things I didn’t know before, this’ll make it a lot easier, hopefully to change careers.” - Suzie
“It makes me feel proud of myself, it makes me feel more confident to have this knowledge and to know that I can go on to better jobs. Jobs are more and more dependent on computers every day.” – Ron
“I have done a couple of one and two day software seminars. Not quite as easy you know, I like being able to go at my own pace, not having to wait for other people’s questions to be answered that I already know the answer to.” - Adrian
“Compared to a class or manual, for me it’s very more practical because it’s more hands on as opposed to listening to all this in a classroom or reading it in a manual.” - Michael
“Between a manual, classroom or home study with the Professor, I’d say go with home study with the Professor.” - Kaiser
“I rather use Video Professor than use the manual. Much easier to get around with. The manual’s too clunky.” – Jeremy
“I think I would like to take the Video Professor over taking the classroom, because one, it’s quick. Number two, I can do it in the leisure of my own home and it doesn’t take time away from me going to school, or gas, or wear and tear, or expenses.” - Andrea
“I’ve taken tutorials on PowerPoint and other programs like that, and still had questions at the end, so this answered all the questions without you having to look into a book, so it was very nice.” - Suzie
“It’s [Video Professor’s] a lot easier than going to school and learning it. You can learn it on your own. It’s a lot cheaper than school, buying a bunch of books and trying to learn it.”
“You can spend $300 to get the information you need, or looking at these programs you can spend $59, but once you retain the information, the information is yours, no matter where you went to get it."
“To take your average computer class, whether it be community college or say a 4 year or 6 year program, you’re going to spend a lot of money. These programs provide a less expensive, unthreatening environment to obtain the same skills, and in my opinion, it’s a very valuable set of tools.” - Sharon Nooner
“Classes are nice and you can learn a lot and you can ask questions of the professor, but it’s really spelled out for you here. Everything you need to know I think. And the nice thing about it is there are other levels, like I just started doing the Excel, the number one, when I’m free with that, when I’m completely confident in that, I can go on and do the next level of Excel.”
“It has it all over manuals. Manuals are a great reference once you know what you’re doing. To go through a manual, besides the fact that it’s very dry, it doesn’t necessarily make a lot of sense, especially if you haven’t had a lot of computer experience. I have a Word manual now that I will be able to understand a lot more since I’ve used the Video Professor program.” - Ron Torbitt
What people want to learn and why:
“I’d like to learn PowerPoint, I’d like to get into DOS, Lotus, things like that.”
“I definitely think it’ll expand my horizons in the workforce, definitely get me more money, more knowledge, more power.” - Mike
“I have a new business now, so this [Video Professor] will help me to keep track of my books.”
“I need to be more organized, I have to do better time management.” - Philip
“I would like to learn PowerPoint, I’m trying to further my business experience in PowerPoint.” - Bob
“I’d just like to learn more because it’s such a big part of the business world today, and a necessity actually, I think, to get a job.”
“I’d like to learn more excel, PowerPoint, web design type of things.”
“I think web design would help extremely because all companies are looking to expand their Internet business I think.” - Nicole
“I would like to learn now about Quicken and managing, ledgering and payroll for my company as well as how that relates to spreadsheets and so today I’ve picked up a form of your Excel teaches so I can learn about spreadsheet.”
“Really what I’m looking for help in specifically right now is doing spreadsheets for business analysis that will assist in understanding my needs for growth, for inventory management and for tax preparation...book-keeping and general ledgering.” - Ben
“I know nowadays most jobs require Word, Excel, all your software.”
“Most of the jobs now that you see advertised pretty much everywhere will ask you what type of experience, are you familiar with Word, Excel and so forth.”
“I do feel like I’m not qualified for none of the positions because of the experience that I haven’t had using software.” - Elise
“I’m not proficient in PowerPoint, so I’d like to learn more about PowerPoint.” - James
“Programs that I’m interested in learning are more web design programs, working with computers, learning how to design webs for businesses, industries, that type of thing.” - Teresa
“What specific program that I’m looking for is PowerPoint, and to be able to give presentations, and outlook, to work with daily schedules.”
