Skills inventory for Windows XP: Basic
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’s 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 every skill, on the other hand, might need to move on to the next course in the series.
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Log on to a Windows XP computer |
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Identify the Windows XP desktop components |
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Use the taskbar and the Start menu |
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Manipulate the size of windows |
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Use the Help and Support Center |
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Navigate the folder hierarchy in My
Computer |
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Create, copy, move, rename, and delete files and folders
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Format floppy disks and copy files to a floppy
disk |
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Create, save, format, and print files in
WordPad |
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Create a drawing in Paint and copy it into
WordPad |
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Cascade and tile windows |
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Create and delete desktop shortcuts |
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Pin and unpin items to the Start menu |
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Use the Control Panel to change the system date and
time |
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Customize the background, and the mouse and keyboard
settings |
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Browse the Internet with Internet Explorer
6.0 |
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Add Web content on the desktop |
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Log off the computer |
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Turn off the computer |
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