Basic Skills Foundation Computing The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

2 of 12 Overview  Parts of your computer  On and off  Advice  clients  File management  Web browser vs website

3 of 12 A brief introduction  We assume most students will have used a computer before  This material is for those who have not  We will only skim over this topic  Absolute novices should study Module 0 of the Study Book very carefully  Consider coming to one of the special classes if you are struggling with this

4 of 12 Parts of your computer  Monitor  Keyboard  Mouse or touchpad  Case, containing Hard disk (costs <$1 per GB - Gigabyte) CD reader/writer and/or DVD reader/writer CPU (Central Processing Unit) Memory Floppy disk

5 of 12 On and off  Every time a computer is turned on, virus protection software, a firewall and operating system update software should also start  Normally, after turning a computer on, you will need to “log on”. It might be advisable to set a password to prevent inappropriate access  It is NOT acceptable to turn a computer off just by using the power button Use operating system “Shutdown” function Use of shutdown avoids loss of data

6 of 12 Advice  If you have your own computer, please make sure that the OS is up-to-date virus protection software is installed and up- to-date you have a firewall protecting your computer from the internet

7 of 12 clients  There are different kinds  Web Mail Hotmail, Gmail, University webmail Very easy to set up Slower Must be on-line even to compose and read Mail which has not been sent can easily be lost Great for mobility – mail stays on server

8 of 12 clients (2)  Traditional Must install a program, such as Eudora, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, … Must set up  SMTP agent (which sends your ), might need login and password  POP agent (which receives your ), will need login and password  Return address (your main address) Faster, safer, has offline access

9 of 12 File management  Hard disk storage is cheap – don’t need to delete files to free up space  Leads to large amount of files  Very important to be organized to locate files  The “My Documents” folder is a good place to store your personal files

10 of 12 File management (2)  Create subdirectories and sub- subdirectories, give them sensible names  Not folder1, folder2, …  But maybe assignments, csc1402, study, work, private,…  Windows Explorer is started by pressing Win+E

11 of 12 Web browser vs Website  A web browser is the program you use to access the world wide web, eg Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape allows you to navigate to sites and access resources contains a text entry line for the URL (web address).  A website is A location on a remote computer you access, eg Google, Yahoo, news.com.au, course website

12 of 12 Read the study book  Please read module 0 of the Study Book  Also, it is now time to read Module 1 of the Study Book and Topic 1 from the text “Foundation Computing” (if you have purchased a copy)