This month’s tip for using Beacon is about spellling. As you may know, the Beacon software does not currently include a spellchecker. However, many web browsers now include a facility for checking spelling within the browser itself. One example is Google Chrome, which has a spellchecker that is usually enabled by default. If you’d like […]
Our talented newsletter editor, Ken Wheatley, has decided to take a break from Beacon duties for a few short months. We look forward to Ken’s return and thank him for his time and expertise in making Beacon News a regular fixture. In the meantime, you may have noticed that the format of Beacon News has […]
After the Third Age Trust’s AGM on Thursday, Sam Mauger (Chief Executive) updated the conference on the progress of the Beacon Upgrade Project. The event was the perfect opportunity to bring members up to date with the work that has been taking place over the past months. If you weren’t able to attend, do not […]
The Beacon helpdesk, which was announced in the previous edition of Beacon News, has been gratefully received by Beacon users who find themselves in a spot of bother. If you are a Beacon user and you have a problem, issue or query, simply visit help.beacon.u3a.org.uk or follow the links from the Beacon website. From there, […]
The national U3A conference took place this week in Nottingham, and representatives of the Beacon Team were on hand to spread the word about the benefits of using Beacon to the many U3As present at the Conference. Frank Bailey (Beacon Support Lead), Marilyn Lean (Beacon Joining Lead) and John Hopkins (Beacon Engagement Lead) ran three […]
This month, Sue Anderton, who is the Archaeology Group Leader at Lancaster & Morecambe U3A, shares her Beacon experience I have been using Beacon for over a year now as one of a group of Leaders who manage the Lancaster & Morecambe U3A Archaeology Group. The group currently has 194 members of which only 29 […]
The ‘site continues to be updated with further information for our users as the need arises. The latest change to try and help our users to find the Help Desk as easily as we can. In the past the only link we had to the Help Desk was on our ‘Contact Us’ page and it […]
The Third Age Trust has published a request for information (RFI) as part of the Beacon upgrade process. This document sets out the top-level objectives of the Beacon Upgrade in order that potential commercial partners may indicate their interest in helping the Trust to achieve them. Responses to the RFI will form part of the […]
Good news! We now have all of the supporting documentation for helping users learn and find out more about the Beacon System. If you go the the HELP page there is a link to all of the Beacon Training Documents. From that page you can open each category and view the pdf’s for each of […]
We are thrilled to be launching the all-new Beacon website, a one-stop shop for everything you need to know about the number one U3A membership management system. On the site, you’ll find information about the benefits and features of Beacon, as well as news and updates about Beacon. The site is still in development, and […]