> 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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