COMP150N 2020 September Week 1 Assignment Latest

COMP150N Computer Applications

Week 1 Assignment  

Understanding your Operating System

Introduction

This assignment is the first part of a final presentation in week 8. You have been assigned to a research team that investigates trending diseases. As part of this brand new team you will be required to setup and configure your computer and mobile device as well as the use Microsoft Office applications. This is necessary to perform your job as part of this research team.

This week we are setting up your new computer, organizing files, and updating settings in order to be ready for the research. Make sure you complete the tasks and do not delete what you have done since you will be reusing what you did in future weeks.

Let's start learning about your computer and its operating system!

What is hardware and software?

Your new computer has some essential components required to complete your job. You have been provided with a desktop computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a printer. Since you are researching and need to be mobile, you have also been provided a laptop and a smartphone for tasks in the field. Let's review what each of these do.

View the following video to learn more about computers:

Understanding your operating system

The research team has allowed you to pick the operating system you use and feel the most comfortable with. Please select your operating system below and make sure to complete all the parts of the assignment using the same operating system.

Learn

Textbook Reading

Below you will find the textbook reading for the week. There are two textbooks based on the operating system that you use found below. Remember to complete your reading by Wednesday to be prepared for the week!

Windows 10macOS

Windows 10

We will be using Windows 10 All-in-One for Dummies for this week's reading. This book has multiple sections with their own chapters. Here is the link to the textbook for Windows users: Windows 10 All-in-One for Dummies, 3rd Edition (Links to an external site.)

For this week you will read the following chapters:

Starting Windows 10 - Chapter 2

Personalizing Windows - Chapter 1

Working on the Desktop - Chapters 1 through 3

Using the Universal Apps - All Chapters

Connecting with the Universal Apps - Chapter 4

Controlling your System - Chapters 1, 2, 3 4 and 7

Maintaining Windows 10 - Chapter 1

Review

Below you will find videos that review what we have covered within both the Windows and macOS operating systems.

Windows

macOS

Apply

Required Resources

The following resources will be used to complete your assignment:

Taking screenshots

Windows 10: Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch

MacOS: Grab tool

Microsoft Word

Instructions

Now that you have learned about Windows 10 and macOS it is time to apply your learning. As you may recall, you have been assigned a brand new computer so there are certain settings, options, and steps you should take to get it ready for your work on the research team.

The research team needs to verify that the right equipment has been shipped to you. To do this you need to provide the following information in the form of screenshots and then paste them inside a Word document. Make sure to provide screenshots for each of these tasks.

To begin we need to make sure you have the following folder setup. Create a new folder called "COMP150 Research" within the documents folder.

Next create a new Microsoft Word document titled "YourName_COMP150_W1_Assignment". You will take screenshots and add information from the following steps into this Word document.

Create a screenshot of your documents folder with the newly created "COMP150 Research" folder inside of it and add this to the Word document.

Provide information about your computer by identifying the version of operating system you are using and its system information.

It is important to know which type of network settings you have. Are you using a wireless or wired connection? Please provide a screenshot of your network settings.

Since this is a company computer, we need to add the attached image (Links to an external site.) as part of your desktop wallpaper. Take a screenshot of your desktop once it has been added.

The following weeks we will be using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as our main tools. Please pin these three programs to the task bar (Windows) or add them in the dock (macOS).

We will be setting up many meetings and need to be sure you know how to access the calendar application in your system. Provide a screenshot of the current month in your calendar.

We need to meet at the following coordinates. Use your operating system's map application to find it. 41.833381, -88.007658

Once you have completed all of these steps, submit your Word document. Include a heading or title for each screenshot and submit it.