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.
Basic Computing, Part 1 has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, 9am - 11am. Basic Computing Part 1 will introduce the hardware components, and Operating System, and program software used to make up a computer. This will include basic hard drives, the motherboards, different types of storage, processors, EEPROMS, HDD’s, DVD’s, USB FDD’s. We will cover how the Operating System uses and controls the hardware and the special program used for maintaining hard drives. Instructor Joel Ewing, based on Pete Opland's handouts.
Google Slides has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 29, 9am - 11am. This class will discuss another of the applications from Google Drive, Google Slides, which is Google's counterpart to Microsoft PowerPoint. We will discuss how to start a slide, look at page setup, add elements and animations. We will also discuss how to use it for presentations, sharing it for displays and using it with an add-on. This will be the fourth 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.