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Microsoft Outlook Workshop for person with vision impairment.

Microsoft Outlook is a proprietary email and task management application that is available with most versions of Microsoft Office. A user can compose, send, receive and manage one or more email accounts with Microsoft Outlook. Although mainly popular as an email client, Microsoft Outlook also allows users to create and manage contacts, calendars, tasks, a personal journal and Web browsing support. It can configure and receive social updates, calendar sharing, weather updates and more.

Dear aspirants, Microsoft Outlook can be a significant tool at work. The skills in Outlook concepts can be a great advantage for your career development. Considering this need, RCGF Surya in collaboration with Enable India offering a 20 days online Microsoft Outlook Workshop for candidates who are skilled in basic computers.

Eligibility Criteria:
· Any Visually Impaired candidate who is 18 and above can
apply for the training.
· Should have basic knowledge in computers, MS Word, MS Excel
and internet.
· Should have Laptop/Desktop with good internet connectivity.
· Should have minimum English language communication skill.
· Should clear the entrance assessment test.
· Should be ready to spend 2 hours per day. (Monday to Friday)
Note: Those who already participated with the same training are not
allowed to register again.

Course Details:
Course Name: Microsoft Outlook Workshop for person with vision impairment.
Start Date: 14th November, 2022.
Duration: 20 days.
Timings: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Medium of training: English
Mode of training: Online (Zoom platform).

What will participant Gain from the Workshop:
· Will learn to access, organize and manage mails through outlook.
· Will learn to read emails and access email contacts when you are offline
· Will learn to Manage Calendar and manage meetings
· Will learn to add own signature and prevent errors in sending emails.
Note: candidates are responsible to do and submit all the concept
based tasks and assignments on time on a regular basis.

If you are interested, please fill the form below.
https://forms.gle/P8SrHgH1aTuAdPfE9

For further details, please contact
Trainer Anju: 9526629949
Trainer Eldho: 7907995761, 04852272870

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RCGF Surya Training Report. 2nd June 2021

The new online batch of Fundamentals of Computers in progress at RCGF Surya online platform. We started our new training ‘Computer Fundamentals for Students’ on 3rd may 2021 with 34 aspiring candidates. It has passed one month of training and we could cover the basics of computer concepts. Due to personal problems, 4 candidates left the training. All other candidates are joining us regularly with full satisfaction. All of them are providing very good feedbacks. Students from more than 15 states attending regularly from 9:00am to 11:00am in the live class using zoom platform. All the students are belong to the age group between 15-25. As it is online, some candidates are not getting proper attention due to distant earning. Due to extra number of candidates,  Enable India provided the service of Trainer Bhavya to provide maximum individual attention.

 

Sessions we covered:

1.      Basics of computers: desktop, taskbar, start menu, dialogue box etc.

2.      Session by Councillor Nilay from Enable India.

3.      Weekly performance review by Jincy Madam, the training Coordinator at Enable India.

4.      Daily typing practice and weekly typing test.

ONLINE COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING FOR PERSON WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT

DATE: 26 APRIL 2021 MONDAY. DURATION: 3 MONTHS

Dear Students,

Warm Greetings from RCGF Surya!

The new online vacation batch of Computer Fundamentals for the visually impaired students will commence on 26th April 2021. Candidates who have keyboard orientation can join with this 3 months online training program. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation and travel restrictions we have proposed that 3 months of the training will be conducted online.

This is an initiative from RCG Foundation with the group effort of Enable India team towards giving quality computer training for visually impaired students.

Computer education for the visually impaired enables them in their basic education, higher education, research, daily living and employment. In today’s environment with paperless offices and information available on the internet, computers represent freedom for the visually impaired.

This course aims:

· To provide computer literacy for visually impaired students
· To make candidates self-reliant on computers, in order to gain access to quality education

· To make candidates self-reliant to lead a quality life.

Details of the course:

· Course Name: Computer Fundamentals for Person with Vision Impairment.

· Starting date: 26th April, 2021.

· Duration: 3 months.

· Mode of training: Online (Zoom platform).

· Class duration: Monday to Friday, daily 2 hours.

Eligibility
1. Any visually impaired student who is equal or above 13 years who want to use computer skills for their education.

2. Better orientation of keyboard.

3. Basic knowledge in English communication.

4. Have a laptop or desktop with good internet connectivity.

Candidates will be selected on a first come first serve basis, with no evaluation test.

