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The vast majority of iPhone users rarely access all of the available iPhone features. In this course, learn to use your iPhone to the best possible advantage. Some critical features covered include Apple ID and password; structure of the iPhone (buttons and how they work); best apps to have and how to get them; how to text, phone, FaceTime, and email; how to use the Control Center; mastering Settings; updating operating systems; using key apps; and more. An additional session includes iOS updates and the unique features of the newest iPhones.

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Your iPad is the gateway to the world when you open the Safari app. Safari, Apple’s browser, is superb because it provides a variety of cool features. The iPad app has some differences from the iPhone version. Learn what the icons on the top menu do, explore all of the choices on Safari’s opening page, review efficient search strategies, look at the hidden possibilities within the share feature, learn the advantages of Reader View, and more. After completing the five lessons you will be a confident user of Safari on your iPad.

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Many people have 1000 or more images stored in their Mac desktop/laptop Photos App. Frustration sets in when one tries to locate a picture or a video among the multitude of saved images. Understanding the built-in organization of the Mac Photos app is the first thing you will learn in this course. Next comes organizing your images and video into albums and folders in order to develop your own management system. Plus, you will also learn how to tag people in photos and create shared albums that you can invite friends and family to view.

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Learn the art of Map Making: Create you own Story!

with Andrew Watson

Apr
28

Next session: April 28th to May 19th, 2025

Sign up, dreamers, artists, and cartographers!! Ever wondered how to chart a course or explore lands in new, exciting ways?! It’s as easy as bringing the world to your figure tips!

Maps are much more than just turn by turn directions. Maps can open a world that you have never seen before, you can change the world just by understanding the power of GIS (Geographic Information Systems).

In this course you will be using free open-source software called QGIS. You will learn how to create your own finding, creating, and changing data from different free sources to create a new world!!

Students need to bring a laptop (a PC or MacBook), a storage device is recommended, and a smartphone is helpful as a data collector.

 

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Over exposed image? No problem—adjust the exposure in editing mode. Wishyour photo could be black and white instead of color? Choose a filter andchange the ambiance of your image. Does the main object of your picture seemlost among extraneous details? Use the cropping feature to focus your viewer’s

eye on the most important part of the image. These examples are just a few ofthe many ways you can turn an average image into something special. Have funediting your pictures with the many options in your Mac’s Photos app.

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Everyone has a story to tell. Writing your memoir helps you reflect on the varied experiences that impacted your life and helped shape who you are today. This course looks at a variety of digital tools, available through any digital device, that make the process of memoir writing more fun and a little less daunting. You will explore several unique approaches to research, learn strategies for gathering and storing materials in one easily accessible place, and delve into ways to illustrate your memoir even if you are not an artist. Polishing your work for publication and presenting it in a public format are other video topics. You will leave the course well equipped to begin your writing adventure.

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