On behalf of all of us at MCC, I
hope you all had a healthy and enjoyable summer and no matter where you
traveled, that you did it safely.. I'm sure you'll agree that it's hard
to believe that it's already fall and time for me to begin another new season
of classes..
As promised, we intend to repeat
our entire cycle of classes from October into May 2014. Based on many requests we received, we modified several
classes which are now 12 hrs. long/, including Internet Basics & Advanced
and Email; Word including working with tables; Excel including doing Mail
Merges for letters and mailing labels and of course our Picasa Photo Editing,
Facebook, Twitter & other Social Media, and the very popular Creating books
& other great gift ideas with your text & digital photos - All are Twelve
(12) hours, so three "3" 4 hour sessions. We also added a
few new classes including one 4 hour workshop for "cloud computing"
which is so popular with all of our RV'ers and brought back our popular 4 hour
workshop in November to create those fun "Santa & Holiday
Letters". Cassuandra Pham will continue to teach a variety of Apple
iPhone, iPad, iPod and Android Smartphone & Tablet workshops and
classes..
Everyone in our community is
welcome to take advantage of our wonderful Hodel Library on campus.. Stop by
and get a library card, feel free to use our computers and bring your own paper
and print what you need. Pam Galovich and her library staff
are wonderful and will answer your questions so stop by and visit them.... and
remember, MCC offers many other great classes in a wide variety of fun &
interesting subjects - from genealogy, health, dance, painting, genealogy,
sculpting and many more all year long...Visit the Mohave Community College
website: www.mohave.edu;
visit our campus at 1971 Acoma Blvd in Lake Havasu.. So check them out or Call
Registration 928-855-7812
As always, if you are
thinking about taking any class at MCC, be sure to register ASAP.. We don't
want you to show up for a class, thinking you'll register after the class, only
to learn class was postponed due to low enrollment.. So try to register, and if
something comes up and you can't attend we can move your class or refund your
money... And remember you are always welcome to bring your laptop to any
of my classes...
The Colorado River Computer Club
meetings have resumed for the new season. They are open to the public and
held the first Tuesday of each month at the Mohave County Library - 1770
McCulloch Blvd, Room B (K-Mart parking lot area)... Next meeting is Tuesday
evening, November 5th - New Users Group with the Groups Vice President, Larry
LaRue, meets at 6pm and the Guest Speaker begin at 7pm.. These meetings
are open to the public and very worthwhile... Visit their website: www.crccaz.com
The following is our schedule for
October ~ so be sure to stop by the campus OR check the mohave.edu website OR
call MCC OR email me and we will gladly help you find what you need...
Computers
FOR THE FUN OF IT ~ LSC 062-121,
8:30am-12:20pm, Tues& Wed, Oct 8 & 9 - Two 4 Hour classes reviewing computer hardware, software,
printing tips, keyboard shortcut tips, customizing desktop-changing
backgrounds, create shortcuts, using quick launch bar, Start Menu, Task Bar,
control panel & much more…
DIGITAL
CAMERA BASICS ~ LSC 100A-121, 1pm-4:50pm, Tues
& Wed, Oct 8 & 9 - Two 4 hour
classes-Intro to digital cameras; pixels, camera lingo, basic how to’s, move
photo’s to your PC with memory card & memory card reader, organize photos
on your PC using Windows Explorer; save photos to portable drives Bring
your digital camera to class
LAPTOP,
TABLET & eReADER BASICS ~ LSC 102-121, 8:30-12:20pm, Thurs & Fri,
Oct 10 & 11 – Two 4 Hour classes We
will help you learn to to use your eReaders, Tablet, Laptops, Notebooks,
Netbooks and understand differences; also how to use "apps", how to
download books & other media from libraries & stores, what accessories
are needed, how to get around the internet & WiFi Basics, shortcuts,
security & more. – Bring your laptop, tablet, eReaders if you have
one
SOCIAL
NETWORKs: fACEBOOK, tWITTER& bLOGGING ~ LSC
080-121, 1pm-4:50pm, Thurs, Friday & Tuesday, Oct 10, 11 & 15 - Three “3” 4 hr classes introducing & discussing
Social Networking, Including Facebook, Facebook’s Timeline; Privacy
Settings; Add/Change/Remove Photos-Posts-Friends, etc; Basics of Twitter
& Smartphones; Basics of Blogging, posting, commenting; You’ll Create Your
Own Blog; Templates; Add Ons: Links, Photos, Slide Shows, Blog Tools &
more
WORD-CREATe
GREAT LOOKING DOCUMENTS ~ LSC 068B-121,
8:30am-12:20pm, Saturday mornings, Oct 12, 19 & 26 - Three "3" 4 hour classes-reviewing
the basics to open, create, save documents; highlight; cut-copy-paste, set
& change margins; create letters, envelopes, labels& use clip art, word
art to enhance documents, invitations, how to work with tables to create
schedules, resumes, questionnaires & flyers & lots of printing tips
FIND/ORGANIZE WHAT’S ON YOUR PC
~ LSC 068C-121, 8:30am-12:20pm, Tues& Wed, Oct 15 & 16 - Two 4 hour classes Using Windows Explorer to find what
you’ve saved on your PC; organize your work, files & photo’s to find them
quickly& easily. Learn to back up your pc, photo & documents with
portable flash & hard drives, memory cards and memory card readers.. Bring
your laptop, camera and/or flash drives to class
HOW TO
SKYPE OR GOOGLE VOICE ~ LSC 103-121,
1pm-4:50pm, Wednesday, Oct 16 - One 4 hour
workshop learning how to use Skype and/or Google voice to make free phone
calls & web calls worldwide from any pc or smartphone.. lots of
tips
PICASA
PHOTO EDITING ~ LSC 081-121: 8:30am-12:20pm,
Thurs, Fri & Tues, Oct 17, 18 & 22 – Three “3”- 4 hr classes to learn to edit &
print digital photo’s using Picasa (this is free Google software); learn to
upload photo’s from your camera and/or scanner to the PC& learn to order
prints online; how to create a quick movie with music or a wonderful collage;
use Picasa online web albums; use face& geo tagging& learn to update
your edited photos to a variety of vendors for printing and/or creating great
gifts - Bring your digital camera to class
WINDOWS
7 & 8 OPERATING SYSTEM ~ LSC 100-124,
1-4:50pm, Wednesday, Nov. 7 – One 4 hour
workshop helping you get more comfortable with Windows 7 & 8 and the
many Features & Improvements (vs XP-Vista), such as Desktop customizing;
Use Libraries to manage files; Jump Lists vs Task Bar or put taskbar back; Run
apps; Shuffle wallpaper & screen savers; System Tray; Media Player; Alerts
vs action centers & more - You are always welcome to bring your
laptop, but this is especially true if you are using Windows 8.
