Training Connection

I had a great experience with the 3 day Dreamweaver course that I took at the Training Connection. Our class was taught by Jeff who was highly knowledgable of all things coding and I appreciated that he was patient with me as I needed a little more time while taking on new information. I highly recommend the Training Connection if you want a great interactive learning experience!
Parking is available in the building for $ 22 daily before 9:30 am and close to 7^th & Fig for lunch

here’s the thing — if you take a 3 day intense class and you don’t practice the software afterward, you will not retain the material. At least I didn’t. But a lot of the problem with these classes is its a TON of material to learn in such a short time. I took two classes here — After Effects and Première Pro. The instructor was very knowledgable and funny, and in After Effects she had us do a couple edits on our own so we could figure some stuff out. We did not get to edit on our own in Première Pro. But mostly it was, click here, tap this arrow, enter this coordinate etc. So I didn’t know how to get to that coordinate because we didn’t have time for that, it was already prefigured out for us. I think they need to make the classes longer so each day students can do their own edits in a lab or something. You can’t really learn if someone is just telling you what buttons to push. I will need to study the books (that they do give you, thankfully) for a long time to really get any of it.

Nice office with great views. Nice Apple computers. Instructor Chris was engaging and knowledgeable. I would come back for other classes.

I just completed two different courses at the Training Connection over the last month; Dreamweaver Bootcamp and JavaScript with JQuery.
My experience was nothing but excellent. From the beautiful facilities in DTLA to the friendly and helpful TC staff. My instructor, Jeff was very informative. He explained everything in detail, was patient and made the class very fun. He went above and beyond the curriculum, while maintaining the focus of the course. Each course comes with its own work book and tutorial files, so you can take it all home and practice. And the best thing, TC offers free retakes (within 6 months of taking the class) in case you need to let «that JavaScript» sink in again! ;)
Just a short walk, there is parking for $ 6 up the street on the corner of Wilshire and St. Paul. More affordable than parking in the building. Plenty of great restaurants for lunch, but the TC has a great kitchen with plenty of tables, fridge, microwave and free tea and coffee.
I would recommend the Training Connection to anyone who needs a brush up or wanting to dive into something new. I definitely would use them again.

Having been to software trainings within my corporation and outside this was the best. My company purchased the full Graphics Package which included Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Each class was focused and taught by real professionals with years of experience. The best part was that the teachers weren’t just designers in the industry — they were teachers as well in top universities! I did a total of nine days of training (three days for each software) and TC kept their professional focus all the way. I would highly recommend them for their Graphics Package.

Training Connection is by far the best software training company I’ve had experience with in California. One thing I love about their Adobe software classes is that the instructors who teach the courses are industry professionals as well as excellent, engaging trainers. You can ask them questions about topics not in the book, and they’ll have an answer. Another great thing is the facility: free coffee, great view, CLEAN bathrooms (I’m picky), and a graduation certificate suitable for framing! You can’t go wrong.

I took a couple courses here for excel. They have other Microsoft office courses and development courses (javascript, php, etc.) as well.
Parking — If you get in before 9:30am, you only pay a flat rate of $ 10 in the parking structure.
Each course comes with a student manual (outlining and detailing the course), a notebook, individual mac computers (programmed for windows or mac user interfaces), and unlimited supply of starbucks freshly brewed coffee or tea.
After the completion of the course, you receive a completion certificate, 2 free movie tickets (lol), and the ability to retake the course as many times as you want within 6 months. You can also get a guaranteed full refund if you realize you don’t like the course — just leave by lunch time for single day courses.
Overall, I would say that the course is very structured, the instructor is very friendly and thorough with course material. I am definitely excited to take more classes! They have package deals and I am paying $ ⁵⁵⁰⁄₂ classes, and I believe I saved about $ 50 with the package deal. For lunch, within a .2mi radius, you’ll find a large variety of cafes and restaurants to choose from. I definitely recommend this place :)

I am surprised that the Training Connection has not been reviewed already but here goes. I work in the training department of my company and we are looking to create our own learning modules that can be delivered remotely to our employees. Our company decided that using Adobe Flash and Captivate would be the best way to accomplish this so they sent me to learn the programs.
I have used this company twice now to learn both Adobe Captivate 4 and Flash Player CS5. In both of my instructors were very knowledgeable and managed to cover a lot of information in a short period of time. The manuals included in the course are excellent reference tools and I use them quite often when creating presentations and modules. The location is easy to get to and some of the perks are, the coffee machine which makes Starbucks coffee, the free movie tickets after finishing the course, and you can retake any course within the first six months of completion.
The only downside is, they are not able to validate parking and you have to pay for parking at a different level then where the gate is which can be kind of a hassle yet this is something the company does not control so no points lost on their part.
I would recommend this company for anyone who wants to learn a program quickly and gain a basic knowledge of how it works.