Computers and Technology

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Introduction to Zoom Basics

with BoomerTech Adventures with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee

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Using Zoom more than ever? This is an online, self-paced way to learn everything you need to know about the Zoom Video Conferencing platform. The course videos demonstrate examples of using Zoom on different devices—smartphones, tablets, and computers. Course content includes: Muting audio and video; using chat; screen sharing; recording; trouble-shooting; scheduling meetings; break-out rooms; and more. This course is appropriate for Zoom beginners as well as those who have used Zoom and want to learn more.

Hidden Gems Lurking on Your iPhone & iPad

with BoomerTech Adventures with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee

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Did you know...your iPhone tracks your movements? The keyboard has hidden keys? You can write and draw on your photographs? You can calculate in your search window? Our iPhones/iPads have many time-saving features that allow you to be creative, efficient, and have fun. This online, self-paced course will reveal the "hidden gems" that will show you how to learn advanced features of your iPhone and iPad.

Maximize Your iPad’s Potential

with BoomerTech Adventures with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee

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Learn to increase your capabilities to communicate, create, and connect by mastering your iPad’s features. This online, self-paced course covers navigating your iPad, its Camera and Photos apps, the options available in Settings, ways to communicate through writing and video, plus how to answer and make phone calls. Plus, you will learn about the apps that came already loaded on your iPad like the Calendar and Siri, your virtual assistant. It is important that you have the most current iOS update; but don’t worry—if you don’t know how, we will show you the steps. Finally, you will also learn about accessibility features that are helpful for folks with finger mobility, sight, or hearing difficulties.

NEW! Conquer Your Photos App Chaos: Tame Your Mac Images

with BoomerTech Adventures with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee

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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 online, self-paced course. Next comes organizing your images and video into albums and folders in order to develop your own management system. Plus, you will learn how to tag people in photos and create shared albums which you can invite friends and family to view.

Fantastic Photo Finishes—Organize & Edit Images with Your iPhone/iPad Photos App

with BoomerTech Adventures with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee

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Most of us take hundreds of photos that languish on our iPhone/iPad or in the cloud. Knowing how to edit images and organize your photos on your iPhone and iPad is essential. Other areas of study in this online, self-paced course include using the tabs in the Photos app — “For You" tab (ready-made slide shows), creating, using, and sharing albums, and the very useful search function.