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Free Digital Skills Workshops
Free Digital Skills Workshops
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, and 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 cannot attend, please contact us 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 problems enrolling online.
Many of the classes are repeated. If you attend more than one session with the same name you will be going over the same information.
| Tues | 27th July | Napier | 10am-12pm | Smartphones | Basic tuition to get you started with using your cellphone and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
| Thurs | 29th July | 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 | 3rd August | Napier | 10am-12pm | Digital 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. |
| Thurs | 5th August | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Digital 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 | 10th August | Napier | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* eBooks |
Learn more about our eBook/eAudiobook apps. How to download and log in using your library card. How to find and borrow eBooks/eAudiobooks on your device. |
| 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 | 12th August | Taradale | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* eBooks |
Learn more about our eBook/eAudiobook apps. How to download and log in using your library card. How to find and borrow eBooks/eAudiobooks on your device. |
| Tues | 17th August | Napier | 10am-12pm | Smartphones | Basic tuition to get you started with using your cellphone and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
| 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 | Napier | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* Sypdus mobile |
Learn more about our library app. How to download and log in using your library card. How to navigate the app, how to access your account information, and how to renew and reserve items using your device. |
| 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. |
| Thurs | 26th August | Napier | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* Spydus mobile |
Learn more about our library app. The class covers how to download and log in using your library card, how to navigate the app, how to access your account information, and how to renew and reserve items using your device. |
| Tues | 31st August | Napier | 10am-12pm | Smartphones | Basic tuition to get you started with using your cellphone and a few tips and tricks you may not know. |
| Thurs | 2nd September | 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 | 7th September | Napier | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* eBooks |
Learn more about our eBook/eAudiobook apps. How to download and log in using your library card. How to find and borrow eBooks/eAudiobooks on your device. |
| Thurs | 9th September | Taradale | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* eBooks |
Learn more about our eBook/eAudiobook apps. How to download and log in using your library card. How to find and borrow eBooks/eAudiobooks on your device. |
| Tues | 14th September | Napier | 10am-12pm | Digital 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. |
| Thurs | 16th September | Taradale | 10am-12pm | Digital 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 | 21st September | Napier | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* Spydus mobile |
Learn more about our library app. The class covers how to download and log in using your library card, how to navigate the app, how to access your account information, and how to renew and reserve items using your device. |
| Tues | 28th September | Napier | 10am-10:45am | *mini class* Emails |
*New mini class* Learn how to create an email account. Learn to navigate your email platform. How to attatch files and photos to an email etc. This class will use Gmail as an example but most of the information will work for other email address types. |
| 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. |
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