Course Orientation

Basic Technology

To be successful in this course you will need:

• A computer with an internet connection
• A modern Web Browser
• Adobe Reader for reading PDF files
• Word processing software such as MS Word, OpenOffice.org or Google Suite for viewing and editing office documents
• Access to your LCC provided Google account.
• Moodle account

Computer Skills

Basic digital literacy is necessary in order to be successful both in taking and leading an online course.

Basic Internet and Software Skills

• Experience navigating the internet and using an internet browser.
• Experience with internet searches using an internet search engine such as Google.
• Comfort working with multiple browser windows open.
• Basic knowledge of formatting using a word processing program.
• Using your LCC email for communication.

Basic Computer Skills

• Identify the visible (outside) components of a computer (e.g. monitor, computer, mouse, keyboard).
• Turn a computer system on and off correctly.
• Use a portable storage device, save files to different storage devices (e.g., thumb drive, hard drive, cloud storage).
• Manipulate a mouse, including selecting, double-clicking, and dragging items.
• Change the settings on the computer in the control panel such as date, time, font size, sound, monitor setting, and other hardware settings.
• Open, close, re-size and move windows.
• Determine the size of a file or folder.

Basic Moodle Skills

• Moodle navigation skills (opening a course, accessing assignments, navigating from one block to another)
  
• Basic page editing skills (similar to word processing)
• Knowledge of the difference between resources and activities
• Know how to download and upload files