Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Overall Objectives

Participants will show improvement in overall computer literacy.

Participants will be able to obtain and apply weather and project information from the OK- FIRST/OCS Web servers and from the FirstClass Bulletin Board System (BBS).

Basic Computer Objectives

Participants will know the following vocabulary: drive, path, short-cut, Start Menu Task Bar, desktop, application, document, maximize, minimize, file, folder/directory, control panel.

Participants will be able to assemble and disassemble their computer hardware.

Participants will be able to start up and shut down their computer.

Participants will understand what a drive is and what a path means.

Participants will be able to move files between drives and within the same drive to different directories using the file manager.

Participants will be able to move files between drives and within the same drive to different directories using "drag and drop" with the mouse.

Participants will be able to open a document in its associated application by:

  1. using the "documents" menu in the start menu.
  2. using a "short-cut" to the document on the desktop.
  3. navigating through a drive and opening the document from within a folder/directory on the drive.

Participants will be able to run a program by:

  1. selecting it from the "start" menu.
  2. selecting it from a folder on the desktop or drive.
  3. selecting it from the "Run" option on the start menu.

Participants will be able to open data files and documents from within a program.

Participants will be able to switch between active programs using the taskbar.

Participants will be able to minimize and maximize applications on the desktop and to recognize an application's state.

Participants will be able to print a document or web page.

Participants will be able to use their modem to access the WWW and FirstClass via their Internet provider and the OCS Modem Bank.

Participants will be able to find programs or documents on their computer using the "find" option in the start menu.

Participants will be able to use on-line help to search for help on a topic.

Participants will be able to add and remove programs, documents, and folders from the start menu.

Participants will be able to create a shortcut to a program or document and place it on their desktop.

Participants will be able to change computer settings from the control panel.

Participants will be able to switch to start a DOS shell and know the difference between a DOS shell and "DOS Mode".

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