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All classes will be held in the rooms at 106 West Tamaki Rd, although field trips in Genealogy and other courses may also be conducted when appropriate.
To enrol, leave a voice mail message by phoning (09)578 0994 giving your name, phone number and the name of the course in which you would like to enrol. If you require assistance in making your choice, i.e. you are unsure of which course best suits your needs or whether it would be of any use to you, please tell us in the message and we will phone you back to discuss this. In all courses, printed notes are provided and, in most, a floppy disk or CD containing the exercises, is also provided. Please pay for your tuition when you arrive for the first class of the course.
Should you feel stressed when learning in a class with others, and are unable to cope with that, it may be possible to arrange one-on-one tuition for you, depending on the availability of tutors and computer rooms.
Should you feel that, after several tries of working from the course notes you are unable to understand a lesson you should contact the tutor, preferably by e-mail, or telephone.
If you have specialised knowledge of software not covered in our courses (below) and would be willing to work with us to develop a course please let us know through the voice mail at (09)578 0994
Click on any item to see the course descriptions, tutors, dates and times. Also click on the Calendar to see how they all fit in.
Wed, Jan 14
Wed, Feb 11
Wed, Mar 11
Wed, Apr 08
Wed, May 13
The committtee of SeniorNet Eastern Bays normally meets on the second Wednesday of the each month at 106 West Tamaki Rd
The committee reserves the right to hold meetings or sub-committee meetings at dates and times other than the above
Wed, Feb 18
Wed, Mar 18
A general meeting and lecture is usually held on the third Wednesday of each month from 10-11am at the St Heliers Church and Community Centre, 100 St Heliers Bay Rd. The lecture is usually followed by questions and answers from one or more guest speakers on a topic of interest to SeniorNet. Other matters of administrative or computing importance may also be discussed.
In June, this meeting becomes the Annual General meeting.
Mon, Feb 16
Mon, Mar 16
Mon, Apr 20
Mon, May 18
A 2 hour discussion forum usually held on the third Monday of each month from 2-4pm
The group typically discusses digital cameras and videos and photo and video editing, manipulation and enhancement
Many attendees have done or are doing the Photo and Image Editing course
Also check the Photoediting and Camera Info page and the Technical Tips page
Mon, Feb 02
Mon, Mar 02
Mon, Apr 06
Mon, May 04
There is no charge for this Discussion Group and members are invited to ask questions about computer problems that they are experiencing or even about ways of achieving things in particular programs. Even if you have been to a class that teaches this you can still ask about it.
Participants in the group will try and answer your questions and all members are invited to try and volunteer a solution if they have experience of the problem. If you have no pressing problem how about coming along anyway - you may learn something or be able to contribute? If we run out of questions and/or answers there will be short discussions of some aspect of a program or two.
You might want to check the Useful Links and the General Tips pages before you come
It is hoped to develop further discussion groups. If you would enjoy a discussion group in any subject relative to computers then leave a message on the voice mail at (09)578 0994 and you will be contacted.
A seminar on how to select a camera in terms of specifications, reliability pricing and other important factors.
This course is especially designed for those who are new to computing or who have little experience with computers. It is intended to introduce you to the basic operations, terminology and layout of the Windows Vista interface. Some basic text editing skills and functions such as opening, saving, printing and closing a file will be covered.
A knowledge of the keyboard is a great help. If you are not a typist or have only a little keyboard skill, we recommend that you take time to learn the keyboard. A tutor could give you some tips on technique which will speed up your learning.
A printer connected to your computer is a must.
Microsoft Windows Vista is all you really need for this course. A Word Processing program is desirable and this can be Microsoft Word for Windows up to 2003, Microsoft Works or OpenOffice.org Writer. If you have no Word Processing program, a tutor will be able to install the free OpenOffice.org Suite on your computer.
At the end of this course, you will be able navigate your way around the Windows programme, write a letter, play some music, play some games and much more.
This course is especially designed for those who are new to computing or who have little experience with computers. It is intended to introduce you to the basic operations, terminology and layout of the Windows XP interface. Some basic text editing skills and functions such as opening, saving, printing and closing a file will be covered.
