computer skills workbook with graphics(6)

8/9/2019 Computer Skills Workbook With Graphics(6)

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Table of Contents

Exercise 1: Turning on the Computer and Logging In ................................................................................... 3

Exercise 2: Using the Mouse ......................................................................................................................... 4

Exercise 3: Using the Desktop ....................................................................................................................... 6

Exercise 4: Minimizing, Maximizing, and Closing Windows.......................................................................... 8

Exercise 5: Using Internet Explorer ............................................................................................................. 10

Exercise 6: Using Outlook ........................................................................................................................... 12

Exercise 7: Creating and editing a document in Word ............................................................................... 13

Exercise 8: Saving ........................................................................................................................................ 15

Exercise 9: Save As ...................................................................................................................................... 17

Exercise 10: Folders .................................................................................................................................... 18

Exercise 11: Attaching a file to an outgoing email ...................................................................................... 19

Exercise 12: Using the Outlook Calendar .................................................................................................... 20

Appendix 1: Setting the Homepage ............................................................................................................ 22

Appendix 2: Add a Website to Your Favorites ............................................................................................ 23

Appendix 3: Making a Shortcut to Outlook ................................................................................................ 24

Appendix 4: Creating a Contact .................................................................................................................. 25

Appendix 5: Saving an Attachment ............................................................................................................. 25

Appendix 6: Categorizing appointments..................................................................................................... 25

Appendix 7: Computer Safety ..................................................................................................................... 26

Instructors Guide ....................................................................................................................................... 30


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Exercise 1: Turning on the Computer and Logging In

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Exercise 1: Turning on the Computer and Logging InFind the power button on the face of the computer. Wait for the computer to power

up. This can sometimes take a minute or two. Only authorized users are allowed to

use the Churchs computer system. This is why you will be given your own unique user

name and password information to use the computers.

Look at your screen. After you have powered-up the computer, it now asks you to

press three buttons at the same time: Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Locate these three buttons on

your keyboard and press them simultaneously.

Practice

Press these three keys silultaneously on your keyboard: Ctrl, Alt, Delete

Look at the login screen. This will appear after you press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. On this page you

will see two boxes. You will need to type your username into the top box, and your

password into the bottom box.

What if I forgot my login information?Forgetting login information is common. If you have

forgotten your login information, Dial 2-HELP on a Church phone, and select the first prompt

you hear. Someone will assist you in recovering your username and password.

Practice

Click inside each box to supply the needed information. Then press the arrow key.

This will log you in. Then have your instructor log you out. Repeat several times.

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Exercise 2: Using the Mouse

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Exercise 2: Using the MouseGrab the mouse and slide it around on top of the table. What happens to the pointer

on your screen when you do this? The mouse and keyboard are the two ways you

can tell your computer what to do.

A mouse has two main buttons at the top. Hold the mouse with your right hand so

that your index finger rests on the left mouse button and your middle finger rests on

the right mouse button.

The left buttonon the mouse is the one you will use most often. You will left-click

any time you want the computer to perform an action, like follow a link or select an

icon. When someone says click on they always mean use the left button.

You will click the right buttonon your mouse any time you want to show a menu of

options.

Practice

Click (remember, that means left-click) on the big colorful circle in the bottom left hand

corner of your screen. This is the Windows Start Menu. Now right-click in the middle

of your screen. What happens? Repeat over and over.

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Exercise 2: Using the Mouse

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Sometimes, you have to give the computer a little encouragement by double-

clicking on something. Double-clicking means clicking the left mouse button two

times very quickly. You do this to open stuff. You will never double-click with the

right button.

Practice

Place the mouse pointer in the middle of your screen. See how fast you can double-

click. Then, move the mouse pointer over one of those funny little symbols on the left

side of your screen (called Shortcut Icons). Click once. What happens? Double click.

What happens?

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Exercise 3: Using the Desktop

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Exercise 3: Using the DesktopThe computers desktop is the home base for all your activities.Lets take a moment to

identify the four areas of your desktop you will use the most.

The Start Menu lists all of the programs on the computer. Open the start menu

again by moving your mouse over the icon and clicking once. Click on All

Programsat the bottom of the Start Menu list to see more programs hidden from view.

Remember those funny little symbols on the left side of the desktop? These are

Shortcut Icons. They usually belong to the programs you will use most often. The

shortcut icons allow you to open programs, documents, and files from your desktop

instead of from the Start Menu.

