Actually, Danny, I can accomidate those who are international. It wouldn't be
through the group classes, but I could go through the coriculum with them
one-on-one via either Facetime, or Skype.
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Phone: (704) 256-8010.
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From: Danny Noonan
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: For new, or majorly struggling Mac users: Please read
This won't work for me being in Australia but perhaps there are some aus Nz
Asian etc Mac users who want to try and get something going down here. I have a
lot to learn but also know enough to teach some things.
Any interest let me know at
danny.noo...@icloud.com
There are always folks struggling with vo on the Mac.
Danny
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On 8 Jul 2016, at 10:02 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Guys,
I have been using a mac now for just over 10 years. I started in the days
of mac OSX 10.4.1 Tiger with a Power Mac G4 Quick Silver.
I am at the point now where I could not function without my mac, end of
story! There are a few things on Windows I still do, but very few. I'd say
out of an 8 hour work day, I'm probably only in Windows maybe 30 minutes to an
hour out of that timeframe.
So, here is what I am thinking. For those who live in the US, or have
telephone calling to the states, how interested would people like Andy, or
Arnald etc. be with me coordinating and teaching a 1 hour class on the basics
of the mac OS from the standpoint of someone blind who has used Windows all
their life? Make it very clear that I do not plan to charge for this class. I
would very gladly vollenteer my time to do this for you all in a group setting.
The classes would not be all lecture based. I would make them very
interactive. This means, though I might have a small portion of the class
devoted to lecture, 95% of the hour would be helping you all better understand
Voiceover, and your new mac system. Over time, the coriculum would be:
a.. Deciding which mac is right for you
b.. The differences in keyboard layouts
c.. Identifying the FN, CTRL, Option, and command keys
d.. Discussing the Voiceover modifier keys
e.. Turning on your mac for the very first time ever
f.. Turning on Voiceover with no sighted help
g.. Basic VO keyboard navigation
h.. Basic VO trackpad navigation
i.. Why trackpad gestures over keyboard navigation
j.. Completing the first time setup assistant
k.. Creating an Apple ID/ICloud ID, and why
l.. The basics of Quick Nav
m.. Accessing and navigating menu bars
n.. Accessing and navigating menu extras, and what they are
o.. Connecting to a wifi network
p.. Configuring Finder view options to your liking
q.. Accessing right click context menus
r.. Navigating the dock, and what is it
s.. Switching between opened applications
t.. The Running applications window
u.. Switching between opened windows within an application
v.. The Window chooser
w.. System Preferences, and useful configurations
x.. The Finder, and basic navigation
y.. Opening files/folders
z.. Explaining concepts of volumes vs. drives
aa.. The Finder sidebar
ab.. The finder browser
ac.. Icon, list, and column views within the Finder
ad.. Changing between the three different views
ae.. Renaming files/folders
af.. Copy/pasting files/folders
ag.. Selecting files/folders contiguously
ah.. Selecting file/folders noncontiguously
ai.. Adding items to the dock
aj.. Aliuses, what are they, and how to create them
ak.. Properly disconnecting USB drives, and external media
al.. Closing opened windows
am.. Quitting applications
an.. Force quitting applications, and when to do so
ao.. An entire class hour long devoted to the Voiceover Utility
ap.. An entire class devoted to the concept of interacting
aq.. Routing the mouse pointer
ar.. Querying location of keyboard, Voiceover, and mouse focus
as.. Getting very detailed coordinant locations of cursors
at.. Moving and resizing windows with no sighted help
au.. Hiding vs. minimizing
av.. Zooming vs. maximizing
aw.. Closing vs. quitting
ax.. Setting some useful preferences for Safari
ay.. Two dedicated classes to surfing the web
az.. One dedicated class to working with E-mail
ba.. Three dedicated classes to the basics of ITunes
bb.. The extreme basics of Quicktime, and why you'd need it
bc.. Basic word processing/text editting
bd.. A very basic introduction to Pages
be.. A very basic introduction to Numbers
bf.. A very basic introduction to Keynote
bg.. The mac App Store
bh.. Software Update
bi.. Disk Utility
bj.. An incredibly extremely basic intro to Terminal
bk.. The notification Center
bl.. Audio/Midi Setup, and its rare uses
bm.. An intro to the stocked DVD player
bn.. An intro to Airplay
bo.. Booting into System Recovery
bp.. Imaging your drive with Super Duper
bq.. Time Machine, and its uses
br.. Migration Assistant, and its uses
bs.. Installing, reinstalling, and clean installing OSX
bt.. Troubleshooting misbehaving login items
bu.. An intro to Activity Monitor
bv.. An intro to ICloud Drive
bw.. An Intro to Keychain Manager
The final class will be wishing everyone farewell with the mac, and
answerring any questions which may have not already been covered.
Upon completion, everyone would receive an electronically e-mailed
certifiquet certifying their full completion in the corse.
Along the way, some weeks will have weekly assignments which I will ask the
group to complete for the next class.
If I do this for you guys, and I do it for free, then realize, I am giving
you a $300 value. Normally, this corse is charged at $300, but seeing how many
on this list have lately seemed to be struggling, I believe in you guys enough,
and I believe in Apple, and their products enough, that I would like to offer
this to you all as a free gift. It's not something I normally do, but if it
will help you guys, then, I'll do it.
Let me say this though, if I do this for you all, I need to see true
commitment. This means, don't return your mac within the first week of getting
it. I will expect all participants to be fully engaged. This will mean
completing all assignments on time, or at least to the best of their ability,
staying in direct contact with me either via phone, Facetime, E-mail, or Skype
if they have any questions or concerns. It will mean if I'm moving too fast,
tell me! I'll not be able to make this effective for you all, if you don't
come to me, and say, Christopher, I'm having a hard time, please help me. If
you tell me you're not getting something, I'll work with you one on one until
you do. I won't know if you don't tell me though.
I don't want this to be like the other free corses in the past I've tought
where sometimes people show up, but then usually 98 percent the time, they
don't.
Realize that if I do this, it's going to take a lot of my time! I'm very
very willing to do it, but I need those who attend to be very very serious
about this. If you really truly are struggling, and really want to learn,
then, let's do it, but if you're only coming to be at a few lessons, then goof
off the rest of the time, then I don't want you, frankly, in my class. It's
that simple. I'll give, but you all have to be willing to openly receive.
Idealy, I'd like this class to run an hour a week, and generally, I'd like
it on an average to be ongling for about 3 months. This means 12 weeks, so 12
lessons, equaling to about 12 hours all total worth of training, not including
any one on one help you may need along the way. If we need to go longer, we
will. This is only a starting goal. I'm very flexible.
If you all are interested, then write me off list.
clgillan...@gmail.com
If you're not in the states, and cannot call the states via phone, then let
me know. If the international demand is high enough, then I have some ideas we
can take to rectify that problem, but let's cross that bridge when, and if, we
need to.
Again, I'm not selling this, so no need to ask for Mark's approval, I'd not
think. I'm offerring this totally for free as my gift. I really wanna do
this, and I really wanna see you guys love your mac, and succeed. You all can
do this! I know you can! Allow me to help you!
Chris.
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