US History overview 2: Reconstruction to the Great Depression
(View Complete Item Description)Reconstruction to the Great Depression. Created by Sal Khan.
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Digital World (01:02): Digital Literacy
(View Complete Item Description)Our second video in the free Introduction to Computer series. This video defines and examines what digital literacy means. We also look at why it is important.
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Digital World (01:03): Digital and Binary
(View Complete Item Description)Our third video defines the term digital. We also explain what binary is and show the viewer how to count in binary and do conversions from our every day base 10 numbering system to binary.
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A+ Exam and Brain Dumps: Guide to the A+ Certification Exam (01:03)
(View Complete Item Description)Should A+ Certification Exam candidates use brain dump sites? My answer, might surprise you. This is part of Mr. Ford's Guide to the A+ Certification Exam: How to Be A Computer Technician.
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Computer Technician Tool's of the Trade: Guide to the A+ Certification Exam (01:04)
(View Complete Item Description)Video 4 in our Introduction to the CompTIA A+ Certification Exam looks at the tools the computer technician should have in their bag in order to get the job done. We look at hardware tools for computer repair and software tools for computer repair.
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Digital World (01:04): What is a Computer
(View Complete Item Description)The fourth and final video in our Lesson 1 Digital World series looks at what exactly is a computer. We take a quick look at the history of the PC, the general components of a computer and answer the question "what kind of computer should I buy." Our next lesson series, will focus on computer hardware. Links from video: http://lifehacker.com/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/ http://www.techguylabs.com/ http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/
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Computer Hardware (02:01): General Categories
(View Complete Item Description)The first video in Lesson 02: Computer Hardware. This video takes a quick look at the categories of computer hardware: processing, storage, input, and output.
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Computer Hardware (02:02): Processors
(View Complete Item Description)Before keyboards, printers, even monitors there was processing. Processing is the reason computers are computers. Processing is the ability of the computer to take in raw data and basically make sense of it. In this video we look at: Microprocessor (CPUs), Moore's Law, and Motherboard.
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Computer Hardware (02:03): Storage
(View Complete Item Description)We examine storage devices in computers. This storage lecture has been broken up into to two section, this one focuses on hard drives and RAM, the next video covered removable storage devices.
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Computer Hardware (02:04): Removable Storage
(View Complete Item Description)The second part of our storage videos. This video looks at some of the removable storage media you can use. We look at floppy drives, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray and ROM (flash memory).
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Computer Hardware (02:05): Input Devices
(View Complete Item Description)Video 5 in our introduction to computers series looks at computer input devices. We examine some common input devices and look at how to clean your keyboard and mouse.
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Computer Hardware (02:06): Output Devices
(View Complete Item Description)Our last video in our Computer Hardware lesson, part of the Introduction to Computers course. This video looks at the most common output devices found on a computer we also list out top 5 resources, be sure to check them out. http://arstechnica.com/ http://www.cnet.com/ http://www.newegg.com/ http://www.tigerdirect.com/ http://www.tomshardware.com/
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Computer Software (03:01): Software Basics
(View Complete Item Description)The first video in the Computer Software series, part of our Introduction to Computers course. This video looks at the general types of software, software development, the software development life cycle, as well as explains what computer programers do.
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Computer Software (03:02): Boot Process
(View Complete Item Description)Welcome to one of the most geeky videos in the entire series. This video will introduce you to the computer boot process, the way a computer starts from the moment you turn the computer on, till the operating system kicks in.
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Computer Software (03:03): Basics of Operating System
(View Complete Item Description)Video 3 of our Introduction to Computer course. This course looks at the basics of operating systems. We take a look at what an operating system is, file systems, user interfaces and command line.
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Computer Software (03:04): Types of Operating System
(View Complete Item Description)In the previous video we looked at the basics of operating systems. In this video we take a look at the current operating systems available to consumer. In addition to looking at Windows, we also cover the current Mac OS X, Linux and Mobile Operating systems. Links from video: http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
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Computer Software (03:05): Application Software
(View Complete Item Description)Our last video in the Computer Software lesson, part of our Introduction to Computers curriculum. In this video we look at the types of application users can find. We talk about business software and personal software. We also give our 3-5 to picks for viewers to check out. Links from video: http://www.lynda.com/ http://teamtreehouse.com/ https://www.udemy.com/courses/ https://evernote.com/ http://www.openoffice.org/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ http://bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm http://www.cultofmac.com/90060/how-to-completely-uninstall-software-under-mac-os-x-macrx/ https://reporting.bsa.org/r/report/add.aspx?src=us&ln=en-us
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The Internet (04:01): Networks 101
(View Complete Item Description)The first video in the Internet series of videos supporting the Introduction to Computers and BCIS series. In this video we talk about what is a computer network and how that relates to the Internet. We also talk about some of the basic types of network hardware we need to make a network as well as the difference between a LAN and WAN. If you have no background in networking this is the video to start with before you go any further into the Internet series.
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The Internet (04:02): Internet Basics
(View Complete Item Description)We love our definitions and in this video we define what the Internet is. We take a quick look at how the Internet got its start. Finally we look at how to get on the Internet, how to pick the right ISP and check to see how fast you are surfing. Links from video: http://www.speedtest.net/ http://speedtest.comcast.net/
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The Internet (04:03): Technologies of the Internet
(View Complete Item Description)Get ready to Geek out. In this video we take a look under the hood of the Internet. We see what technologies run the Internet and more importantly how the make our lives easier. Topics we cover include : *TCP/IP *HTTP & HTTPS *FTP *SMTP *POP3 *Telnet Links from Video: FileZilla https://filezilla-project.org/ CuteFTP: http://www.cuteftp.com/ SmartFTP; http://www.smartftp.com/ Cyberduck: http://cyberduck.io/?l=en Mozilla Thunderbird: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Star Wars ASCII: http://youtu.be/Dgwyo6JNTDA
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