A knowledge of the keyboard is a great help. If you are not a typist or have only a little keyboard skill, we recommend that you take time to learn the keyboard. A tutor could give you some tips on technique which will speed up your learning.
A printer connected to your computer is a must.
Microsoft Windows XP; while this course also covers Windows 95, 98 and ME, you should understand that these versions of Windows are no longer supported by Microsoft and therefore are not supported by the security software makers. Such computers will not be safe on the internet. A Word Processing program is also desirable. This can be Microsoft Word for Windows up to 2003, Microsoft Works or OpenOffice.org Writer. If you have no Word Processing program, a tutor will be able to install the free OpenOffice.org Suite on your computer.
Tutors may extend the course if they feel the need.
This course teaches you how to run your computer better, faster, safer and more securely. The course does not involve working on the hardware. Software programs built into the Windows system are used.
Introductory Computer Skills (or equivalent experience) is desirable.
Microsoft Windows 98, ME or XP.
This workshop will cover the transferring of photographs from a digital camera to a computer and managing them using the Windows file management program Windows Explorer. If requested and time permits, we will have a look at Picasa. Photo-editing will not be covered
This is a file management exercise. A little knowledge of general file management is a great help.
A digital camera and a Windows computer equipped with USB ports.
No special software is required
This course is designed to help people with a basic knowledge of common computer procedures to use e-mail with the program Outlook Express.
Basic computer skills
Internet connection
Outlook Express
Students may join this class to practice revision of email routines.
Students must be familiar with Outlook Express for WindowsXP or Windows Mail for Vista
Email experience is necessary, this course will help sort your problems.
Outlook Express for those with WindowsXP and Windows Mail for those with Windows Vista operating systems
PLEASE NOTE: Outlook Express and Windows Mail are the same email program. Only the name and the computer's operating system are different.
This course is intended to give the student an understanding of the basic skills required to create, edit, save and print spreadsheets using the MS Excel program which is in wide use in the commercial sector.
Spreadsheets are mostly used for working financial data and making lists. Data is entered into the "cells" and using formulae it is possible to quickly sum, multiply, subtract, divide or apply a host of other functions to it. If new data is entered, or data is removed or altered, the spreadsheet automatically updates the results in the blinking of an eye.
Elementary manipulation of Windows, opening and closing files, moving files, basic cut, copy and paste procedures. a good grasp of the first seventeen of the skills listed in the Skills Assessment Chart is recommended.
Students must have MS Excel installed on their computers.
This course covers the Windows folder structure and management of files using the Microsoft file management programme called Windows Explorer in WindowsXP and Windows Vista.
Students should be familiar with the Microsoft screen layout, menus and toolbars.
Confidence and competence in your chosen Computer Awareness course is really desirable.
Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, WindowsXP or Windows Vista
File Management in earlier versions of Windows is very similar to WindowsXP. So those still with earlier versions are NOT excluded from this course. Good file management skills are a boon to happy computing!
An introductory course of two classes and two field trips, in a subject much sought after by grey-headed students.
Of the several Genealogy computer programs commercially available, Legacy 5.0 is a popular choice and is the basis of this course. Audio-visual instruction material comes on CD’s produced by Millennium Corporation, the developers of Legacy. A comprehensive manual and further training materials are available from the Auckland agent.
You should be a reasonably competent computer user before tackling this topic and also be prepared to devote at least four hours to ‘homework’ between sessions.
Microsoft Windows 98, ME or XP (Legacy 5.0 is supplied)
The TWO FIELD TRIPS will be arranged to suit everybody involved.
A general refresher and Q & A session to get you back on track with your family history project.
Open to any/all of those who have previously attended a SNEB Genealogy course or new members with a basic knowledge of Legacy. You may have been too busy to use your Legacy software, have become rusty and your family history project has lapsed!
A basic understanding of the Legacy Genealogy software.
You will not use a computer in the session, but you could bring your laptop
Legacy
This is your chance to sort out a problem. Sit at a computer and ask the tutor to demonstrate the topic that puzzles you.
You must have completed the Computer Awareness, email and internet courses.
This is not a session for beginners.
A 2 hour discussion forum formerly held every second Monday of the month
The group typically discusses and compared their work on greeting cards, brochures and similar
Many attendees have done or are doing one of the Publisher courses
Also check the Useful Sites page for possible helpful sites and the Technical Tips page
This workshop is an extension of the MS Publisher course and is intended for those members interested in making Greeting Cards and creating other items on their computer.