Practice

Find the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop. Double click on the Internet Explorer

icon. What happens?

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Exercise 3: Using the Desktop

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The Taskbarstores Shortcut Icons like the Desktop. In addition, the Taskbar

displays an icon representing currently open programs, and when you move your

pointer over one of these, you get a tiny preview, called a thumbnail. If you move your

pointer over an icon in the taskbar and no thumbnail appears, that means the program

is not currently open.

Practice

Click on a Shortcut Icon on the taskbar. This will open a program. Now, move the

pointer away and back over the icon. What happens? Why does the computer do this

for you?

The Clock and Calendaris constantly visible on your desktop regardless of what

other programs you have open.

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Exercise 4: Minimizing, Maximizing, and Closing

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Exercise 4: Minimizing, Maximizing, and Closing

Windows

Your computers desktop can be compared to a physical desktop in an office or at a

school. Just as you can have layers of papers, bills, and letters on your physical

desktop you can have layers of documents lying on your computer desktop.

Documents, files, and programs appear in windows on your desk top. For example

when you open up a word document it appears in a window. You can have multiple

windows open at one time, but that doesnt mean they will all be visible to you.

Just like with a physical desktop the document you are using may be covering other

windows from your view. To manage this it is important to understand how to

minimize, maximize, and closewindows.

Practice

Open several windows . You can do this by opening several programs. Either double-

click on shortcut icons on your desktop to do this, or open programs from the Start

Menu. What happens to the windows as you open more and more of them?

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Exercise 5: Using Internet Explorer

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Exercise 5: Using Internet ExplorerThink of the Internet as a massive encyclopedia of information that you can search

through by using a web browser, like Internet Explorer. There are billions of pages.

PracticeFind the Shortcut Icon for Internet Explorer and double click. Spend some time

inspecting the window that opens. Look along the top of the window. What features

do you see?

How do you find the page you want to look at? The web browser uses addresses

to organize this information. You could think of these addresses like the Dewey

Decimal number in a library that organizes the books. Web addresses are typed into the

uppermost text box. Can you find it?

An example of a web address is lds.org. When you type this into the address bar,

you get to the home web page of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Practice

Go to means find a particular web page and make it display inside the internet

window. Go to lds.org by typing lds.org in the address box. Then press enter on

the keyboard.

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Exercise 5: Using Internet Explorer

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A search engine is a tool that allows you to search all of the addresses available on

the Internet. A popular search engine is Google. The address for Google is

google.com.

Practice

Type google.cominto the address bar. Then, type a search term in the text input box

in the middle of your screen. Press the enter key on the keyboard. What happens?

Here are three ways to go from one web page to another: 1) You can type in an

address in the address box; 2) you can press the forward or backwards buttons in

the top left-hand corner; 3) you can click on a link. A link is a shortcut to another web

page. Just click once.

Not sure if the text or image youre looking at is a link?Simply move your pointer arrow over

the top of it. If your pointer changes into a hand, it is a link. If your pointer stays an arrow, it isnot.

PracticeStart by going to lds.org by typing the address into the address box and pressing

enter on the keyboard. Once there, click on links. Use the forward and back buttons.

Play for a few minutes. You wont break a thing.

Can I have more than one web page open at a time? Yes! Just use tabs! Like a manila folder has

a tab on the top for you to write information, so each web page has a similar tab. Can you find it?

Can you find where you can create another tab? What happens when you do?

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Exercise 6: Using Outlook

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Exercise 6: Using OutlookMicrosoft Outlook is a program used to organize email, calendar items, contacts, and

tasks. Lets open it.

Find a Shortcut Icon for Microsoft Outlook. Double click to open it. Once it is fullyopen, look around the screen. What elements do you see? How is everything

organized?

Practice

Open Outlook. Close it. Open Outlook. Close it again. Rinse and repeat. Are you

getting more comfortable opening and closing programs?

To send an email, click on the button that says New E-mail near the top left of the

Outlook window. This will open a new window.

Now, fill in the requested information at the top of the window that just popped

open. In the To box, type an email address. In the Subject box, type a subject

for your message. Place the message in the big box below.

Practice

Click on New Email. Fill out the To box with the email address supplied by your

instructor. If you are completing this workbook on your own, type in an email address

of a friend or family member. Fill in the Subject box. Write a message. Press

Send.

