The Course Outline:
We will have two sessions, one on July 22 and the second on July 29.
We will set up their Picasa web accounts after the first session and then show them how to use the account during the second session. so Here is how I plan to organize the sessions.
First Session: July 22nd.
Downloading the Picasa program (if you don’t already have it)
Setting up a Picasa web account
Organizing photos for sharing
Editing the photos
Second Session: July 29th.
Organizing the photos on the web page
Labeling the photos
Sharing the photos by emailing a link to your group of recipients
Using Picasa to Send a Large Group of Photos to Friends or Family
7. Your Picasa Web Albums online site will come up and display the
album of photos you just uploaded.
8. You can share this album with anyone you have an e-mail address for
9. You should also type in a message to send with this e-mail that
explains what the photos mean and why you’re sending out the
photos.
10. You complete this by clicking on the “Share via Email” button at the
bottom of the page.
11. You may wish to put captions on your photos before you share them.
To do so you will need to do the following before you click on the
“Share” button (Step 7):Right above the photos there is a tool bar
that has the following headings: Slideshow, Share, Add Photos,
Prints, Actions; Organize. Click on “Actions” and select “Captions”.
Right above the photos there is a tool bar that has the following
13. You may wish to share the photos only with yourself (enter only your
own e-mail address). Then you can forward the resulting e-mail to
anyone you wish from your own e-mail account, including any
special message that you like. This is particularly helpful if you use
a program other than G-mail for most of your e-mails.
You may go to your Picasa Web Albums site at any time from your
Using Picasa to Send a Large Group of Photos to Friends or Family
Picasa has a feature that allows you to send out a large group of photos via e-mail.
It does this by having you upload your photos to an album that is created in the Picasa Web Albums online site.
The Picasa Web Albums site is part of the larger Google website that also
contains G-mail – it is one of the options available to people who have a
G-mail account.
To do this you need first to have a G-mail account. If you
don’t already have one, you need to follow the instructions in the Senior Center
“E-Mail” Training Manual to get one. It is free.
After you upload a group of photos to the your Picasa Web Albums site, you
After you upload a group of photos to the your Picasa Web Albums site, you
can then share them via e-mail to any e-mail user, and that user can view the
photo as a slideshow and can view and/or download the photos individually.
It is important to understand that when you upload selected photos to your
Picasa Web Albums site, the photos will then reside on both your own
computer and your Picasa Web Albums site.
When you share to photos via e-mail, the photos are not actually attached to
the e-mail, but rather you are sending the e-mail recipient a web link to you
Picasa Web Albums site that allows the recipient to view the photos on that site.
Instructions for Uploading, using the Picasa Program on Your Computer
1. Open the Picasa program on your computer.
2. Find the folder that contains the photos you wish to upload.
3. Select the photos you'd like to upload by holding down the “Control”
button on you keyboard and left-clicking on each photo you wish
to upload.
4. Once you've selected all of your photos, click the Upload button in the
to upload.
Tool Bar at the bottom of the page.
website (default is the title of the folder where the photos currently
reside).
reside).
If you’re OK with that title, leave it alone, if not change it to whatever
you like.
you like.
Then left-click on the “Upload” button on the bottom of the panel.
6. Another panel will come up which shows the progress of the upload.
It will take a while, particularly if there are lots of photos being uploaded.
After it says “Finished”, click on the “View Online” button at the top right
side of the panel.
It will take a while, particularly if there are lots of photos being uploaded.
After it says “Finished”, click on the “View Online” button at the top right
side of the panel.
7. Your Picasa Web Albums online site will come up and display the
album of photos you just uploaded.
8. You can share this album with anyone you have an e-mail address for
by clicking on the “Share” button on the right side of the page. After
you do this a new page will come up that allows you to enter e-mail
addresses.
you do this a new page will come up that allows you to enter e-mail
addresses.
You can type these in just like you type in addresses when you send
e-mails in your G-mail account.
e-mails in your G-mail account.
9. You should also type in a message to send with this e-mail that
explains what the photos mean and why you’re sending out the
photos.
bottom of the page.
To do so you will need to do the following before you click on the
“Share” button (Step 7):Right above the photos there is a tool bar
that has the following headings: Slideshow, Share, Add Photos,
Prints, Actions; Organize. Click on “Actions” and select “Captions”.
Then add appropriate captions for each picture, as you wish. Click
on “Done” and then proceed with sharing.
on “Done” and then proceed with sharing.
headings: Slideshow, Share, Add Photos, Prints, Actions;
Organize. Click on “Actions” and select “Captions”. Then add
appropriate captions for each picture, as you wish. Click on “Done”
and then proceed with sharing.
Organize. Click on “Actions” and select “Captions”. Then add
appropriate captions for each picture, as you wish. Click on “Done”
and then proceed with sharing.
13. You may wish to share the photos only with yourself (enter only your
own e-mail address). Then you can forward the resulting e-mail to
anyone you wish from your own e-mail account, including any
special message that you like. This is particularly helpful if you use
a program other than G-mail for most of your e-mails.
G-mail account site. Your G-mail account page has a tool bar at
the top which contains “Photos”, among other things. If you click on
“Photos”, your Picasa Web Albums site will come up. It will display
all albums you have uploaded and give you the option to share any
of them and to manipulate them in many ways. You can also upload
photos from any of the folders on your computer by clicking on the
“Upload” button at the top, clicking on the “Select photos from your
computer” button, and then finding and selecting the photos you
wish to upload.
the top which contains “Photos”, among other things. If you click on
“Photos”, your Picasa Web Albums site will come up. It will display
all albums you have uploaded and give you the option to share any
of them and to manipulate them in many ways. You can also upload
photos from any of the folders on your computer by clicking on the
“Upload” button at the top, clicking on the “Select photos from your
computer” button, and then finding and selecting the photos you
wish to upload.