A new session of each course opens each month, allowing you to enroll whenever your busy schedule permits!
How does it work? Once a session starts, two lessons will be released each week, for the six-week duration of your course. You will have access to all previously released lessons until the course ends.
Keep in mind that the interactive discussion area for each lesson automatically closes 2 weeks after each lesson is released, so you’re encouraged to complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
The Final Exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the Final Exam has been released, you will have 2 weeks plus 10 days to complete the Final and finish any remaining lessons in your course. No further extensions can be provided beyond these 10 days.
Week One
Lesson 01 - Getting Started
Wednesday
Learn the basics that every computer user must know in order to use a computer with minimal frustration followed by the most important skills and terminology that allow you to control what you see on your screen at all times. Then, explore the revised Start Menu and Apps in Windows 10.
Lesson 02 - Use the Start Menu and Apps
Friday
This lesson explores the revised Start Menu and Apps in Windows 10. You will explore the Windows Store and learn how to customize the Start Menu.
Week Two
Lesson 03 - Personalizing Your Windows Desktop
Wednesday
In this lesson, you will have fun personalizing your computer by choosing your own desktop pictures, window colors, and sound scheme. The skills you learn in this lesson will go a long way to helping you gain complete control of your computer.
Lesson 04 - Working With Text and Files
Friday
No matter how you intend to use your computer, there will be times when there's some typing involved. It might be for writing email messages, memos, or letters, or it might be for taking notes in a course, or for chatting with others on a website. Whatever the reason, this lesson will teach you all the tricks for making typing quick and easy.
Week Three
Lesson 05 - Exploring Your System
Wednesday
Everything that's in your computer is stored on its hard drive. The hard drive is like a filing cabinet containing files organized into folders. Finding files that you have saved is a matter of opening the filing cabinet, so to speak, and then locating the correct folder. In this lesson, you will learn how it all works.
Lesson 06 - Using OneDrive and Cortana
Friday
In this lesson, you will explore two Windows 10 features: OneDrive and Cortana. OneDrive is a cloud storage solution that lets you store files and folders both on your PC as well as the Microsoft cloud. Cortana is Microsoft's personal digital assistant that can help find files, folders, apps, and settings on your PC as well as information on the Internet.
Week Four
Lesson 07 - Manage and Edit Your Photos
Wednesday
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize your photos and view them using Windows 10's Photos App. You will see how to view individual photos, draw and rotate, and auto-enhance your shots. You will also learn about the Photos App editing tools for adjusting brightness and contrast, cropping, and more.
Lesson 08 - Using Edge
Friday
It's likely that you have seen references to .com sites in ads and elsewhere. This lesson introduces Edge, the program that provides access to websites like Facebook, Twitter, Google, and many others.
Week Five
Lesson 09 - Managing Files and Folders
Wednesday
This lesson will explore managing files and folders. In many work and school environments, people just assume you know how to manage files, and they rarely provide any details on copying, moving, or renaming files and folders.
Lesson 10 - More Fun With File Management
Friday
In this lesson, you will expand your file management skills by learning how to delete and recover files. You will learn how to select multiple files to work with, so you don't always have to manage your files one at a time.
Week Six
Lesson 11 - Protect Your Valuable Files
Wednesday
This lesson is all about using the tools and techniques built into Windows to help you protect your valuable files. Your computer is an investment of money, and the pictures and other files you store on your computer are an investment of time.
Lesson 12 - Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
Friday
In your final lesson, you will learn some more techniques for protecting your computer, including using resources for free protection from viruses and spyware. You will learn how to remove programs you no longer want or need and discover some great timesaving tips and shortcuts to help you make the most out of Windows 10.