PC Operations Curriculum

(40 hours)

Course Description: This PC OPERATIONS Qualification consists of competencies that will allow effective and efficient use of personal computers where use of word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software is required including access to email and the use of wed browsers for searching and locating data and information on the internet

General Objectives:

·         Obtain and convey workplace information

• Complete relevant work related documents
• Participate in workplace meeting and discussion.
• Describe and identify team role and responsibility in a team.
• Describe work as a team
• Integrate personal objectives with organizational goals
• Set and meet work priorities.
• Maintain professional growth and development
• Identity hazards and risks
• Evaluate hazards and risks
• Control hazards and risks
• Maintain occupational health and safety awareness
• Assess quality of received materials
• Assess own work
• Engage in quality improvement
• Start the computer
•  Arrange and customize desktop display / window setting
• Work with files and folders
• Work with user application programs
• Print information
• Shutdown computer
• Create documents
• Format documents according to user requirement
• Change page layout and appearance
• Create and format tables
• Add image
• Mail Merge and print Word processing documents
• Access the Internet
• Search the Internet
• Send and organize messages.
• Create an Address Book.
• Create and save worksheets.
• Customize basic setting and format worksheets.
• Incorporate objects and charts in worksheets.
• Print Worksheet.
• Create Presentations.
• Customize basic settings.
• Format Presentation.
• Add slide Show effects.
• Print Presentations and notes

Course Outline:

Day1:

                Objective: To be able to operate a Personal Computer.

a.       Procedure in starting the computer.

b.       Safety measures.

c.        Basic operation and function of PC software and hardware.

d.       PC hardware and peripheral devices proper connection.

e.        Identification of basic parts and various hardware components.

f.        Procedure in arranging and customizing desktop display / window setting.

g.        Desktop navigation.

h.       Using On-line help functions.

i.         Procedure in using system features in saving and retrieving files.

j.         Storage devices and file concepts.

k.       Basic operations and functions of application programs.

l.         Test disks.

m.     Application programs added, changed, removed or ran.

n.       User software or application program installed.

o.       Information / data moved between documents or files.

p.       Procedure in installing printer.

q.       Configure printer settings.

r.         Basic operation and functions of installed printer.

s.        Test printer.

t.         Procedure in proper shut down of computer.

u.       Safety measures.

v.       Observation of workplace environment.

Day2 to Day 4:

                Objective: To be able to operate a Word Processing Application

a.       Introduction to word processing.

b.       Navigating menus and toolbar.

c.        Using the word document templates.

d.       Shortcut keys

e.        Saving and retrieving documents

f.        Font style, type, size and color.

g.        Alignment, indention and spacing.

h.       Bullets and numbering

i.         Borders and shading

j.         Spelling and grammar

k.       Changing margin, page size and page orientation

l.         Inserting page break, section break and page number

m.     Inserting header and footer

n.       Inserting footnotes, cross-references and book marks

o.       Creating table of contents

p.       Saving documents to different file format

q.       Inserting and copying table to word document

r.         Formatting tables cells, columns and rows

s.        Deleting cells, rows, columns and tables

t.         Inserting image and clip arts

u.       The picture bar

v.       Resizing image

w.      Crop image

x.       Positioning image

y.       Text wrapping

z.        The mail merge wizard

aa.    Creating letters, mail labels and memos using mail merge

bb.    The page and printer setup

cc.     The page preview

dd.    Printing Documents

Day5 to Day6:

                Objective: To be able to use email and search the web using browsers.

a.       Internet Browser

b.       Homepage

c.        Internet Options

d.       Creating Personal Homepage

e.        Browser Toolbar

f.        Accessing Particular site and Retrieving Data

g.        Search engine

h.       Types of Search engine

i.         Creating a bookmark

j.         Steps in creating a bookmark

k.       Printing a webpage

l.         Closing web browser

m.     Properties for printing a web page

n.       Define E-mail/Address

o.       Creating an E-mail Account/ Address

p.       Contents of e-mail address

q.       Creating a message

r.         Receiving a message

s.        Creating message with attachment

t.         Organizing messages

u.       Saving e-mail messages

v.       Creating Signatures

w.      Forwarding messages; cc bcc etc.

x.       Adding address to the address book

y.       Adding address to the address book from received message

z.        Inserting addresses from the address book to a new composed message

Day7 to Day9:

                Objective: To be able to operate a spreadsheet application.

a.       Introduction to worksheet and workbook

b.       Formatting numbers, text and date

c.        Formatting cells, columns, and rows

d.       Using function formulas

e.        Saving worksheets

f.        Retrieving/ opening worksheets

g.        Adjusting page layout

h.       Toolbars

i.         Formatting worksheet

j.         Organizing worksheet

k.       Font settings

l.         Formatting Cells

m.     Modifying Margins

n.       Displaying multiple worksheet

o.       Formatting text and cells

p.       Using borders, shadings and Background

q.       Chart types

r.         Creating Charts

s.        Formatting Charts

t.         Importing Objects

u.       Manipulating Object

v.       Print setup

·         Margins

·         Layout

·         Paper size

·         Headers and Footers

w.      Page Preview

x.       Set Print area

y.       Clear print area

z.        Printing the selected worksheet

Day 10 to Day 12:

                Objective: To be able to operate a presentation package.

a.       Creating presentations

b.       Menu commands within the applications

c.        Text, symbols and design templates

d.       Searching design templates

e.        Creating design templates

f.        Editing and saving slide presentation.

g.        Arrangement of application, desktop, computer or document

h.       Using buttons, menus or a combination of both

i.         Applying font style, color and size

j.         Using design templates for presentation

k.       Editing and using background to slides

l.         Color scheme in design templates

m.     Using layout in slides

n.       Creating and editing charts, graphs and bulleted list

o.       Inserting and manipulating other documents, pictures, table and sound

p.       Modifying slide layout including text type, color and size

q.       Using menu commands within the application

r.         Editing and saving slide presentation

s.        Adding deleting, duplicating and re-arranging slide

t.         Inserting pictures, video and sounds

u.       Creating slide timing and transition effects

v.       Presentation preview

w.      Adding/creating navigation tools

x.       Slide/presentation layout

y.       Print preview

z.        Printing Slides for notes and handouts

aa.    Print properties

Day13:

a.       Review (Open forum)

b.       Evaluation of the project