A Gentle Introduction to Computers

Course Description

This 6 week course is aimed at the novice computer user.

Session 1

• Course Introduction
• Introduction to the windows desktop
  • Creating shortcuts on the desktop
  • Quick Launch bar
  • Start menu bar
  • Right mouse button menus
• Folders and Files
  • Creating/Deleting/Renaming folders
  • Moving files around folders – select, copy, move, Ctrl key and Shift Key
  • Keyboard Shortcuts – Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V

Session 2

• Email
  • Creating and sending an email message
  • Creating email Folders
  • Using rules to move mail around
  • RSS – accessing news through email

  Session 3

  • Review of file and folder processing
  • Transferring photos from digital camera to computer
  • Review of email
  • Sending photos via email
  • Printers and printer settings

  Session 4

  • Accessing the internet including web browsers, Anti-Virus, Spyware, Adware, Social Networking, online banking etc. Creating a free email account and setting up email client to access it (googlemail.com)

  Session 5

  • Word processing – using Microsoft Word
    • Creating documents, saving in different formats
    • Cut and paste
    • Formatting (character and paragraph level)
    • Creation of lists and list formatting including renumbering
    • Spell checking / Thesaurus
    • Insertion of images and more complex objects (equations, charts, etc) using
  • Review of email
  • Sending created document via email

  Session 6

  • Using spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel) for calculations
  • Using Microsoft Powerpoint for presentations