FOLLOWING a successful three-week trial run last term, two new ten-week courses on aspects of the internet are being introduced in Okehampton this month. Easy website design for small businesses and organisations will start at Okehampton College on Monday, January 10, and run between 7pm and 9pm each Monday. Although new to Okehampton, tutor Peter Preston has been running this course successfully for three years at St Austell College. Peter created his first website about five years ago: ?I found website design fascinating and soon realised I could help others create their own sites, so I started teaching evening classes,? he said. Peter was recently awarded a postgraduate Certificate of Education from Exeter University. ?One thing students like about my course is that they don?t need any expensive software, I teach it step by step using very simple coding techniques, any software used is free. ?Everybody creates two coloured linked web pages within the first hour and after five to seven weeks a working website. ?Former students have created websites for clubs, charities, schools, museums, self-catering and bed and breakfast establishments,? he said. No previous experience of website design is necessary but familiarity with basic functions such as copying will certainly help. To assist with the teaching of this course Peter has written a manual, ?Easy Web Pages?, and all students will receive a copy. Peter?s other course at Okehampton College, ?A Guide To Internet Auctions? will start on Thursday, January 13, from 7pm to 9pm for ten weeks. Students will learn about various auction sites and be taught how to open an account and buy and sell with the largest of them all, e-Bay. ?Last term we sold a set of Concorde playing cards with a card missing for £17.11 and a broken toy traction engine which was rescued from a skip for £17.30. ?This term each lesson will be divided into two parts. Firstly, we will explore things like security, getting paid and enhancing listings, then in the last half of the lesson we will sell students? own items. ?I?ve sold everything from plants to musical instruments and I?ve bought everything from books to a double bed,? he said.