The Iowa Association of REALTORS® is now offering hands on technology courses. These classes are designed to help you become more familiar with technology items that you use to further your business. Classes are limited to 10 people to provide a better learning environment. These courses are designed for beginners - people with little computer knowledge. We will be offering more advanced courses in the future.

The courses will be taught on laptops that use Windows Vista Operating System and Microsoft Office 2007. This enables you to be up to date on the latest available technology.

Here is a list of the devices that will be used on the various courses.

• Dell Inspirion Laptop Computer
• Palm Z22
• Kodak Easy Share V570 with Dual Lens
• Kingston 2 GB Flash Drive

These are the courses currently being offered, with more to come in the future.

• Digital Photography for Real Estate Professionals – Basic
  
  Learn practical and effective digital technology techniques to help you better market your clients’ properties in this CE-approved, 3 hour hands-on technology class.
  
  In this class you will learn how to use the basic features of a digital camera, how to properly set up and frame shots, basic photo editing, and how to work with pictures on the Internet.
  
  
• Microsoft Outlook for Real Estate Professionals – Basic
  
  Learn effective email marketing techniques in this CE-approved, 3 hour hands-on technology class.
  
  In this class you will learn how to set up Microsoft Outlook, create email messages using contacts and lists, create email signatures and templates, attach files to email messages, and work with the Outlook calendar and task manager.
  
  
• Microsoft Publisher for Real Estate Professionals – Basic
  
  Learn how to create simple and effective promotional materials to market your listings in this CE-approved, 3 hour hands-on technology class.
  
  In this class you will learn to create a variety of promotional materials, including business cards, postcards, and flyers.
  
  
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Real Estate Professionals – Basic
  
  Learn how to create and present a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show in this CE-approved, 3 hour hands-on technology class.
  
  In the first half of this class you will create a basic listing presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint, and in the second part of this class you will learn effective presentation skills.
  
  
• Palm Handhelds for Real Estate Professionals – Basic
  
  Learn how to use the basic functions of a Palm Handheld computer in this CE-approved, 3 hour hands-on technology class.
  
  In this class you will learn how to connect a Palm to your computer, how to use the calendar and contact functions of the Palm, and learn how to customize your Palm’s settings to your preferences.
  
  
• Microsoft Excel for Real Estate Professionals - Basic
  
  Learn how to create and use spreadsheets in this CE-approved, 3 hour hands-on technology class.
  
  In this class you will learn how to enter information in a spreadsheet, how to sort that information, uses formulas on the information and how to create a chart from the information.

The instructors for these courses will be Josh Hibben & Heather Gray from the IAR Technology Department.

Click here to see available classes.