Kristen, I teach Legacy classes all the time. What I teach depends a bit on the audience. I have to take into consideration their level of computer knowledge in general, their knowledge of genealogy database programs in general, their knowledge of Legacy specifically and what level of genealogists they are. Class size also matters. I try to make it user driven as much as possible showing them how to do things that they specifically want to know. I do have some specific topics that I like to speak on, my favorite being cleaning up your file (standardization). I also do a lot with using Legacy with FamilySearch. Absolute beginner classes are great too because they are usually amazed ☺
We do have some materials for leaders of local user groups. These have not been updated since version 4.0 but they should still give you some ideas. http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Presentation.asp I also teach people one-on-one for anyone in the Columbia County Genealogical Society and the Augusta Genealogical Society (Georgia). All they have to do is call me and I will arrange to meet them at the Euchee Creek Library. I try to coordinate it with the monthly meeting of the CCGS (which happens to be today). They all know that I will stay after the meeting and help as well. I always have my laptop and the library has a nice projector. I suggest you start with some one-on-one because they will help you learn what sorts of things people are most interested in. As far as having a set curriculum... I use PowerPoint for my general genealogy presentations but I never do this when I am doing a Legacy class. I just crank Legacy up and have it on the screen as I talk. I encourage the class participants to have their laptops with them. They retain more if they are actually working in the program. I usually have a list of things I want to cover for that particular class but that's all the written notes I have. Since I know the program very well I don't need written notes other than a simple list of topics. A couple of minor thoughts.... 1) Use a neutral color scheme on your Legacy program so that the colors aren't distracting. If you are using a projector you will want to test the look out on the screen before you do the class. 2) If you use your real data file it is a good idea to bookmark specific people in your file that you can get to fast. You don't want to display living people in your file as you are navigating (your other option is to have a test file set up, I use both). 3) If your talk is on a specific topic and you have specific examples in your file to illustrate it, again, have these people bookmarked so that you don't spend a lot of time making people dizzy as you navigate through your file. 4) Keep the presentation to no longer than an hour. Any longer than that they will probably go into information overload, especially if you are working with beginners. Better to break it into two sessions if you need to. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com From: Kristen Black [mailto:urbanbutterf...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 9:52 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Teaching people how to use Legacy I'm a relatively new member of the group, and I've been lurking for a while and loving all the info I glean from you. Now I have my own question to ask. The possibility of teaching a face-to-face class on how to use Legacy has come up, and I am wondering if any of you have taught such a thing. Either one time or a class series. I'm not looking for lots of little details, but more a Getting Started and common/general tasks. I have experience in developing curriculum and many years of teaching, but I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if it exists. My internet searches have proved fruitless. I know that Legacy has great videos and online tutorials, and I can find more all over the internet. But I really am wondering if anyone has developed a basic curriculum for a series of classes on the basics of using Legacy. Anyone? Thank you, Kristen Black Bentonville, Arkansas Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
