Supplementary Information and Class Schedule 

 

Getting Started With Heritage Collector
Free Class
Tuesday, August 26

Limited Space. Send an e-mail to support requesting to attend. 

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  Tuesday, August  26  -  1:00 PM and 7:30 PM
 
Class
Title
Date*
Class #1 Where to Begin Tuesday, Aug. 26th
Class #2 Easier Scanning TBA
New Using the New StoryBook Module TBA
Class #3 Working With Sound TBA
Class #4 Digital Cameras, Video and GPS

TBA

Class #5 Digital Scrapbooking - a new approach / module to family history

TBA

Class #6 Interactive Storytelling

TBA

Class #7 Creating a Bound History TBA
Class #8 Preserving & Archiving

TBA

Class #9 Understanding Your Computer / Question & Answer TBA
Open Question / Answer / Open Forum TBA

*Class times and content and content may change without notice.
Please check this schedule the day of the class.

Classes will repeat. You may take a class as many times as you need.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparation

Refer to pages 1 - 29 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

Class #1

  • Where to Begin?
  • What is Marlo’s Mine Field?
  • The Getting Started Mine Field
  • Make Sure You Have What You Need - The Basics
  • Not Becoming Overwhelmed!
  • Use Basic or Heritage Collector?
  • Getting Started - Simply
  • Creating Collections
  • Create Collections
  • Import Photos
  • Import Media - photos, sound, video, text and more
  • Adding Information
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparation

Refer to pages 29 - 45 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

Class #2

  • The Scanning Mine Field
  • Scanning Tips
  • Scanner Checklist
  • Scanner Basics
  • What is DPI?
  • Getting Consistent Results
  • Special Purpose Scanning
  • Simple Scanning Tricks
  • Scanning Photo Collector
  • Scanning With Heritage Collector
  • Scanning and Printing

    Bring an old photo and we will see what magic we can work to restore it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparation

Refer to pages 51 - 65 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

Bring an old cassette type to class and we will capture sound from it to the computer.

Class #3

  • The Audio Mine Field
  • Using the Sound Checklist
  • Preparation
  • Selecting input sound channel and attaching input devices
  • Sound Card, Microphone, Line In
  • Audio Equipment -Digital Voice Recorder (DVR)
  • Software Preparation (free software download)
  • Computer Preparation Tips
  • Making a Script, Breaking it Up ,Recording Tips
  • Bloopers Here You Come!
  • The Magic of Sound Editing
  • Audio File Type Definitions and Recommendations
  • Using ProMedia Manager to Add Sound and Hot Spot
  • The Oral / Video Mine Field
  • Recording an Oral / Video History
  • The Interview, Using The Questionnaire, The Interview
 

 

 

Preparation

Refer to pages 81 - 112 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

Class #4

  • The Digital Scrapbook
  • Mine Field
  • Traditional Scrapbook Problems
  • Challenges of a Changing “Digital” World
  • The Digital Scrapbook Solution
  • Traditional Scrapbook
  • The New Digital Scrapbook
  • “ Personalized” Pages - for free Baby Book
  • Preserving Stuffed Animals
  • Family History
  • Vacation to Yellowstone National Park
  • A Trip to Australia
  • Creating Pages
  • Make Your Own Backgrounds
  • Using Titles and Captions
  • Searching for Photos
  • Templates
  • Cropping
  • Transparent Color
  • Creating Templates
  • Resizing an Object
  • Using ProMedia to Make a Scrapbook Page
 

Preparation

Refer to pages113 - 119 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

 

Class #5

  • The Digital Scrapbook
  • The Scrapbook Mine Field
  • A Quickly Changing Digital World
  • Traditional Scrapbook Problems
  • The Digital Scrapbook Solution
  • Traditional Scrapbook
  • The New Digital Scrapbook
  • “ Personalized” Pages - for free
  • Baby Book
  • Preserving Stuffed Animals
  • Family History
  • Vacation to Yellowstone National Park
  • A Trip to Australia
  • Use or Make Scrapbook Templates
  • Creating Pages
  • Make Your Own Backgrounds
  • Using Titles and Captions
  • Searching for Photos
  • Templates
  • Cropping
  • Transparent Color
  • Creating Templates
  • Resizing an Object
  • Using ProMedia to Make a Scrapbook Page
 

 

Preparation

Refer to pages 123 -144 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

Make a brief outline of a story you'd like to share.

Class #6

  • Interactive Storytelling
  • The Storyteller’s Mine Field
  • Tips / Recommendations / Do’s & Don’ts
  • Why Many Stories Need to be Told
  • Story Preparation - Following a Recipe
  • Where to Begin? What You Need
  • Tell Your Stories in Different Ways
  • Growing Your Story - Letting it Unfold Naturally
  • Telling a “Mini” Story - It’s Quick and Interesting
  • What Makes a Story Memorable?
  • The Moral of the Story
  • Selecting the Story Format?
  • Making a Slide show
  • The Story Wrapper - An Enticement to Open
  • Creating a Good Story
  • Video Capture Issues
  • Storyteller’s Checklist
  • Avoid Proprietary File Formats
  • Story Samples and How They Were Made
    Stories From My Youth “Terror Under the Bridge”

    “ Killer Hot Tubs”
    “Celestial Sandwiches"
    Family Vacation - Yellowstone NP 2004
    Family History - "The Martin Flat Dry Farm"
 

Preparation

Getting started correctly will save time, money and frustration. Learn to what to do and what to avoid BEFORE you start.

Refer to pages145 -172 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

Show what you have achieved thus far.

 

Class #7

  • The Bound History Mine Field
  • Specific Project Checklist General Project Flow Chart
  • Book Formatting Checklist
  • Printer Checklist
  • Getting Started
  • Talk to a Printer (not the machine - the person)
  • Printer File Types and Fonts
  • Color Printing - Collation Fees - Quantity Discounts
  • Binding
  • Press Check Option
  • Storing and Organizing Your Materials
  • Create Topical Collections or Categories
  • Writing the First Rough Draft
  • Single or Double Column Format?
  • Page Layout Samples
  • Chapter Headings and Formatting
  • The Gutter Margin - combined center margins
  • Mirror Margins - for two sided printing
  • Page Numbering
  • The Importance of Paper Quality Weight and Grain
  • Binding Options
  • Create a Digital Book
  • Searching, Sharing, and Saving Money
  • Apology
  • Other Resources
  • Miscellaneous Suggestions
  • Oral / Video History
  • Sharing the Work & Cost
  • Archiving and Backing Up
  • Lesson One - Writing your Autobiography
  • Lesson Two - Make an Outline
  • Lesson Three - Create a Visual Picture with Words
  • Lesson Four - Share Your Feelings
  • Appeal to the Senses
  • Shall I tell All?
  • What Made You What You Are?
 

Preparation

Refer to pages 175 -192 in the Digital Family History Guidebook.

Class #6

  • The Preservation & Archiving Mine Field
  • Preserving & Archiving Checklist
  • The Hard Drive Crash - it happens
  • The Computer Virus - A modern day plague
  • What’s An Archive?
  • Keeping Everything Together
  • What Should Be Archived?
  • Where to Begin?
  • Things That Need to be Archived Now
  • What is Media Migration?
  • The Worst Tragedy of All!
  • The Proper Care and handling of CD/DVDs
  • You probably won’t believe this -
  • One Scratch or Ding Can Destroy a CD
  • Determining CD Quality
  • To Label or Not to Label?
  • A Reusable CD?
  • Using the ProMedia Backup and Archive System
  • Archive System Saves Hard Drive Space
  • Using ProMedia to Restore Collections
  • Find and Display a File Using the Archive System
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