Ask your instructor to send you an email. Now, find it inside of Outlook. Once you

do, there are many things you can do with it, but here are two: 1) you can reply to it;

2) you can forward it to another email address.

Practice

In Outlook, find the email your instructor just sent you. If s/he has not sent it yet, tell

them to do it now! Once you click on the email, press Reply, type a response in the

message box, and click Send.

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Exercise 7: Creating and editing a document

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Exercise 7: Creating and editing a document in WordMicrosoft Word, or Word, is a program that creates documents on a computer, much

like writing a letter. The icon for Word looks like a blue W.

PracticeFind a Shortcut Icon for Word. Open it. Close it. Open it. Close it. Open it. Getting

more comfortable opening programs? Now, once you open Word, you will see what

looks like a blank page with a blinking cursor. That cursor is where your letters will

appear as you type. Type the first verse to Called to Serve.

Selecting is a concept that is very important in the computer world. When you select

something, you are essentially telling the computer, Im about to do something

with this stuff!

Practice

Select the first line of Called to Serve. To do this, move the mouse pointer over the

words. Youll notice that the pointer turns into an I. With the I on the left of

Called, click and hold the mouse. Drag across the first line. What happens? Try this

from multiple starting points., and go in different directions. What happens? Practice

this over and over until you feel comfortable selecting text.

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With the text selected, you can play with the buttons pictured below. These buttons

control the typeface, or font, the size, and many other text elements. Even those tiny

triangles are buttons!

Practice

With the first line of Called to Serve selected, play with the formatting buttons

pictured above. What happens?

How can I undo what I just did? Click the undobutton. It looks like an arrow doubling over

itself, and is found in the top left-hand corner of Word. You can click on this button many times,

in fact.

One advantage Word has over a traditional typewriter is the concept of text

wrapping. This means, you dont have to press the Enter (or return) key when

you get close to the edge of the paper. Just keep typing away and watch what happens!

You can still press Enter to create a new paragraph.

Practice

Type the letter M into Word. Press and hold the M key. Hold it for a long time.

What happens?

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Exercise 8: Saving

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Exercise 8: SavingThe way computers store information is quite similar to how a cook might store a

recipe. Lets say a cook goes to a party and gets a great recipe for the chocolate cake

served there. She definitely wants to make this cake herself in the future, so she goes

home, opens a kitchen cupboard, pulls out her recipe box, and files her new recipe.Then she puts her recipe box back in the cupboard and leaves, knowing she can find her

new recipe any time she needs it.

This is how computers like to organize things too. In this case the recipe is like a file,

the recipe box is like a folder, and the cupboard is like a drive.

Just like saving a recipe, anytime you save a file on a computer, you want to make

sure you are putting it in a place where you can find it any time you want. If you

simply throw every new recipe into a random kitchen cupboard rather than filing it

properly, after a while you wont be able to find a thing. But if you put your file (cakerecipe) into the right folder (recipe box), and keep it in the right drive(cupboard), then

you will be able to find and use everything you save any time you would like.

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Exercise 8: Saving

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Practice

Find a sample picture. From the start menu, click on Computer. This will always

give you a view of the contents of your computer, or file cabinet. Find and click on

Pictures (a folder). Double click on the Sample Pictures folder. Inside you will see

individual picture files.

You can save documents almost anywhere on your computer. Wherever you save them,

make sure you remember so you can find them later. A great place to save documents is in

the folder called Documents.

Practice

Open Word. Type something. Save the document by clicking on the blue diskette

button found in the top left-hand corner.

The computer will talk to you in the form of a pop-up box (also called a dialogue

box). The computer wants to know two main things 1) Where do you want to save this

document? 2) What do you want to name it? Name the document, click on the

Documents folder, and click Save.

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Exercise 9: Save As

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Exercise 9: Save AsAfter you have initially saved a file, you may need to save it elsewhere. This is

where the term save as comes into play. Save as, isshort for, I want to save

this document assomething else, or somewhere else. When you tell the computer to

save as, you enable yourself to either rename the file, save it to a different location, orboth. To access this command, click the File button on most programs.

Practice

Open Word. Type something. Click the File button located in the top left-hand

corner. Click Save As. A box opens up. Choose a different location, and then

rename the file. Click Save. Repeat these steps several times.

