Appendix 1: Basic computing skills for “Beginners” Appendix 1 shows what minimum standard of computer experience a senior student should have before being classified as a rather than an Beginner”. (Our thanks to the “Beginner” “Absolute Woodrising Neighbourhood Centre BFS kiosk group for this work). PC - Start and stop a PC correctly PC - Identify that an active anti-virus program is functional and up to date PC - Use the mouse competently; open a right click menu and use a command on it PC Locate and open programs from the desktop and menu (orb) – PC Manage multiple windows using max/min button, taskbar button and click to front. – PC Resize a window and move it on the desktop – Internet Go directly to a web page, eg www.abc.com.au or www.bom.gov.au – Internet Navigate on web pages eg Australian Holiday Stories at www.australia.com – – Internet Fill in fields on a web page eg plan a bus, train trip on www.131500.com.au – – Internet Use a search engine to find items of interest eg great ocean road – Internet Use the home, back and forward buttons – Internet Save and use favourites / bookmarks – Wordpad - Type 3 paragraphs of text. Wordpad Navigate and edit text using the mouse, arrow, backspace and delete keys – Wordpad Select text and change its font, font size, font colour, bold, italics and underline – Wordpad Use the menus and toolbars to edit text – Wordpad Save a document; locate and reopen a saved document – Wordpad Use cut, copy and paste to edit text – Wordpad Use the Shift, Caps Lock and Tab keys correctly –
Appendix 1: Basic computing skills for “Beginners” Appendix 1 shows what minimum standard of computer experience a senior student should have before being classified as a “Beginner” rather than an “Absolute Beginner”. (Our thanks to the Woodrising Neighbourhood Centre BFS kiosk group for this work). PC - Start and stop a PC correctly PC - Identify that an active anti-virus program is functional and up to date PC - Use the mouse competently; open a right click menu and use a command on it PC – Locate and open programs from the desktop and menu (orb) PC – Manage multiple windows using max/min button, taskbar button and click to front. PC – Resize a window and move it on the desktop Internet – Go directly to a web page, eg www.abc.com.au or www.bom.gov.au Internet – Navigate on web pages – eg Australian Holiday Stories at www.australia.com Internet – Fill in fields on a web page – eg plan a bus, train trip on www.131500.com.au Internet – Use a search engine to find items of interest eg great ocean road Internet – Use the home, back and forward buttons Internet – Save and use favourites / bookmarks Wordpad - Type 3 paragraphs of text. Wordpad – Navigate and edit text using the mouse, arrow, backspace and delete keys Wordpad – Select text and change its font, font size, font colour, bold, italics and underline Wordpad – Use the menus and toolbars to edit text Wordpad – Save a document; locate and reopen a saved document Wordpad – Use cut, copy and paste to edit text Wordpad – Use the Shift, Caps Lock and Tab keys correctly
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