Computer Basic knowledge

 SYLLABUS OF BASIC COMPUTER

1. KNOWING COMPUTER

  a.  What is Computer?
            Basic Applications of Computer
  b. Components of Computer System
            Central Processing Unit
            Keyboard, mouse and VDU
            Other Input devices
            Other Output devices
            Computer Memory
  c. Concept of Hardware and Software
            Hardware
            Software
                Application Software
                Systems software
  d. Concept of computing, data and information
  e.  Applications of IECT
            e-governance
            Entertainment
  f. Bringing computer to life
            Connecting keyboard, mouse, monitor and printer to CPU
            Checking power supply

2. OPERATING COMPUTER USING GUI BASED OPERATING SYSTEM

 a. Basics of Operating System
        Operating system
        Basics of popular operating system (LINUX, WINDOWS)
 b. The User Interface
        Task Bar
        Icons
        Menu
        Running an Application
 c. Operating System Simple Setting
        Changing System Date And Time
        Changing Display Properties
        To Add Or Remove A Windows Component
        Changing Mouse Properties
        Adding and removing Printers
 e. File and Directory Management
        Creating and renaming of files and directories
        Common utilities

3. UNDERSTANDING WORD PROCESSING

 a. Word Processing Basics
        Opening Word Processing Package
        Menu Bar
        Using The Help
        Using The Icons Below Menu Bar
 b. Opening and closing Documents
        Opening Documents
        Save and Save as
        Page Setup
        Print Preview
        Printing of Documents
 c. Text Creation and manipulation
        Document Creation
        Editing Text
        Text Selection
        Cut, Copy and Paste
        Spell check
        Thesaurus
  f. Formatting the Text
        Font and Size selection
        Alignment of Text
        Paragraph Indenting
        Bullets and Numbering
        Changing case
  g. Table Manipulation
        Draw Table
        Changing cell width and height
        Alignment of Text in cell
        Delete / Insertion of row and column
        Border and shading

4. USING SPREAD SHEET

  a. Elements of Electronic Spread Sheet
        Opening of Spread Sheet
        Addressing of Cells
        Printing of Spread Sheet
        Saving Workbooks
  b. Manipulation of Cells
        Entering Text, Numbers and Dates
        Creating Text, Number and Date Series
        Editing Worksheet Data
        Inserting and Deleting Rows, Column
        Changing Cell Height and Width
  c. Formulas and Function
        Using Formulas
        Function

5. INTRODUCTION  TO INTERNET, WWW AND WEB BROWSERS

  a. Basic of Computer Networks
        Local Area Network (LAN)
        Wide Area Network (WAN)
  b. Internet
        Concept of Internet
        Applications of Internet
        Connecting to the Internet
        Troubleshooting
        World Wide Web (WWW)
 c. Web Browsing Softwares
        Popular Web Browsing Softwares
 d. Search Engines
        Popular Search Engines / Search for content
        Accessing Web Browser
        Using Favorites Folder
        Downloading Web Pages
        Printing Web Pages
  e. Understanding URL
  f. Surfing the web
        Using e-governance website

6. COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION

  a. Basics of E-mail
        What is an Electronic Mail
        Email Addressing Using E-mails
  b. Using E-mails
        Opening Email account
        Mailbox: Inbox and Outbox
        Creating and Sending a new E-mail
        Replying to an E-mail message
        Forwarding an E-mail message
        Sorting and Searching emails
  c. Document collaboration
  d. Instant Messaging and Collaboration
        Using Instant messaging
        Instant messaging providers
        Netiquettes