Free Digital Skills Workshops
Are you a newbie to computers?
Getting frustrated with the Internet, your smartphone or Microsoft Word?
Fear not, help is at a library near you!
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 two-hour workshops cover a selection of topics including computer basics, smartphones, Word, eBooks and Family History.
Class dates, times and locations are listed below. Numbers are limited to 5-6 people so please enrol below or Contact Us.
Please Note: Some 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.
Class Times for Term 2
| Date | Time | Library | Class Name | Contents |
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8 May Wed
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2pm-4pm | Taradale | Smartphones | • Wi-Fi • App Store • Camera • Mobile data |
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14 May Tue
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10am-12 | Napier | Word 2 | • Page layout • Copy, cut & paste • Spelling & grammar • Bullets & numbering • Inserting Clip Art |
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21 May Tue |
10am-12 | Napier | Family History | • Genealogy websites • Cemetery searches • Library resources |
| 26 May Sun | 10am-12 | Napier | eBooks | • Bolinda BorrowBox • ePukaPuka • Downloading apps • eBooks & eAudio • Different devices |
| 28 May Tue | 10am-12 | Taradale | Smartphones | • Wi-Fi • App Store • Camera • Mobile data |
| 12 Jun Wed | 2pm-4pm | Taradale | eBooks | • Bolinda BorrowBox • ePukaPuka • Downloading apps • eBooks & eAudio • Different devices |
| 16 Jun Sun | 2pm-4pm | Taradale |
Smartphones |
• Wi-Fi • App Store • Camera • Mobile data |
| 18 Jun Tue | 10am-12 | Napier | Computer Basics W10 | • Log-on & passwords • Mouse & keyboard • Files & folders • Automatic updates • Maintenance |
| 25 Jun Tue | 10am-12 | Napier | Family History | • Genealogy websites • Cemetery searches • Library resources |
| 26 Jun Wed | 2pm-4pm | Taradale | Computer Basics W10 | • Log-on & passwords • Mouse & keyboard • Files & folders • Automatic updates • Maintenance |
| 30 Jun Sun | 10am-12 | Napier | Smartphones | • Wi-Fi • App Store • Camera • Mobile data |
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