COMP 1217 - Course Description
COMP 1217 - Computer Applications I is an introductory course. Briefly, the course covers the following topics:
Use electronic message software for communication purposes
- Access email messages
- Create email messages including to, cc, subject line, and message format
- Use the spelling and grammar feature
- Use appropriate email etiquette
- Search the address book
- Send mail
- Print email messages
- Forward email messages
- Reply to email messages
- Manage attachments including attaching, viewing, saving and printing
- Manage messages including deleting and moving messages to folders
- Manage contacts
Browse the Internet for research information
- Use URLs
- Use toolbar
- Add pages to favourites
- Use print preview
- Print pages and selected text
- Use search engines
- Download images or files
Perform basic functions of an operating system
- Move, size, maximize, minimize and restore windows
- Navigate single/multiple windows
- Use menus, toolbars, icons and taskbars
- Open/close programs
- Use printer
- Use Help
Organize computer files and folders
- Recognize types of computer files and view their properties
- Create folders in specified locations, in an organized manner so that they can be easily accessed
- Save appropriately-named files in specified locations, in an organized manner so that they can be easily accessed
- Retrieve files from peripherals such as scanners, cameras and removable storage devices
- Navigate through the hierarchy of files, folders, and storage devices
- Locate files using a search tool
- Open, copy, move, delete and restore files and folders
Use a word processor to create basic documents
- Enter text
- Use spell check and grammar check features
- Edit documents including copy, paste, move etc.
- Save documents using appropriate names, folders and drives
- Format text using bold, italics, underlining, font-type, font size, find and replace etc.
- Format paragraphs including line spacing, tabs, indents, bullets, borders, shading etc.
- Format pages including paper size, page orientation, margins, page numbering, inserting headers and footers etc.
- Print documents and portions of documents
- Insert simple graphics and shapes
- Create a basic table
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