Survival Kit: Six Steps to Basic Computer Savvy     Winter 2003 OISE/UT Education Commons
Workshops One and Two: 
Getting to Know Your Computer

What is a Computer? How Does the OS Work?
Mouse, Keyboard, Hard Drive, Floppy Drive  Recycle Bin, Windows Accessories 
Around the Desktop (Windows)
Resizing Windows, Drag and Drop. Point and Click
Creating, Naming, Managing, Backing Up Files
Speaking Computer - Building a Vocabulary
Finding Files
Formatting Diskettes 
Creating Shortcuts to Applications/Programs
Scan Disk and Defragmentation
Keyboarding and Scrolling

Getting to Know Your Computer
(continuing on)

(review of workshop one)

Rebooting and Troubleshooting
File Extensions
Virus Checking
Note Pad VS WordPad VS Word
Menus and Toolbars
Control Panel
Paint Utility
Software and Speakers
CD ROM and ZIP Drives
Internet:Browsers
Bookmarks and Favourites

Workshop Three: E-mail and OISENet

(review of workshop two)
OISENet: First Class e-mail
Sending, Receiving e-mail
Replying to e-mail
Creating Folders, Saving e-mail
Managing files 
Attachments
Conferences
Summarizing Messages 
Addresses
Formatting and Preferences
Signature File
Chat
Multi-Tasking

Workshop Four: WORD program (word-processing)

(review of workshop three)
Introduction to WORD program (97)
VIews, Tools and Options
Creating, Editing and Saving Files
Formatting Documents
Page SetUp, Defaults, Show/Hide
Menu Bar, Toolbars, Preferences 
Paragraphs, Tabs, Changing Case, Bullets 
Page Numbering, Inserting Images
Tabs and Margins, Line Spacing
Tables, WordDraw
Spellcheck, Word Count

Workshop Five: WORD & Power Point

(review of workshop four)
More About WORD 
Finding Images on the Web, Copyright
Introduction to Power Point 
Power Point for Thesis Brainstorming
Copy and Paste from WORD Documents
Inserting Images and Transitions
Creating a Short Presentation
Saving Presentations
Printing Handouts

Workshop Six: Using the Internet & Scanners

(review of workshop five)
Using the Internet for Search and Research
Browser Functions/ Toolbar and Menus
Using and Organizing Bookmarks and Favourites
Saving and Sending Webpages
Find in Page
Copy and Print Webpages
Citing Web Sources
Multiple Browser Windows 
Scanners

Recommended: A small notebook in which to record class notes, floppy diskettes for saving files
e-mail Dr. Selia Karsten  Last Update January 17, 2003