WIT Homeroom Module:
Computer Basics
Created by Bill Geraci, Jane White,
Deborah Wade.
Please click on these different links to go to web pages that explain all about the different aspects of using a computer. We suggest you go through the numbered items and then go through the rest of the list as interest you. Now is the time to begin your journey!
First, here are four web pages related to this module that might interest
you.
Go through these items in the suggested order:
- An Introduction to this Computer Basics Module
- All About Using the Mouse
- All About Icons
- windows with a small w
- All About The Desktop Metaphor
- All About Menus and Their Use
- All About Dialog Boxes and Saving and Opening Files
- All About Switching Between and Opening
Applications
The following items can be read in any order:
- All About Kinds of Files
- All About Folders
- All About Using Keyboard Shortcuts
- All About Editing Text
- All About Powering On Your Computer
- All About Shutting Down and Crash Recovery
- All About Getting More Help
- All About Shortcuts and Aliases
- All About Deleting Files
- All About Finding Files and Folders
- Some Basic Terminology
And we have some quizzes and other cool stuff for you! Several places within the sub-pages above we have links to these quizzes. But they're all right here!
Quiz Number OneEnjoy them all!
Quiz Number Two
Quiz Number Three
Crossword Puzzle (Best if printed)
Word Search (Best if printed)
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