Digital 3: Computer Basics: First Steps

About Course

Course 3 in the Digital series. Take after: Digital 2: Everyday Phone Skills. Never used a computer? Start here. In small, calm lessons you learn the parts of a computer, how to turn it on, use the mouse and touchpad, type on QWERTY or AZERTY keyboards, and save, find and copy your files. Every step has a picture. Windows, with notes for Chromebooks and shared computers.

Course Content

Part 0: Foundations

Welcome: How This Course Works
0.1 You can do this
0.2 Picture words 1: screen, keyboard, mouse
0.3 Picture words 2: pointer, click, icon, button
0.4 Picture words 3: window, app, menu
0.5 Picture words 4: file, folder, save, open
0.6 Picture words 5: internet, website, link
0.7 Picture words 6: Wi-Fi, data, download, upload
0.8 Picture words 7: account, password
0.9 Electricity, power buttons and chargers
0.10 Kinds of computer
0.11 Finding the parts on your computer
0.12 Ports: the holes where things plug in
0.13 How to sit at a computer
0.14 How to hold the mouse
0.15 Caring for a computer
0.16 What the internet is
0.17 What an account is and why you need one
0.18 What a password is and why it is secret
0.19 Making a strong password you can remember
0.20 Remembering passwords safely
0.21 Using shared computers
0.22 What Windows is
0.23 How to learn with this course

Part 1: First touch

1.1 Turning the computer on
1.2 The lock screen
1.3 Signing in to Windows
1.4 Moving the pointer
1.5 Pointing at things
1.6 One click
1.7 Double-click
1.8 Right-click
1.9 Drag and drop
1.10 Scrolling with the wheel
1.11 Mouse practice games
1.12 Touchpad: moving and clicking
1.13 Touchpad: right-click, drag and scroll
1.14 The desktop
1.15 Opening the Start menu
1.16 Finding an app by typing in Start
1.17 The taskbar
1.18 Reading the small icons near the clock
1.19 Changing the volume
1.20 Using headphones
1.21 What a window is and closing it
1.22 Making a window fill the screen
1.23 Hiding a window and bringing it back
1.24 Moving a window
1.25 Changing a window’s size
1.26 Two windows side by side
1.27 Switching windows with Alt and Tab
1.28 Locking the computer
1.29 Sleep and waking up
1.30 Restarting
1.31 Shutting down

Part 2: The keyboard

2.1 The keyboard map
2.2 QWERTY and AZERTY side by side
2.3 Switching the Windows keyboard language
2.4 Which keyboard do I have? QWERTY or AZERTY
2.5 The blinking line
2.6 Hands and posture for typing
2.7 The home row
2.8 The top letter row
2.9 The bottom letter row
2.10 The Space bar
2.11 The Enter key
2.12 The Backspace key
2.13 The Delete key
2.14 Capital letters with Shift
2.15 Caps Lock
2.16 The number row
2.17 The number pad
2.18 Full stop, comma and question mark
2.19 The @ sign
2.20 Finding symbols on QWERTY and AZERTY
2.21 Other web symbols: / – _ :
2.22 Typing a web address
2.23 Typing an email address
2.24 Arrow keys
2.25 Home and End keys
2.26 Selecting text with the mouse
2.27 Selecting with the keyboard
2.28 Copy and paste
2.29 Cut and paste
2.30 Undo and redo
2.31 Your typing speed goal

Part 3: Files and folders

3.1 Saving your first file
3.2 Opening File Explorer
3.3 Main places: Desktop, Documents, Downloads
3.4 Opening a file you saved
3.5 Going into and out of folders
3.6 Changing how files look
3.7 Sorting files by date
3.8 Making a new folder
3.9 Renaming a file or folder
3.10 Choosing good file names
3.11 Moving a file by dragging
3.12 Moving a file with cut and paste
3.13 Copying a file
3.14 Deleting a file
3.15 Getting a file back from the Recycle Bin
3.16 File types and endings
3.17 Searching for a file
3.18 Plugging in a flash drive
3.19 Copying files to a flash drive
3.20 Removing a flash drive safely
3.21 Viruses and shared flash drives
3.22 Opening a zip file
3.23 Making a zip file
3.24 Taking a screenshot
Finish: Your Skills Checklist

About Course

Course Content

Part 0: Foundations

Welcome: How This Course Works

0.1 You can do this

0.2 Picture words 1: screen, keyboard, mouse

0.3 Picture words 2: pointer, click, icon, button

0.4 Picture words 3: window, app, menu

0.5 Picture words 4: file, folder, save, open

0.6 Picture words 5: internet, website, link

0.7 Picture words 6: Wi-Fi, data, download, upload

0.8 Picture words 7: account, password

0.9 Electricity, power buttons and chargers

0.10 Kinds of computer

0.11 Finding the parts on your computer

0.12 Ports: the holes where things plug in

0.13 How to sit at a computer

0.14 How to hold the mouse

0.15 Caring for a computer

0.16 What the internet is

0.17 What an account is and why you need one

0.18 What a password is and why it is secret

0.19 Making a strong password you can remember

0.20 Remembering passwords safely

0.21 Using shared computers

0.22 What Windows is

0.23 How to learn with this course

Part 1: First touch

1.1 Turning the computer on

1.2 The lock screen

1.3 Signing in to Windows

1.4 Moving the pointer

1.5 Pointing at things

1.6 One click

1.7 Double-click

1.8 Right-click

1.9 Drag and drop

1.10 Scrolling with the wheel

1.11 Mouse practice games

1.12 Touchpad: moving and clicking

1.13 Touchpad: right-click, drag and scroll

1.14 The desktop

1.15 Opening the Start menu

1.16 Finding an app by typing in Start

1.17 The taskbar

1.18 Reading the small icons near the clock

1.19 Changing the volume

1.20 Using headphones

1.21 What a window is and closing it

1.22 Making a window fill the screen

1.23 Hiding a window and bringing it back

1.24 Moving a window

1.25 Changing a window’s size

1.26 Two windows side by side

1.27 Switching windows with Alt and Tab

1.28 Locking the computer

1.29 Sleep and waking up

1.30 Restarting

1.31 Shutting down

Part 2: The keyboard

2.1 The keyboard map

2.2 QWERTY and AZERTY side by side

2.3 Switching the Windows keyboard language

2.4 Which keyboard do I have? QWERTY or AZERTY

2.5 The blinking line

2.6 Hands and posture for typing

2.7 The home row

2.8 The top letter row

2.9 The bottom letter row

2.10 The Space bar

2.11 The Enter key

2.12 The Backspace key

2.13 The Delete key

2.14 Capital letters with Shift

2.15 Caps Lock

2.16 The number row

2.17 The number pad

2.18 Full stop, comma and question mark

2.19 The @ sign

2.20 Finding symbols on QWERTY and AZERTY