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What Do I Need to Know Technically?

The following self assessment is provided to help learners determine if they possess the technical skills needed to succeed in an online course.

In a Windows environment:

1. Can you start up, shut down and reboot a computer?


2. Can you start and quit a program?


3. Can you save and retrieve files to and from a floppy disk or the hard drive?


4. Can you open and close menus and windows?


5. Can you create folders?


6. Can you navigate a directory structure to find files?


7. Can you rename files?


8. Can you delete files?

 

In a Word environment:
9. Can you create and a word processing document?


10. Can you use spell and grammar checking to revise your work?

 

In an Internet environment:
11. Can you log on to the Internet?


12. Do you know how to retrieve and delete e-mail messages?


13. Can you create, send, forward, and reply to e-mail messages?


14. Can you send group mailings?


15. Do you know how to post messages to discussion lists?


16. Can you use a WWW search engine?


17. Can you use talk or chat features for synchronous communication?


18. Can you reconfigure your web browser with plug-ins such as Real Audio?