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Before you can begin the course, you need to become familiar with how a computer organizes and stores information.

Our objective will be for you to become familiar with how our system stores data, and how to create folders and save files.

Your account has three main areas-- Applications, Places and System

Applications- list of program Places- find different folders

FOLDERS
1.) You can find your home folder by go to Places. 2.) The difference between a folder and a file is that a folder holds files 3.) You should store your files in a folder 4.) In order to best save your files, you need to create a folder. 5.) To create a you need to right click and select create folder. OR select FILE and then select create folder 6.) To name the folder, you need to right click and select rename.


 * Task:** In the documents folder, create three folders-- one called TYPING DOCUMENTS, a second called TYPING TESTING and a third called I.P 9 DOCUMENTS.

1.) In order to open a document or a spreadsheet, you select Applications/ Office in the file menu, then select spreadsheet or word processor 2.) **Task:** Time now to create a spreadsheet.. Column A will list the dates (weekly) and Column B the WPM (Words per minute) as indicated by the online typing test. 3.) Save it as **(yourname) typing record**
 * CREATING FILES**

**Gmail**
We are going Green! That means as little paper as possible will be used to deliver the course. In most cases, you will be required to send assignments to me via e-mail (G-mail)

To Use G-Mail

 * Task:** Navigate to the [|JP II Home page] and click on student mail or click the [|link here to access student Gmail.]

Use you username and password to access your Gmail account.

You will be required to type in a word you see in a box to verify you are a real person or a computer attempting to generate many accounts.

You will use G-mail to send assignments to each other by use of attachments. Follow the steps below. Gmail

If attached successfully, you should see a link with the attachment names in your e-mail. Once you're ready to send the message, click the Send button.
 * Attaching a document or picture in Gmail**
 * 1) Open your Gmail account.
 * 2) Click the Compose Mail link.
 * 3) Click the Attach a file link.
 * 4) Click the Browse button and browse to the file you wish to attach. Keep in mind that you cannot select multiple files at once. However, you can individually add each of the attachments you wish to add.
 * 5) Click Ok.

Alias and Portal Page
You will need to think about your "alias"- such as a nickname or a temporary name that you will use throughout the course. Then you will need a web tool called a **Portal Page**. We will set this up at [|www.netvibes.com]