Online Learning Courses
Matthew O’Dell, Udemy
With the explosion in Edtech over the past few years, millions of people are now learning online, and many of the early adopters are techies. Some are looking to get into new careers while others are just fueling their curious side.
Join us on March 9th to hear about what’s popular in Edtech, and what skills are possible to learn online these days. [Read more…]
Matthew O’Dell is the Technical Category Expert at Udemy where he helps instructors create courses covering software development, IT, and design. Before joining Udemy, he worked at FileMaker (an Apple subsidiary) as a Systems Engineer and Technical Marketing Manager. Matthew is an avid presenter, trainer, and developer.
Udemy is the world’s online learning marketplace, where 10 million+ students are taking courses in everything from programming to yoga to photography–and much, much more. Each of their 40,000+ courses is taught by an expert instructor, and every course is available on-demand, so students can learn at their own pace, on their own time, and on any device.
Agenda for the meeting is:
- 5:30 PM NO-host dinner, Bistro Cafe
- 7:00 PM Registration
- 7:15 PM Business meeting & Random Access
- 7:45 PM Coffee Break
- 8:00 PM Presentation (Matthew O’Dell)
- 9:00 PM Adjourn
The meeting will be held at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. All members and guests are invited to attend an optional NO-host dinner prior to our general meeting. Dinner will be at 5:45 PM at The Bistro located on the ground floor of the Elks Lodge.
Organize, Protect, and Share your Hard Drive
Gene Barlow, User Group Relations
NOTE: This will be a Webinar presentation via Skype
Backing up your computer’s hard drive on a regular basis is the best way to protect your hard drive from system crashes and failures. Unfortunately, there are many ways to do backups and many of them do not adequately protect your computer. Gene will demonstrate how easy it is to do excellent backups with Acronis True Image Home.
Agenda for the meeting is:
- 5:30 PM NO-host dinner, Bistro Cafe
- 7:00 PM Registration
- 7:15 PM Business meeting & Random Access
- 7:45 PM Coffee Break
- 8:00 PM Skype Presentation (Gene Barlow)
- 9:00 PM Adjourn
The meeting will be held at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. All members and guests are invited to attend an optional NO-host dinner prior to our general meeting. Dinner will be at 5:45 PM at The Bistro located on the ground floor of the Elks Lodge.
Ask the Experts
Join us for an evening of latest tips and tricks for your computer and problem solving.
Our panel of ‘experts’ include:
- Kevin Lynn (Windows)
- Glen Murray (Hardware)
- Bill Young (Linux)
Agenda for the meeting is:
- 5:30 PM NO-host dinner, Bistro Cafe
- 7:00 PM Registration
- 7:15 PM Business meeting
- 7:30 PM Experts Panel
- 9:00 PM Adjourn
The meeting will be held at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. All members and guests are invited to attend an optional NO-host dinner prior to our general meeting. Dinner will be at 5:45 PM at The Bistro located on the ground floor of the Elks Lodge.
Upgrading to Windows 10
Sue Kayton, The Computer Doctor
Windows 10 is now ready for prime time. It is safe to upgrade, if you do it correctly. Come learn about Windows 10 while you can still upgrade for free. Advantages and disadvantages. Tricks and tips. Important customizations. Preparing an emergency repair disk or drive, and many more topics. Sue Kayton, the Computer Doctor, will give a presentation and will answer your questions. We recommend that you read her Windows 10 recommendations before the meeting.
You may submit your questions for Sue in advance. Email them to webmaster@spaug.net
NOTE: We will be meeting in the Library/Card Room across the hall from the Lodge Room.
Computer Clinic
Sue Kayton, The Computer Doctor
Slow operating system? Virus infection? Blue Screen of Death?
The Doctor is In! Sue Kayton, the Computer Doctor, will do a diagnostic and repair/virus removal clinic for your computer at our meeting. You are invited to bring your Windows laptop or desktop computer and we will attempt to get it back in good shape.
Creating an Instructional Video
Maurice Green and Robert Mitchell
Following up on last month’s demonstration of upgrading an HP laptop to an SSD drive, we will demonstrate the use of multi-track editing with added still images to produce a video of the procedure. The discussion will focus on some of the ways we could have improved the process and the final product.
Privacy
John Buck
John will lead a discussion on computer privacy based on the recent articles published in the November 2016 issue of Consumer Reports. Members are encouraged to review the articles before the meeting.
Security and Privacy Forum
Sue Kayton (The Computer Doctor) and Michael Barclay (Electronic Frontier Foundation) will moderate an open forum on computer security and privacy issues. Please go to the link below to submit your questions in advance.
CES 2017
Andy Marken
Andy Marken returns to SPAUG to review some of the new and exciting developments from CES 2017.