Course Title: Operate a personal computer

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C1071 Certificate I in Work Education

Course Title: Operate a personal computer

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COSC6085C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face

 Term2 2012

Course Contact: School of Vocational Design and Social Context

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4815

Course Contact Email: svdsc.social.futures@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will develop the skills and knowledge required to work with a personal computer and use a range of basic functions.

 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

BSBITU101A Operate a personal computer

Elements:

1 Start computer,
system information
and features

2 Navigate and
manipulate desktop
environment

3 Organise files using
basic directory and
folder structures

4.Print information

5 Shutdown
computer

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed the following skills:

· literacy skills to identify work requirements and comprehend basic workplace documents, to
interpret basic user manuals and to proofread simple documents


· communication skills to identify lines of communication, to request advice, to effectively
question, to follow instructions and to receive feedback


· technology skills to use equipment safely while under direction, basic keyboard and mouse skills
and procedures relating to logging on and accessing a computer


· basic typing techniques and strategies
 


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout this unit and will include the following:

Oral and written questions

Observation

Project work