ICT support topics for over-50s
Our support system is delivered by email. Each ‘topic’ is a part-work — a series of bite-size tutorial emails which we send at approximately 5-day intervals. When you sign up, you always start at the beginning. You can stop at any time. You can repeat any topic if you have accidentally deleted the support emails.
- Using your email
- Sign up for this if you have a seniors.org.uk email account. You will learn everything there is to know about seniors.org.uk webmail, and also how to access it with desktop email programs like Thunderbird or Outlook. People with Gmail (Googlemail) email accounts would also find it useful, as seniors.org.uk uses the same system.
- Thunderbird Mail on a flash drive
- Sign up for this if you use, or intend to use, portable Thunderbird Mail on a USB flash drive. With Thunderbird Mail you can read and send email from any email account, even webmail-based systems like Yahoo and Hotmail.
The following topics are being prepared — not quite ready yet. However, you are are welcome to sign up now if you want, because we will give priority to the topics which attract the most attention ...
- Email security and privacy
- Learn how to protect your email system and yourself.
- Web security and privacy
- Learn how to protect your computer and yourself on the World-Wide Web.
- Email etiquette
- Learn how to compose and reply to email in the best possible way — so they are accessible and easy to read for everybody.
- Using Skype
- Learn how to use the free Internet telephony service, Skype.
- The World-Wide Web for people with visual impairment
- Sign up for this if your eyesight isn't what is used to be — learn how to adjust the default settings on your computer and browser, how to cope with ‘unfriendly’ web sites, where to find help and advice.
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