Computer Basics · Course 1
Meet Your Computer
The parts, the buttons and the plugs, explained in plain words.
- 1Laptop, Desktop or All-in-One?7 min · The kinds of computers, and the parts they all share.
- 2On, Off & Restart8 min · Turn it on, sign in, and pick Sleep, Restart or Shut down.
- 3Screen, Keyboard & Touchpad8 min · The parts you touch: the screen, the main keys and the pointer.
- 4Plugs, Ports & Chargers8 min · What each hole on the side is for, safe charging, and the TV.
- 5Challenge: Grandma's New Laptop10 min · Help Grandma unbox, charge and use her very first laptop.
Hands-on
Do it on the simulated phone
Every lesson has a lab you can try in your browser, plus questions that earn points toward the First Boot badge.
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