files, folders, drives
updated 8/7/200
| Files, folders, drives, and applications to view, move and rename them. | |||
| Knowledge | Skill | Task | |
| A file is used to store information on the computer, including text, media and programs. | Identify files on your computer | ||
| A folder is a container for files and other folders. | Identify folders on your computer | ||
| A Drive is a container for folders and files. External drives allow one to move folders and files from one computer to another. | |||
| There is a hierarchal structure on you computer with several drives, with many folders on a drive, and many files within a folder. A root structure of a tree maybe helpful or a comparison with a 'traditional' file cabinet. | Able to use My Computer to display the drives/Folders/files. | ||
| Able to use Windows Explorer to display the drives/Folders/files. | |||
| Drives | |||
| Able to Determine space available on drives. | Check for free space on your drives | I can check the different drives on my computer for unused space. | |
| Cut, copy and move files/folder from one drive to another | |||
| Preform basic maintence on the drives | I can perform basic tasks for maintaining the different drives on the computer (i.e. defragmentation and scanning the drive for errors). | ||
| Formatting a Disk | |||
| Find the amount of disk space remaining in the local hard disk. | |||
| Accessing a CD-ROM or Floppy disk for information and files | |||
| Folder | |||
| Understand that folders are used to organize the files on your computer, usually by topic. | Create a folder | I can create a new Folder | |
| move Existing folders | I can move folders to new locations on my hard drive. | ||
| rename a folder | |||
| delete a folder | |||
| Manage folders to organize information in related groups | |||
| Changing Folder Options | Using the view menu, I can open folder options and change the properties | ||
| Files | |||
| Understand that a file association specifies the type of information in that file. | Identify a file association (and be able to create, edit and remove file types - better if they don't play with this I think) | ||
| Identify File Extensions and related programs | I know what a file extension is, and able to recognize common types | ||
| Idenify a Files properties, size, type, and date modified | |||
| I can save files to my hard drive or to a floppy or auxiliary disk | |||
| I can back up important files | |||
| I can copy a file to an existing folder | |||
| I can find the setup (install) program on a piece of software and install it on my computer (update software) | |||
| Recycling bin | |||
| Understand that the Recycle Bin is used to retrieve accidently deleted files and folders. | To remove files from your computer, you can delete them. | Deleting a file or folder | |
| Restoring a file from the recycling bin returns the file to its orignal location | Restore a file | I can restore a deleted file | |
| emptying your recycling bin, permanently deletes a file | empty the recycling bin | I can empty my recycling bin |