> Hi everyone, first off, please share this with others, as I’ll explain later > on in the message. Many of you may remember, or may have taken, the iPad > training course I offered this past spring. I was really humbled and > appreciative of all the positive feedback from that course, and I felt that > the response to it was overwhelming. > > I’m now excited to announce that I will be offering more free training > courses for 2018-19 training season. In this email I will specify and explain > what I am offering, I will provide course dates, and I’ll provide a bit of > other general info. I know some of these dates are a good ways off yet, but > as I’ll explain, there are benefits to planning now. > > First off, I’ll be offering four major courses over the next year. They are > as follows: > > Replacing Your Traditional TV with Apple TV: four sessions, one session per > week, beginning Tuesday, October 2, 2018 > > Living the Connected Digital Life: Four sessions, one session per week, > beginning Tuesday, October 30, 2018 > > Learn VOiceover In and Out: eight sessions, two per week, beginning Tuesday, > January 22, 2019 > > Learning Voiceover In and Out, Section B: Eight Sessions, two per week, > beginning Tuesday, February 19, 2019 > > IPad for All Computing: 12 Sessions, two per week, beginning Tuesday, April > 16, 2019 > > The courses which have two days per week will be held on Tuesdays and > Thursdays. All courses will be held in the afternoon, with exact start times > to be decided. Plan on somewhere around 2PM or 2:30 PM Eastern. Sessions will > last for two hours. > > As with prior courses, each course is completely free and is available to > everyone, sighted and non sighted alike. As before, courses will be held in > Zoom, with an accompanying set of materials, offered as iTunes U courses, > with the exception of the Apple TV and Connected Digital Life courses, which > will require only small handouts rather than complete iTunes U courses. > > I’ll provide descriptions of each course below. What I’d love is if people > would start sharing this entire email with your friends, family, co-workers, > etc, and on any other relevant lists you may belong to. Additionally, please > let me know which courses interest you. You can reply to this message with > any questions, or you can email me off list to simply express interest in any > courses. Now for some general descriptions: > > The Apple TV course was sort of requested by several participants in this > year’s iPad course. It will be designed to offer participants an overview of > what the Apple TV can do and how to use it. We will then get into various > options for making the Apple TV your complete living room device, cutting the > cord, streaming, etc. what about local channels? How about sports? What does > it cost? How many people can watch at the same time? On and on. We’ll answer > all the questions we can, with a particular emphasis on Voiceover use as > well. You do not need to own an Apple TV to benefit from this course. Even if > you are just mildly interested in it and want to explore what’s out there, > we’d love for you to join. > > The Connected Digital Life will explore in-depth how to make all your devices > work for you no matter where you are. We will spend lots of time on all the > iCloud features and services, such as iCloud Photo Library, iTunes in the > CLoud, iCloud Drive, and many more. We’ll discuss iCloud Keychain for > password and credit card autofill, Apple Pay, continuity, multiple devices > together, HomeKit and home automation devices, and much more. Anyone with an > iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Apple Watch, HomePod, Mac, or any > combination of these devices should benefit from this course. > > The Voiceover In and Out course is something I believe many are looking for. > You’ll notice I’m offering two sections. This is because I intentionally want > to keep enrollment small and look at the students to best Taylor the course > to individual needs. This will be perfect for anyone who has never used an > Apple device and wants to learn about it, or anyone who has just gotten their > first Apple device. Additionally, those who have been using Apple products > for years but want further Voiceover help will also benefit. Finally, if you > struggle with certain gestures, fingering, or just want advance tips and > tricks, this course is for you as well. Note that as of right now, this > course will primarily focus on Apple iOS including iPhone, iPad, and iPod > Touch, TVOS, Watch OS, and HomePod. Though we wil indeed explore keyboard > commands and Braille displays, our primary mode of using these devices will > be gestures. My most recent certifications are on the iOS side of things, and > that’s what I use, so I’d prefer to not do Mac OS for now. > > Finally, for the iPad course. You’ll notice I’ve renamed it. You’ll also > notice that it’s longer than the one we did this past spring - 12 sessions > instead of 8. This is because I really want to go deeper. We will be spending > minimal time on learning Voiceover. If you want that, choose both this iPad > course as well as the Voiceover course. In this course, we’ll do what we did > last time, except much more involved. Instead of just talking for a short > time about Messages, we’ll practice sending and receiving messages, use > screen effects and iMessage apps, attach photos, record audio messages, and > more. Instead of just discussing the calendar, we’ll create test events, > modify events, use features like travel time, shared calendars, and much > more. We’ll actually create short movies in Apple Clips, view a Keynote > presentation together, and we will spend one whole session on file management > and two entire sessions on nothing but Pages. > > This course is for everyone, though having an iPad is strongly suggested, > though you will be able to complete most of the course on your phone. We will > have a prerequisite this time though - a strong familiarity with Voiceover. > If you do not feel comfortable with Voiceover but would like to take this > course, just also take the Voiceover In and Out course, and you’ll be fine. > Even if you took the 2018 iPad course, you may wish to take the 2019 one, as > it will as I’ve stated, go much deeper. > > Again, please rely with questions, and please let me know which courses you’d > like to take, and please share. Even though some of these are quite a ways > off in the calendar yet, please start letting me know what you’d like, > because creating course materials and course structure wil be much better the > more time I have. Shortly I will respond to those who have actually chosen > specific courses, and I’ll keep in touch with you from now through the start > of the courses. Thanks again, and I look forward to hearing from you. Take > care. Reply off list at kliph...@icloud.com <mailto:kliph...@icloud.com> My groups Beta tester for apple products? come help squash the bugs: https://groups.io/g/public-beta-users Have a braille display? Come teach and learn with others https://groups.io/g/braille-display-users User of IOS, TVOS, MacOS, and watchOS? That’s all we discuss in only apple talk and support. Beginners, experienced and medium range users, come subscribe here. only-apple-tns+subscr...@groups.io Oats is looking forward to having you!
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