u3a

Olton and District

Computer Courses

Status:	Active, open to new members
Coordinator:	Computer Course Leader
When:	Weekly 2:00 pm on Monday or 10:00 am on Tuesday
Venue:	Zoom

Our Computer Courses are run by Widney u3a, with other Solihull u3a groups invited to attend via Zoom.

You can do the whole 10 week course or just join in with the sessions that interest you or where you would like to learn more about the topic covered.

The facilitator for this group is Bob I.

Course Schedule September 2026

NOTE: Dates shown in bold type indicate a day change from the normal Monday or Tuesday session.
Start time for Monday sessions is 2.00 pm. Start time for Tuesday sessions is 10.00 am.

Week No.	Date	Topics covered
1	Monday 14th September Tuesday 15th September	Word Activites - Formatting text, creating Card Snip & Sketch/Snipping tool
2	Monday 21st September Wednesday 23rd September	Flyers, Columns, Tables - inserting images
3	Monday 28th September Tuesday 29th September	Labels, Dropbox/Google Drive, One Drive (Cloud Storage)
4	Tuesday 6th October Wednesday 7th October	Zoom, File Minimiser (reducing the size of photos)
5	Monday 12th October Tuesday 13th October	PowerPoint (Text, Images, Sound and Video) Sound (Audacity - Tapes and Vinyl to Digital Format - MP3)
6	Monday 19th October Tuesday 20th October	Video Slide Shows (Photo Story3 and W10 Photos)
7	Monday 26th October Wednesday 28th October	Excel Exercises, Spreadsheets (1)
8	Monday 2nd November Tuesday 3rd November	Making Videos WMM, Spreadsheets (2)
9	Monday 9th November Tuesday 10th November	Email and attachments, cc and bcc, recovering lost files (Recuva)
10	Monday 16th November Tuesday 17th November	Photo Editing (Picasa 3 and Google Photos) Computer advice, free software, utilities