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Introduction To Computer Use

Your Computer As A Toolbox 

The goal of this web page is to answer your questions and to make you better prepared for using your computer.  The intent of this webpage is to make it very user-friendly.  If you feel that the material is not presented clearly or you are having difficulties with any aspect, please contact Theresa Eishen by phone: (419) 1-800-334-3886 x 321 or by email: teishen@terra.edu.

Basic Skills For Understanding Your Computer:  This section provides a term and definition page, as well as specific mini-tutorials on how to do specific commands.  These documents are for you to use as you need them.  If you open all of the web documents and go through each one, you will be:

• Reviewing computer terms such as mouse, drag, open, select, file, choose, double-click, download, upload, send, etc.
• identifying the operating system, amount of memory, size of hard drive, and processor in the computer used for the course(s), as well as specific types of software on your computer.
• reviewing commands such as save, copy, and find files and folders on floppy and hard drives.

Folders for This Section

Basic Computer Terms

Explore Your Computer

Tutorial For Basic File Management Commands

Basic Skills For Using The Web

This section reviews basic Internet skills which include using the Internet and the World Wide Web, using a web browser, conducting a basic web search and then a web search with a narrowed focus.  If you open all of the web documents and go through each one, you will

• Understand terms related to using the Web
• Access a specific URL (web address)
• Bookmark a web site
• Conduct a basic search using a search engine
• Refine a search 
• Research a specific topic