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Computer Studies Operations (II)
Level 3 Course
from £120 per month
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code: VIT101
Why choose this course?
This course is or people who already know how to use a computer, but wish to extend their skills, particularly with respect to Microsoft applications.
Is this course right for me?
If you want to work with Microsoft word, excel, access etc this is the course for you.?
Lesson Structure
There are 12 lessons in this course:
- Hardware Components
- Operating Systems (Windows, DOS)
- Files and Folders
- Office Applications
- Windows Accessories Programs
- Disk Management
- Installation of Software
- Trouble Shooting
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Powerpoint
Aims
- Identify different hardware components of a computer system
- Assemble peripherals for a computer system
- Obtain a generic (general) understanding of common computer operating systems.
- Describe more advanced features that are available with Microsoft Windows.
- Provide an introduction to commonly used office applications.
- Describe common Windows accessories programs.
- Describe techniques used in computer Disk Management
- Install different software programs into computer systems, in accordance with manuals.
- Determine the cause of common problems which occur with computer systems.
- Explain how to use MS Word, Excel, Access and Power point
Activities
- Explain the role of the motherboard and the CPU in a computer system.
- Briefly, describe the evolution computer systems, starting from the first IBM PC through to the most currently generally available systems available today. Make special reference to changes that you deem to be 'significant' leaps in this evolutionary process.
- Name five things that the motherboard is responsible for supporting.
- Explain how modems measured in terms of performance.
- Compare three different types of printers (i.e. inkjet, laser and dot matrix) and explain how they differ in the ways that they produce a printed page.
- Define the following computer terms: screensaver, wallpaper, device driver, sound card
- Discuss ‘Brief case’, when might you use this feature, and how a brief case can be added to your desktop.
- List the advantages and disadvantages of having several windows open at the same time and describe two situations that either illustrates advantages and/or difficulties than might be encountered when you work with more than one window open.
Delivery
- Correspondence
- Online
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