Knowing computer: introduction, objectives, what is computer, basic applications of computer, components of computer system, central processing br>Unit, keyboard, mouse and vdu, other input devices, other output devices, computer memory, concept of hardware and software, hardware, software, application software, systems software, concept of computing, data and information. Applications of iect, egovernance, entertainment, bringing computer to life, connecting keyboard, mouse, monitor and br>printer to br>cpu, Checking power supply, summary, model Answers, 2. Operating computer using GUI based operating system: introduction, objectives, basics of Operating system, operating system, basics of popular operating system (Linux, Windows), the user interface, task bar, icons, menu, running an application, operating system simple setting, changing system date and time, changing display properties, to add or remove a Windows component, changing mouse properties, adding and removing printers, file and directory management, creating and br>renaming of files and directories, common utilities, summary, model Answers. 3. Understanding word processing: introduction, objectives, word processing basics, opening word processing package, menu bar, using the help, using the icons below menu bar, opening and closing documents, opening documents, save and save as, page setup, print preview, printing of documents, text creation and manipulation, document creation, editing text, text selection, cut, copy and paste spell check, thesaurus, formatting the text, br>font and size selection, alignment of text, br>Paragraph indenting, bullets and numbering, changing case, table manipulation, draw table, changing cell width and height alignment of text in cell, br>delete/ insertion of row and column, border and shading, summary, model Answers. 4. Using spread sheet: introduction, objectives, elements of electronic spread sheet, opening of spread sheet, addressing of cells, printing of spread sheet, saving workbooks, manipulation of cells, entering text, numbers and dates, creating text, number and date series, editing br>Worksheet data, br>Inserting and deleting rows, column, changing cell height and width, formulas and function, using formulas, function, summary, model Answers. 5. Communication using the Internet: introduction, objectives, basic of computer networks, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), Internet, concept of Internet, applications of Internet, connecting to the Internet, troubleshooting, summary, model Answers, 6. Www and web browser: introduction, objectives, world Wide Web (www), web browsing software? S, popular web browsing software? S, search engines, popular search engines/ search for content, accessing web browser, using favourites Folder, downloading web pages, printing web pages, understanding URL, Surfing the web, using egovernance website, summary, model Answers, 7. Communications and collaboration: introduction, objectives, basics of email, what is an electronic Mail, email addressing, using emails, opening email account, mailbox: in box and outbox, creating and sending a new email, replying to an email message, forwarding an email message, sorting and searching emails, document collaboration, instant messaging and collaboration using instant messaging, instant messaging providers, netiquettes, summary, model Answers, 8. Making small presentations: introduction, objectives, basics, using power point, opening a power point presentation, saving a presentation, creation of presentation, creating a presentation using a template, creating a blank presentation, entering and editing text, br>Inserting and deleting slides in a presentation, preparation of slides, br>Inserting word table or an Excel br>Worksheet, adding clip art pictures, br>Inserting other objects, br>resizing and scaling an object, presentation of slides, reviewing a presentation, choosing a set up for presentation, printing slides and handouts, slide show, running a slide show, transition and slide timings, automating a slide show, summary, model Answers.