This 6-week course was aimed at members who owned an iPad or tablet and were wondering what they could do with it.
The Solihull branch of the national charity Age UK very kindly agreed to run their course to help our members to be able to use their tablet computer competently and with confidence. This was a basic course assuming minimal prior knowledge. We covered topics such as how to set up your device to suit you, learning how to send, receive and add attachments to emails, filing emails, searching for information on the internet, doing video calls using WhatsApp, downloading useful applications from the internet, accessing the NHS website and online shopping etc.
We had seven learners and the course was let by a Solihull Age UK tutor and other volunteers. We also had 2 or 3 of our own ‘digital helpers' who sat with the learners to help them to work through the exercises.