Lets do some exercises on find your way around your computer at school.
You can open a File explorer
You have created at least two folders in your home drive- “Computer Science” and “Design Engineering”
You have created another folder inside the “Computer Science” folder called “Year 7”
📖 Split the computer screen to make your life easier
For the activities follow, you will open at least two programs at the same time: the browser (Firefox or Chrome) where you can read this instruction and the File explorer window to access your home drive.
It would be very nice if you can have this bowser window and the File explorer window side by side so they don’t overlap.
To do this, you just drag one of the windows to one side of the screen and the click on the other window as shown in the following animation:
You can also hold down the Windows Key and press left or right on your arrow keys.
📝 Launch app(lication), software or program
App, program and software are the same thing. For example, the browser you are using now is a software, or app or a program. App is short for application.
At BGS, we are going to use many different programs, especially in “Computer Science” and “Design Engineering”.
📝 Try it – open a software or app or program from desktop
Most of those software can be found at your desktop. You can access your desktop:
Using your keyboard: press Windows + D to quickly access your desktop.
In File explorer, click on the Desktop in the left panel.
