Inclusive World

Software Testing Level 1
2022-03-27 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-04-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-04-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-04-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Timings: Sept – Dec, Sundays (1 – 2:00pm)
Pre-requisites: None
Instructor: Sowmya Janakiraman
Software Testing classes aim to teach clients the basics of software development life cycle and a deeper understanding of software quality assurance. Software Testing Level 1 class will focus on the introduction to software testing – test plans, test cases, test execution, and bug reports. This fall, our focus will be on user testing and accessibility testing.

Arts & Crafts Small Business
2022-03-27 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-03 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-10 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-17 15:00 - 16:30
Timings: Sept – May, Sundays (3:00pm – 4:30pm)
Pre-requisites: No prereq
Instructor: Deepa Lakshminarayanan
This Class has no prerequisite. In the Arts and Crafts small business unit class, clients learn all aspects of running a small business. clients are informed of the aspects of a small business through presentations that discuss the small business life cycle; raw materials, to finished product, packaging and pricing, learning the market price, inventory management, as well as learning to sell products, and then emphasizing what is needed to sell the products: quality over quantity. From the clients’ past experiences as artists, they will learn the process of design, development and production of their products, which will eventually lead to learning how to market and sell. clients will be working on a variety of products!

Arts & Crafts Small Business
2022-03-27 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-04-03 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-04-10 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-04-17 17:00 - 18:30
Timings: Sept – May, Sundays (5 – 6:30pm)
Pre-requisites: No prereq
Instructor: Chitra Narayanan, Geetha Kannan
This Class has no prerequisite. In the Arts and Crafts small business unit class, clients learn all aspects of running a small business. clients are informed of the aspects of a small business through presentations that discuss the small business life cycle; raw materials, to finished product, packaging and pricing, learning the market price, inventory management, as well as learning to sell products, and then emphasizing what is needed to sell the products: quality over quantity. From the clients’ past experiences as artists, they will learn the process of design, development and production of their products, which will eventually lead to learning how to market and sell. clients will be working on a variety of products!

Conversation Skills Program
2022-03-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-06 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-13 18:00 - 19:00
Timings: Sept – May, Wednesdays (6:00 – 7:00pm)
Pre-requisites: No prereq
Instructor: Ramya Raman (Coordinator)
This program will provide clients training in mock conversations/emails in handling different real world scenarios. Structured interactions would help differently abled youth volunteers to get out of their comfort zone and actively engage in various kinds of conversations. This will help clients learn key skills that can help them in whatever vocation they aspire to learn and prepare them for day-to-day scenarios. The unique factor about this program is to enable clients who want to use text to speech technology. Familiarity with this technology can open up so many opportunities that involve speech for our clients who are not verbal.

Conversation Skills Development Program
2022-04-02 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-04-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-04-16 10:00 - 11:00
Timings: Sept – May, Saturdays (10:00am – 11:00pm)
Pre-requisites: No prereq
Instructor: Ramya Raman (Coordinator)
This program will provide clients training in mock conversations/emails in handling different real world scenarios. Structured interactions would help differently abled youth volunteers to get out of their comfort zone and actively engage in various kinds of conversations. This will help clients learn key skills that can help them in whatever vocation they aspire to learn and prepare them for day-to-day scenarios. The unique factor about this program is to enable clients who want to use text to speech technology. Familiarity with this technology can open up so many opportunities that involve speech for our clients who are not verbal.

Excel Basics
2022-04-02 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-04-09 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-04-16 13:00 - 14:30
Timings: Sept – May, Saturdays (1:00-2:30pm)
Pre-requisites: no pre-req
Instructor: Sangeetha Ram
This Class has no prerequisite. In the course of 26 weeks, the goal is to introduce basic Excel features like Excel Screen, navigation, editing, formatting techniques, formulas and creation of charts. Students then learn to apply the concepts by doing simple projects where they also get to personalize their project based on their interest!

Scratch Programming
2022-04-02 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-04-09 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-04-16 13:00 - 14:30
Timings: Sept – May, Saturdays (1-2:30pm)
Pre-requisites: None
Instructor: Madhu Krishnan
Over the course of 24 weeks, students learn the fundamental building blocks of programming and logic, and learn to build games, storyboards and apps! The course uses Scratch 3.0 and concepts are introduced through sensory manipulatives and simulation before trying to write the program using code. Scratch is an excellent programming language for the novice yet a powerful platform to teach the techniques needed for developing an app!

Excel Intermediate
2022-04-02 13:15 - 14:45, 2022-04-09 13:15 - 14:45, 2022-04-16 13:15 - 14:45
Timings: Sept – May, Saturdays (1:00-2:30pm)
Pre-requisites: Excel Basics
Instructor: Janaki Venkat
Intermediate Excel is part of the continuous education plan at Inclusive World. This class requires completion of Excel Basics for at least a year with IW. In the course of 26 weeks, students will expand on the knowledge of basic excel skills. Students learn how to manage the excel spreadsheet quickly, advance formulas like pivot and vlookups, and better presentation with charts.

Robotics
2022-04-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-04-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-04-17 10:00 - 11:00
Timings: Sept – May, Sundays (10 – 11:00am)
Pre-requisites: No prereq (scratch knowledge a plus)
Instructor: Sandip Parekh
Seeing physical movement and controlling the behavior of Robots using programs makes programming more interesting. In this class, we leverage the Scratch Programming language from MIT to control Robots and make them move, turn, change lights, make sounds. This sensory approach to learning helps individuals with varying range of abilities get a better understanding of the programming concepts and the opportunity to participate in the larger Robotics movement. No knowledge of programming is necessary to learn Scratch. Buddies help support our clients at every step as needed. In the last series, clients build a Robot from a kit, write to control the Robot, and show you the different tricks that you can do with the Robot. In the last session, the students worked on controlling the Robot using a remote and doing other fun things with the Robot.
