Aurora College

DS Course Withdrawal (no refund, no academic penalty)
2025-04-02 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Inuvik)

Medical Terminology – In Person in Yellowknife
2025-04-01 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-25 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-18 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-04 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-25 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-18 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-11 18:00 - 21:00 and 1 more date
Medical Terminology – In Person in Yellowknife

This course is a comprehensive introduction to medical terminology. The course will have an emphasis on medial word building, medical word parts and the use of medical terminology.

The course will take a body systems approach to help the learner understand medical terms related to human anatomy and physiology, diagnostic procedures, disease processes, as well as various medical and surgical treatment modes.

This course will be delivered face to face at Yellowknife Campus.

For information/registration please contact Karen Horn at khorn@auroracollege.nt.ca

Date: Tuesday Evenings, February 4 – May 13, 2025Time: 6-9 pmInstructor: Lesia Lucan

Tuition: $545.00

Text: Medical Terminology A Living Language – Cost $110 plus GST

Word Extras - Online
2025-04-01 09:00 - 12:00
You know the basics of the Word program. Now learn about what else you can do to make working with this program even easier and more effective in this 3-hour session. Topics include:

Working with Tabs

Envelopes & Labels

Mail Merge

Tracking Changes

Using comments

Proofing Tools

Headers & Footers

Page Numbering

Date:April 1, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Charts & Tables CMPT 0015 - Online
2025-03-13 09:00 - 12:00
In the Excel program, you can convert your data from a spreadsheet into a table and/or chart. Learn how you can turn dry financial and statistical information into a vibrant visual display that will have a powerful impact on your audience!

Charts vs. Tables

Creating a chart

Changing chart types

Changing chart layout and location

Using sparklines

Creating a table

Creating a Pivot Table

Date:March 13, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Word Basics - Online
2025-03-11 09:00 - 12:00
This 3-hour session will introduce you to the capabilities of the MS Word program. Learn the basics of what you can do with this powerful word processing program including:

Types of documents

Moving around the screen

Using the ‘Ribbon’

Entering text

Find & Replace

Using undo and redo

Creating new documents

Switching between documents

Saving documents

Viewing & printing documents

Date:March 11, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Winter Reading Week
2025-03-10 08:00 - 2025-03-14 17:00

Bookkeeper & Financial Officer Training Part Two – Reading and Understanding Financial Statements - Online / Multi-Day
2025-03-06 09:00 - 2025-03-07 16:00
Many bookkeepers spend a lot of time recording financial transactions that are used to create financial statements each month. It is not unusual for bookkeepers, along with business owners and managers, to lack a full understanding of the valuable information included in these statements. This workshop goes through the sections of basic financial statements including balance sheets, income statements and supporting documents to give you a thorough understanding of the information they contain. You will learn how to use common ratios used by lenders and investors to determine the health of a business or organization, as well as ways to thoroughly analyze the information contained in the statements.

Course Objectives

To learn how the double entry accounting system works

To develop an understanding of the principles of accounting used in financial statements

To learn what information is included in a balance sheet

To learn what information is included in an income statement

To learn how to analyze the information in financial statements

To learn how to read a statement of cash flows

DatesMarch 6 – 7, 2025

Time9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

LocationOnline

InstructorHeather Lyon

Course Planning and Assessment ADED 0135 (prerequisite – Elements of Instruction) - Online / Multi-Day
2025-03-05 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-26 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-19 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-12 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-05 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-01-29 19:00 - 22:00
Course Planning and Assessment is a course about how to plan courses and assess learning outcomes, particularly for adults. It is concerned with designing learning systematically by considering learners, content, intended learning outcomes, learning tasks, pacing, appropriate expectations, instructional strategies, and assessment.

Course Planning and Assessment will be useful for people who want to plan workshops as well as for those who want to plan a formal educational course, whether it be a new course or a course that has an existing course outline. It will cover the theory behind planning and present a number of models for course design.

As part of this course, learners will develop a learning assessment plan that includes a variety of strategies and tools. Learners will plan an actual course, thereby immediately applying the theory to a useful and practical project.

Delivery:Virtual Delivery via Microsoft Teams(You will need a computer with high-speed internet)

Dates: 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. on January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, and March 5, 2025

Textbooks:Creating Courses for Adults: Design for Learning – available on Amazon*Participants are responsible for ordering the textbook

Tuition: $475.00

Instructor:Mike MacPherson

Bookkeeper & Financial Officer Training Part One – Intro to Accounting - Online / Multi-Day
2025-03-03 09:00 - 2025-03-05 16:00
This three-day course looks at the theory and the steps involved in preparing books for a business or organization in the NWT. Using an accounting simulation consisting of actual source documents from a fictitious business, students will enter one month of financial transactions for a small company using the five-journal system. This course will show students who use a computerized software program what is actually happening behind the entry screens on their computer and will give them a better overall understanding of the accounting process.

