# Syllabus

# Week 1: What Is Free Software

### Summary

### <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is free software? Course roadmap, learner input, account setup &amp; questions</span></span>

### Agenda

1. Introduce Ourselves
2. Learning Circle Policies 
    1. Safer Spaces Policy
    2. Safer In-Person Gatherings
    3. Discuss and modify as needed
3. Break
4. Facilitator Presentation: What Is Free Software?
5. Course Roadmap Draft 
    1. Learning Circle Input
6. Break
7. Bookstack Account Setup

### At Home Activity   


During the next week, note the proprietary software you use and what you use it for. Think about software you would like to have but don't have a good reason to pay for a license. Bring this to the next class.

# Week 2: Acquiring Free Software

### Summary   


Acquiring Software &amp; Using the wiki

### Agenda

1. Presentation: Finding Free Software
2. Workshop: Installing OnlyOffice
3. Presentation: Using BookStack &amp; Taking Notes for Yourself
4. Workshop: Using OnlyOffice
5. Collaboratively Edit Notes

### At Home Activity

During the next week, write down questions you encounter with free software you use.

# Week 3: Asking For Help

### Summary   


Asking for help, becoming your own IT person, and developing the means to build out a network of trusted community and resources so that you have the freedom to delegate your technology concerns to groups and people who you trust and who respect you.

### Agenda

1. Presentation: Getting Help 
    1. Search
    2. Documentation
    3. Forums
    4. Forges
2. Workshop: Formulating Questions for Internet Strangers

# Week 4: Free Software in the Browser

### Summary   


During this week we will go over web browsers, useful extensions to improve web browsing, and password managers.

### Agenda

# Week 5: Playing & Manipulating Media

### Summary

This week we will look at how to get media files to play back to us and simple tools for basic file manipulation.

### Agenda

# Week 6: Office Software

### Summary

We return to office software and work with PDFs &amp; Spreadsheets

### Agenda

# Week 7: Creative Software

### Summary

We look at alternatives to for photo editing, illustration, flyer design, and video processing

### Agenda

# Week 8: Social Software

### Summary 

This week looks at social software and discusess the future of Free Computer Club.

### Agenda