HOW TO
BUY & SELL ONLINE ~ LSC 101-121,
1pm-4:50pm, Tues & Wed, Oct 22 & 23 - Two 4 hour classes-Buy and Sell on Line, find what you
want; searching, making travel arrangements, shopping tips, intro to online
sales with sites such as eBay; eBid; craigslist & others: shortcuts &
security tips
internet
and it’s many uses ~ LSC 071-122,
8:30am-12:20pm, Wed, Thurs & Fri, Oct 23, 24 & 25 – Three “3”- 4 hr classes covering a variety of
internet tips & lingo, such as ISP, browser, blogger, hashtags;
when/why to use F5 & F11; website basics, hyperlinks, email basics &
advanced including how to send and save attachments, copy hyperlinks, reply to,
forward and file emails, using “Google& Bing” to search web, images, news;
translating to & from different languages; blogging and much more
USE DIGITAL PHOTOS & TEXT TO
CREATE & PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK & OTHER GREAT GIFT IDEAS ~ LSC
100K-121, 1-4:50pm Thurs & Fri, Oct 24, 25 & 31 – Three “3” 4 hr classes to
Learn to create & publish your own book, using free book publishing
software from Walgreens & CVS as well as blurb.com (for a book that’s copyrighted)
using your WP skills& digital photos and learn in quantities as small as
just one. You decide: soft or hard cover, various sizes, all text, all
photos or a combination of photos & text, story book or recipe book Bring
photos to class (on camera or flash drive)
HOW TO
USE CLOUD COMPUTING ~ LSC 045-122
~ 1pm-4:50pm, Saturday, Oct. 26 - One 4 Hour Workshop to review and help
you better understand "Cloud Computing" including Google Drive;
SkyDrive; Apple Cloud & Dropbox-understand which are free & which
charge; learn to "store/upload" your important documents, photos,
music & videos in the "clouds" to access anywhere, anytime with
any device..
Apples & Android
Class Schedule...
INTRO
TO iPHONE (& iPods) LSC 040-123 ~
8:30-12:20pm Tuesday, Oct. 22, One 4 Hour
Workshop reviewing the basics & differences of an Apple phone vs a
Smartphone/Android etc... As with all Apple Devices, we will discuss
customizing, adding APPS, syncing your information on all "i"
devices, organizing your contacts, calendar, music, data-using your Apple ID
and the Apple Cloud and many other features (This class is also beneficial for iPod
users - Bring your "iPhone" or "iPod" with you
INTRO
TO iPAD'S ~ LSC 040-124 ~ 8:30am-12:20pm,
Wednesday, Oct 23 - One 4 Hour
Workshop to review the basics & differences of Apple vs. PC and review many
of the basics features of your iPad - including the desktop, using APPS,
maneuvering around, syncing your "i" devices with your Apple ID and
or the Apple Cloud; organize your desktop and many other features - Bring
your "iPad" with you
ANDroiD
SMARTPHONE BASICS ~ LSC 043-122 ~ 1pm-4:50pm,
Tuesday, Oct 22nd - One 4 Hour Workshop to
review the basics of using an Android smartphone, including
"swiping"; Wi-Fi and other settings; syncing with your email,
calendar, contacts, "clouds accounts, organizing it all, accessories and
many other features - Bring your "Android Smartphone"
with you
ANDROID
TABLET BASICS ~LSC044-122 ~ 1pm-4:50pm,
Wednesday, Oct 23 - One 4 Hour Workshop to
review the basics of using an Android System - whether it is a Smartphone or
Tablet; including "swiping"; Wi-Fi and other settings; syncing with
your email, calendar, contacts, "clouds accounts, organizing it all,
accessories and many other features - Bring your "Android
Tablet " with you
ANDroiD
TABLET ADVANCED ~ LSC045-122 ~ 1pm-4:50pm,
Thursday & Friday, Oct. 24& 25 - Two
4 Hour Classes to review the more advanced uses of your Android Tablet -
filing, syncing, downloading of apps, books and other daily services - managing
photos and other aspects of your "cloud", organizing it all,
accessories and many other features - Bring your "Android
Tablet" with you
As always, if there is a
specific class or topic that you would like us to consider, let us know..
These classes are designed to help you take advantage of all the new
technology, so we are always anxious to hear your suggestions and comments...
