COURSE PROJECTED SCHEDULE

Week #1:COMPUTER USES, TERMS, ETHICS, COMPONENTS & APPLICATIONS

• 1. Current Uses of Computers in Daily Life/ Education & Workplace
• 2. Various Software Applications/ Different types of Software
• 3. Defining Basic Computer Terminology
• 4. Ethical Issues/ Health Hazards

Week #2: BASIC FEATURES OF INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES and KEYBOARD KEYS

• 5. Computer Components
• 6. Demonstrating proper use of the Mouse
• 7. Understanding RAM and ROM memory
• 8. Various Types of Printers
• 9. Keyboarding keys & proper position at terminal
• 10. Typing drills( for key familiarity)

Week #3: CONNECTIONS ,START-UP, MAINTENANCE & DATA STORAGE

• 11. Basic equipment connections
• 12. Basic maintenance (safety features, basic cleaning, disk formatting & handling)
• 13. Using DOS
• 14. Various Windows versions (3.1/ 95/98)
• 15. Windows concepts (windows, icons, menus, files, scrolling,error messages)

Week #4: WORD PROCESSING PACKAGES

• 16. Create & save a simple document
• 17. Special Features: (fonts, justification, spell-check, thesaurus, grammatik)
• 18. Retrieve, edit and re-save a document
• 19. Printing a document
• 20. Find information in the help menu

Week #5: OTHER SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

• 21. Games and Trivia
• 22. Flyers, posters, newsletter graphic applications
• 23. Calendars, banners, greeting card applications
• 24. Educational software
• 25. Database, spreadsheets, & reports

Week #6: THE INTERNET

• 26. Terminology on the Net/ Netiquette
• 27. Using an Internet browser
• 28. Using bookmarks
• 29. Downloading and installing software
• 30. Researching/Searching on the Internet & Choosing a Search Engine

Week #7: E-MAIL

• 31. Benefits of e-mail and e-mail etiquette
• 32. Creating and sending a message
• 33. Creating and sending an attachment
• 34. Checking for mail received
• 35. Replying to a received message

Week #8 & #9: KEYBOARDING PRACTICE/SURFING THE NET

• 36. Accuracy & Speed drills for Typing
• 37. Research topics on the Internet

Week #10: REVIEW

• 38. The Future of Computers
• 39. What to consider when choosing a computer
• 40. Interesting Websites / Discussion Groups or Listservs