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