Learn to navigate and use basic Windows OS features, settings, and file management.
Learning Mode: Learn at ALC or at Home
Detailed Course Curriculum
Hands-on module breakdown aligned with MKCL production standards and industry requirements.
Overview of All about Computer
What is a Computer ?
Generations of Computers
Components of a Computer System
Hardware
Electronic Data and Instructions
Software
Microprocessor
Expansion Slots and Cards
Starting Up
Logging In
Graphical User Interface
What is a Mouse
Using a Mouse
Types of Mice
Other Pointing Devices
What is a Keyboard
Entering Data
Keyboard Shortcuts
How the Keyboard works
I can start a computer
I can use mouse comfortably
I can connect headset to my computer to listen music
What is a Desktop and Desktop elements overview
I can Interact with a Computer
I can work with Windows
I can personalize my desktop
I can use Paint Application
I can create and manage my files and folders
I can pin items on taskbar and start menu
I can create a file using Notepad application
I can enhance my document using the WordPad Application
I can create playlist of marketing videos using Media Player application
I can start, restart, shutdown, lock, log off, hibernate a laptop
Overview of Operating System
What is Operating System?
I can change date and time settings
I can change taskbar settings
I can use control panel
I can create and delete shortcuts
I can use keyboard efficiently
QWERTY Keyboard
Web Browser
Examples
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Parts of a URL
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Summary
Introduction
Address Bar
Navigating the Web
Button on the Address Bar
Toolbar
Home Page
Tabbed Browsing
Tabbed Browsing Options
AutoComplete
Scrolling and Selecting Links
Using Frames
Displaying Web Pages in Other Languages
Interactive session
Summary
Notification Bar
One Box
Pinned Sites
Compatibility View
In Private Browsing
Download Manager
Summary
Using the Favorites Center
Printing and Saving Web Pages
Using Search Services
Google
RSS & Podcasting
Using Web E-Mail Services
What is a Network?
What is WWW?
Eligibility Criteria
• Basic knowledge of computers and keen desire to build skills in this field.
• Open to students, job seekers, and working professionals.
Official Certification
• Official MKCL KLiC Certificate upon successful completion of the course and evaluations.
Work-Centric Learning Approach
• Step 1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work
• Step 2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step 3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step 4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step 5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step 6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step 7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step 8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step 9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step 10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step 11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step 12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!
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