Please note: This class includes intensive, hands-on work that will require your full attention. It is strongly suggested that if you are participating in these online sessions, you take the class in an environment where you can focus solely on the class. You will need a calculator or adding machine for this session.

Course objectivesAfter completing this course, you will be able to:

Better understand the accounting process used in the 5 Journal manual accounting system

Be familiar with the steps involved in the annual accounting cycle

Understand the five account categories used in accounting

Understand Debits & Credits

DatesMarch 3 – 5, 2025

Time9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

LocationOnline

InstructorHeather Lyon

Formatting the Worksheet CMPT 0014 - Online
2025-02-27 09:00 - 12:00
Make your Excel workbooks look professional and readable by learning how to properly format all the aspects of your spreadsheet. In this three-hour session, you will learn how to work with:

Formatting dates & numbers

Cell alignment

Fonts & sizes

Borders

Colours and patterns

Format painter

Themes & Styles

Conditional formatting

Date:February 27, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

DS Course Withdrawal (50% refund, no academic penalty)
2025-02-27 00:00 - 23:59

Course Withdrawal (no refund, no academic penalty)
2025-02-25 00:00 - 23:59

Writing Effective Proposals – MGMT 0011 – Online
2025-02-24 09:00 - 2025-02-25 16:00
This two-day course is designed to teach students how to write an effective proposal, whether to obtain work for a business or funding for an organization. The steps involved are covered from obtaining the needed information to prepare the proposal right to the layout of the final document. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on work, students will work through the development and preparation of an actual proposal.

Date: February 24 & 25, 2025Time: 9am to 4pmCost: $600Instructor: Heather Lyon

Board of Governors meeting - Thursday, February 20, 2025
2025-02-20 09:00 - 14:00
Agenda

Any person or group wishing to address, ask a question of, or make a presentation to the Board of Governors must make the request in writing to the contact below no later than 12:00 PM (noon) on Monday, February 17. The question or presentation must be submitted either electronically or in hard copy by that date and time as well. Delegations are limited to 15 minutes with a maximum of four delegations per meeting. The Board will not make decisions about an issue brought forward by a delegation at the same meeting at which it is presented. Questions about the Board of Governors meeting may also be addressed to the contact email.

Delegation contact, or:

To receive meeting link and agenda:

Heather Meacock

Executive Assistant to the President

Email: hmeacock@auroracollege.ca

Location: Virtual Meeting

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Delegations – 9:15-10:15 AM, if required)

Microsoft Teams meeting

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Réunion du Conseil des gouverneurs

Toute personne ou tout groupe souhaitant s’adresser, poser une question ou présenter un exposé au Conseil des gouverneurs doit en faire la demande par écrit aux coordonnées ci-dessous au plus tard le lundi 17 février, à midi. Les questions ou les présentations doivent également être soumises par courriel ou en format papier avant cette date. La réunion pourra accueillir un maximum de quatre délégations et chacune aura un temps de présentation limité à 15 minutes. Le Conseil ne prendra pas de décisions concernant une question soulevée par une délégation à la réunion à laquelle elle a été soulevée. Les questions relatives à la réunion du Conseil peuvent être envoyées par courriel à l’adresse fournie.

Coordonnées pour les délégations ou Pour obtenir un lien pour assister à la réunion, écrivez à :

Heather Meacock

Courriel : hmeacock@auroracollege.ca

Lieu : Réunion virtuelle

Date : Jeudi, 20 fevrier 2025

Heure : 9 h 00 – 14 h 00 (Délégations – 9 h 15 – 10 h 15)

Course Withdrawal (50% refund, no academic penalty)
2025-02-07 00:00 - 23:59

Formulas & Functions CMPT 0013 - Online
2025-01-30 09:00 - 12:00
In this three-hour session, learn how to set up formulas and functions to get the Excel program to do the math for you. Topics include:

Creating and editing formulas

Mathematical operators

Common functions

Conditional functions

Absolute & relative cell references

Protecting your workbook

Date:January 30, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

PowerPoint - Online
2025-01-28 09:00 - 16:00
If you are new to working with this presentation software, this 1-day online session is for you! You will be introduced to the capabilities of the program and learn some basic techniques for creating and delivering a simple slide show. You will learn some of the tips and tricks for working with the software, but the session includes even more, such as the five rules for creating great PowerPoints, how to ensure that your audience gets your message, and that they remember it long after you finish!

Date:January 28, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Cost:$350.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon
