FOSS4DU

Sessions	As is	Open source version
Session 1
Introduction to the program and its objectives	o ITN Site for collaboration, showcase and sharing, learn hub, and other teaching oriented portals • Know your PC o Hardware and Software o Different parts of a Computer System • Operating Systems o Windows o Alternate OS/Software, open source etc. o Open Source/alternate Software features • Choose the Hardware and Software efficiently	Computer essentials: - Hardware (Input/ Output Devices, CPU) - Software (operating Systems)
Session 2
MS Paint	o Features of Paint, tool box, color box, Using Pencil, Brush, Spray Brush o Selection and free form selection, Copy-Paste/Cut-Paste • Practical Exercise	1. Open Office Draw - Using Pencil, Brush, Line etc. 2. GIMP - Picture transformation, rotation, and changing attributes and formats.
Session 3
MS PowerPoint	Creating a simple presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint o Starting PowerPoint o User Interface o Create, navigate and save a presentation o Layout and design templates o Tables and Views • Practical Exercise	1. open office-Impress - Choosing templates. - Layout designing - Visual effects 2. Beamer
Session 4
• MS PowerPoint (contd.)	Working with slides in PowerPoint o Formatting text o Move, Delete, Hide slides o Changing order of slides	Internet - Browsers (Firefox, Chrome) - IM Chat (Pidgin, Empathy, Skype) - Email (Thunderbird, Evolution)
Session 5
Open Source e-Tools (these are NOT open Source – they are only freely downloadable!!)	o UnFreeze : Gif Animation creator to enhance Power Point presentation and web pages o Hot Potatoes: Interactive crosswords and Quizzes • Practical Exercise	Sound and Video - VLC Media Player - SM Player, Amrok
Session 6
• Working with windows	o Viewing Contents of Your Computer o My Documents, My Recent Documents, My Pictures, My Music o My Computer, My Network Places, Control Panel • Organizing Data in Microsoft Windows o Creating Files, Renaming Files and Folders o Copying, Deleting and Moving Files and Folders o File naming conventions and file properties o Compare with what names have been given to the already created files o Searching for Files and Folders • Practical Exercise	1. Desktop Environment - Panels - Home and File System - Mounting Drives - Copying, Deleting, Renaming Files - Search Files
Session 7
• Introduction to the Internet	o What is the Internet? o The Internet as a Medium o The Internet as a Market Place – safe transactions, phishing etc. o The Internet as a Transaction Platform o The Internet as a Source of Information • Working with Microsoft Internet Explorer o Exploring the Web with Internet Explorer o Internet Explorer Features o The Internet Explorer Toolbar o Adding a Web Site to Your Favorites List • Practical Exercise	Open Office Writer - Creating new document - Editing - Print set ups - Inserting Pictures, graphics etc. - Editing HTML - File formats - Working with tables
Session 8
• MS-Word	o What Is a Word Processor, Starting Word, The Word Interface o DTP and Word Processing, Alternate word processors o Creating a New Document, editing a document, Previewing a Document, Printing a Document o Inserting images/WordArt/Textbox/shapes o Equation Editor/Microsoft Equation • Practical Exercise	Open Office Writer - Editing HTML - File formats - Working with tables - Exporting to PDF
Session 9
• MS-Word (contd.)	o Creating Tables in Microsoft Word o Properties of a Document o Managing a Document – TOC, Outline, Glossary, Bookmarks, Hyperlink o Using Templates, Saving a document as a Template • Practical Exercise	Open Office Calc - Formulae - Sorting
Session 10
• MS- Excel	o Spreadsheet Terms o The Excel Interface o Formulas and functions, Working with Data in Microsoft Excel o Data exchange between different applications o Excel to Word and PowerPoint, Paint to Word and PowerPoint • Practical Exercise	Package Mangement - Update Manager - Synaptic Package Manger
Session 11
• Communicating with E-Mail	o Characteristics of Internet E-Mail Messages o Introduction to Hotmail o Sending and receiving emails o Managing your mails including junk mail managing o Online teaching-learning Communities – IEN Portal, Learn hub etc. • Query handling on any module covered	Open Source and FOSS - Wikipedia - Wikieducator - Librivox - Creative Commons
Session 12*
• Session by Institute of Lifelong Learning	o About ILLL : Initiatives, Achievements and the Road Ahead o Content development at ILLL: An overview Feedback for the Workshop * The session 12 will be conducted by Resource person from ILLL NOTE that All Practical Exercises should be pertaining to the disciplines of Participants