Courses on smartphones and tablets for seniors
📱 Senior Smartphone/Tablet Course 📱
Elderly Mobile / Tablet and Internet Training Course
Beginner class
The course covers smartphone setup, Wi-Fi usage, security awareness, app management, social media operations, digital health, emergency response, virus prevention, and more, helping participants improve their mobile phone usage skills and security knowledge.
Middle class
The content includes finding lost devices, cloud applications for Google Drive, document sharing and editing techniques, how to use Zoom, as well as introductions and operations to observatories and weather apps, helping participants enhance their digital skills and knowledge.
Senior class
It covers the best options for cloud drives, including personal, business, and free versions, and explains how to digitize old photos and store them in cloud albums for easy management and sharing.
Workshops
The workshop covered text input, copy-paste and pasting, internet browsing, email usage, data upload/download, social media applications, and online consumption techniques, and introduced HA Go’s appointment and remote consultation functions.
Beginner class
Introduction and basic settings, WiFi and basic software settings and applications
- Basic smartphone recognition and model design
- Commonly used mobile phone Wi-Fi, public Wi-Fi, and shared Wi-Fi for mobile phones
- How to use free Wi-Fi in malls
- How to set and enter a Wi-Fi password
- How to use the government’s free Wi-Fi in parks
- How to set up Wi-Fi at home
- Wi-Fi and roaming data reception
User security awareness
- Identify common security risks during mobile phone use.
- Master effective methods to protect personal data.
- Understand how to set up and manage your phone’s security features.
- Cultivate good digital habits to enhance phone security.
- Create strong passwords and implement two-factor authentication
- Identifying phishing attacks and social engineering attacks
- Maintain secure browsing habits on mobile devices
Secure the phone
- How to set up strong passwords and biometric technologies (such as fingerprint and facial recognition)
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA)
Download and use the app in full
- How to choose and download secure applications
- Application permission management
- Regularly update the application to patch vulnerabilities
Protect personal data
- The importance of data encryption and backup
- How to share information safely (e.g., privacy settings on social media)
- Identify and prevent social engineering attacks
Digital Health and Psychological Safety
- The importance of using your phone in moderation
- How to reduce digital anxiety and maintain mental health
- Set usage time limits and break times
Emergency response measures
- Strategies for responding when your phone is lost or stolen
- How to report suspicious activity or fraud
- Use the remote erasure feature to protect your personal data
Virus defense, mobile phone security
- The difference between viruses and hackers
- How to prevent viruses and hacker intrusions
- How to install the software
Understanding phone threats
- Threat types: malware, phishing attacks, data breaches
- Case studies of well-known mobile phone security incidents
- How can you tell if a caller number and messages are safe?
- Human factors affecting security vulnerabilities
Understanding phone threats
- Threat types: malware, phishing attacks, data breaches
- Case studies of well-known mobile phone security incidents
- How can you tell if a caller number and messages are safe?
- Human factors affecting security vulnerabilities
Basic Social Media Usage Methods (Facebook)
- What is Facebook?
- Facebook’s functions and uses
- Account registration and setup
- Personal information settings and privacy settings
- Basic operations using Facebook
- Post status and photo sharing
- Add friends and manage your friends list
- Interaction and community
- How to comment, reply, and like
- Participate in clubs and activities
Basic use of WhatsApp / WeChat
- Apple iPhone (iOS: App Store) / Other Mobile (Android: Play Store Store)
- Personal account application and setup
- General smartphone functions (loud or low volume, simple large elderly font)
- Password lock input (face/fingerprint/password authentication)
- Download commonly used apps (such as: Maps, MTR, KMB, weather, radio, YouTube news, banking apps—FPS, Octopus, and stock investment, etc.)
- Text processing, audio, image and video editing
- Voice messages are played
- Quickly play voice messages
- Photos are not compressed when transferred
- Cancel automatic multimedia downloads
- Highlight important information
- Delete duplicate files
New hidden features for WhatsApp / WeChat
- Send messages to non-contacts
- Bold italic strikethrough
- Restricting joining stranger groups
- Dual WhatsApp
- Group speaking is restricted
- Custom group notification markup
- Hide WhatsApp double blue
- Change your phone number
- Hide your profile picture and your updates
- Set up dedicated notifications
- Cancel automatic multimedia downloads
- WhatsApp group video calls
- Archive WhatsApp conversations or groups
Phone photography
- Introduction to smartphone camera features
- How to turn on the camera and select modes
- Photo and video shooting techniques
- Edit and share photos
- Basic photo editing (cropping, adjusting brightness, etc.)
