Session 1: September 28-October 23
CP103: Basic Skills I
A class designed for total beginners, almost beginners and those who need to review basic skills. Includes Windows programs, mouse and keyboard practice. Learn to create simple word processing documents, spreadsheets and databases.
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m., Room 20 September 30, October 5, 7, 14, 19, 21 (six meetings)
Instructors: Len Leventhal, Elaine Hentschel
CP193: Picasa for Photo Handling
Picasa is free software for the PC that offers powerful photo organizing and editing tools. It offers all you need to produce professional looking slide shows and movies that can be shared with friends and family through the Internet or on CDs and DVDs. This class will also help you gain confidence and familiarity with many related activities such as burning CDs & DVDs, scanning old photos, music file conversion, uploading movies to Google Web and Internet communication (email, video).
Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:15 p.m.., Room 20
September 28, 30, October 5, 7, 14, 19, 21 (seven meetings)
Instructors: Warren Wilson, Sharon Graham, Dorothy Lathrop, Richard McCaman, and other class alumni
CP143: Internet Eclectic Workshops
We will offer a different topic at each Tuesday workshop. The first workshop will be an Introduction to Blogs. It is very easy to create your own blog on the Internet. We will look at different types of some of the many thousands and show some of the options. The second workshop will be an Introduction to Free Music on the Internet. There are thousands of radio stations playing all varieties of music on the Internet. We will demonstrate how to find music that you like and capture it to your PC. The third workshop will be an Introduction to Free Videos on the Internet. While YouTube is very popular, there are thousands of other free sites that let you watch videos of commentators, book reviews, and videos longer than 10 minutes. We will show some of these sites and how to save them on your own PC. A fourth workshop will be an Introduction to Free Antivirus and firewall software such as AVG and Comodo from the Internet to keep your computer free from infection and hackers.
Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m., Room 20 (Blue Book change, CP145 is combined into CP143)
September 29, October 1, 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17
Instructor: Ted Shapin
CP144: Basics, E-mail and Maintaining Your PC
This series of general workshops will focus on the following topics:
• What will a PC do for me and how do I get one?
• E-mail and the Internet (providers, browsers, search engines, downloading)
• Maintaining a PC, Part 1 (Control Panel, installing hardware/software, error messages)
• Maintaining a PC, Part 2 (defragmentation, viruses, backups)
There will be demos, handouts, and modest hands-on practice. No previous experience needed.
Tuesdays, 1:15 p.m., Room 20
September 29, October 6, 13, 20 (four meeting mini-course)
Instructor: Bob Rineer
CP110: Free Open Labs
Bring your questions to the lab and get individual help from our knowledgeable staff. There is no charge for this help, and there is no such thing as a dumb question. Topics from any of the PC courses will be welcomed.
Thursdays, 1:15 p.m., Room 20
October 1, 8, 15, 22
Instructors: Staff
Session 2: October 26-November 20
CP126: Word 2007
Learn to navigate the new Word ribbon and enhance your word-processing skills with its innovative features.
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m., Room 20
October 26, 28, November 2, 4, 9, 16, 18
Instructors: Charlotte Oliva, Marcia Taylor, Dorothy Lathrop
CP185: Photo Art: Your Best Shot
You too can be an Ansel Adams. Bring us that great landscape (or action, portrait, family group) shot. We will help you perfect it using one of our photo-editing programs, and print it LARGE to hang on your living room wall!
Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:15 p.m., Room 20
October 26, 28, November 2, 4, 9, 16, 18
Instructor: Bob Funk
CP145: Words and Music from the Internet (Blue Book changed, CP145 is canceled and combined with CP143, see CP143.)
Learn ways you can acquire free music using free software such as Winamp, Audacity, Pandora, freemusiczilla and others. Learn how to find interesting video and audio talks on the Internet and put them on DVDs and CDs.
CP195: Your Life in Multi-Media Projects
Got photos? Got video? Got sound clips? Want to create something worthy of a legacy about some aspect of your life experiences or adventures? Learn how to use free software to take images and footage to a showcase-quality DVD to gift family & friends, or to show other OLLI members at an Around the World presentation.
Tuesdays, 1:15 p.m., Room 20
October 27, November 3, 10, 17 (4-session mini-course)
Instructor: Donna Wolffe
CP110: Free Open Labs
Bring your questions to the lab and get individual help from our knowledgeable staff. There is no charge for this help, and there is no such thing as a dumb question. Topics from any of the PC courses will be welcomed.
Thursdays, 1:15 p.m., Room 20
October 29, November 5, 12, 19
Instructors: Staff