Computer Education Workshops

The purpose of these three one-hour workshops is to assist WVI customers in the process of becoming more computer literate.  The three areas of focus include:  Conquering the Internet; Conquering E-Mail; and Conquering your PC.  The courses are taught by local educators with over 35 years cumulative experience in the area of computer applications. Classes are held at Sprague High School in room 128 in the computer lab. In this link you will find parking information.

To help our wvi clients deal with the confusing jumble of computer terminology we have put together a list of definitions for common computer terms that you can refer to.  We will try to add and update the list as we learn as well.  Click on this <link> to see what we have so far.

Webopedia.com is a great website if you have questions about computer terminology.  It allows you to search for definitions that you type in.  You should give it a try.

Workshop #1:  Conquering the Internet:   2 hours


Workshop #2:  Conquering E-Mail:   2 hours

o       Outlook express (Local)

o       Web based Mail  (Hotmail, Yahoo, …)

o       Why have more than one email account?

o       Making inbox folders   

o       Control vs. shift

o       Using right click

o       Sorting  (by date,  sender, etc.)

o       Viewing, Saving, and Sending “attachments”

o       Adding to your Address Book

o       Hands-on Activity: 

·        Practice building folders in your inbox and moving emails

·        Practice adding several clients to your Address Book

·        Practice sending emails to multiple people

·        Practice arranging your emails by date, subject, etc.

·        check every 5 minutes;  go to <Inbox> on startup

o       Hands-on Activity:

·        Practice modifying your Account per the above concepts


Workshop #3:  Conquering your PC:   2 hours