Skills inventory for Windows XP: Advanced

Use the following form to gauge students’ skill level entering the class (students have copies in the introductions of their student manuals). For each skill listed, have students rate their familiarity from 1 to 5, with five being the most familiar. Emphasize that this is not a test. Rather, it is intended to provide students with an idea of where they’re starting from at the beginning of class. If a student is wholly unfamiliar with all the skills, he or she might not be ready for the class. A student who seems to understand all of the skills, on the other hand, might need to move on to the next module in the series.

 

Skill	1	2	3	4	5
Customize the Start menu, taskbar, and folder views
Change files attributes
Change file associations
Add a printer
Manage print jobs from the print queue
Create user accounts
Use fast user switching
Use login passwords
Use System Restore
Use Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter
Use Backup
Share files, folders, and drives on a network
Map a network drive
Share a printer
Use a network printer