Free Digital Skills Workshops
If the cellphone or tablet your well meaning children bought you is still tucked away in a drawer, a bewildering tangle of buttons, beeps and flashing lights, fear not! Help is at hand.
Napier Libraries, in partnership with Stepping Up: Digital Skills for Life and Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa, have put together a range of free digital skills workshops for the community.
These workshops cover a selection of topics including smartphones, eBooks and internet banking, how to access free movies using Kanopy, reading newspapers & magazines online, keeping safe online, using video calls and messaging apps to keep connected with friends and family. These topics vary term to term.
If you book into a class, but then for some reason cannot attend please contact us info@napierlibrary.co.nz, so that we can offer your place to someone on the waiting list.
Class dates, times and locations are listed below. Contact us if you have any problem enrolling online.
Due to the temporary closure of the MTG, all classes will be held at Taradale Library.
Most of the classes are being repeated. If you attend more than one session with the same name you will be going over the same information.
Tues | 9th February | Taradale | 10am-12am | Introduction to Genealogy | Designed for those new to family research this class will show you how to search effectively and explore different features of 4 popular genealogy websites. |
Sat | 13th February | Taradale | 1pm-3pm | Smartphones | Basic tuition to get you started with using your cellphone and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
Tues | 23rd February | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Smartphones | Basic tuition to get you started with using your cellphone and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
Thurs | 25th February | Taradale | 10am-12am | Intermediate Genealogy | For those already confident in basic genealogy this class explores other useful websites and provides further helpful information with an emphasis on resources available through Napier Libraries. Areas covered include cemetery searches, records held by Napier Libraries and other council facilities, and alternative places to locate information. |
Thurs | 4th March | Taradale | 10am-12am |
Internet Banking *FULL* |
This workshop is to provide knowledge and confidence to people moving into online banking. Getting to know banking online, how to recognise the signs of an online scam and what to do, and starting to navigate through an online banking platform. No personal financial information is required to participate. |
Tues | 9th March | Taradale | 10am-12am | Tablets/iPad | Basic tuition to get you started with using your tablet/iPad and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
Tues | 16th March | Taradale | 10am-12am | Local History | Designed for those new to local history, this class explores the resources available through Napier Libraries, along with some tips and tricks to help you along your research journey. |
Tues | 16th March | Taradale | 1pm-3pm |
Internet Banking *FULL* |
This workshop is to provide knowledge and confidence to people moving into online banking. Getting to know banking online, how to recognise the signs of an online scam and what to do, and starting to navigate through an online banking platform. No personal financial information is required to participate. |
Thurs | 25th March | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Internet Banking | This workshop is to provide knowledge and confidence to people moving into online banking. Getting to know banking online, how to recognise the signs of an online scam and what to do, and starting to navigate through an online banking platform. No personal financial information is required to participate. |
Tues | 30th March | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Keeping in Touch | Learn about video calls on apps such as Skype, Messenger and What’s app. |
Sat | 3rd April | Taradale | 1pm-3pm |
Internet Banking *FULL* |
This workshop is to provide knowledge and confidence to people moving into online banking. Getting to know banking online, how to recognise the signs of an online scam and what to do, and starting to navigate through an online banking platform. No personal financial information is required to participate. |
Tues | 6th April | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Smartphones | Basic tuition to get you started with using your cellphone and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
Thurs | 15th April | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Smartphones | Basic tuition to get you started with using your cellphone and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
Tues | 11th May | Taradale | 1pm-3pm | Introduction to Genealogy | Designed for those new to family research this class will show you how to search effectively and explore different features of 4 popular genealogy websites. |
Thurs | 20th May | Taradale | 1pm-3pm | Intermediate Genealogy | For those already confident in basic genealogy this class explores other useful websites and provides further helpful information with an emphasis on resources available through Napier Libraries. Areas covered include cemetery searches, records held by Napier Libraries and other council facilities, and alternative places to locate information. |
Tues | 15th June | Taradale | 1pm-3pm | Local History | Designed for those new to local history, this class explores the resources available through Napier Libraries, along with some tips and tricks to help you along your research journey. |
Tues | 10th August | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Introduction to Genealogy | Designed for those new to family research this class will show you how to search effectively and explore different features of 4 popular genealogy websites. |
Thurs | 19th August | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Intermediate Genealogy | For those already confident in basic genealogy this class explores other useful websites and provides further helpful information with an emphasis on resources available through Napier Libraries. Areas covered include cemetery searches, records held by Napier Libraries and other council facilities, and alternative places to locate information. |
Tues | 24th August | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Local History | Designed for those new to local history, this class explores the resources available through Napier Libraries, along with some tips and tricks to help you along your research journey. |
Tues | 26th October | Taradale | 1pm-3pm | Introduction to Genealogy | Designed for those new to family research this class will show you how to search effectively and explore different features of 4 popular genealogy websites. |
Thurs | 4th November | Taradale | 1pm-3pm | Intermediate Genealogy | For those already confident in basic genealogy this class explores other useful websites and provides further helpful information with an emphasis on resources available through Napier Libraries. Areas covered include cemetery searches, records held by Napier Libraries and other council facilities, and alternative places to locate information. |
Tues | 16th November | Taradale | 1pm-3pm | Local History | Designed for those new to local history, this class explores the resources available through Napier Libraries, along with some tips and tricks to help you along your research journey. |