Below is a list of skills most students will need or want to know at sometime during their education at The University.
If you are familiar with most of the skills listed below, you may wish to view the ShowMe files located at
http://oit.utk.edu/showme to brush up on the unfamiliar skills.
If you are unfamiliar with several of the skills listed below, we highly recommend that you register for and attend the
Technology Survival Skills class prior to attending other
training sessions as it will be assumed that students are already familiar with these basic skills.
Basic Computer Skills
- Creating new folders
- Copy and Paste (text)
- The "Temp" drive
Features of Internet Explorer
- Saving files from the web
- Saving images from the web
- Copying URLs
- Clearing the Cache / Temp Files
Accounts
- Class Registration
- NetID / E-mail
- Active Directory (The ID and Password currently used to access computers in the lab)
- Unix Account / Website
- Online@UT
Unix Accounts
- Setting up your account
- Accessing your account
- Using your 50 Mb of storage space
File Transfer Systems
Searching the Web - Using Google to:
- Find Images
- Find Phrases
- Perform Boolean Searches
- Perform other anvanced searches
Webmail
- Activating your account
- Creating a distribution list
- Using the address book
- Setting up filters
Computer Security
- Free virus protection
- Infosec Homepage
- Security Homepage
Online@UT
- Accessing your online classes
- Commonly used features
ShowMe Files - Computer Aid for common topics 24/7
CBT - Computer Based Training