A course in computers for absolute beginners that fits the City and Guilds iTQ qualification.

1. Peripherals
Networks
(Check printer installed on all learner PCs)

6. The RIGHT mouse
button
Often brings up a
menu
The LEFT
mouse button
Click
or
Double-click

7. The Processor
or CPU:
The brain of
the computer
Random Access Memory (RAM):
Short term memory used
by the CPU (volatile!)
Hard Drive:
Long term storage

9.  In Wordpad, open the HotelLetter.rtf
document:

10. You need to make
some corrections to
this letter…

11.  ‘e’ in england needs making a capital letter
 Alter date to today's date
 The second paragraph needs its font changing
 Six words are misspelt:
◦ Thnak
◦ kinnd
◦ hostel
◦ Mancheater
◦ and
◦ nect

12.  So far on the course you have used:
 Enter / Return
 Shift
 Tab
 Delete
 Backspace Delete

13.  So far on the course you have used:
 Ctrl + Alt + Delete

14.  So far on the course you have used:
 Arrow Keys

15.  Across the top of your keyboard are keys
labelled F1, F2, F3, etc…
…These are the Function Keys

16.  These are set up to quickly do a common
task in a program
 In WordPad Press F1
 …the help guide should appear

17.  Close down the help guide
 Now press F12
 The Save As… window will appear
 Save your work as HotelLetter2.rtf

19.  Windows Operating System uses a temporary
clipboard to let you copy stuff around:

20.  Windows Operating System uses a temporary
clipboard to let you copy stuff around:
Copy

21.  Windows Operating System uses a temporary
clipboard to let you copy stuff around:
Paste

22.  In HotelLetter:
 Click on the Palace Hotel artwork
 Click on Edit >>> Copy
 Click at the very end of the letter (just after it
reads ‘Charles’)
 Click on Edit >>> Paste
 Click on Edit >>> Paste again… what
happens?

23.  Now select the second paragraph (‘I have
passed on your comments…’)
 Click on Edit >>> Cut
 What happens?
 Click at the top of the letter (just after ‘Dear
Joe’)
 Click on Edit >>> Paste
 What happens?

24.  File >>> Save

27.  Peripheral refers to any computer hardware
that plugs into the main computer base unit:

35. Video on
next slide

36.  They won’t be in a row…
 You need a
Network Interface
Card on your PC
(usually comes as
standard)

38.  International Network
 Pretty much every computer, mobile phone
and iPad is connected to everything else on
the planet

40. More on the Internet in the second half of the
course…

42.  Using Edit >>> Copy will copy the selected
text or picture to the clipboard
 Using Edit >>> Cut will remove the selected
object and put it on the clipboard
 Once something is on the clipboard it can be
Pasted into other programs

43.  Peripherals are any computer
hardware that plugs into the main
computer base unit
 Networks are simply lots of
computers connected together –
usually so that they can share files or
printers

44.  Next week is your test on what you have
learned so far on the course
 We will spend the first 30 minutes next week
doing a quick refresher
 Homework: read through the handouts you
have been given each week – if you’ve lost /
missed one speak up now!