Scheduled Classes

General Information

Classes are free to BVCC members; you may become a member of BVCC on-line. 

IMPORTANT REMINDER:  You must pre-register for each training session separately listed below by signing up at a preceding General Meeting; or by contacting Education Chair Jill Doll at bvccedu@bvcomputerclub.org or texting her at 320-828-3413.  Supply class title, your name, phone number, and email contact information.  If by email or text, you should follow-up if a confirmation response is not received within 24 hours.  Registration is used to insure seating and determine the number of handouts that must be printed.  Contact information is used to send a class reminder, or to advise should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule the class.

August Classes

Basic Computing, Part 2 has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 18, 9am - 11am.  Basic Computing Part 2 will introduce MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and how to configure and use them.  We will explain what an email client is and how it melds into our everyday computing.  We will explore the ins and out of the address book and how to safeguard our contacts using One Drive.  We will use and explore:

  1. Internet browsing and the use of different browsers (Chrome vs DuckDuckGo).
  2. Privacy features of DuckDuckGo vs Chrome.
  3. How DNS translates the website addresses from a search.
  4. Using a DNS benchmark program to pick best DNS server.

Instructor Joel Ewing, based on Pete Opland's handouts.

Google Chrome, Drive and Docs has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, 9am-11am.  This class will discuss quick tips for using Google Chrome along with using Google Drive (Google storage and applications).  One of the applications from Drive, Google Docs, which is their word processing app, will be covered.  Google drive has sharing capabilities, if needed).  This will be the first in a series of classes on using Google Drive, a service which is free if you have a Google Account (Gmail).  Please make sure to know or bring your Google account Gmail address and password.  Instructor Efren Rodriguez.