Where are you?
A checklist of essential basic computer skills
Are you comfortable with the following tasks (1-15 listed below)?
If NOT, we have help here. Follow the link by clicking on the words "Click here for a quick video"
OR head over to the tab in this course that can guide you further.
If you click on a quick video, remember to "skip" the advertisements when the pop-up is accessible. Did you know that videos are funded by paid ads? They are but you do not have to watch the whole advertisement. "Skip" it when you can.
- Turning a computer on. Click here to read a short article.
Note: when using a Parkland computer, you should not have to turn it on, and you should not turn it off. Our lab computers are never shut down; they just go into sleep mode.
- Logging onto a computer. Go to "Parkland Connect" tab above.
- Using a mouse. Click here for a quick video.
For practice, go to the “Using a Mouse” tab above.
- Using a keyboard. Click here for a quick video.
For keyboarding practice, go to the “Keyboarding” tab above.
- Using Google as a search engine. Click here for a quick video.
- Using the address bar to type a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) Click here for a quick video.
- Navigating around a website. Click here for a quick video.
- Making an account on a website with a username and password. Go to the "Parkland Connect" tab above.
- Using video applications such as Microsoft Teams. Go to the tab named "Teams".
- Using a printer. Click here for a quick video.
- Using a webcam and microphone. Click here for a quick video.
- Using Microsoft applications (Word, PP, Excel). Go to the "Microsoft Applications" tab above.
- Saving documents to your computer. Click here for a quick video.
- Using a calculator on the computer. Click here for a quick video.
- Determining if a site is safe or not. Go to the "Internet Fundamentals" tab and scroll down to "Cyber Safety" information.
Thank you to Kelsey Anello (kanello@parkland.edu) for her original work on this module.