Good basic computer skills are necessary for this workshop.
You must have completed Publisher Part 1 course or be very confident with all the following functions in MS Word. You should be very familiar with the functions of cut, copy and paste, font, paragraph, text box and picture manipulation.
The workshop will be based on MS Publisher Version 2003. Some differences with other versions will be experienced, but they should not be an insurmountable problem.
Numbers will be limited
An introduction to the World Wide Web. This course, based on Internet Explorer, explains the Internet and the use of search engines.
Knowledge of Copying and pasting is essential
This course uses Movie Maker version 6 which comes with Vista.
Students should have a good background in general computing.
Knowledge and experiencence in file management and picture editing will be a great help.
Windows Vista
An introduction to photo-editing and enhancing.
This course is suitable for people who are reasonably adept at basic computing skills.
It is not necessary to have a digital camera or a scanner.
The light edition of Version 5 of Photoshop is used, but there is considerable overlap with numerous photo-editing and graphics programs so it is not necessary for participants to own Photoshop
A series of follow-up workshops, held approximately monthly, is available to participants without charge.
Learn to use Powerpoint to design attention-grabbing presentations
Participants are taught how to produce a slide show using this program. Methods for introducing text, the use of bullets and template backgrounds are discussed. Also included are the uses of animation, transitions and sound effects.
A course based on Publisher 2003 covering various aspects of creative computing.
A good knowledge of MS Word is a help; students will find this programme gives them the ability to make graphic productions with greater ease
A competant level of computing is required for this course which introduces many new concepts
MS Publisher 2003(or 2002)
The course is an introduction to scanning for photocopying, processing photographs and optical character recognition - converting printed paper text into digital form, such as MS Word documents.
A good level of Computer Skills is required for this course
A scanner and printer (any brand), connected to your computer, are required.
Microsoft Windows (any version) plus programs for photo editing and optical character recognition, which are usually supplied with your scanner. PhotoStudio, Paint.net, Photoshope Elements will be looked at in class.the OCR programs ABBY Fine Reader and OmniPage will be looked at also.
The second session is a personal session in the student's home with their own equipment. It will be scheduled to suit.
TELSTRA/CLEAR services offered especially to SeniorNet members.
Telstra/Clear's people will talk with individual members about the services that they offer, especially to SeniorNet members
Just a computer and a phone!
Learn how to navigate around the TradeMe web-site, the procedures for registration, buying and selling.
A good understanding of the Internet and email is necessary.
A computer and a bank account!
Just your usual web browser and email.
One session for those who have upgraded their computer and need learn "What's new" in Vista. It could also suit those who have attended the Computer Awareness course and would like a "refresher".
A good understanding of previous versions of Windows or attendance at a Computer Awareness for Vista course,
Experience with Windows
A Windows Vista computer
Windows Vista
This course takes the student further into the powerful program Microsoft Word2003 following on from the Computer Awareness course for WindowsXP. It does not, however, purport to cover all aspects of the MS Word2003 program.
The course takes the student through a revision of some of the Introductory subjects, then onto document layout, document enhancement and finally document saving and printing, using many of the icons on the toolbars and choices from the drop-down menus. The subject matter of this course is sufficiently interesting to permit the student to use a wide range of the program’s facilities to prepare excellent documents with plenty of visual interest.
The student is expected to have completed the Introductory Computer Skills course, or acquired at least six of the first nine skills listed in the Skills Assessment Chart that accompanies this course.
Microsoft Word2003 or any earlier version of MS Word. NOte: MS Word2007 is very different and can not be taught in this course.
This is a short course revising the "Microsoft Word" skills learned in the Introductory and Intermediate Computer Skills courses. Please feel free to bring along your queries. We may not be able to answer them all but we will do our best to find a solution.
Would you like to brush up on Word Art, Clip Art and some of the features on the Drawing? Would you like to know how to create a Template and put Headers and Footers in your documents?
This fun workshop in two 2-hour sessions will cover special topics in Word2003
A good knowledge of the basics in Word2003 will be necessary to enjoy these fun sessions
Word2003
