Course Orientation
Completion requirements
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