Cassie Baxterhas successfully completedCertificate of CompletionNovember 17, 202262228005Computers in the Workplace
Cassie Baxter
has successfully completed
Certificate of Completion
November 17, 2022
62228005
Computers in the Workplace
Cassie Baxter
In this 8-hr course, students learn about computer basics, including the parts of a computer, how to use word processing software such as Microsoft Word, how to use a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel, how to search on the Internet, how to post to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and how to keep a computer in good working order.
This course is for someone who has never used a computer or who has limited computer skills. This course is also useful for those who haven’t used a computer in years and would like to be brought up-to-speed on current software and maintenance requirements.
This 6 hr course consists of 5 lessons:
Lesson 1: Computer basics
Lesson 2: Word processing software
Lesson 3: Spreadsheets
Lesson 4: Internet basics
Lesson 5: Maintaining a computer
Skills / Knowledge
- • Understand the basic components and functions of desktop and laptop computers (e.g. identify and describe the functions of the desktop, window, and taskbar; identify various peripheral equipment (e.g. mouse, keyboard, USB; recognize basic icons)
- • Create, format, open, name, save and share a Microsoft Word file
- • Describe what a spreadsheet is and how it is used in businesses; differentiate a workbook from a worksheet; create a spreadsheet with one or more worksheets; and use basic functions of Microsoft Excel
- • Effectively use the internet to conduct search for information
- • Post to social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
- • Describe what malware and viruses are and know how to avoid them
- • Sit correctly at a computer to avoid injury
Issued on
November 17, 2022
Expires on
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