BASIC
COMPUTER CLASSES
Date: Thursdays, June 5-July10
Time: 2P.M.-4P.M.
Place: North Campus
1076 King’s Way
Donegal, PA. 15628
Cost: $75.00
Ages: 9th grade to Adult
Note: Please review below course outline for further details.
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Basic Computer Skills Course Outline
1. Knowing basic parts of a Computer
A. Monitor
a. CRT- Cathode Ray Tube
b. LCD- Liquid Crystal Display
B. Keyboard- USB or PS/2 connection
C. Mouse
a. Optical- USB or PS/2 connection
b. Ball- USB or PS/2 connection
c. TrackBall- USB or PS/2 connection
D. CPU- Central Processing Unit
a. Tower
b. Desktop
c. Shuttle
d. Slimline
E. Speakers
2. Setting Up a Computer
A. Identifying what all is provided, and connections at the end of each wire.
a. What type of CPU
b. What type of Monitor
c. What type of Keyboard
d. What type of Mouse
e. What type of Speakers
f. Multiple power cords
B. Familiarizing yourself with the connections in the rear of the CPU.
a. VGA or DVI video connections
b. PS/2 or USB Keyboard connection
c. PS/2 or USB mouse connection
d. Speaker plugin.
e. Modem Connection
f. Network Connection
g. COM ports
h. LPT1 port- Generally used for Printers
C. Making the Connections
a. After Identifying what is provided, and what the connection looks like at the end of each wire, begin to follow what plugs in where
D. Power On PC
3. Word Processing
4. Spread Sheet
5. Database
6. Internet
A. Search Engines
B. Internet Filtering. Yes or No