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?
YES NO
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?