Discovering Computers Fundamentals. Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World

574 Pages·2012·62.679 MB·English

by  Gary B. Shelly, Misty E. Vermaat

Instructor Resources
Included on each disc
When you launch the enclosed disc you’ll have access to the
following:
• Instructor’s Manual
• Syllabus
• Figures from the text
• Solutions to exercises
• Test Bank and Test Engine
• PowerPoint Presentations – Course Presenter
You can also access these files and the latest information on
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Installation Instructions:
1. Insert disc into the CD-ROM drive. • T ype D:\CT_Resources.exe (where “D”i s your
2. If disc interface does not auto launch: CD-ROM drive).
• Click Start. • Click OK.
• Click Run. 3. Follow on-screen instructions.
Course Presenter
The Course Presenter is an interactive, multimedia one-click-per-slide presentation
s ystem that provides PowerPoint slides for every topic in each chapter. This presentation
system enables engaging, well organized, and knowledge-based lectures that keep
s tudents interested and lend to retention of material covered. Presentations include the
following features:
• PowerPoint-style outline of the chapter content with accompanying figures
• Page number references indicating where slide content is discussed in the textbook
• Timed elements and animations to help maintain student interest
• Videos that are relevant to every-day experience and relate to the slide content, which
can be used optionally to enhance a presentation
System Requirements:
• P C with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher proces- • O ne of the following operating systems must
sor clock speed recommended be installed:
• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher
Microsoft Window® XP
• S uper VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution video
Microsoft Windows® Vista™
adapter and monitor
Microsoft Windows® 7
• DVD drive
Online Content
Student Edition Labs must have purchased a Course Cartridge PIN-code s pecific
to this title and your campus platform. The resources for
Our Web-based interactive labs help students
students may include (based on instructor preferences): topic
master hundreds of computer concepts,
reviews, review questions, practice tests, and more. For addi-
including input and output devices, file
tional information, please contact your sales representative.
management and desktop applications, computer ethics,
virus protection, and much more. Featuring up-to-the-
CourseCasts Learning on the Go
minute content, eye-popping graphics, and rich animation,
the highly interactive Student Edition Labs offer students Always available. . . always
an alternative way to learn through dynamic observation, relevant.
step-by-step practice, and challenging review questions.
Our fast-paced world is driven by technology. You know
Access the Student Edition Labs from the Discovering
because you are an active participant — always on the go,
Computers — Fundamentals: Your Interactive Guide to the
always keeping up with technological trends, and always
Digital World Computer Concepts CourseMate Web site
learning new ways to embrace technology to power your
at www.cengagebrain.com or see the Student Edition Lab
life. Let CourseCasts, hosted by Ken Baldauf of Florida
exercises on the Learn It Online pages at the end of each
State University, be your guide to weekly updates in this
chapter.
ever-changing space. These timely, relevant podcasts are
produced weekly and are available for download at http://
SAM 2010: Assessment & Training
coursecasts.course.com or directly from iTunes (search by
and Project Grading Solutions
CourseCasts). CourseCasts are a perfect solution to getting
SAM (Skills Assessment Manager) is a robust students (and even instructors) to learn on the go!
assessment, training and project-based sys-
tem that enables students to be active participants in learning CourseNotes — Technology in a Flash!
valuable Microsoft Office 2010 skills. A set of testbank ques-
Course Technology’s CourseNotes are six-panel quick
tions ties directly to each chapter in this book. Let SAM be
reference cards that reinforce the most important
an integral part of your students’ learning experience!
and widely used features of a software application in
a visual and user-friendly format. CourseNotes serve
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Discovering Computers

FUNDAMENTALS
Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World
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Discovering Computers

FUNDAMENTALS
Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World
Gary B. Shelly Contributing Authors
Misty E. Vermaat Jeffrey J. Quasney
Susan L. Sebok
Steven M. Freund
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