Exploring Getting Started with Microsoft Windows 10

Description

This is a one-chapter book that gives a brief, accelerated overview of Windows 10.

Move students beyond the point-and-click.

 

The goal of the Exploring series is to move students beyond the point and click, to understanding the why and how behind each Microsoft Office skill. The yellow page & white page approach of the series identifies the hands-on work that teaches how to use Office (yellow pages) and the concepts and theories of why one would use certain Office skills (white pages). This combination provides students with an opportunity to critically think about what they are doing while completing projects, providing a deeper understanding of the skills and applications.

 

Students first learn the skills in Hands-On Exercises, then are asked to test their knowledge through a series of Practice, Mid-Level, Beyond the Classroom, and Capstone Exercises. The Exploring series works hand-in-hand with MyITLab, with book-specific content in both simulations (Hands-On Exercises) and grader projects (Mid-Level Exercises & Capstone Exercises), allowing for automatic grading, immediate feedback, and valuable reporting to help students truly learn the Microsoft Office application content.

 

Windows 10 is a new approach to operating systems for the more mobile world we live in. With Windows 10, apps, services, and content move across devices seamlessly, and updates will be delivered regularly. There are a variety of enhancements from Windows 10, and there are significant changes from Windows 7. Since students are likely familiar with past versions, the accelerated pace of the Exploring series gives students a deeper skillset than they had before.

 

Also available with MyITLab

MyITLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed for Information Technology (IT) courses, to engage students and improve results. HTML5 Simulation exercises and Live-in-Application Grader projects come with the convenience of auto-grading and instant feedback, helping students learn more quickly and effectively. MyITLab builds the critical skills needed for college and career success. Digital badges lets students showcase their Microsoft Office or Computer Concepts competencies, keeping them motivated and focused on their future careers.

 

ABOUT THE EXPLORING SERIES

The How/Why Approach helps students move beyond the point and click to a true understanding of how to apply Microsoft Office skills.

• White Pages/Yellow Pages clearly distinguish the theory (white pages) from the skills covered in the Hands-On Exercises (yellow pages) so students always know what they are supposed to be doing and why.
• Case Study presents a scenario for the chapter, creating a story that ties the Hands-On Exercises together.
• Hands-On Exercise Videos are tied to each Hands-On Exercise and walk students through the steps of the exercise while weaving in conceptual information related to the Case Study and the objectives as a whole.

 

The Outcomes focus allows students and instructors to know the higher level learning goals and how those are achieved through discreet objectives and skills. 

• Outcomes presented at the beginning of each chapter identify the learning goals for students and instructors.

• Enhanced Objective Mapping enables students to follow a directed path through each chapter, from the objectives list at the chapter opener through the exercises in the end of chapter.
• Objectives List: This provides a simple list of key objectives covered in the chapter. This includes page numbers so students can skip between objectives where they feel they need the most help.
• Step Icons: These icons appear in the white pages and reference the step numbers in the Hands-On Exercises, providing a correlation between the two so students can easily find conceptual help when they are working hands-on and need a refresher.
• Quick Concepts Check: A series of questions that appear briefly at the end of each white page section. These questions cover the most essential concepts in the white pages required for students to be successful in working the Hands-On Exercises. Page numbers are included for easy reference to help students locate the answers.
• Chapter Objectives Review: Appears toward the end of the chapter and reviews all important concepts throughout the chapter. Newly designed in an easy-to-read bulleted format.
• MOS Certification Guide for instructors and students to direct anyone interested in prepping for the MOS exam to the specific locations to find all content required for the test.

 

End-of-Chapter Exercises offer instructors several options for assessment. Each chapter has approximately 11-12 exercises ranging from multiple choice questions to open-ended projects.

• Every chapter includes Multiple Choice, Key Terms Matching, Practice Exercises, Mid-Level Exercises, Beyond the Classroom Exercises, and Capstone Exercises. 
• Enhanced Mid-Level Exercises include a Creative Case (for PowerPoint and Word), which allows students some flexibility and creativity, not being bound by a definitive solution, and an Analysis Case (for Excel and Access), which requires students to interpret the data they are using to answer an analytic question, as well as Discover Steps, which encourage students to use Help or to problem-solve to accomplish a task.
• Application Capstone exercises are included in the book to allow instructors to test students on the en¿tire contents of a single application.

 

Also available with MyITLab

MyITLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed for Information Technology (IT) courses, to engage students and improve results. HTML5 Simulation exercises and Live-in-Application Grader projects come with the convenience of auto-grading and instant feedback, helping students learn more quickly and effectively. MyITLab builds the critical skills needed for college and career success. Digital badges lets students showcase their Microsoft Office or Computer Concepts competencies, keeping them motivated and focused on their future careers.

 

Mary Anne Poatsy

Mary Anne Poatsy is a senior faculty member at Montgomery County Community College, teaching various computer application and concepts courses in face-to-face and online environments. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Education from Mount Holyoke College and an M.B.A. in Finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.Mary Anne has more than 12 years of educational experience. She is currently adjunct faculty at Gwynedd-Mercy College and Montgomery County Community College. She has also taught at Bucks County Community College and Muhlenberg College, as well as conducted personal training. Before teaching, she was Vice President at Shearson Lehman in the Municipal Bond Investment Banking Department.

