Classes are free to BVCC members; you may become a member of BVCC on-line.
You must pre-register for each training session separately listed below by signing up at a preceding General Meeting; or by contacting Education Chair Jill Doll at edu@bvcomputerclub.org or texting her at 320-828-3413. Supply class title, your name, phone number, and email contact information. If by email or text, you should follow-up if a confirmation response is not received within 24 hours. Contact information is used to send a class reminder, or to advise should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule the class.
Building A Password Manager Using Excel, has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, 9am - 11am in the Training Center. Do you want your important passwords on someone else’s server? If “NO,” learn how to make your own personal password manager that is easy, safe and secure. LastPass was hacked in August 2022 and security continues to be a big issue in the computer world. Use of personal password managers is becoming more important. You will learn how to customize and build a password manager using Excel. Upon completion, you will make your password manager safe and secure by encrypting with a password. Instructor Pete Opland.
Data: Where Is It and What To Do With It, has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 9am - 11am. Do you download files from the Internet and just leave them in the default Downloads folder forever until it is full of stuff you can no longer identify? Do you have some folders with so many files that it is hard to find items of interest? Learn strategies for organizing your data into folders and sub folders and efficient ways to do this using the Windows File Manager. Instructor Pete Opland.
Why, When and How to Backup Your C Drive,
has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 9am - 11am.
The backup procedures described in this class are relevant for all currently supported MS Windows Operating
Systems. Everyone who has a computing system they depend on to perform certain tasks, or who has a computer
with pictures or other files they would hate to lose, needs to understand backups. The time to
worry about backup procedures is always before they are needed.
This class will cover the reasons one should make backups, what should prompt
making a new backup, free backup programs that may be used, and where to
place your backups. Topics include installation of a backup program, an overview of the backup process,
demonstration of a backup, and how to create and boot from a Rescue CD to rebuild
a damaged C drive. Instructor Pete Opland.