Accessibility Awareness
Discover how those who are blind or have low vision can use VoiceOver to navigate their Mac. We’ll show you how to use basic commands and gestures to search webpages, create notes, and access VoiceOver Keyboard Help.
What is, "Skills: Using VoiceOver for Mac?"
Bring your Mac and join us for a 60-minute session. We’ll show you how to navigate your Mac, set up system preferences, and explore native apps such as Safari and Maps.
What is "Skills: Getting Started with Mac?"
From shooting a video for social to starting your full-length movie, learn camera techniques that you can incorporate when recording on iPhone. You’ll collaborate with others to set up and practice different shot types on location.
What is, "Video Walk: Capturing Cinematic Shots?"
Learn how to set up and take family portraits using iPad. Kids will find interesting backgrounds, use different light sources, and direct family members for their photo shoot. They’ll use Live Photos to capture action, and add fun art and text to their portraits. Recommended for families and kids ages 8–12.
What is, "Photo Lab for Kids: Fun Family Portraits?"
This Creative Pro knows a LOT about sloths and created an internationally acclaimed music video about their bathroom habits.
Who is Meegan?
Provide this Accessibility service for a customer by submitting a runner request for an iPad to connect with an interpreter any time of day!
What is "Sign Time?"
Explore how to start a sketch by tracing with the Procreate app on iPad Pro. Beginning with a photograph, we’ll show you how to follow contours of a portrait with Apple Pencil. You’ll practice adding shadows and curves to create depth, adjust opacity and layers, and select a color palette for a portrait sketch to take home.
What is "Art Skills: Getting Started with Procreate?"
From taking a self-portrait to photographing groups, we’ll show you how to capture people in their environment with iPhone. You’ll practice with interesting backdrops, work with Portrait mode and Portrait Lighting, and find flattering angles for your subject.
What is, "Photo Walk: Taking Portraits on Location?"
Kids and families will learn how to make movies together. Kids will brainstorm ideas, storyboard, and get hands-on capturing footage with iPad. They’ll collaborate to create an exciting movie trailer and explore editing techniques using iMovie. Each group will showcase their trailer at the end of the session.
What is, "Video Lab for Kids: Making a Movie Trailer?"
This Creative sings and plays guitar in the band Modern Tongue.
Who is Anza?
Explore VoiceOver for iPad and iPhone. For those who are blind or have low vision, VoiceOver lets you hear a description of what’s happening on your screen. You’ll learn how to use basic gestures like swiping and tapping to navigate your device, adjust Speaking Rate, and customize VoiceOver in Settings.
What is, "Skills: Using VoiceOver on iPhone and iPad?"
Go from recording videos to creating a visual story using iMovie for iPad. You’ll capture video and get hands-on with editing techniques like trimming, timing, and rhythm. Then learn how to add audio and titles.
What is, "Video Skills: Getting Started with iMovie?"
Collect the colors you observe on your walk to capture your own color palette. Using the Procreate app on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, you’ll combine them to create an abstract painting to take home. Devices will be provided.
What is, "Art Walk: Discovering Color?"
Learn techniques for taking striking black-and-white portraits, exploring poses, and curating your photos on iPhone. You’ll follow a series of prompts from our Apple Creatives and move between different angles and postures to capture the personality of your subject. Then, discover what to look for in a great photo so you can share your best pictures.
What is, "Photo Lab: Directing the Portrait?"
This Creative Pro loves food - talking about it, cooking it, eating it, and drawing it.
Who is Tara?
Discover how those with vision loss can learn different ways to interact with Mac and iOS. We’ll explore assistive technologies like Zoom, Text to Speech, and Magnifier, and practice using Dictation to turn spoken words into text.
What is, "Skills: Accessibility Features for Vision Loss?"
Express your ideas in a more visual way using Apple Pencil and the Notes app on iPad. You’ll create a fun project that combines drawing, handwritten text, and color.
What is, "Art Skills: Sketching Ideas in Notes?"
Discover a new point of view on photographing buildings, architectural details, and structures with your iPhone or iPad. We’ll show you how to combine angles and lines to create perspective, add textures and shapes to bring out details, and set the composition.
What is, "Photo Walk: Framing Architecture?"
Create a theme song for your favorite show, book, or game using GarageBand on iPad. We’ll cover rhythm basics, and kids will get hands-on with experimenting with Smart Drums, adding pre-recorded loops, and remixing their theme song. Bring your iPad or we’ll provide one. Recommended for ages 8–12.
What is, "Music Lab for Kids: Making a Theme Song?"
This Creative loves to draw and is often miss-sorted as a Hufflepuff.
Who is Jaijuu?
Learn how to use your Mac and iOS devices to assist with learning and literacy needs. We’ll show how Guided Access allows you, family members, teachers, and caregivers to keep attention on learning. Using Speech, Look Up, Dictation, and Predictive Text, you’ll explore features that strengthen reading and spelling skills.
What is, "Skills: Learning and Literacy Features?"
Discover how to be more productive on your iPhone. In this 30-minute session, we’ll show you how to use Reminders, Siri, and quick actions to manage your to-do list and use your device more efficiently, wherever your day takes you.
What is, "Skills: Simplifying Your Day with iPhone?"
Transform the way you observe and sketch the world around you. We’ll show you how being mindful of people, objects, or places in your surroundings will help you add interesting details to your drawings. iPad Pro and Apple Pencil devices will be provided.
What is, "Art Walk: Drawing from Observation?"
In this session, kids ages 8–12 will take part in a fun and imaginative moviemaking experience. Our Creatives will show them how to create short videos from start to finish using the Clips app on iPad. They’ll learn how to plan, experiment with transitions, and make their movie shine with Memoji, stickers, posters, and more.
What is, "Video Lab for Kids: Adventures in Moviemaking?"
This Creative has visited 38 countries in their lifetime and knows a LOT about hummingbirds.
Who is Chris?