Curriculum

The basic computer fundamentals training will include:

· Basic Computers: Includes concepts like desktop, taskbar, dialogue box, file folder management, Basic MS word like navigation, find, editing, formatting, Basic Excel like data entry, find and replace, sort and filter, formatting, formulas, and Internet with the help of NVDA (screen reader).

If you are interested, please fill the form given below:

https://forms.gle/V3V72jdn8Y3F1Xn68

For further queries, please contact us:

RCGF Office: 8593838396

Trainer:9526629949

WhatsApp: 7907995761

E-Mail: rcg.projectsurya@gmail.com

Website: rcgfsurya.org

Advance Employability Training

With the end of August 2020, we are planning to organize Advance Employability training in cooperation with Enable India. There will be 20 candidates in the training. 5 candidates of our current batch were qualified to join with the new training. The total duration of the training will be 4 months through an online platform. The training will be under the control of RCGF and the knowledge partner is Enable India. This is indeed a job oriented training where eligible candidates will be placed in various work environments. This training also helps the visually impaired in their reading and research needs as well as their jobs and careers.

Closing Ceremony of 17th Batch

On 31st July 2020, we conducted the closing ceremony of our 17th batch candidates as an evening celebration. The program was presided by the Founder of RCGF Surya Rtn. Dr. George Mathew. The President of Rotary Cochin Global Rtn. Dr. Parashuram Gopinadh, Secretary Rtn. Binoop Paul and other council members are present on the occasion. They congratulated all our candidates’ effort and assured support and assistance in the future activities of RCGF Surya. There were 3 Excellent grade winners among which Jeelu Jacob won the top scorer award. There was the Social Integration Project presentation of candidates and the entire program was very much congratulated by all the participants since it was arranged through an online platform.

Successful accomplishment of online training.

Due to the Corona pandemic, we had to change the second half of our training to an online medium. Initially there was a dilemma in the execution of our training among Visually Impaired candidates. However we could accomplish the task without difficulties. As the candidates are already familiar with basic concepts of computers, it was very easy to implement the concepts of Zoom Cloud Meeting, Whatsapp, and E-mail etc. to communicate with each other. All the sessions are conducted with Zoom online platform. The notifications and guidelines are provided through Whatsapp. The finished works were collected using e-mail. The role of application called Enable India Eye tool was helpful to the self-assessment of candidates by immediate feedback. There were English and Employability sessions on a daily basis. We are thankful to the voluntary service of Teresa Madam who spends an hour every day teaching Communicative English to our candidates. With the end of July 2020, we could conduct the final examination of our candidates online and every candidate got passed when the result came. We have given extra chances to our candidates to join an advanced Excel workshop and PowerPoint arranged by KFB Youth Forum.

Foundation Course in Computers and Employability

Computer Training For Visually Impaired

Foundation Course in Computers and Employability

Duration: 6 Months

The new batch for Foundation Course in Computers and Employability for the visually impaired will commence on November third Week, 2019.

Introduction to RCG Foundation:

RCGF, an NGO was established in 2008 with a mission to focus on empowering and rehabilitating the Visually Challenged in new age employment opportunities, by making them employability literate, skilled in English communications, Mobility & Personality development to enable them stand on their own feet and secure a job, support their family, and to be a role model for the other Visually Challenged people.

We run the course in collaboration with Enable India-Bangalore, the number one institute in India which is providing the computer training for the visually challenged people. Both the parties are working in the field of disability and would like to join hands to promote the benefits to the disability sector by participation in each other’s programs. The main objective is to collaborate with each other by using the strength of each organization, to maximize the benefit for the person with vision impairment in the area of computer literacy, domain specific training and employability training.

Introduction to Foundation Course in Computers and Employability:
Computer Training for the visually impaired is the greatest form of empowerment which opens up the world to them: a world of information (aiding research, education, daily living, recreation), people, jobs, books (print to voice).

Computer training involves training on Computer Basics, MS office applications, Internet using the JAWS & NVDA screen reading software which are talking software that aid the visually impaired to “hear” everything that a sighted person would “read”.

This is an initiative from RCG Foundation with the group effort of Enable India team towards giving quality computer training for visually impaired people who have completed their studies and are seeking job, and those who want to continue their studies in the field of computers.

Main goal of this course is to make the candidate employable by providing computer knowledge and making them efficient in using computers independently. This will increase the employment opportunities, betterment of existing job, and for higher studies.

