Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be able to:

Use relevant Occupational Health and Safety practices
Exercise to reduce workplace fatigue
Identify common hardware and software components
Identify a number of operating systems
Select a suitable application for a given task
Discuss areas of Information Storage
Start a personal computer
Start and Shutdown Windows
Start an application
Manage file storage
Navigate with the environment
Customise the environment

Method

This course is provided as hands on and includes and extensive workshop manual and data disk for use during the course.

Occupational Health and Safety Practices

Good ergonomics
Preventative exercises

Introducing Your Computer

The components of your PC
The Hardware
Basic Hardware components
Common peripherals e.g. printers, modems, scanners
The Software
Operating System
Applications
Starting your computer

Working with Windows 98

Starting a Windows 98 Computer
Identifying Desktop features
The Taskbar
The Start Button
Working with Windows
Re-sizing and Moving Windows
Minimise, Maximise & Restore
Switching between Windows
Activating Shortcut Menus
Navigating Online Help
Shutting down Windows 98

Managing your Files

The fundamentals of file storage
Navigating using My Computer
Creating Folders
Moving, Copying, Renaming & Deleting Files & Folders
Saving, Finding & Opening Files
The Document submenu
QuickViewing files
The Recycle Bin
The Send To option

Customising Windows 98

Customising the Desktop
Creating Shortcuts
Customising the TaskBar
Customising the Start Menu
Customising the Send To Menu
Customising the Recycle Bin
Customising the Channel Bar

Additional Windows Features

Printing and Printers
Transporting files using the Briefcase
An Introduction to Network Neighbourhood

Appendix - Working with Applications and the Internet

Using Applications in Windows 98
Exploring the Internet
Glossary of Terms