- How to share photos to social media or other apps
- Save and manage photos
- How to manage photos on your phone
- Back up photos to the cloud or computer
Transportation, bus MTR, and taxi apps
- Introduction to transportation apps
- What is a transportation app? Introduction to common transportation apps
- Installation and registration
- How to download and install the app
- Account registration and setup
- Check bus information
- How to check bus routes and timetables
- Use of real-time arrival information
- Purchase tickets
- How to purchase electronic tickets through the app
- Payment methods and confirmation steps
Google Maps and Amap
- Map App Introduction
- What are Google Maps and Amap?
- Navigation and route planning
- How to search for destinations and plan your route
- Use the navigation functions of public transportation
- Explore nearby locations
- How to find restaurants, shops, and attractions
- How to use reviews and ratings
Middle class
Find lost Androids, tablets, tablets, iPhones, or iPads, lock devices, or erase data from them
- How to find mobile phones and tablets
- Remotely locate, lock, or erase data within devices
- How to locate keys and wallets and locate related items during repairs
Google Drive Drive
- How to apply and operate
- How to save travel photos and videos to a cloud drive
Make good use of sharing
- Use color to separate important folders
- In teamwork, use ‘activities’ to track others’ progress
- Retouch photos directly online from the Cloud Drive webpage
- Special charts can also be inserted during online document editing
- Make good use of “suggested edits” (track revisions) when revisions are needed.
- Insert free stock photos into cloud presentations
- Cloud Restore 1: Recover files you accidentally deleted
- Cloud Restore 2: Restoring documents previously modified by others or yourself
- Add files shared by others to your own cloud drive
- The new version of Google Drive can edit simple Microsoft Office files
- You can also edit Google Drive offline drives
Zoom Profile
- Installation and registration
- How to download and install Zoom
- Register an account and set up personal information
- Attend and organize conferences
- How to Join a Meeting (Using Meeting ID and Password)
- How to hold your own meetings
- Basic meeting operations
- Use a microphone and camera
- How to share your screen and use chat features
Observatory and weather app
- Introduction to the Observatory App
- What is an Observatory App? Introduction to common Observatory Apps
- Installation and basic operation
- How to download and install the Observatory App
- Interface introduction and function description
- Stargazing and learning astronomy
- How to use the app for stargazing
- Understand the basics of constellations and planets
Senior class
Cloud Drive
- Which is the best choice for a personal cloud drive?
- Which cloud drive is best suited for business use?
- Which is the best free cloud drive?
- Which is the best free cloud album?
- How to convert old photos into electronic mode and store them in a cloud album?
Workshops
Document processing
- Enter text
- Copy, cut, move
Internet applications
- Browsing the web, viewing images, news, listening to music
- My Favorites (Save Common URLs)
- Home and Records (Set Home and View Internet History)
- How to search for information
Email (E-Mail)
- Apply via email
- Receive and send emails
- Reply to and forward emails
- How to send attachments
- Images and song downloads
- Introduction to input methods
- How to use the voice input method
Others
- Uploading and Downloading Data (Compression, Decompression)
- Make good use of discussion groups
- Have your own Facebook, blog, and share your opinions in discussion groups
- Upload your own videos online for others to enjoy
- Online shopping tips, shopping, PPS payments
- Online banking, stock trading, bookstores
- How to Buy Things at Auctions (Carousell, Facebook Marketplace)
Virus defense, computer security
- The difference between viruses and hackers
- How to prevent viruses and hacker intrusions
- How to install the software
HA GO
- How to view your booking history in HA Go
- Appointment Pass (How to Book a Specialist New Clinic)
- How to change or cancel your appointment.
- How to book a remote consultation
🗣️ Language
- Cantonese is the main language. English, Cantonese, and Mandarin are also acceptable
📓 Notes:
- We also design related courses for organizations, groups, and individuals, with optional time and address. For details, please call 2549 7978 for details.
🧑 🤝 🧑 Course size
- 10 – 20 people
⏰ Class hours
- Six sections, each lasting two hours
💳 Course fees
- Hourly rate: HK$1,300 (includes two professional tutors) (includes each student’s class notes)
- Total: HK$1,300 x 12 hours: HK$15,600
- Pre-course deposit: HK$5,000; balance payable after course completion.
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