“By learning PowerPoint I know I could learn to present things to the other employees in our company that would be useful for them in their daily applications.” - Bert
“The program I’d like to learn out of all of ‘em is probably PowerPoint is a good one to start with.”
“Excel, if you have to do budgeting or something like that, that would be helpful in my personal life.” - Don
“Right now, Access is what I’m gonna start learning at the end of this week. PowerPoint is another one. I’d like to get a little better at Excel.” – Don Davis
“I’d like to learn Quicken actually, because I’ve noticed that in a lot of professional positions you have to know Quicken or some sort of accounting software.” - Melissa
“I need to get a job in an office setting so I can do something beyond receptionist.”
“Computers have a mind of their own, and I really want to have control over that mind.”
“I’ve spent money on my own computer, now I just want to learn how to use it and make it function.” - Pearl
“I know Excel and those other kinds of spreadsheets, but I don’t know Access, so I’m hoping that it will be beneficial for me to learn Access.” - Gary
“I want to have my own business, I do want to know how to run the computer, I don’t want to have everyone else do my work for me.”
“Today I’d like to learn Word, so I’d like to learn how to write, how to get on the software, the part where you have to write the letters and everything.” - Gail
“I need to know PowerPoint so this is a great opportunity for me.” - Linda
“In my career search I’m looking to learn Excel, PowerPoint, Access…Spreadsheet is what I really don’t know.”
“I would like to learn to expand myself professionally, to make myself more useful to a company looking for a job.” - Suzie
“Some of the things I’m looking to learn is like WordPerfect, Excel, The Microsoft Office suite.” - Andrea
“When you walk into a situation where you know that you do not have the job skills you need, as a housewife it makes me feel like running out the other door.” - Sharon Nooner
“At this point, I would need some Windows, I would need some Excel, it probably wouldn’t hurt to be comfortable with spreadsheets, going in and out of databases.”
“I think a lot of employers are looking for Excel knowledge, and I’ve experienced that, so I definitely want to learn it, and it’s easier doing it off this.” – Lauren & Melissa
“I, myself have just gotten a home computer so it’s got Windows ME on it and I’m not real familiar yet with how the operating system works, so I’ve got to train a little bit and learn about Windows ME.” - Nathan
“I know how to get on Word and on the Internet and everything like that, but in terms of like the backbone of the computer or anything like that, I have no familiarity with it.” - Brian
“I’d like to learn some of the accounting softwares, Quicken, some of the other programs for making presentations.” - Kelly
“I would like to expand my knowledge mostly on Excel and Access because I know it could get me organized a lot more, especially when it comes to work.”
“I hope it would improve my salary…I think it would help mostly with my organization, trying to get clients put together.” – Nichole Nance
“I think I could get a better job with using this software.” - Chance
“There are other people who are more experienced with them, but I know just enough to get myself in trouble." – Don Davis
“My experience with computers is basically for use in the house, email with my friends, word processing, doing papers for school. Pretty limited.” - Michelle
“I don’t have a lot of history with computers. I just recently bought one and I’m going to learn how to use it.” - Pearl
“I’m feeling like I don’t know as much as I wish I knew. I know enough to log on and stuff like that, but not any more than that. I feel very intimidated by the fact I wish I knew more than I know. When they freeze up or something like that, I get frustrated.” - Pepe
“My experience with computers, well, I’ve done a lot of surfing. But when it comes to the technical aspects of things, well, it’s all over my head.”
“When I was in high school, they had basic….what they’ve got now is way beyond anything I’ve learned.” - Keith
“I’m not that good with computers and with Java programming. Since I don’t have any experience, I didn’t even try and get that kind of job.” - Maria
“I know a little bit about computers….I know how to use the Internet just a little bit, just to do the email, check the email.” - Gail
“I just started on computers a few months ago, about 3 months, and it’s been...it’s a little intimidating. But I have so much to learn, and I want to learn…a lot.” - Claudine
“My experience with computers is mostly educational software, being a teacher, but moving into the business world I need to expand my horizons.”
