This category contains training material beyond what is typically covered in our Learning Community training
Practicing with your tablet is an important component of learning how to use it. After each session, following along with the class notes on your tablet is one of the best ways to gain proficiency with it. It is actually very easy to do this but just requires a bit of thought. You should be…
Microsoft Translator is a useful communication tool that allows you to interact with other cultures. Basically you select your language, the language of your friend and converse, through your tablet. You and your friend can converse through typing on your keyboard or better yet, talking to each other. If your friend has a compatible device,…
What are the pros and cons of having your tablets registered to your own Amazon account.
Overview of security recommendations from Metro-State presentation.
Overview of where do I start once the training sessions are done.
Excerpt from Metro-State Security Presentation.
There are currently 2 TFS applications on your tablet because of a couple of limitations in each. First, the Student Application currently allows an embedded link to an tablet application to be started, for example the ZOOM session. Unfortunately, the Student App doesn’t currently support landscape more, which is a disadvantage for viewing some of…
Your tablet is an Amazon Fire Tablet Version 7 Generation 9. Your tablet has 12 or 16 Gigabytes (GB) of storage and 1 GB of memory. A GB of storage is about 1,000,000,000 bytes (that’s a billion) – each byte contains a single letter, digit, or punctuation mark. While that might seem like a lot,…
Links for Seniors provides a safe internet environment to access material relevant to using the Gifts for Seniors/Tech for Seniors tablets. This is an excellent way to get used to browsing the internet, searching, and general navigation techniques. Think of is as the Internet with training wheels. Before we dig into the app lets take…
Security Your tablet is registered to a Tech for Seniors Amazon account. None of your personal information is entered on the tablet without your permission. No credit card information is on your tablet so you will not be able to purchase anything accidentally. In the unlikely case that your internet connection is compromised, there is…