>> Hi folks, there are two reasons for this email. The first is that my last >> email regarding the free courses was a bit vague, no problem for most of you >> on this list who already knew about the courses, but the email was shared >> with other lists and a few people had never heard of the courses before. So >> the first part of this email will give a very quick reminder of what the >> courses are all about. I will keep it short, but please read the email even >> if you know all about the courses, because the second part of this email >> contains important updates and additional information about the courses for >> all to see - especially if you plan to take the courses. If you shared the >> previous email with other lists, please share this one as well: >> >> Quick Overview: >> >> I am Matt - one of the moderators of the Only Apple Talk and Support group. >> I am a certified Apple Teacher and Apple-Certified Associate. I do not work >> for Apple and receive no endorsements, partnerships, recognitions, or other >> compensations from Apple. Again, I am not affiliated with Apple. >> Nevertheless, I do run a small tech business that offers support and >> training on Apple products among other services. I am offering several >> courses this spring, completely free of charge. There is no cost or >> obligation to take them. They are online courses, and there are two on the >> schedule. The first is called Learning Voiceover In and Out. It will be a >> ground up approach to learning Voiceover on iOS - including iPhone, iPad, >> and iPod Touch, with even a short discussion of AppleTV, Apple Watch, and >> HomePod. As you’ll see when the course outline is released, this course aims >> to be as thorough as possible, so that anyone from the VO expert to someone >> who has never used VO before should find the course beneficial. >> >> The second course is called iPad For All Computing - Replacing Your >> Traditional Computer With an iPad. As its name suggests, we’ll teach you all >> about using an iPad in work, life, learning, playing, creating, and more. We >> will show you the advanced productivity features as well as the basics, so >> that if you so choose, by the end of the course, most people could in theory >> use an iPad as your full time desktop replacement solution. >> The VO In and Out course will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 3PM >> to 5PM Eastern, beginning Tuesday January 22 and ending Thursday April 4. >> >> The iPad course will meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 3PM to 5PM >> Eastern, beginning Tuesday April 16 and concluding Thursday, May 23. >> >> These live sessions will be conducted online using the Zoom Cloud Meetings >> app, a free app for iOS. Or you may join from a computer if you prefer. If >> you cannot attend any or all live sessions, audio overviews for each >> session, along with occasional written materials, web links, and more, will >> be made available. In both courses I will be assisted by other excellent and >> very competent VO users and trainers, including Kliph, the other mod for the >> OATS list, and Rita, one of the mods of the iDevices list, and the author of >> the awesome iDevice Advice so many of us look forward to each week. There is >> more information below so please keep reading, but to learn more or sign up >> for either or both courses if you’ve not already done so, please email me >> privately at i...@ttjtech.net >> >> Now for some important updates and reminders: >> >> First I’d like to remind everyone who intends to take any of the courses to >> please subscribe to my blog. We won’t blow up your inbox - we send >> occasional promo and news messages, but we will absolutely use the blog as a >> means to communicate with students. We are doing our very best to >> individually contact all students with all relevant information, but we have >> an absolutely staggering number of interested students, and the best and >> most efficient way to get in touch with everyone is via the blog. So please >> subscribe if you have not already done so, so you will never miss an >> important communication. To do so, go to https://ttjtech.net >> If you are using an iPhone, double-tap on the option to expand the Menu and >> Widgets. Locate the place where you can follow the blog with your email >> address. Simple as that. Again, i cannot stress enough the importance that >> you do this promptly if you are registered, or if you plan to register, for >> the courses. >> >> Also of note, for the courses we will be using the Zoom app for live >> sessions and the iTunes U app as a platform to distribute materials, receive >> assignments, and more. A podcast will be available this weekend which >> explores how to use both the Zoom app and the iTunes U app. You will want to >> be subscribed to the blog so you’ll immediately know when that audio >> overview becomes available. >> >> Next up, registration deadlines: >> >> I am absolutely humbled and extremely excited by the massive number of >> students registering for these courses. Because of limitations of the >> platforms we are using, we do have to sort of draw the line somewhere. If >> you have already emailed me requesting registration for either or both >> courses, you are fine. Again, if you have emailed me asking to be signed up, >> then you are registered. You’ve done all you need to do. I am not opposed to >> you emailing me again to remind me of your interest, especially if I have >> not gotten back to you yet, but either way you are good to go. Just >> subscribe to the blog if you haven’t already. >> >> For everyone else, the deadline to register for both courses, even the April >> iPad course, is next Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Registration for all spring >> courses will be closed at 11:59PM Eastern on that day - Jan 15. >> >> Similarly, the course code - a special code necessary to enroll in the >> iTunes U part of the course, will be made available on Wednesday January 16 >> for the VO course, and the week of April 7 for the iPad course. The code >> will be given on a first-come-first-serve basis, and not all students are >> guaranteed a slot in the iTunes U course. If you do not get into the iTunes >> U course, you may still join the live sessions, and you’ll have access to >> the blog and a special email group so you can still access all materials, >> assignments, etc. >> >> Finally, there is one other important announcement for now regarding the >> iPad course. In order to take this course, you must have a reasonably strong >> level of knowledge in Voiceover. In order to maximize the time spent in the >> course, we will not be teaching basic VO gestures and concepts in that >> course. If you wish to take the iPad course but do not feel comfortable with >> basic VO gestures and concepts, please consider signing up for our VO course >> which begins on January 22. If this is not possible for you, please consider >> the many resources that are available to help VO users. I do also offer >> one-on-one training, though this is not free. Numerous free resources do >> exist. If you have any questions at all about these courses, please let me >> know. Thank you all, and take care.:) >> >> Matt
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