Dr. Robert T. Grauer, Creator of the Exploring Series

 Bob Grauer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Computer Information Systems at the University of Miami, where he is a multiple winner of the Outstanding Teaching Award in the School of Business, most recently in 2009. He has written numerous COBOL texts and is the vision behind the Exploring Office series, with more than three million books in print. His work has been translated into three foreign languages and is used in all aspects of higher education at both national and international levels. Bob Grauer has consulted for several major corporations including IBM and American Express. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1972 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.

 

    

The Exploring series charts students beyond the “point and click,” helping them understand WHY they use Microsoft Office skills along with HOW they perform them. The latest edition provides an easy-to-follow map through each chapter to help students learn, study, and review efficiently and be successful in this class and beyond.

 

New to the Exploring Series

• NEW! Learning outcomes added to each chapter ensure that each page lines up with course, instructor, and student learning goals.
• NEW! Two-page chapter-opener spread includes outcomes, objectives, and skills covered, as well as sample solution images and starting and ending files for the Hands-On Exercises.
• NEW! All new Capstone Exercises in the book, full revised, allows students to put all of the concepts together.
• NEW! Streamlined white text allows students to focus on the key concepts of the theory, and more efficiently understand why they’re doing what they’re doing in Office.
• NEW! Critical Thinking Hands-On Exercise videos now include interactive speedbumps that ask students to think critically about what they’re doing in the Hands-On Exercises and answer questions before proceeding.

 

 

Also available with MyITLab

MyITLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed for Information Technology (IT) courses, to engage students and improve results. HTML5 Simulation exercises and Live-in-Application Grader projects come with the convenience of auto-grading and instant feedback, helping students learn more quickly and effectively. MyITLab builds the critical skills needed for college and career success. Digital badges lets students showcase their Microsoft Office or Computer Concepts competencies, keeping them motivated and focused on their future careers.

 

Pearson’s MyITLab^® for Office 2013

The way students discover Microsoft^® Office 2013 should be just as easy–and just as cool–as it is to work in our new cloud-based, accessible, streamlined interface.

 

To help you move your students to this new environment, we’ve enhanced MyITLab for Office 2013 with powerful new features and the latest Office 2013 content. MyITLab enables the most open, realistic, high-fidelity simulations of Office applications to help students understand concepts more thoroughly. And, coming from Pearson, you can be confident you have an experienced partner that is committed to providing the content, resources, and expertise for the best digital learning tools—now and into the future.

 

With MyITLab for Office 2013, you’ll be able to:

• Offer Office 2013 training and tutorials in a new, easy-to-use design
• Engage students with new cloud-based, HTML5 Office 2013 simulations that mirror the content in your Pearson textbook, do not require any downloads or installations, and can be translated into 8 languages
• Extend learning in, and beyond, the classroom—the Pearson eText and all simulations are fully compatible with any tablet, laptop, or iPad^®
• Empower all students to experience MyITLab using content that has full accessibility compliance with ADA 508 guidelines
• Enhance your course with Grader projects you create from scratch, or borrow and assign projects from a global library of MyITLab users
• Connect with other educators, the Pearson team, and a special Faculty Advisor Network to exchange ideas and advice on Office 2013, your courses, MyITLab, and more
• NEW! MyITLab topic-based simulations accompany the Microsoft Windows 10 content.

 

Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyITLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyITLab, contact your Pearson representative. 

MyITLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.

 

Break through to the next level of learning using the new MyITLab for Office 2013 with the support of the Pearson team. We’re with you every step of the way to make a seamless transition to teaching with Microsoft Office 2013.

 

www.myitlab.com/office2013

 

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Windows 10: Working with an Operating System

 

Outcomes & Objectives

Case Study: Cedar Grove Elementary School

 

Windows 10 Fundamentals

            Understanding the Windows 10 Interface

            Managing and Using the Desktop and Components

            Using Windows 10 Search Features

 

            Hands-On Exercise 1: Windows 10 Fundamentals

 

File Management

            Using File Explorer

            Selecting, Copying, and Moving Multiple Files and Folders

            Compressing Files and Folders

 

            Hands-On Exercise 2: File Management

 

Windows System and Security Features

            Working with Security Settings and Software

            Working with Administrative Tools

 

            Hands-On Exercise 3: Windows System and Security Features

 

Chapter Objectives Review

Key Terms Matching

Multiple Choice

Practice Exercises

Mid-Level Exercises

Beyond the Classroom

Capstone Exercise

 

Glossary

Index

The goal of the Exploring series is to move readers beyond the point and click, to understanding the why and how behind each Microsoft Office skill. The yellow page & white page approach of the series identifies the hands-on work that teaches how to use Office (yellow pages) and the concepts and theories of why one would use certain Office skills (white pages). This combination provides students with an opportunity to critically think about what they are doing while completing projects, providing a deeper understanding of the skills and applications.

 

Windows 10 is a new approach to operating systems for the more mobile world we live in. With Windows 10, apps, services, and content move across devices seamlessly, and updates will be delivered regularly. There are a variety of enhancements from Windows 10, and there are significant changes from Windows 7. Since students are likely familiar with past versions, the accelerated pace of the Exploring series gives students a deeper skillset than they had before.