You will use your own laptop during lessons – either a PC or a MacBook. Any exercise files or instruction files will be emailed to you. You will be shown how to save them as an attachment from your email.
This Introductory Course …
- is suitable for students who have computers with Windows 10 or 11 operating systems or those with MacBooks (Apple computers)
- is designed to help you learn the essentials of using a computer
- starts with basic skills of operating a computer
- includes the basics of writing, editing, formatting and saving
- uses word processing software (for example, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, if installed, or WordPad)
You will learn how to …
- turn the computer on and off correctly
- understand the functions of the keys on the computer keyboard
- understand the basic functions available on the menus, ribbons and toolbars
- control the movement of the mouse pointer across the screen
- use the mouse to “click” and “double-click” objects on the screen
- use the mouse to select text – words, sentences and paragraphs
- use the mouse to drag selected text from one place to another
- locate and use some of the utility and games apps
- write, format and edit simple documents
- control whether you move or copy text
- save a document to storage, either the hard drive in your computer or a USB Flash Drive or cloud storage
- retrieve a document from storage
- delete an unwanted document from storage
- change the font, size and colour of text
- copy text from one document to another
- use shortcut keys
- access the Internet