Basic Computer Use

• DigitalLearn
  Short activity courses that give lessons on the computer (including basics on mouse and keyboard) and how to use the computer for email, internet, searching, and more. Note: Use Chrome to view videos!
• GCFGlobal Computers
  Learn Computer Basic skills. Includes short videos explaining  how the computer works. Tutorials teach skills such as using the mouse, typing, and other tips and tricks.
• Learning Express Library Computer Skills Center
  Access to video tutorials to learn popular software and computer basics. Available through the Learning Express Library.

D2L Brightspace / eLearning Orientation Videos

• Learning Express Library
  Free online courses to improve basic skills (Adult Core Skills), workplace skills (Career Preparation) college readiness skills (College Students), and computer skills (Computer Skills). Includes many practice tests for college and graduate school entrance as well as career, workplace, and preparation for entrance exams including Medical Assistant, PTA, Rad Tech, Surg Tech, Preparation for the NCLEX-PN, NCLEX-RN, Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide Certification, Electrician Licensing, CDL Exams, EMT Certification, and Firefighter Exams. Navigating Learning Express Tutorial.
• Films on Demand
  High-quality video and multimedia providing a wide variety of academic, vocational and life-skills content. Video tutorial
• ProQuest U.S. Newsstream
  ProQuest U.S. Newsstream enables users to search current and archives back into the 1980s of U.S. news content and features top newspapers, wires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, and news sites in full-text format. Access USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times among others.

1. Useful keywords: basic computer skills, computer literacy, fine motor skills, touch typing, keyboarding, qwerty
2. Break down your topic into smaller concepts and identify synonyms.
3. Use and to combine keywords, i.e. "touch typing AND qwerty"
4. Use or to expand your results, i.e. "touch typing or keyboarding"
5. Use "quotaton marks" to search keywords as a phrase, i.e. "computer literacy"
6. Use an asterik* to search multiple endings, i.e. typ* will search type, typing, typer, etc.

• DigitalLearn
  Short activity courses that give lessons on the computer (including basics on mouse and keyboard) and how to use the computer for email, internet, searching, and more. Note: Use Chrome to view videos!
• GCFGlobal Computers
  Learn Computer Basic skills. Includes short videos explaining  how the computer works. Tutorials teach skills such as using the mouse, typing, and other tips and tricks.
• Basic Computer Skills MOOC
  Covers using computing devices, navigating an operating system, using a keyboard effectively, creating documents using word processing software, basic email functions, basic file management techniques, using the internet, exploring social media, and managing personal data.

• GCFMouse
  Build skills and proficiency with the computer mouse by playing a series of mini-games, from GCFGlobal (also known as LearnFree.org).
• Mousercise
  Fun exercises that build better mousing skills.

• ByteBackTyping
  This website offers over 15 typing lessons that will help a user build accuracy and speed in their typing.
• GCFTyping
  Learn touch typing from GCFGlobal (also knows as LearnFree.org) with multiple interactive typing tutorials.
• SenseLangTyping
  From Sense-Lang.org, this website offers many typing tutorials and activities that teach through practice.
• VisiBoneTyping
  A website with 20 lessons to teach touch typing.

Devices (GCFGlobal): covers Androids, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Device Tips, Chromebook Basics

• Word Basics:
  • Copying Text from One Word Document to Another (4:10 minutes)
  • Adding Headings to a Word Document (6:51 minutes)
  • Moving Sections of Text Easily in a Word Document (4:13 minutes)
  • Adding a Table of Contents Quickly in a Word Document (4:01 minutes)
  • Using Columns in a Word Document (3:04 minutes)
  • Using Line and Paragraph Spacing in a Word Document (2:35 minutes)