CIS 070:  Fundamentals of Computing

CIS 070 Basic Skills to Teach

The following is the set of skills that we are teaching in the CIS 070 Class.  We would expect students who test out of the course to have all of the skills listed except for those that are underlined.

Operating System Operations

• Run programs from the Start menu and shortcut
• Open and Save Documents in the correct drive or folder
• Use WordPad, Notepad, Paint, and Calculator
• Task switch among open applications using the Taskbar or other means
• Make and use new folders
• Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete files and folders in My Computer
• Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete files and folders in Windows Explorer         
• Format a floppy disk (Zip disk or USB drive)
• Use the Copy Disk function
• Know how to determine space remaining on a disk and handle disk full errors
• Troubleshooting file properties
• Know basic file types
• Move, minimize, maximize and restore windows
• Use help
• Sharing data between applications (integrating software)            
• Shut down Windows, properly
• Read and write file paths                                                                        
• Recognizing the parent or child in a folder structure                     
• Write out a folder structure in the parent/child layout                     
• Construct a folder structure using a parent/child layout               
• Recreate a folder structure on disk using a figure of a folder structure

Basic Safety Knowledge

• Know about viruses & virus protection;
• Know about centurion guards and their effect on the hard drives
• Know about troubleshooting common problems seen on WCC computers

Internet Related

Use a web browser
Use a search engine
Know Web addresses
Use bookmarks
Be able to send and receive e-mail, with attachments
Be able to download files
Know the basics of cookies, cache and web history.
Know Blackboard basics

Some Basic Internet Terms
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Internet Basics
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