Basic Technology Competencies

Click on the name on the top of each column for a .pdf chapter covering all the topics.

• My Computer
  - My Documents and My Computer Folders (48 seconds)

• File Structures and management
  - Opening Files (35 seconds)
  - Create a Folder 32 seconds)
  - Moving Files (54 seconds)
  - Finding Files

• Name and Rename files
  - Naming a File (48 seconds)

Word & Word-Processing (.pdf, 358 KB)

• Type 40 Words per minute
  The website above will take you to a typing test where you can determine your typing velocity

• Understanding the basics in Microsoft Word 2007 (Microsoft Demo, 6.5 min)

• Open & Save documents

• Cut & Paste
  - Selecting Text (1 minute)
  - Cut, Copy & Paste (1 minute, 10 seconds)

• Format a document (margins, indent, font type, and size)
  - Formatting margins
  - How to format text (1 minute, 7 seconds)
  - Setting tabs

Email and Outlook Basics (.pdf, 513 KB)

• Understand basic navigation in Outlook (ribbon, making emails, attachments, etc) (Microsoft movie, 6.5 min)

• Send & Read messages
  - Check your email
  - Reading messages

• Sending an attachment (1 minute 30 seconds)

• Receive attachments (1 minute 30 seconds)

• Delete & File messages

• OWA
  - What is the difference between Outlook and OWA? 
  - Checking your OWA email 
  - OWA cheat sheet

Internet Explorer Basics (.pdf, 378 KB)

• Open a Browser (54 seconds)

• Go to a Web Address (URL) (38 seconds)

• Follow hyperlinks (59 seconds)

• Print Web pages (32 seconds)

• Do a Web search (32 seconds)

Blackboard Basics (.pdf, 239 KB)

• Log-in and Password

• Navigating to different courses

• Use email

• Use a Discussion Board