“My daughter definitely knows how to use a computer better than I do half the time, and she’s 3½.” - Suzie
“My experience with computers, I have some knowledge but I’m kind of outdated. In other words I need to refresh my skills.” - Andrea
“I don’t have a lot of experience with computers, it’s mostly just school. I have a little bit of Excel knowledge, Microsoft Word, that’s about it. Just the basics” – Lauren & Melissa
“My experience with computers is pretty minimal, I’m a student, a humanities person, no computers.” - Brian
“I know a little bit about a number of things, not that much about anything.”
“I know a little bit, I’ve got one at home…there’s still a lot I need to learn though.” - Dillion
“I don’t know too much about computers nowadays, so I figured I’d come here and start from the beginning.” - Robert
“What I knew about computers before I came here is just some that I learned in college. Just your basics, PowerPoint, Excel, WordPerfect, all the stuff that you use in college.” - Teresa
“What did I know about computers, not a whole lot. I’ve done a lot of surfing, but when it comes to setting it up, or any of the terminology, I know nothing at all.” - Keith
“I have very basic skills in computers. No programs at all. I’ve just started learning how to do Windows.” - Pearl
“I knew a little bit about Word, Excel, and Windows 98, 95, a little bit of those.” - Chance
“I know some about Microsoft Word, but not most of the new programs, like Excel or Access or WordPerfect.” - Andrea
“My husband works with computers every day. I run from computers every day.” – Sharon Nooner
“I’m familiar with some of the software packages, but not that many of them really.” - Dale
“I though it was an excellent tool, how you guys walk you through the whole software, that was great.” - Daniel Escavar
“The lesson played right over the Excel and you could actually move it up to the side and do an actual spreadsheet while it was showing you what to do.”
“I found Video Professor to be great. Great to use. It would be wonderful for anybody to try to learn or to pick up skills that they lost.” – Nicole Nance
“I really like it. It’s easy and it goes much faster than if you use books or any other source of learning computers. I really really like it.” - Maria
“Definitely easy to use. They’re great tutorials for people who’ve never had computer experience, or anybody that even needs a brush up for that matter, so I think they’re great. Great software.”
“It walks you through it verbally. I think it’s great software, it worked for me and I had no formal training in it.” - Louisa Sealy
“I was very impressed. It’s a good teaching tool. I liked it.”
“It was very easy to use.” - Debbie
“I think Video Professor is very good. I didn’t know a lot of stuff and I was able to answer 6 out of 7 questions at the end of the first quiz, just from having watched it and listened to it, so, I’m kinda excited about it.” - Pearl
“I learned basically how to set us a basic web site, and how to put different things on it and that was very valuable.” - Allison
“The thing I like is that you have it in your pocket, you just flip it back in there and re-learn it.”
“I’ve been a teacher, and this is an excellent tool. Because it’s easily accessed and if you forget something, you can just flip it back in and access the information you need to review on.” - Gary
“I knew how to do email just a little bit, but I know how to do it better now.” - Gail
“I think I could get a better job with using this software.” - Chance
“That was a blast! I did the Excel and it was a lot of fun. I had a real good time, I learned a lot.”
“It can definitely help a teacher to teach.” - Suzie
"The program? I thought it was awesome.”
“I thought it was really easy to use. Especially as it explains everything to you.”
“I learned quickly with Video Professor. It was nice because I could take it at my own pace. When I got tired I could walk away from it, and come back fresh, and that way I could pick up a lot more when I came back.” - Ron
“It was like having a person there, an instructor, but I didn’t have to worry about waiting in line for somebody to come to me.” - Dale
“You don’t have to be really computer savvy to get this lesson done. It has a people oriented approach to learning computers, and that’s really important.” – Don
“This Video Professor deal seems like a really neat idea because you can simply block out the time, pop in a disk and do it at your own convenience. If you want to do it in the middle of the night, that’s great. If you want to do it before you go to work, that’s great. And the price, it’s great bang for the buck.” –Davis
“Everybody asks me how I got so good so fast, I tell them I was doing it with Video Professor...” - Ben