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Carpenter - Computer Skills 7/8 (Section Fri 1)

Course Description

Computer Skills 7/8

Class Title:

Computer Skills 7/8

Code:

MEL980

Text:

Edutyping, MS Office, and Google Suite

Rating:

2

Prerequisite:

None

Grade:

7-8

Fees:

None

Max:

12

Can be repeated? Yes

Description: Students will work through a self-paced typing program to learn touch typing skills and keyboarding through lessons, games and activities. Students will be issued a username and password so they can continue their typing practice at home for at least one hour each week. Students will also learn basic Windows functions and how to use word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software to create fabulous documents they will be proud of. This class is appropriate for students with some computer experience as well as those just beginning their computer literacy. Internet access at home is required.

Posts

Computer Skills- September 6 and 7

September 6 and 7 

What We Did:

  • Digital Citizenship
  • Review logging in to Drive and Typing Agent (Thurs)
  • Google Drive and Docs
    • Creating a folder
    • Sharing a folder
    • Making a copy
    • Changing font, size, color, size, etc.

What to Work On:

  • Typing Agent
  • Use Google Docs with your work at home

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • Google Slides

Computer Skills- August 30 and 31, 2018

August 30 and 31, 2018

What We Did:

  • Class basics, procedures, and expectations
  • Getting to know you
  • Logging-in to SVVSD accounts
  • Logging-in to Typing Agent
  • Typing Agent practice

What to Work On

  • Practice logging-in to SVVSD accounts
    • drive.svvsd.org
    • Login: lastname(six letters).firstname(sixletters)day of birthday
    • Password: sv(ID number)-- unless you’ve changed it
  • Practice logging-in to Typing Agent
  • Typing practice (approximately 10-15 minutes a day)

What We Plan to Do Next Week

  • Review logging-in to Drive and Typing Agent
  • Making a copy of a document in Google Docs
  • Creating folders and sharing folders
  • Making a login info card