Feb Welcome To TU170 Arab Open University Jeddah Regional Branch

Feb Your Tutor Rasha Abdul Samad How to contact me: –Office Hours –Moodle Messages –Phone: –

Feb TU 170 Learning on line: Computing with confidence

Feb The Aims of TU 170 A training level aim –Basic Computer skills (Window, File management…) – and Computer Conferencing. –Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Data basis, Graphics. –Finding Information on the Web (web browsing) and creating Web pages. A university academic level –To develop basic skills of "Learning to learn" and of clear thinking. –To understand the theory and practice of working with a group. –To learn practical skills for using computers.

Feb Studying Material TU 170 Course Guide Preparatory Activities Working with Windows booklet CD-ROMs containing all the software needed to access and use the materials on the website. Supplementary material to give students a general idea about the TU170 website. A specific user name and password are given to each of you to provide you access the moodle.

Feb Section 1 Joining the Online word + Setting Up (4 weeks) Section 2 Effective group work online +TMA01 (3 weeks) Section 3 Computing with confidence (2 weeks) Section 4 Web skills +TMA02(3 weeks) Course Contents A 12 week course - 3 credit hours, Consists of The preparatory material "Working with Windows". 4 sections

Feb TU170 Website Homepage URL: http\\arabcampus.aou.org.sa Main Page : Welcome - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Calendar - Assessment.

Feb The Hierarchy of the Website

Feb Course Assessment Continuous Assessment 50% –TMA01 : 10 % –TM02: 25 % –Quiz : 15 % Final Examination 50%

Feb What to do at the Start The "Working with Windows" material- Vital for all students. The Web exercise - a first look at a Web "browser" and the TU170 website. The Introduction to Study Skills - for students who haven't done any serious studying for a while.

Feb Working with Windows

Feb D: Status Bar E: Task Bar A: Title Bar B: Menu Bar C: Tool Bar Bars & Bar Names A C D E B

Feb Bar & File Names –Title bar: windows name, change position, maximize –Menu bar: on top, list of menus –Tool bar: under the menu bar, list of keys –Task bar: list of running program –Status bar: program status, current page number in word processors –File name: name.extension Extension:.exe,.txt,.doc,.rtf,.htm,.bmp,.gif

Feb Working With Windows –Desktop can be changed from classic style to web style –Start Settings Active Desktop View as Webpage –Shut down your computer –Ctrl + Alt + Del –From start menu –Alt + F4 : close every opened windows then shutdown

Feb –Left mouse button single click highlight icon –Double click = click+ enter –Right click short-cut menu –Change mouse properties –Start settings control panel mouse Working With Windows (Cont.)

Feb Getting Started –Change mouse properties –Start settings control panel mouse Computer Structure CPU Memory Operating system (Dos, Windows98, Windows XP, Unix, Linux,…) –CPU Central Processing Unit Does Calculations Control input/output

Feb Getting Started (Cont.) –Three Computer memory types: –BIOS (Basic Input Output System) or ROM »Read Only Memory »Permanent memory: cannot be changed (non volatile). »Computer built-in instructions to load the operating system when the computer starts up »consists of integrated circuits –RAM (Random Access Memory) or main memory »Temporary short-term working memory »Electronic storage »Fast access (from any random location) to instructions »Volatile »Consists of sets of tiny capacitors.

Feb Getting Started (Cont.) –Secondary memory »Long term (permanent) storage memory »Magnetic memory »Internal: hard disk »External: floppy disk, CD-Rom, DVD Computer memory is measured in bytes Kilobyte (Kb) = 1024 bytes = 2 10 Megabyte (MB) =1024 * 1024 bytes = 2 20 Gigabyte (GB) = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes = 2 30

Feb Getting Started (Cont.) Operating system : - It is the program used to locate things o the hard disk and read them into RAM. Handling input/output tasks –Request for loading file from hard disk to main memory Starting the computer –Boot strapping »Read a small program (built-in instruction) at BIOS on First track on hard disk (Booting track) into RAM »Read the rest of operating system (large) into RAM »If no booting disk (we started up our computer with an external disc in) “none system disk or disk error…”

Feb Helping Yourself –F1 Consult help system –Deleted files Recycle bin –Virus Malicious piece of self-replacing code that causes problems in your computer

Feb Some Keys & their Combinations –Undo command: cancel previous operation –End key: go to the end of line in document –Home key: go to the begging of line in document –Key combination –Ctrl+C (copy) –Crtl+X (cutting) –Ctrl+V (pasting) –Ctrl+Z (undoing) –Ctrl+S (saving file) –Ctrl+D (delete file) –Ctrl+A (select whole document) –Ctrl+F (search for word in document) –Ctrl+P (print document) –Ctrl+Home (go to the beginning of document) –Ctrl+End (go to the end of document)

Feb Thank You ! Rasha Abdul Samad