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Mac for the Blind is proud to announce the continuation of the Mac for the Blind Online Courses!
Please read the following information carefully. This includes details and a schedule for the planned courses that will run through the Winter and early spring of 2021.
Please note the following:
• Four of these courses are free to join,
• Three of the courses have a $20.00 registration fee involved in joining them.
• The paid courses will have a few additional benefits that are not available with the free courses to be announced later.
• The courses will take place throughout the months of February, March and April.
Please make your selections carefully as you read through the registration information below.
Also, please note that the later dates might be subject to change, though, of course, registrants will be notified well in advance if this should occur.
All of the courses you choose to attend by clicking on the interested buttons below will appear in the following Cart, both free and paid. Once you check out you will receive confirmation of attendance.
1. Welcome to Your Mac.
With the rise in popularity of the Mac as a computer solution for the blind, this course will provide an overview of the Mac and VoiceOver. The material will mainly focus on MacOS and aspects of the Mac that sometimes are misunderstood or overlooked. It is geared for both the brand new Mac user as well as someone who might simply want to check their knowledge and familiarity.
Areas covered will include, as long as time permits:
• MacOS 11 Big Sur and what is an Operating System
• Setting up your Mac and things to be aware of during the setup process.
• Adjusting system settings after the fact.
• VoiceOver and working with the Mac as an overview
• Customizing VoiceOver tips
• Customizing MacOS tips
• System Updates and their impact on VoiceOver
• Backing up your data
• Q&A
This course is a free course for anyone to join.
This course is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 9 from 12:30 to 2:00 PM US Eastern time.
Online Lesson 1: Welcome to Your Mac • price = $0.00
2. The VoiceOver Utility and the Commanders features on the Mac
This course will go into specifics about the VoiceOver Utility on the Mac with a later focus on the four Commanders features. Users often overlook the various ways one can customize VoiceOver, and I will attempt to explain the categories and how they impact ones use of VoiceOver.
The material covered will include:
• What is the VoiceOver Utility
• The categories table
• Speech options
• Apple scripts and VoiceOver
• The Verbosity category
• The web category
• Navigation Category
• The Four Commanders and getting the most out of them
•Q&A
This course is $20.00 to register
This course is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 16, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM US Eastern time.
Online Lesson 2: The VoiceOver Utility and the Commanders features on the Mac • price = $20.00
3. What is an Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP)
As someone who has taken the journey to earn my ACSP, I am frequently asked about this certification and all of the details involved in earning it.
Thus, I will attempt to cover the following areas:
• What is the ACSP?
• Why get certified?
• What can one do with an ACSP
• How does one prepare for the process
• The MacOs 11 Essentials Training Guide
• The exam
• Q&A
This course is a free course for anyone to join
This course is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 2, from 1 to 2:30 PM US Eastern Time.
Online Lesson 3: What is an Apple Certified Support Professional • price = $0.00
4. Using Safari and VoiceOver in iOS
I have covered working with Safari on the Mac in the past, but I will attempt to provide information in regard to using Safari effectively on an iOS device.
The material Covered will include:
• The Safari screen layout
• Address bar/search field
• The Tabs screen
• The Bookmarks screen
• The Share Screen
• Navigating web content and taking advantage of the two-dimensional layout of an iOS device
• Making the most of the Rotor in Safari
• The Reader feature
• The Safari Reading List
• Dealing with downloads
• Customizing Safari
• Q&A
This course is $20.00 to register
This course is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 16, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM US Eastern time.
Online Lesson 4:Using Safari and VoiceOver in iOS • price = $20.00
5. You ask me all about the Mac
This will be an hour and a half devoted to you. You bring the questions about the Mac and using VoiceOver and I will do my best to answer them.
• Please keep your questions specific to either MacOS or VoiceOver and as specific as possible
• Please try to keep your questions directed towards a feature or an application
• Please try to email me your Mac and VoiceOver questions ahead of time to help me organize my answers
• If you have questions during the lesson, the chat feature will be used and I will answer them after the ones submitted to me ahead of time.
• Please note that I cannot provide tech support for a more involved problem or issue that can be better answered by an Apple Care support person because of the time constraints.
This course is a free course for anyone to join
This course is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 30, from 1 to 2:30 PM US Eastern Time.
Online Lesson 5: You ask me all about the Mac • price = $0.00
6. VoiceOver and Finder on the Mac
Free Online Apple Mac Training
On a computer, knowing where ones files and folders are stored and having the ability to organize ones data is extremely important. Many people find the Finder to be mysterious and confusing, and I will attempt to explain how to use VoiceOver effectively in the Finder.
The material covered will include:
• What is the Finder
• The desktop
• View preferences in Finder
• Navigating the Finder and the folder structure
• iCloud and ones Home Folder layout
• Creating folders
• Copying/pasting and moving items
• Deleting items and the trash
• The Sidebar
• Keyboard shortcuts and the Go menu
• Finder Preferences
• Q&A
This course is $20.00 to register
This course is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 13, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM US Eastern time.
Online Lesson 6: VoiceOver and Finder on the Mac • price = $20.00
7. You ask me all about iOS
Free Online Mac Courses Using
This will be an hour and a half devoted to you. You bring the questions about iOS and using VoiceOver and I will do my best to answer them.
• Please keep your questions specific to either iOS or VoiceOver and as specific as possible
• Please try to keep your questions directed towards a feature or an application
• Please try to email me your iOS and VoiceOver questions ahead of time to help me organize my answers
• If you have questions during the lesson, the chat feature will be used and I will answer them after the ones submitted to me ahead of time.
• Please note that I cannot provide tech support for a more involved problem or issue that can be better answered by an Apple Care support person because of the time constraints.
This course is a free course for anyone to join
This course is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 27, from 1 to 2:30 PM US Eastern Time.
Mac Computer Training
Online Lesson 7: You ask me all about iOS • price = $0.00