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| Introduction to Windows Vista |
Windows Vista is a
radical departure from the Windows
versions of yesteryear. Whether
you're a beginner or an experienced
Windows user, you won't want to miss
out on everything this powerful new
version has to offer. In this
course, specifically designed for
beginners and casual users, you'll
learn to use Vista's best and most
important features.
You'll discover techniques for
personalizing Vista to your own
needs and preferences, set up user
accounts and enforce parental
controls, keep your computer secure
from Internet threats, browse the
World Wide Web, manage your e-mail,
and keep your names and addresses
organized in the new Contacts
folder.
You'll also learn to take full
advantage of the new Calendar
feature, manage and edit your
digital photos with the new Windows
Photo Gallery, and add fonts, color,
and style to your written text.
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Please
click here to take this course through an accredited
college or university in your community.
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Syllabus:
A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of
two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each
course at least two months apart.
All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end.
Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the
course. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You
will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the
interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will
automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we
strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its
release.
The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once
the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete
all of your course work, including the final exam.
Week One
Wednesday - Lesson 01
Struggling with that new Windows Vista computer? Baffled by all the
icons, buttons, and terminology facing you? In our first lesson, I'll
help you get on track by explaining what's going on and what all the
buzzwords means. You'll learn what's on your desktop, how to use the
programs on your computer, and how to properly shut down your computer
(or put it in sleep mode for faster restart) at the end of the day.
Friday - Lesson 02
In this lesson, you'll learn to personalize your computer—to make things
look and work the way you want. Are things too small to see? Make them
bigger! Don't like that background picture? Change it! Don't see the
programs you like best on your Start menu? Put them on! By the time you
finish this lesson, your screen will look the way you want it to look.
Week Two
Wednesday - Lesson 03
In today's lesson, we'll continue our general theme of how to make Vista
work your way. You'll learn how to use gadgets and the sidebar, and I'll
show you where you can find lots of new gadgets that you can add for
free. You'll discover how to control screen colors and transparency, and
how to tame your mouse and sound effects. And by the end of this lesson,
you'll know how to decide for yourself when your computer puts itself to
sleep, and what happens when you wake it back up.
Friday - Lesson 04
Do you share a computer with other people? Are you confused about all
the talk of Standard User accounts, User Account Control, and security?
In this lesson, we'll cut through all the jargon and get to the facts.
When you're done, your computer will be more secure. And if several
people share the computer, everyone will have their own user account,
their own set of files, and their own personalization preferences.
Week Three
Wednesday - Lesson 05
The PC was invented long before the Internet became public. And way back
then, no one thought about Internet security at all, so computer have
been vulnerable to Internet threats for several years now. In this
lesson, you'll learn what the Internet is, and how it presents threats
to your privacy and security. You'll also learn how to use the many
features built into Windows Vista to protect you from all those threats.
Friday - Lesson 06
Just about everyone uses the Word Wide Web. To do so, they use a Web
browser. Windows Vista comes with a free Web browser called Internet
Explorer 7. In this lesson, you'll learn how to use that Web browser to
get the most from the Internet. You'll discover how to make text larger
or smaller, maintain and organize a collection of favorite Web sites,
and keep your personal browsing habits private.
Week Four
Wednesday - Lesson 07
These days, almost everybody uses e-mail. Windows Vista comes with a
great e-mail program called Windows Mail. In this lesson, you'll learn
how to set up Windows Mail to work with your e-mail account, and how to
write, send, receive, reply to, and forward e-mail messages. You'll
discover great techniques for fighting junk mail and phishing scams, and
you'll learn new techniques for saving, organizing, and finding your
e-mail messages.
Friday - Lesson 08
In today's lesson, you'll learn all about Windows Contacts, the personal
electronic Address Book that comes free with Windows Vista. You'll
discover how to add, change, and remove address book entries, and how to
print contact information and phone lists. You'll also discover how to
e-mail contacts and whole groups of people with just a few mouse clicks.
Week Five
Wednesday - Lesson 09
Windows Calendar is an electronic calendar and personal organizer that
comes free with Windows Vista. In this lesson, you'll learn how to
create and manage appointments, how to share calendars and schedules
with people, and how to download event schedules from the Internet right
into your calendar—even from your favorite sports teams!
Friday - Lesson 10
Today you'll learn how to organize and share your photos using a program
that come free with Windows Vista. You'll find out how to get pictures
from a digital camera, save pictures that people send to you by e-mail,
and e-mail photos to friends an family. And you'll learn how to tag
pictures so that you can easily find just the photos you need for any
occasion.
Week Six
Wednesday - Lesson 11
We're not done with photos yet! In this lesson, you'll learn how to
improve your photos using free tools that come with Windows Vista.
You'll discover how to crop, lighten, or darken photos, and even how to
remove the red eye that's often caused by flash photography. You'll also
find out how to print your pictures in any size and shape you want.
Friday - Lesson 12
In our final lesson, you'll learn universal techniques for working with
text on your computer. You'll discover the right ways to type and edit
text, and I'll show you how to save a lot of time using universal skills
for correcting and making changes to text you've already typed. You'll
also learn how to use cut and paste to move or copy text so you'll never
again have to retype text that's already on your screen!
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accredited college or
university in your
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