Computer literacy

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Basic Computer Literacy Task List

  1. Turn on the computer and log in.
  2. Open a word processing application (e.g. MS Word or OpenOffice Writer), write a brief letter and print it.
  3. Make a folder in My Documents and save the letter inside it.
  4. Send an email with the letter created in part 2 as an attachment.
  5. Look up information on Wikipedia and copy and paste it into a Word or OpenOffice document.
  6. Create a chart in Excel or OpenOffice Calc.
  7. Make a short slideshow presentation using a suitable application (e.g. MS Powerpoint or OpenOffice Impress).
  8. Look up directions in Google Maps.
  9. Look up public transport timetables.
  10. Fill out online forms.
  1. Scan a document or photograph.
  2. Spam and malware awareness.

Open Microsoft Word/OpenOffice Writer, write a brief letter, and print it


Beginners word processing 1

1. Go to the Start Menu and click on programs.

2. Look for the word processor and click on it.

3. When it opens, click on "File" toward the left top corner.

4. Scroll down to "New", when the new window appears,click on "Blank Document".

NOTE:(Complete these steps only if you're not already on a new blank document.) Before typing, make sure you have the proper margin.

5. Write ‘Hello , my name is [type your name] and I am from [type your country].’


'Hello, my name is [type your name] and I am from [type your country].

1. To highlight the text you just typed above, place the cursor at the beginning of your sentence. Click and hold the left mouse button and slide the mouse to the right until the entire text is highlighted.



Changing font size:

NOTE: Before you begin your text must be highlighted. Refer to the directions above on highlighting text.

1. Go to the top of your menu bar and Click the "Format" menu.

2. Scroll down and click "Font"

3. Under "size" scroll down to 14. The size of the text should change.


Changing font color:

NOTE: Before you begin your text must be highlighted. Refer to the directions above on highlighting text.

1. Go to the top of your menu bar and Click the "Format" menu.

2. Scroll down and click "Font"

3. Pull down the box "Font Color" and change the font color to any color of your choice.


Underlining Text:

NOTE: Before you begin your text must be highlighted. Refer to the directions above on highlighting text.

1. Go to the top of your menu bar and Click the "Format" menu.

2. Scroll down and click "Font"

3. Pull down the box "Underline" and choose the first single black line.


Practice Exercise: The student writes the following sentence below, underline every second word, and change each word to a different colorand size.

“I now live in America."

Beginners word processing 2

1. The student should open a new document in Word and write a couple of sentences. For example:'' ‘Hello , I would like to apply for a job in your company. I am available to work from Monday to Saturday. I hope you can interview me for this job.


1. Click the the 'File' tab in the left corner of the menu bar.

2. Scroll down and click 'Save As' (Verify that the 'Save in' box at the top says 'My Documents')

3. In the box 'File Name', type 'My First Document'.

4. Press the 'Save' button to the right of that box. The file will be saved to the 'My Documents' folder.

5. After the document has been saved, close down Microsoft Word by clicking the red X at the top right of the page.


1. Open Microsoft Word

2. To the top left corner of the menu bar, click 'File'.

3. Scroll down and click 'Open'.

4. Make sure the 'Look In' box to the top says, 'My Documents'.

5. In the 'My Documents' window, look for your document 'My First Document'. Double click it. A new window will open your saved document.


Exercise:

1. Have the student edit their document by adding:

Yours Faithfully, [Type your name]

2. After the text has been edited, save the new changes.

3. Close word.

4. Open ‘My Documents’ and open the saved document.

Beginners word processing 3

Exercise:''

The student opens their 'My First Document' and practices formatting the text.

Printing the document:''

1. Check to ensure that the printer has paper and is turned on.

2. Click on the 'File' tab, and scroll down to print.

3. Verify the printer name that you will be printing to and make sure its name is located in the box 'Name' If not, click the box, and scroll down until you have located the printer.

4. Once the printer is chosen and you are ready to print, click 'OK'. The paper should be printed to the designated printer.

Close word/writer , remove paper from printer and turn it off.

Exercise:

The student opens and prints their letter

Make a folder in 'my doc' and save the letter inside it.

Exercise:

1. Have the student make a folder on the desktop with their name and drag and drop a document into their folder.

2. Show the student how to make a folder in 'my documents'.Open word and write a sentence then save as into the new folder in 'my documents'.

3. Close 'my documents' and delete the students folder from the desktop.

Exercise:

1. Have the student make a folder in 'my documents'. Then they open word , write a sentence and save as to their new folder.

Look up information on Wikipedia and copy and paste to a word/openoffice document.

Exercise The student opens wikipedia and looks up information relevent to them eg their country or state , their profession, their favorite subject in school.

Excercise Give the student a list of 10 questions which they have to find the answers to using Wikipedia. If you have more than one student make a competition of it to see who finishes first.

      1. When did Albert Einstein die?
      2. What is the capital of Sweden?
      3. When did WW2 end?
      4. What is the population of the Republic of Ireland?
      5. What is the melting point of lead?
      6. What is 24 deg celcius in Farenheit?
      7. How many teeth does an adult person have?
      8. What is the chemical symbol for copper?
      9. In what country is the city of Lyon?
      10. Who wrote the book 1984?

Excercise The student open a wikipedia article and copys and pastes into a word document which they then save into their folder in 'my documents'.

4: Send an email with the letter created in part 1 as an attachment.

Exercise Have the student send you an email with their letter from part 1 as an attachment.

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5: Draw a chart ic excel/calc

Exercise Have the student enter the data from 'Calc data entry exercise' into an excel or calc spreadsheet.

Calc data entry exercise


Exercise Have the student make a table of data , one column called NAME , with a list of their families names and another column called AGE with a list of their family members ages.

Exercise Have the student use chart wizard on their data table.

Exercise

Budget Template


Budget sample
Budget format
Budget autosum
Budget charts


6: Lookup directions in Google maps.

Exercise

Start google maps and enter their address and look around their neighborhood.

Exercise

Open google maps and gets direction to their place of work/study for a car and for public transit.

7: Make a short slideshow presentation using a suitable application eg MS powerpoint or Open Office Impress.

Exercise The student makes a folder on their computer and downloads all of the above images.

Title Page

Exercise The student opens the program and makes the title page.

Exercise The student make the rest of the slides.

Slide 2

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