New York City Technical College

            The City University of New York

Division of Continuing Education & External Partnerships

              Curriculum Developer: M.Q. Azhar

                                 Introduction to Computers

                                                  Topics:

					            AT A GLANCE


                                           			(Total: 20  Hours)

*                 Introduction to computer (Unit 1 –1 Hour  20 Minutes)

·                 Windows (Unit 2 – 2 Hours  20 Minutes) 

                Dos/Keyboarding (Unit 3 – 2 Hours 30 Minutes)

·                 Internet, (Unit 4– 2 Hours 50 minute )

·                 Microsoft Office Word (Unit 5- 3 Hours 15 Minutes)

·                 Microsoft Office Excel (Unit 6- 2 Hour 05 Minutes)

·                 Microsoft Office PowerPoint (Unit 7- 1 Hour 15 Minutes)

                Microsoft Office Access (Unit 8- 45 Minutes)
·                 Office Computer First Aid (Unit 9-  30 Minutes)

Day 1

Hours

Topics

1 PM –5PM

Introduction to computer (Unit 1)

  • History: Essential Intro to computer
  • What is a computer?
  • What does a Computer do?
  • How does a Computer Know What to Do?
  • What are the Components of a Computer (Key board/ Mouse/ CPU/ memory/ Output Devices: Computer Monitors /Printers/ Scanner
  • Auxiliary Storage: Floppy Disks (Formatting Disk), Hard Disks , CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs
  • Computer Software:

System Software (operating Systems)

Application Software (MS Office, Lotus, Database Software etc)

  • Networks and Internet: Brief introduction to The Internet, The World Wide Web
  • How to Purchase, Install and Maintain a Computer

Microsoft Windows (Unit 2)

  • History: A $14 Billion Mistake?
  • Fundamentals of using Windows
  • Using Window Explorer
  • Windows Trick
  • Other Operating Systems

(Unix / Linux)

Microsoft Windows (Over view)

  • More Windows
  • Trouble Shoot /Use Help

Day 2

Hours

Topics

1 PM –5PM

Microsoft Windows (Over view)

  • More Windows
  • Trouble Shoot /Use Help

Dos/Keyboarding (Unit 3)

  • History
  • What is Dos?
  • Why do we need Dos?
  • Dos Tutorial

 

 

 

Internet (Unit 4)

  • History /What is Internet
  • How does the Internet Work: Modern Communication and Networking
  • What kind of Information are Availeble?
  • How do People Use the Internet
  • How to get Connected
  • Uses of Internet Browser
  • Email
  • How to use Search Engines for World Wide Web including Google, Lycos, Yahoo, Excite, Altavista etc
  • Web page and Troubleshoot
  • The Sum of Many Parts

Day 3

Hours

Topics

1 PM –5PM

Microsoft Office

  • Overview of Word, Excel,

PowerPoint and Access

Microsoft Word (Unit 5)

  • What is Microsoft Word?
  • Why do we need it?
  • Creating, Editing and printing word document
  • Using Word’s wizards and Template to create a Cover Letter and Resume
  • Creating a Web page

Day 4

 

Microsoft Word (Overview)

  • At a glance
  • Troubleshoot/ Using Help

Microsoft Excel (Unit 6)

  • What is Excel?
  • Exploring Excel
  • Using a mouse for menu selection
  • Creating, Editing, formatting data and modifying and printing the worksheet
  • Linking an Excel Worksheet to a Word Documents

Microsoft Power Point (Unit 7)

  • What is PowerPoint?
  • Why do you need it?
  • Using a design template and style checker to create a Presentation
  • Combine documents from Word and Excel and Power Point

Day 5

Hours

Topics

1 PM –5PM

Microsoft Access (U nit 8)

  • What is Access?
  • Access VS. MSQL/Oracle
  • Why Access not Excel?
  • Creating a database using Design and Datasheet Views

Office Computer first Aid (Unit 9)

  • Troubleshoot PC in day to day activity
  • Recovering documents
  • Importance of Saving documents/ Back UP
  • Windows Tick
  • Hardware Tricks
  • Make Computer work for you.
  • Clean Up and Speed Up That Sluggish PC/Tune-up /Upgrade

    Overview of Course Materials

    • At A Glance
    • Conclusion