BASIC COMPUTING RUBRIC

Use this checklist to monitor yourself throughout the training.  Before beginning, please go down the “Pre” column and check each Basic Computing skill, which you have already mastered.  At the end of the training, check the skills you have in the “Post” column.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Pre

Post

Important Components of your Laptop

 

 

            Computer Care

 

 

Computer Basics

 

 

Mouse Basics

 

 

            Assignment

 

 

Window Basics

 

 

            Displaying the Start Menu

 

 

            Opening a Window

 

 

            Minimizing a Window

 

 

            Maximizing a Window

 

 

            Restoring a Window

 

 

            Moving a Window

 

 

            Resizing a Window

 

 

            Scrolling a Window

 

 

            Arranging Windows on the Desktop

 

 

            Closing a Window

 

 

Personalizing your Desktop

 

 

            Showing and Hiding the Taskbar

 

 

            Moving the Taskbar

 

 

            Resizing the Taskbar

 

 

            Using Wallpaper for the Desktop

 

 

            Changing the Colors Windows Uses

 

 

            Using a Screen Saver

 

 

            Changing the System Date and Time

 

 

            Playing Sounds for Certain Windows Actions

 

 

Working with Menus

 

 

            Using

 

 

            Using Shortcut Menus

 

 

Working with Disks, Folders, and Files

 

 

            Opening Folders

 

 

            Changing How the Contents of a Window are Displayed

 

 

            Sorting the Contents of a Window

 

 

            Creating a Folder

 

 

            Selecting Files and Folders

 

 

            Copying Files and Folders

 

 

            Moving Files and Folders

 

 

            Renaming Files and Folders

 

 

            Deleting Files and Folders

 

 

            Undeleting Files and Folders

 

 

            Creating a Shortcut to a File Folder

 

 

            Using Windows Explorer

 

 

Printing with Windows

 

 

            Adding a Printer

 

 

            Printing a Document

 

 

            Canceling Printing

 

 

Using the Help Features in Windows 95/98

 

 

            Looking up a Help Topic in the Table of Contents

 

 

            Looking up a Help Topic in the Index

 

 

            Searching for a HelpTopic

 

 

            Getting Context-Sensitive Help

 

 

Proper Shut-Down Procedures

 

 

            Shutting Down the Computer