Course Content - Introduction to Computers

Basics of using a Computer

• Types of computer
• Identifying the components
• Peripherals
• Turning on the PC
• Using the mouse
• Click/Double Click
• Click and drag
• The keyboard
• Special keys
• Upper and lower case letters
• Typing other characters

Desktop Overview

• Understanding icons
• Selecting and moving icons
• The start button
• Shutting down the computer

Windows

• Identifying parts of a window
• Title bar - close, minimize, maximise, restore
• Buttons, scroll bars, taskbar menus
• Moving between windows

Creating a Document - Micrsoft Word

• The word window
• Insertion point, selecting and entering text
• Cut, copy and paste
• Formatting a document
• Saving a document
• Printing a document

The Internet

• Overview and explanation
• World wide web, web browser
• Homepage, definitions
• URL, hyperlinks, favourites, history navigation
• Back and forward search engines
• Finding information
• Downloading files
• E-mail overview and explanation
• E-mail accounts
• Internet Server Provider accounts (ISPs)
• Webmail
• Sending an e-mail
• E-mail addresses
• E-mail message fields - To, CC, BCC and Subject
• Receiving e-mails
• Replying to and forwarding e-mails
• Attachments - size and security

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