hpr1308 :: Helping a New Computer User
Skills for new computer users
Hosted by Shane Shennan on Wednesday, 2013-08-07 is flagged as Clean and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
computer skills, hardware, operating system, file management, text entry.
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Duration: 00:19:12
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Here is a list of the skills I teach new computer users:
A) Hardware: 1) Monitor and Tower ---Turning on the computer 2) Keyboard and Mouse ---Learning when to use the right mouse button, left button, and scroll wheel ---Seeing non-alphabetic keys 3) Printers and other Peripherals ---Understating the usefulness of printers, scanners, flash drives, etc. B) Operating System: 1) Icons on the Desktop ---Moving, adding, and removing icons 2) Opening Applications ---Using the Start Menu to find applications 3) Managing and Resizing Windows ---Using the window controls to maximize, minimize, restore up, and close windows C) File Management: 1) Creating a New Folder and Subfolders 2) Selecting Specific Files ---Single-click method ---Ctrl method ---Shift method ---Drawing-box-around-files method ---Ctrl + A method 3) Moving Files ---Drag & Drop ---Copy & Paste D) Text Entry: 1) Using a simple notepad ---Entering and Saving Text ---Using the File Menu 2) Using a Word Processor ---Formatting text ---Using toolbars