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Exercise 10: Folders

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Exercise 10: FoldersJust like you can create, buy and fill up new recipe boxes to put inside the kitchen

cabinet, you can create new folders to put in your computer. For example, if you

have 300 cake recipes, each on a different card, you may decide to dedicate an entire

recipe box just for cake recipes.

You can make similar decisions as you create new folders inside of your computer.

Any time you want, you can make and label one on the spot, and you can fill it with

just one thing if you want.

Practice

From the Start Menu, click on Computer. This will show you

whats inside of your computers memory banks. Do you see any

of the folders pictured to the right? What drives do you see?Remember, drives hold folders, and folders hold documents.

You can create as many folders as you want. Folders allow you

to organize other folders and documents. Yes, you heard it

right. Folders can have other folders inside of them. How many

subfolders do you think you can have inside of a parent

folder? If you said an infinite amount, you are correct!

Practice

The box on your screen contains the titles of many locations inside

of your computer. Click on Documents. Now you should see

the contents of the Documents folder in the big box. Click on New Folder. Then

immediately type a name and press the enter key. What happened? Repeat these steps.

O remember, remember! Now that you have successfully created and named a new

folder (or more than one!), can you remember where you stored it? If you click the

red X and close the box, will you remember where it was? Simply being able to

organize with folders is only half the battle. The other half is remembering where you

put them!

Practice

Open Word. Type a few lines. Save the document into one of the new folders you just

created. Remember, these folders were inside of the Documentsparent folder.

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Exercise 11: Attaching a file to an outgoing email

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Exercise 11: Attaching a file to an outgoing emailEmails are beasts of burden than can carry objects along the way. These objects can

include photos or documents. You can attach objects, or files to emails inside of

Outlook.

Practice

Open Outlook. Click on New Email. Thenfind a paperclip icon and click on it.

What happens? Why doesnt the computer know which object you want to attach to

the email? How can you tell it which object to attach?

How much burden can the beast handle?Most email accounts, including yours provided by the

Church, limit the size of files that can be sent and received. If your message is not successfully

sent, it may be that the file you attached was too large for you or your recipients email account to

handle.

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Exercise 12: Using the Outlook Calendar

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Exercise 12: Using the Outlook CalendarYouve already seen what a great program Outlook is for sending messages, but it

can also be a useful calendar tool. Unlike a printed calendar, Outlook lets you

quickly view your appointments in many different formats. You can view the entire

month, a week, or even a single day, depending on which is most useful for you.

Practice

Open Outlook. Click on the Calendar button located in the bottom left-hand corner of

the screen. What do you see? Can you find where to make your calendar look

different? Play with those buttons until you find a view that looks best for you.

Its important for the organization that you keep your calendar up to date because,

believe it or not, once you do, others using Outlook can see when youre busy and

not try to schedule you during those times. They wont see the details of your schedule,

but they will see that your time is blocked out during your appointments.

Practice

Place the mouse pointer over a white space inside of your Outlook calendar. Doubleclick. What happens? What information can you place inside of this new appointment?

(Hint: date, begin and end times.) When youre done entering information, click the

Save and Close button in the top left-hand corner. Repeat several times.

You can also create an appointment to occur regularly on a weekly or monthly

schedule. This is useful for scheduling weekly district meetings or yearly birthdays.

This saves you the trouble of having to create the event over and over again.

Practice

Place the mouse pointer over a white space inside of your Outlook calendar. Double

click. Look for the Recurrence button on the box that pops up. Click it. Cearfully fill

out the required information for your recurring appointment. Click OK. Click Save

and Close. Repeat this step several times until you are comfortable with it.

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Exercise 12: Using the Outlook Calendar

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Sometimes people you work with will invite you to an appointment. If you accept

the invitation, the new appointment will automatically be added to your calendar.

You will know when you are invited to an appointment when you receive an email

with three buttons on top: Accept, Tentative or Decline.

Practice

Your instructor will send you an appointment. If s/he has not, tell them to do it now!

Check your email by clicking the Email button in the lower left-hand corner of

Outlook. Open the invitation. Click on Accept. Click Send the Response Now.

Now check your calendar. Can you see the appointment you just accepted?

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Appendix 1: Setting the Homepage

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Click on the Toolsmenu, and select Internet Options.

3. Click the Generaltab.

4. If you are on the web page you want to use as your home page,

click Use Current. If not, type the web page address in the

Addressbox.

