Reading the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Syllabus on my Mobile Devices

The Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) 2016 Genealogy Jamboree Conference starts on Thursday, 2 June.  I wanted to try to find the syllabus materials for the classes that I want to attend.

1)  I checked the Genealogy Jamboree website, and clicked on the "Schedule" tab, but could not figure out how to find the syllabus materials if they exist on the website.  Apparently, I have two logins - one for my membership in SCGS and one for the mobile app.  

2)  I checked the SCGS 2016 mobile app on my Samsung tablet and my iPhone, and managed to sync the information on the two devices.  

Here is the process I used to see some of the syllabus material:

*  Here is the mobile app opening screen on the iPhone:

*  I tapped the second one on the list for Friday - my own session - and saw the summary information:

*  Scrolling down, I could see the bottom of the screen, and saw under the "Resources" section the link for "Handouts:"

*  I tapped the "Handouts" link and had a choice of actions:

The choices available are "Take Notes on Handout," "Download Handout," and "Email Handout."

*  I tapped on "Download Handout" and was back to the screen with the Handout link.  I tapped it again and now saw:

I could "Take Notes on Handout," "Open Handout In-App," "Open Handout in..." or "Email Handout."

*  I chose to "Open Handout In-App" and could read the handout:

All I had to do was scroll up and down, and a bit of right or left, to see the text.

*  I was intrigued by the "Open Handout in ..." option, so I tried that and saw:

I could share the handout via AirDrop, or I could "Add to Notes," "Copy to Books," "Copy to Adobe Acrobat," "Copy to Evernote, and "Copy to Dropbox."

*  I chose to "Copy to Dropbox" and selected my "Downloads" file folder on Dropbox.  The file was saved as a PDF in my Dropbox "Downloads" file folder.  The only problem is that the file name is not specific - I will have to edit the file name in Dropbox to reflect the session, speaker and title.

This was a bit unwieldy - I had to close my Dropbox app after each download and open the SCGS 2016 app again on my iPhone, but it's manageable.

*  The process is similar on the Android app, but not exact.  I couldn't save the file to Dropbox, but I could read it on the tablet much easier than on the iPhone.

I can study these downloaded files on the train trip to Burbank on Thursday morning.

3)  I will receive a CDROM with all of the syllabus material on Thursday evening when I register for the conference, which I will copy onto my laptop computer so that I have it available in the hotel room or on the desktop computer after I get home.

So now I'm almost ready to go!  I wonder what I've forgotten?

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