MAIN SCREEN NAVIGATION PART 1

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS:

ICON: a picture on the computer desktop that represents files, folders and programs

DESKTOP: an area that has icons that are listed in columns

MENU: a list of options or commands that you can choose from

START BUTTON: a menu that lists programs, files and folders

TASKBAR: displays a list of the programs that you have opened

SYSTEM TRAY: displays a list of programs that the computer has opened

NAVIGATE: describes how you get around on a computer

COMMAND: using the keyboard to perform an action (it’s how you tell the computer what to do)

KEYS YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW:

Windows Keys: TAB, ARROWS

JAWS Keys: insert f11, insert f12

EXPLANATION:

When the Windows Operating System is finished loading, you are presented with the "main screen", which is made up of several groups: desktop, start button, task bar and system tray. When on the desktop, you can navigate to the other groups by using the tab key. When on a particular group, you navigate the list in the group using the arrow keys. JAWS has its own commands to perform actions. Pressing insert F11 creates a list of what is in the system tray that you can navigate using arrow keys. Pressing insert F12 reads the time and pressing insert F12 twice quickly reads the date.

ACTIVITIES:

1) Tab to different areas of the screen, teacher may need to access the desktop with alt tab

2) Navigate desktop using arrow keys

3) Navigate system tray using arrow keys

4) Verbally repeat some items JAWS reads

5) Perform command insert f11 for the system tray and read the list with arrow keys

6) Perform command insert f12 to read time, and insert f12 twice quickly for date

TAKE THE TEST MAIN SCREEN NAVIGATION PART 1

With the instructor:

Open wordpad

Type three new things you learned from this lesson

Press control s

Type name of file as: name of person lesson number such as klaus1a for lesson 1 part 1

Press enter

We will be practicing moving this into your own folder in a later lesson