A+ CERTIFICATION: PC FUNDAMENTALS

g101eng - Two Days

This two day course will teach delegates the essential skills of PC operation, giving them a valuable introduction for users and support newcomers.

On course completion, delegates will be able to:
      • Understand the components of a PC
      • Take care of the computer, through cleaning and simple preventative maintenance
      • Copy and move files using the DOS directory structure
      • Run Windows and start applications
      • Customise the Windows environment for personal preferences

Who should attend?

This course provides essential foundation training for any person wishing to learn about PCs and operating systems. Topics are of relevance to delegates from end-user and other computing backgrounds, wishing to progress further with PC training.

What are the course prerequisites?

Delegates are not expected to have gained any prior knowledge of PCs before they attend this course. However, it is strongly recommended that they have some keyboard and mouse experience. We suggest the following as a minimum:

      • Ability to use a PC keyboard
      • Familiarity with Enter and Return keys, Caps Lock, Shift keys and backspace
      • Ability to use a mouse to drag items and to start Windows applications through "double clicking" on Shortcuts or the Start menu

Delegates without this experience should be given an extra day of instruction to build their ability. Alternatively, there are a number of self-study packages available to teach delegates basic keyboard and mouse skills.

Course contents

Introduction to Hardware
      • The system unit
      • The display system
      • Bits and Bytes
Keyboard, mice printers and peripherals
      • Introduction to keyboard
      • Introduction to mouse
      • Introduction to printers
      • Other PC devices
Disk Operating System (DOS)
      • Introduction
      • DOS
      • Working with DOS
DOS File Structure
      • The directory structure
      • MS-DOS files
Useful DOS Commands
      • Prepare a disk for DOS (FORMAT)
      • Make a copy of a Floppy disk (DISKCOPY)
      • Recover a Deleted File (UNDELETE)
      • Change the DOS Command Prompt
      • Change the DOS path
Windows 95
      • Introduction to Windows
      • Windows versions
      • Features of Windows 95
      • Windows 95
      • Using Windows
Managing Programs
      • The Start menu
      • Creating desktop Shortcuts
      • The Taskbar Customizing the Start Menu
Working with Folders and Files
      • Folders
      • My Computer
      • Windows explorer
      • Working with folders
      • Working with files
Other Windows Features
      • The Control Panel
      • Mouse Properties
      • Display Properties
      • Printing

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