Course Contents:
Life skills and life education training for both career and life: personal competencies, overcoming disability, managing conflicts, effective work habits etc.
English training: spoken and written communication, business communication and heavy emphasis is to enhance spellings.
Computers: basic computers with Microsoft Office applications like MS word, excel, outlook, PowerPoint, and internet.
Miscellaneous concepts like scanning and reading, Printing documents, CD Burning, Physical connections of computer, trouble shooting etc…
Employability training: disability specifics which will enable candidates to overcome their disability, General employability fundamentals which will enable them to work efficiently at workplace, job simulation which will help candidates to know about different jobs.
Fun and Entertainment: which helps the overall development of the candidates.

Material Used:
1. Computers with Windows 10operating system and Office 2010,

A. Jaws 18

B. Latest NVDA

2. Audio files for Theory

3. Training Manuals and student manuals

4. Self paced exercises for each concept.

5. Weekly tests and final assessment test.

6. Designed Curriculum with computer concepts and employment aspects.

7. Tactile Diagrams

8. EYE tool for automated correction and self learning.

9. Spelling Tool

10. Real world exposure through role simulations on the computer

Activities:

Field visits to the bank, shopping malls, ATM’s etc where candidates learn about the usage of computers in different fields.
Work shadowing in the companies
Real work which will give hands-on experience of working in a company/NGO
Candidates also carry out project work which involves requirements gathering, planning, status reporting and execution.
20 hours of community project is compulsory.

Course Format:

· The duration of the course is 6months. The first 6 months will be focused on basic computers with English communication, mobility, employability and personality development.

Course Details:

Timings : 9:30 AM – 5:15 PM, Monday – Saturday

Start Date : November third Week , 2019

Premise : Rcg training center, Kakkanad

Course Fee : No Course Fee

Facilities:

Accommodation will be provided.

Assistance will be provided in getting employment for eligible candidates based on their performance

Eligibility:

· Any visually impaired person with graduation or equivalent diploma. PUC/+2 pass
candidates may be considered on an exception basis.

· Age should not be more than 35 years

· Who want to use computer skills for their education/ employment

· Visually Impaired persons who can dedicate their full time for the entire course
duration

Important Note: Persons who are waiting to join other courses/education/employment during this period that is November 1st , 2019 to June 2020 are not eligible to join the course.

Joining Procedure:

· Register for the training on or 15th November 2019.

Registered candidates should come down to Info park, Kakkanad on or before 15th November 2019. It helps us to assist you with the hostel/PG accommodation
Seats are available on first come first serve bases
For further queries contact us:

RCG Foundation
Vismaya Building,
Info Park
Kakkanad
Cochin.

contact Number:
RCG: 0484-4035537,0484-2415080
Mobile :8593838396
Anju Narayanan, Chief Trainer: 9526629949
Eldho K Abraham, Assistant Trainer: 7907995761

BASIC COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PERSON WITH VISION IMPAIREMANT

BASIC COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PERSON WITH VISION IMPAIREMANT

       DATE: 09 APRIL 2018 MONDAY.                           DURATION: 8 WEEKS

RCG Foundation Computer Fundamental For person with Vision Impairment starts on (09/4/2018, Monday). This course will be conducted at the following address

RCG Foundation

Vismaya Building,Ground Floor,

Info park,Kakkanad

Kochi,Pin:682042

Pho:04844035537

Mob:8593838396

Mail id: rcg.projectsurya@gmail.com

Website: www.rcgfsurya.org

 

This course aims:

  • To provide computer literacy for visually impaired
  • To make candidates self-reliant on computers, in order to gain access to quality education
  • To make candidates self-reliant to lead a quality life.

 

Goal of the Training

  • To make candidates computer literate.
  • To make candidates self-reliant on computers, in order to gain access to quality education.
  • To make candidates self-reliant to lead a quality life.

 

Scope

  • To orient visually impaired in using computers independently.
  • To make the visually impaired employable by providing computer knowledge.
  • To use computers in the existing job, and for higher studies.

 

Note: The scope of this training does not include making candidates ready for employment; it only makes them ready for employability training.

 

 

Details of the course:

Name of the training Computer Fundamentals for persons with vision impairment
Duration 8 weeks
Mode Onsite course
Batch size 16 candidates
Student Trainer Ratio 8:1

 

Eligibility

Candidates who have passed 10th, studying in college and teachers who want to use computers at work. Such candidates will be selected on a first come first serve basis, with no evaluation test.

