Thursday, February 13, 2020

RootsTech 2020 SLC Class Handouts Available on RootsTech Website

The RootsTech 2020 SLC class handouts are now available for review and download on the RootsTech Schedule website (https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake-schedule).  It is much easier to download the class handouts from the website than from the RootsTech mobile app.

The download process is:

1)  From the Schedule page (https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake-schedule), note that the page has the full list of classes from Wednesday to Saturday.  Here is the top of the page:

The day, time, session title and session presenter(s) are listed in chronological order.  There are typically 12 to 15 classes in each time slot.  If the session has "$$" in the title, that means it is a paid workshop that requires registration and payment.

2)  I downloaded most of the Wednesday class handouts the other day, so I  scrolled down to the Thursday classes at 4:30 p.m.:

3)  I want to download the handout for Diahan Southard's class "A 5 Company Comparison of DNA Ethnicity Results."  I clicked on the class on the screen above:
 The class description information is presented, along with the difficulty, the room, and the session number.

4)  Between the description and the difficulty is a link for "Syllabus."  That is the class handout.  I clicked on "Syllabus"  and saw:

On my computer, I can download or print the handout by clicking on the icons in the top right of the screen.  I want to Download the handout to my RootsTech 2020 SLC file folder.

5)  I clicked on "Download" and the Windows Explorer file for my Downloads folder and I selected the RootsTech 2020 SLC folder:

The RootsTech session number and some of the session title are in the File name field.  I added the presenter's last name to the file name and clicked on "Save."

6)  Voila, the file was saved.  All of that took less than ten seconds.

I still have the rest of Thursday and all of Friday and Saturday to download.  When I am done, I will move the entire RootsTech 2020 SLC file folder to my Genealogy Education file folder on my desktop computer, and copy it to Dropbox and Google Drive so I can access it on my laptop and smart phone.

NOTE:  The class handouts are not behind a pay wall.  Anyone can access them and save them.

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DISCLOSURE:  I am a RootsTech Ambassador and have been for the past nine years.  I receive a complimentary four day registration to RootsTech 2020 SLC for publicizing and reporting on the conference.

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2 comments:

GeniAus said...

Thanks for the reminder Randy. I have gone through all three days and downloaded those that interest me.This is so much easier than using the app.

MCC said...

Hi Randy
Thank you for the tip! I think it's going to work much better this way! Can I share this to my Genealogy Group?
Thank you Maria