5. Click OK.


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Appendix 2: Add a Website to Your Favorites

1. Click the star at the top right of the InternetExplorer window.

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When the drop-down menu appears, clickon the Add to Favoritesbutton.


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Appendix 3: Making a Shortcut to Outlook

1. Click theStarticon.

2. ClickAll Programs.

3. Right-click on Microsoft Outlookand point to Send To.

4. Click on Desktop (Create Shortcut)

5. A shortcut for Outlookwill appear on your desktop.


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Appendix 4: Creating a Contact

1. Open Outlook

2. Click on File

3. When the drop-down menu appears, point to Newthen click Contact.

4. Enter the name and other information for the contact.

5. Click Save & Close.

Appendix 5: Saving an Attachment1. Open an email with an attachment

2. Right-click on the attachment. Its file name will be located immediately underneath the

Subject line.

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Click Save As from the drop down menu

4. Choose where to save the file by clicking on a location and clicking on Save.

Appendix 6: Categorizing appointmentsNot all your events on your calendar will be meetings and appointments. Some may be

holidays, birthdays, or anniversaries. You can assign new categories to certain events

that will make them show up as different colors and stand out from other events. Lets

practice doing this now, by marking Church events with a special color on your

calendar.

Step 1: Click on the Week tab at the top of your calendar window.

Step 2: Click on Church under the

Sunday column of your calendar.

Step 3: Click the Categorize icon at

the top of your window.

Step 4: Select Orange Category. A

small window will pop up, saying,

This is the first time you have used

Orange Category. Do you want to

rename it?

Step 5: Click the Name: line and delete the text Orange Category.


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Step 6: Click Yes.

The small window will disappear. Now when you look at your calendar every

occurrence of Church should be colored orange.

Appendix 7: Computer SafetyAs you work on the computer, you will use the Internet frequently. The Internet is a lot

like a car. A car helps make your life easier by helping you take trips to the grocery

store, visit family, or go to work. When you obey traffic rules and drive safely, there is

no reason to fear a car. Similarly, the Internet can help you accomplish tasks more

quickly than you could any other way. To use the Internet safely, however, you need to

obey certain rules as you move around online.

Rule 1: Have a strong password

If the Internet is like a car, then your password is like the key to your car. Just like youwouldnt make copies of the key to your car and pass them out to strangers, you need

to make sure that only one person knows your passwords: you. Any time you share

your password with somebody it is like giving away the key to your car.

Easy-to-guess passwords:When you are asked to make up a password, it may be

tempting to use a simple password that is relatively common or easy to remember. Such

passwords might include password, 1234, RULDS2?, the names of general

authorities, etc. These are unsecure because they are easy to guess for someone trying to

gain unauthorized access to your computer.

Passwords using personal information: Avoid personal details about yourself that

might be easy to guess, such as your own name, a pets or family members name, your

birth date or the birth date of someone in your family, your anniversary, etc. These

details might be easily learned by a careful eavesdropper and make it easy for someone

trying to guess your password.

Words found in the dictionary:It is also wise to avoid dictionary words, even if they

dont have anything to do with you, the church, or missionaries. Sophisticated

computer hackers or others trying to gain unauthorized access to your system can usecomputer programs to guess every word in the English language for them in a short

amount of time.

The same password for everything:These days, you might have several different

passwords for your computer, your email, your banks website, an online store, or

social networking sites. Having the same password for all of them can be easy to


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remember, but also dangerous; if someone happens to steal your password to one

website, they may be able to use the same password to get into your email, your online

bank account, and your church account without your permission.

The challenge with creating secure passwords is that most secure passwords are

difficult to remember. If a password is so secure that not even you can remember it, it

doesnt serve its purpose of giving you, the authorized user, access. Therefore, some

compromises must be made. Here are some tips for creating secure passwords that are

easy to remember:

Use letters and numbers:Use numbers that look like letters instead of the letters they resemble.

For example, the number 3 looks a little like a backwards E, the number 1 looks a little like a

capital I, and the number 0 resembles the letter o. So instead of JosephSmith or

ThomasMonson, you might pick J0s3phSm1th or Th0masM0ns0n.

Use numbers to spell:Sometimes you can use numbers or symbols in place of entire words, like

Called2Serv3 instead of CalledToServe.

Use symbols in your password:This can be as simple as an exclamation point at the end, as in

BookOfMormon! or a little more creative as in @uthor&Fini$her.

