Virtual Campus Students:

Basic Computer/Internet Competencies

BEFORE you enroll in an online course at JSCC you should be comfortable demonstrating the computer competencies listed below. NOTE: These competencies are the responsibility of the student, NOT the instructor.

Computer Operation
Setup, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Word Processing
Internet*

You should be able to:

You should be able to:

You should be able to:

You should be able to:

  • Start up and shut down computer system and peripherals.
  • Identify and use icons, windows, menues.
  • Start an application and create a document.
  • Name, save, retrieve, revise a document.
  • Use printing options.
  • Insert and eject floppy disk and CD-ROM.
  • Initialize, name/rename floppy disk.
  • Copy documents from hard disk to floppy disk and vice versa.
  • Create and name/rename subdirectories/folders.
  • Save, open, place documents inside subdirectories/folders.
  • Open and work with more than one application at a time.

  • Protect and care for floppy disks.
  • Clean computer components and printer.
  • Make Backup copies of key applications and documents.
  • Use self-help resources to diagnose and correct common hardware and printing problems.
  • Install and upgrade an application.
  • Maintain proper operating environment for computer and peripherals.
  • Protect against computer viruses.
  • Obtain technical assistance resources from your Internet Service Provider.

 

 

 

 

  • Enter and edit text and copy and move text.
  • Copy and move blocks of text.
  • Change text format and style, set margins, line spacing and tabs.
  • Check spelling, grammar, word usage.
  • Insert page numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Connect to the Internet or an on-line service.
  • Use Electronic Mail (compose, send, retrieve, read, respond and forward messages and attach files.)
  • Access and use resources on Internet and World Wide Web.
  • Obtain/maintain an account on the Internet or an on-line service that provides Internet access.
  • Connect a computer to a modem and telephone line for dial-in access.

 

*See Matisse Enser's Glossary of Internet Terms (http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html)

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