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Spring 2008 Class Schedule
DCN, in its commitment to public education about the Internet and its community applications and services, frequently schedules free public classes and workshops. More classes may be added to this list based on demand and instructor availability.
Most DCN classes are held at the City of Davis' Training Lab, 600 A Street (between City Hall and the Senior Center). Enter the courtyard on the south side of the building; the lab will be the first door on your right.
All classes are 6:30-8:00 p.m. unless stated otherwise.
Subscribe to DCNews to stay tuned for class schedule announcements. You can also consult our calendar for upcoming classes.
To register for our free classes or to inquire about arranging a special class for your not-for-profit organization, please contact 750-1170, or email admin@dcn.org.
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Date |
Class title | Instructor |
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| Thursday, 3/20/2008 6:30-8:00 p.m. |
E-MAIL LIST MANAGEMENT WITH MAILMAN An introduction to managing e-mail lists with Mailman. This class offers tips on the management of this useful online tool. It is mainly, but not exclusively, for groups that manage lists via the DCN mail server. If your organization increasingly relies on the Internet and email to communicate among project committees, membership or other constituents, you may already be using or need to learn to use e-mail lists. Mailman is a popular and effective list management system that DCN freely offers to community groups and provides instruction on. |
Steve McMahon |
| Thursday, 3/27/2008 6:30-8:00 p.m. |
SimpleSites 2.0 WEBSITE CREATION Training for community organizations using DCN's easy SimpleSites, this session will cover DCN's SimpleSites version 2, a powerful toolkit developed by the DCN Web Team led by Steve McMahon, and a winner of the national Techie Awards in 2007. In this class, you can learn to start building your own website even without HTML knowledge or web authoring experience. Examples are available at http://groups.dcn.org/. |
Steve McMahon |
| Thursday, 4/10/2008 6:30-8:00 p.m. |
WEB CALENDAR CLASS Instruction on use of DCN's web calendar for individual organizations and the Davis Community Calendar. If your group needs a more easily useful web calendar, this application and tutorial is for you. Local non-profits and community groups are welcome to apply for DCN's free Internet resources, including the online calendar. Please visit http://www2.dcn.org/dcn/about/committees/rac/apply_html for details. |
Steve McMahon |
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Thursday, 4/17/2008 6:30-8:00 p.m. |
BLOGGING FOR BEGINNERS This class will provide a primer on blogging and teach you how to set up a blog, including customizing the look by adding photos or graphics. |
Bev Sykes |
| Thursday, 4/24/2008 6:30-8:00 p.m. |
SimpleSites 2.0 : SPECIAL TOPICS (MORE TOOLS) This class will focus on features and tools not covered in the SimpleSites 2.0 class. Learn how to use SimpleSite tools to create web forms, manage data, add blogs, maps, videos, RSS, a Mailman subscription form, etc. Knowledge of SimpleSites 2.0 preferred but not required. |
Steve McMahon |
| Thursday, 5/8/2008 6:30-8:00 p.m. | ONLINE VIDEO IN SimpleSites 2.0 - This class is cancelled
due to lack of enrollment. Ever wanted to include video on your web site but didn't know how to get it from your video camera or other source, onto the web? This class will show you the steps to get that favorite video of your team, band, orchestra or other group onto the web for all to see. Knowledge of basic SimpleSite2 editing is assumed. |
Russ Hobby |
| Thursday, 5/29/2008 6:30-8:00 p.m. | BLOGGING FOR BEGINNERS (Cont.) In a series of classes on blogging, continuing students will learn how to add photos to their blogs and to change the page layout. Beginners can also attend and will learn how to set up a basic blog on Blogger. |
Bev Sykes |
Local non-profits and community groups are welcome to apply for DCN's free Internet resources, including Mailman lists, SimpleSites, etc. Please visit http://www2.dcn.org/dcn/about/committees/rac/apply_html for details.