Michele:
Thank you for the link. Although it was for Legacy 4.0, it made a nice
review (i.e., do I know how to perform that operation in 8.0?).
Howland Davis
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From: Michele/Support <[email protected]>
To: legacyusergroup <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2015 7:55 am
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Teaching people how to use Legacy
Kristen,
I teach Legacy classes all the time. What I teach depends a bit on
the audience. I have to take into consideration their level of computer
knowledge in general, their knowledge of genealogy database programs in general,
their knowledge of Legacy specifically and what level of genealogists they are.
Class size also matters. I try to make it user driven as much as possible
showing them how to do things that they specifically want to know. I do have
some specific topics that I like to speak on, my favorite being cleaning up your
file (standardization). I also do a lot with using Legacy with FamilySearch.
Absolute beginner classes are great too because they are usually amazed ☺
We
do have some materials for leaders of local user groups. These have not been
updated since version 4.0 but they should still give you some ideas.
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Presentation.asp
I also teach people
one-on-one for anyone in the Columbia County Genealogical Society and the
Augusta Genealogical Society (Georgia). All they have to do is call me and I
will arrange to meet them at the Euchee Creek Library. I try to coordinate it
with the monthly meeting of the CCGS (which happens to be today). They all know
that I will stay after the meeting and help as well. I always have my laptop
and the library has a nice projector. I suggest you start with some one-on-one
because they will help you learn what sorts of things people are most interested
in.
As far as having a set curriculum... I use PowerPoint for my general
genealogy presentations but I never do this when I am doing a Legacy class. I
just crank Legacy up and have it on the screen as I talk. I encourage the class
participants to have their laptops with them. They retain more if they are
actually working in the program. I usually have a list of things I want to
cover for that particular class but that's all the written notes I have. Since
I know the program very well I don't need written notes other than a simple list
of topics.
A couple of minor thoughts....
1) Use a neutral color scheme on
your Legacy program so that the colors aren't distracting. If you are using a
projector you will want to test the look out on the screen before you do the
class.
2) If you use your real data file it is a good idea to bookmark specific
people in your file that you can get to fast. You don't want to display living
people in your file as you are navigating (your other option is to have a test
file set up, I use both).
3) If your talk is on a specific topic and you have
specific examples in your file to illustrate it, again, have these people
bookmarked so that you don't spend a lot of time making people dizzy as you
navigate through your file.
4) Keep the presentation to no longer than an hour.
Any longer than that they will probably go into information overload, especially
if you are working with beginners. Better to break it into two sessions if you
need to.
Michele
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