Computers for Newbies

For people who don’t knowanything

about computers

The CourseIntroduction. The keyboard. The mouse. Windows desktop. Browsing

basics.

E-mail

Explorer. Organizing and finding files and folders.

The World Wide Web (searching, travel, reservations, shopping, banking, etc.)

Word processing (Word)

Internet providers

Also????

March 27

–Sign in–Hardware/ Software–The keyboard–The mouse–The Windows desktop–Some vocabulary–Using a browser

How to Sign in

Login: xsoar1 [Tab or mouse]

Password: so12ar [Enter]

Hardware

Qwerty Keyboard

Using a Mouse

• How to hold

• Left & right buttons

More Mousing

• Left click, right click

• Click and drag (drag and drop)

• Double click

• Slide, don’t lift

• Scrolling

The Windows Desktop

• Wallpaper

• Taskbar

• Quick Launch

• System Tray

• Start Menu

• System Icons

Navigating Windows•Opening the Start Button•Opening a program on the desktop•Closing, minimizing, maximizing or moving a window•Moving between open windows / applications•Scrolling in a window•Manipulating and moving through text•Right clicking an icon or other element of Windows

Vocabulary

• PC / Mac• Operating system (Windows XP, Vista)• CPU• Processor (Pentium…)• Icon• Cursor• Web (World Wide Web) – Browser• E-mail• Word Processing• Message boards, newsgroups

Questions? Comments?

Rita Goldberg

45 Judson Street

Canton, NY 13617

386-3693

ritagoldberg@stlawu.edu

Remember…

• Mistakes are necessary if we want to learn.• Rome wasn’t built in a day.• You won’t break it!• Everyone needs a friend.

To access this complete PowerPoint online, go to:

http://it.stlawu.edu/~rgol/newbies1.ppt

Homework!!

1) If you have access to a computer and the Internet, open your browser and type the following link in the address space. Then hit [Enter].and do the activities. They will help you learn to use the mouse.

http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/class/seniors/link.html

2) Here is another basic mouse tutorial. See if you can do all the activities.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/recreate/spot/activity/computer/mouse/mouse.html

3) Open the browser on your computer (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape…)

Type in usairways or http://www.usairways.com and find out what flights are available from Massena to Pittsburgh on April 12. What are the prices?