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Week 1 Basic Computer Skills Todo List 2

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Week 1.

Basic computer skills week - Todo list

Step 1: Learning the theory part (Watch the lecture


videos and read the notes)
Basic computer skills
1.1: Understanding your operating system
● Watch the video
● Read the corresponding note section
● Hands on computer:
○ Write some text on your Notepad, then use the common
keyboard shortcuts (select all, copy, paste, cut, find, undo,
redo, & save)
○ Install Google chrome, WhatsApp Desktop, and Zoom.

1.2: Understanding folders, files and applications


● Watch the video
● Read the corresponding note section
● Hands on computer:
○ Create a folder called “Evangadi” on your Desktop. Inside the
“Evangadi” folder, create another folder called “Phase-1”.
Inside the “Phase-1” folder, create a folder called “Basic
Computer Skills”.
○ Open your Desktop folder starting from the C drive, and copy
your Evangadi folder.
○ Then open your Downloads folder starting from the C drive
and paste the folder you copied.
○ Finally, navigate to your Downloads folder, open the Evangadi
folder > Phase-1 folder > Basic Computer Skills folder, and
inside there, create a file called "firstClass.txt".
1.3: Compressing (zipping) and decompressing (unzipping)
● Watch the video
● Read the corresponding note section
● Hands on computer:
○ Navigate to the Downloads folder. Zip (compress) the
Evangadi folder, move it to your documents folder and UnZip
(decompress) it.

1.4: Specializing on web related files as a web developer


● Watch the video
● Read the corresponding note section
● Hands on computer:
○ Download and Install VScode.

1.5: Understanding Visual Studio Code (VSC)


● Watch the video
● Read the corresponding note section
● Hands on computer:
○ On VScode, open your "Phase-1" folder from the Desktop,
which is located inside the Evangadi folder.
○ Create a folder called "html-practice", then inside it create a file
called "my-first-code.html" and write the text "Hello World" on
it.
○ Install the following VScode extensions:
■ Open in browser (TechER)
■ Material icon theme (Philipp Kief)
■ Prettier - Code Formatter (Prettier)
■ Auto rename tag (Jun Han)
■ Indent rainbow (oderwat)
■ CSS Peek (Pranay Prakash)
■ JS JSX Snippets (sky ran)
■ Live Server (Ritwick Dey)
1.6: Understanding your browser (Chrome)
● Watch the video
● Read the corresponding note section
● Hands on computer:
○ Open the file "my-first-code.html" on Google chrome
(browser).
○ Change your default search engine in Google Chrome to
Google.
○ Set Google chrome to your default browser.
○ Disable any extensions that you are not using in Google
Chrome.

1.7: Quick revision and improving google search skill


● Watch the video
● Read the corresponding note section

Visual Studio Code (VSC) - Basic skills you need to know


** You will use VSC almost everyday. Please take your time to understand the
VSC editor even more. Please use the videos on this page.

https://www.evangadi.com/prep/vsc/

As you go through the video, please follow these steps


1.1 Create and Open Folder/Files in VSC
● Watch the video
● Hands on computer:
○ Practice creating folders and files on VSC
○ Practice opening already existing folders on VSC

1.2 Install VSC Extensions


● Watch the video
● Hands on computer:
○ Install Open in default browser (by peakchen90)
○ Install Live Server (by Ritwick Dey)
○ Install Material icon theme (by Philipp Kief)
○ Install Prettier (by Prettier) and change the settings along with
video
○ Install CSS Peek (by Pranay Prakash)
○ Install Indent rainbow (by Odewart)
○ Install Auto rename tag (Jun Han)
○ JS JSX Snippets (sky ran)

1.3 Increase/Decrease Text Size in VSC


● Watch the video
● Hands on computer:
○ Adjust your VSC text size to your personal preference

1.4 Split VSC Editor Vertically


● Watch the video
● Hands on computer:
○ Try to split VSC Editor screen Vertically

1.5 Change VSC Settings (Word Wrap, Auto Save, Auto Indent)
● Watch the video
● Hands on computer:
○ Set Word Wrap on

Note:
By the time you've finished learning the theory, you should be able to:
1. Prepare all questions for which you will need additional explanations.
● Make sure your questions are organized along with the
corresponding videos
2. Redo all the class demos on your computer
Step 2: Attend the live classes
● This is your opportunity to get answers to any theoretical questions you
may have
Note:
● Re-watching and discussing the lectures reinforces what you've
learned

Step 3: Complete the knowledge checklist


● Go through the knowledge checklist to ensure that you understand all of
the key points.

Step 4: Work on the exercises


This week's exercise is to complete these five assignments. Detailed steps
you should follow on how to complete the assignments can be found at
this link:

https://www.evangadi.com/courses/phase1-docs/basic-computer-skills/1-
practice-questions-basic-computer-skills.pdf

● Master your folders, files, and applications


● Master your operating system
● Master your Visual Studio Code
● Understand your Browser
● Master your Google searching technique

Note:
● First, try to work on the assignments on your own. Make a list of all
the questions and difficulties you encountered while working on the
assignments. During group discussion hours, you will discuss these
with your teachers.
Step 5: Attend group discussions
Note:
● This is the time to address any difficulties you encountered while
working on the assignments.
● This is also an opportunity to discuss any questions you may have
about this week's topic.

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