Also, keep in mind that it is a good idea to change your password from time to timeat

least once a year. Passwords keep you safe. Creating safe passwords will help you use

your computer and the Internet securely.

Rule 2: Dont share information

Just as you wouldnt freelygive away your telephone number or address to strangers,

be careful about what personal information you share online. Although some places on

the Internet are more public than others, always be aware of who can see or access what

you say online.

Avoid sharing the following online:

Personal information like names, birthdates, addresses, etc.

The names and personal information of children, grandchildren, and friends.

Schedules and itineraries of where youll be and at what time, etc.

Pictures of yourself or others that might reveal where you or they live, work, go

to school, etc.


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Avoid sending the following information electronically, even if you trust the person to

whom you send it:

Social Security numbers

Credit card numbers

Bank account numbers

Passwords

There will be some situations in which it will be safe to give your credit card number or

Social Security number, but be aware that there is always at least some degree of risk.

Just remember that unless you are dealing with someone you know you can trust you

should never share any personal information online at any time.

Rule 3: When in doubt, DONT click Only download pictures, videos, etc. from websites you trust.

Never click on links or download attachments from an email address you dont

recognize.

Delete suspicious looking emails, even from someone you know (e.g. a blank

email or an impersonal message with a link).


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Index

accepting an appointment, 21

address, 10

all programs, 24appointment, 20

attach, 19

attachment, in an email, 19

browser, 10

Calendar, 20

categories, in Outlook, 25

clock, 7

close, 9

contact, creating a, 25

control+alt+delete, 3

desktop, 6document, creating in Word, 13

favorites, 23

folder, 18

general tab, 22Google, 11

homepage, 22

instructor's guide, 30

Internet Explorer, 10

internet options, 22lesson plans, 30

log in, 3

maximize, 9

message, 12

Microsoft Outlook, 12

minimize, 9

mouse, 4

password, 3

personal information, 26

pop-ups, 30

power button, 3saving an attachment, 25

shortcut, 24

taskbar, 7

tools menu, 22user name, 3


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Instructors GuidePurpose of the training

In order to be able to fulfill their calling as

missionaries, your learners are required to use a

computer with basic proficiency. This training willfamiliarize missionaries with the hardware and

software tools required for them to fulfill their

duties.

Importance of following the outlined lesson

plans

The lesson plans are designed to present basic

concepts first as a foundation for more complicated

lessons later. Without these important foundations,

learners may become confused and overwhelmed

with unfamiliar concepts. Also, in order to guide

the learners along the most direct path to success,

only the necessary information has been provided

for the learners to accomplish their objectives.

Diverting the learners attention with interesting

but unnecessary concepts can distract them from

their purpose and take time that ought to be used

on more fundamental and relevant practice. So, it is

important to follow the outlined lesson plans.

Preparing the computer for new learnersBefore the training begins, please confirm that all

necessary programs (i.e. Microsoft Word, Microsoft

Office) are installed and easily accessible on the

learners computers. Eliminate the operating

systems first-time pop-ups to remove

distractions.

Review the requirements for each lesson.

Place the practice files on the learners computers.

Training tips

Demonstrate each example on screen by connecting

your computer to the projector so the entire class

can see it. (Learners monitors will not be projectedonto the screen unless the whole class needs to

learn a troubleshooting skill.)

Consider the learning needs of people with very

limited computer knowledge. Because there are so

many new things for them to learn, your learners

can get overwhelmed very quickly. For that reason,

limit the number of new concepts you teach them

until they feel comfortable enough to move on.

Until your learners have mastered the basics, avoidteaching anything that is a one-time operation, like

creating a shortcut, or changing the picture on the

desktop. Focus on common tasks that learners will

do frequently.

Maintain a slow pace, with plenty of repetition and

opportunities to practice. Learners should feel they

have ample time to practice new concepts, even if it

means you have to cut the lesson short.

Walk around the room regularly throughout the

lesson, this will allow you to view the learners

monitors. Even if you encourage learners to ask

questions or let you know if they run into trouble

they often will not raise their hand or ask for help

when they are lost or having a problem.

Learners will be at different levels of

understanding and skill. Some will need to slow

down, while others may get bored. Try seating

beginners next to more advanced learners.Encourage the advanced learners to help their

neighbors. This will allow beginners questions to

be answered quicker.