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British Youth International college are happy to announce a new class aimed at our younger learners, in weekly courses for 6 – 9 age bracket. A lot of children at this age have minimal experience with computers and we will aim to familiarise them with basic windows functionality, some beginner programming using python while giving them a fun experience.

This class will run for 12 weeks and will cover a variety of subject areas.

The start date for this class is shown below. Please contact us here, email at [email protected] or call on 0141 237 3350 if you are looking for more information or interested in booking a place.

Course Title

Length

Age

Intro to IT and Programming Fundamentals 12 weeks 6 – 9

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Syllabus

Week One


Introduction



  • What is a computer?

  • Windows Introduction

  • Operating Systems


Week Two



  • File Structure

  • Files, Folders and Paths


Week Three


Finding out about your PC



  • Windows Versions

  • CPU

  • RAM


Week Four



  • Hard Drives

  • Control Panel


Week Five


Software



  • What is software?

  • File Types

  • Downloading Software

  • Installing Software

  • Uninstalling Software


Week Six


Hardware



  • What is hardware?

  • Examples of Hardware

  • What is the difference between hardware and software?

  • Opening a PC

  • Identifying Hardware components


Week Seven


The Internet



  • Browsers

  • Default Browsers

  • Cookies

  • Search Engines


Week Eight



  • Password Safety

  • Websites

  • Web Addresses

  • Downloading Pictures from the Internet


Week Nine



  • Installation of Open Office

  • Open Office

  • Making a document

  • Customising Text

  • Headings and text

  • Alignment

  • Text Effects


Week Ten



  • Open Office

  • Making a presentation

  • Slide animations

  • Custom animations

  • Images

  • Titles and Text

  • Running a slideshow


Week Eleven



  • Programming Fundamentals using Python

  • Variables

  • Loops

  • Decisions


Week Twelve



  • Programming Fundamentals using Python

  • Quiz Game using Python