Curriculum

The computer fundamentals training

  • Basic Computers: Includes concepts like file folder management, Basic MS word, Basic Excel, and Internet with the help of NVDA (screen reader).
  • Basic Employability: Functional mobility, use of assistive technology and learns to take notes effectively.
  • Life skills: Accepting disability, personal hygiene and personal grooming.

 

Teaching Methodology

RCGF Surya teaching techniques help the candidates use computers to improve their language skills, general knowledge and awareness, for higher studies, for better job opportunities etc.  To help them reach these goals, our teaching methodology includes:

  • Teaching concepts with real world examples: For example to teach document structure and formatting, we introduce a real world example of a visually impaired person giving an unformatted resume during a walk in interview and its impact.
  • Teaching concepts by generating curiosity: For example, to teach the internet concept, we generate the curiosity of the candidates by asking them to visit a nearby internet café or by touching and feeling a modem and cable.
  • Introducing concepts using simple examples: For example to teach how internet works we use the example of telephone lines that run through a telephone exchange and their interconnectivity. Candidates are also introduced concepts gradually, exposed to a concept part by part.
  • Leading candidates from known to unknown: Candidates may not be exposed to many things because of their disability. We teach them concepts by leading them from the scenarios or things they already know. For example to make them understand the concept of formatting a document, we ask them why they like certain people’s voices and not others’ voices. We then lead them to understand that formatting a document is like voice modulation and so on.
  • Reinforcing concepts: Theory sessions are followed by practical sessions. Constant practice of concepts through EYE tool helps candidates become more efficient. Previous concepts are also reinforced throughout the training.
  • Iterative learning: Concepts take time to learn. We teach a small part of a concept, give time to assimilate and then teach more.
  • Building visualization: We use tactile diagrams to help candidates visualize various concepts.
  • Building self-learning: Candidates are motivated to practice using various tools and develop a self-learning attitude.

Teaching Aids

In order to make visually impaired candidates understand concepts better, trainers who work with visually impaired need to use various teaching methods and teaching aids/tools while training them in computers. The main teaching aids we use in computer training are:

  1. Tactile Diagrams translate images into a tactile language. Learning to read tactile diagrams is essential for the totally blind and visually impaired students. Tactile diagrams help them to visualize various things by touch and feel.

Tactile diagrams can be made easily with different types of materials available locallylike cardboard, wood, plastic, cloth etc. Tactile diagrams are also made using thermocol sheets.

For Example: While teaching the Desktop concept to the visually impaired, we use the tactile diagram of a Desktop. The desktop tactile is made of cardboard piece, the size of a desktop screen. This piece has small bulging items pasted on it which resembles icons. Visually Impaired candidate can touch and feel the shape of the Desktop and the icons. Through this method the visually impaired candidate will be able to remember the concept for a long time. Using tactile helps them visualize the concept better which in turn builds their confidence.

  1. Practical Exercises play a key role in the computer training for visually impaired. Exercises are text documents with a set of instructions related to a particular concept. This helps the student practice the concept by exploring on his/her own. Exercises help the student to practice and understand the concept thoroughly. For every concept, there are multiple exercises.

For example: There are exercises which contain instructions for the “Save” concept in applications. This helps the students to practice and understand the layout, navigation, various ways of saving and its exceptions.

Other tools for practice: EnAble India has developed a tool called EYE Tool. This contains self-practice exercises that are assessed automatically. We also have a Spelling Tool which helps the candidates to practise their spellings. Candidates can use our student manuals on various computer concepts and learn various concepts by themselves.

 

Training Evaluation

  • Attendance: Regularity is one of the criteria for overall evaluation. Students must have at least 80% attendance.
  • Others: Weekly practical tests, projects, assignments and final exams assessments will be included in evaluating the candidates.
  • Grading:
Excellent 80% and above in overall evaluation
 Good 60-79%  marks in overall evaluation
Fair 40-59% and below in overall evaluation
Needs more practice Below 39 %

 

Training Timings

 

Timings of the training

  

9.30 am to 5.30pm, including lunch break
 

Duration of classes

  

6 days a week for 8 weeks

 

What will candidates gain from this training?

Candidates taking this training will be empowered in many ways and can live with dignity:

  • Candidate will gain knowledge of computers and screen readers. This in turn will improve your quality of life, education and entertainment.
  • Candidate will gain knowledge to use the internet and access a world of information to get better educational and employment opportunities.
  • Candidate will gain knowledge about using aids to make everyday life easier and independent.

 

 

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