This one day course is designed to give a gentle introduction to IT. It is aimed at people who have to use a PC for the first time, or who are not confident with using their PC, or anyone who needs to know the fundamentals of working with a PC.
DurationThis one day course is designed to give a gentle introduction to IT. It is aimed at people who have to use a PC for the first time, or who are not confident with using their PC, or anyone who needs to know the fundamentals of working with a PC.
The course is run as a private tailored day, therefore the course content can be designed specifically around an individual's specific skills and requirements.
Course Goals:
This course will be tailored and can include any elements of the topics below.
Topics:
Working in a Windows environment
Understanding Windows
Minimising, restoring and maximising
Opening programs
Working with the desktop
Understanding the Start menu
Finding things easily
Pinning items for shortcuts
Understanding the task-bar
Shutting down and restarting a PC
Troubleshooting
Filing
Saving
Save Vs Save as...
Understanding where things are stored
CDs, DVDs, Pen drives, USBs
Explaining hard drives
Making sense of networks
Creating folders
Moving, copying, deleting files / folders
Searching for files
Tips and tricks for user friendly file management
File sizes explained
Terminology explained
Understanding copy and paste
Understanding the clipboard
Copying to and from packages
Shortcuts
Quick keys
Paste options
Paste special
Simple Word Processing with Microsoft Word
Creating a document
Saving and opening
Typing a simple letter
Spell check
Very basic formatting
Simple spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel
What is a spreadsheet
Saving and opening
Creating basic lists
Adding a column of numbers
Tips and tricks
Basic formatting
Troubleshooting
Websites
Very user friendly explanation of how the Internet works
What is a website
Explaining browsers
Searching using Google
Favorites and history
Browsing a web-page
Filling in forms
Security and data privacy
Online shopping
Hints, tips and tricks
Email
Web mail Vs PC mail
Using Microsoft Outlook
Sending, receiving, forwarding emails
Searching for emails
Sorting and filing emails
Attaching files
Deleted items
Sizes and restrictions
Using hotmail, gmail, or any other webmail
Security
Hints, tips and tricks
Based in Edinburgh and Glasgow, we provide a wide range of classroom based IT training courses to companies across the whole of Scotland. Courses can be attended in our city centre Edinburgh training centre, delivered on-site at your premises, or live virtual classrooms.
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