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Technology Training Development List

This page is an index (think of it like a menu to choose from!) of many differen technology training guides and tutorials. Some of these are designed by the Prairienet development team while others are links to external resources. Anything marked by a symbol is an off-site link and the URL will be displayed in parenthesis.

You can assemble a technology training program by using the links below or in the left column. Pick whichever tutorials apply to your needs. If you're not sure what a tutorial includes, just click on it and read over its introduction page. Feel free to print out copies of each section if reading from a screen is difficult. You may find it helpful to bookmark links in your browser so you can come back to them later.

Quicklinks

• Unit 1 : Computer Basics
• Unit 2 : Basic Applications
• Unit 3 : Advanced Computing

 

Unit 1: Computer Basics

1. Introduction to the Computer (any operating system)
2. Introduction to your Operating System (OS):
   • Windows XP
     • Getting around
     • Managing Files
   • Ubuntu 8.04 (ubuntu.com )
   • Windows Vista (microsoft.com )
   • Windows 95/98/ME/2000
   • Apple OSX (apple.com )
   • Not sure what you have?

Unit 2: Basic Applications

• Word Processing with:
  • Open Office Writer
  • Microsoft Word XP/2003 (microsoft.com )
    • Also see Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
    • Specific tutorials (microsoft.com )
  • Microsoft Word 2007 (microsoft.com )
    • Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
    • Specific tutorials (microsoft.com )
  • Word Processing Exercises
  • Not sure what you have?
• Making Presentations:
  • Introduction to making computer-assisted presentations
  • Open Office Impress (tutorialsforopenoffice.org )
    • How to convert Microsoft PowerPoint files (tutorialsforopenoffice.org )
  • Microsoft PowerPoint XP/2003 (microsoft.com )
    • Also see Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
    • Specific tutorials (microsoft.com )
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (microsoft.com )
    • Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
    • Specific tutorials (microsoft.com )
  • Not sure what you have?
• Introduction to the Internet
  • Microsoft's Digital Literacy Program for The Internet & the World Wide Web (microsoft.com )
• Using a browser to surf the Web
  • Internet Explorer 7 (microsoft.com )
  • Mozilla FireFox
  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Safari (apple.com )
  • Others (Chrome, Opera, Netscape, "AOL")
  • Not sure what you have?

Unit 3: Advanced Learning

• Job Empowerment Resources
  • Illinois Employment Security resources (ides.state.il.us )
  • Illinois WorkNet Center (illinoisworknet.com )
  • Illinois Department of Human Services (dhs.state.il.us )
• Advanced Learning for your Operating System (OS)
  • Windows XP
    • Additional Help (microsoft.com )
    • Computer Security and Privacy (microsoft.com )
  • Ubuntu 8.04 (ubuntu.com )
  • Vista (downloadable) (microsoft.com )
  • Free software and web tools (prairienet2)
    • Built into Windows (microsoft.com )
• Advanced Internet Activities
  • What is Web2.0 and why should you care?
  • Introduction to Email
  • The Google Suite
  • How to Setup a Free Website for your Organization
    • Creating and Managing a Wordpress Website or Blog
    • Wordpress Tutorial for Beginners (Wordpress2go.com )
    • Wordpress Codex for Beginners (Wordpress.org )
  • Websites for Creating and Sharing
  • Buying and Selling Things Online
• Learn how to master your internet browser
  • Firefox (also see how to customize with add-ons) (mozilla.com ) and also (GCFLearnFree's version)
  • Google Chrome (also see the web comic about advanced functions) (google.com )
  • Opera (opera.com )
• Computer Health and Internet Safety (gcflearnfree.org )
• Advanced Office Applications
  • Spreadsheets with:
    • Open Office Calc (tutorialsforopenoffice.org )
    • Microsoft Excel XP/2003 (microsoft.com )
      • Also see Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
      • Also see specific tutorials (microsoft.com )
    • Microsoft Excel 2007 (microsoft.com )
      • Also see Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
      • Also see Specific tutorials (microsoft.com )
  • Database management with:
    • Open Office Base (sheepdogguides.com )
    • Microsoft Access XP/2003 (microsoft.com )
      • Also see Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
    • Microsoft Access 2007 (microsoft.com )
      • Also see Microsoft's Digital Literacy Productivity Programs Guide (microsoft.com )
• Creating Multimedia
  • Introduction to creating multimedia with computers
  • Microsoft's Digital Lifestyles Tutorial (microsoft.com )
  • Applications
    • Open Office Draw (tutorialsforopenoffice.org )
    • Editing photos with Gimp (yourmachines.org )
    • Audio editing with Audacity (yourmachines.org )
    • Make a stop-motion video with iMovie
    • Basic video editing with Kino on Linux (yourmachines.org )
• Upgrading Your Computer
  • Introduction to Hardware Learning
  • PCworld Upgrade your RAM
  • How Stuff Works Add or replace a hard drive
  • Popular Mechanics Add an expansion card