2. In this lesson you learn about some of the changes
which have happened with IT over summer. You
will organise your user area, create folders, enrol
onto the relevant courses and change passwords.
Lesson
Objectives
Organise your user area
Change your Network and Moodle password
Create project folders
Enrol onto the project Moodle courses
Getting Organised
3. Task 1: Network Passwords
•From now all passwords must be 8 characters in
length and include a CAPITAL letter, a NUMBER
and a SYMBOL such as !£@?
• Change your Network password - Ctrl+Alt+Del
Butterfly1! Football5? Chicken9£
Getting Organised
4. File Management
Why is it important to name your files
appropriately and organise them into folders?
Getting Organised
5. Task 2: Home Folder
Organised your user area:
1.Deleted any files and folders you do not need
2.Ensure all files are in the correct ‘Year 7’ folders
3.Make sure you have a ‘Year 8’ folder with all the
subject folders in – if not create one!
4.The only top level folders you should see are
‘Year 7’ and ‘Year 8’
Getting Organised
6. Task 3: Creating Folders
Rename your Year 8 ICT folder to ‘IT and
Computing’ then create the following folders inside
it:
•Welcome Back
•How Computers Work
•Coding Websites
•Creating Mobile Phone Apps
•Programming In Python
•Database Development
Getting Organised
7. Task 4: New Look VLE
•Direct link - vle.cardinalallen.co.uk
•You will shortly receive the print out with a
temporary password on and will then be shown
how to change it
•Your password must be set to the same as your
Network password
Getting Organised
8. Task 5: Course Enrolment
Locate and enrol onto all of the Year 8 - IT and
Computing courses. Your teacher will provide you
with an enrolment key.
Getting Organised
