Meeting the Computer Literacy Skills Requirements
Applicants are expected to have basic computer literacy skills because of their use in the Program's curriculum. If a transcript does not show any computer-related course work, the application should indicate in the Statement of Objectives what has been done to fulfill this requirement (e.g., computer workshops, on-the-job training, etc.).
Computer Literacy Checklist (clicking this link opens a word DOC)
This is a list of resources designed to help students gain the skills for computer literacy
Required Skills
Skill |
Resources |
Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Use Windows and/or Macintosh OS | Self-Study Non Credit Workshops |
Windows 2000/XP guides published by UH ITS Department: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/716 Pacific New Media's "Point and Click: Macintosh Fundamentals" http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm/ |
| Use an email program | Self-study | PINE online tutorial: http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/~monir/www-ics102/ tutorials/pineTutorial.html E-Mail "Getting Started" guides published by UH ITS Department: http://www.hawaii.edu/itsdocs/category.html#email |
| Use a web browser | Self-study |
Internet Explorer guides published by UH ITS Department: http://www.hawaii.edu/itsdocs/#netdocs |
| Use an online public access catalog (OPAC) | Self-study LIS 100 |
Hawai`i Voyager Library Catalog tutorial: http://library.wcc.hawaii.edu/voyager/default.html UH Manoa 3-credit class: http://www.hawaii.edu/lis/courses.php?page=descriptions |
| Upload and download files | Self-study | FTP information published by UH ITS Department: http://www.hawaii.edu/itsdocs/category.html#ftp |
| Install software programs |
Desired Skills:
Skill |
Resources |
Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of HTML | Self-study Non-credit Workshops |
- Creating your personal web page at hawaii.edu: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/694 Sites providing online HTML tutorials: W3C Schools - http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp - HTML guides published by UH ITS Department. Information available at: http://www.hawaii.edu/itsdocs/#webdocs - Pacific New Media's "Basics: Create Your First Web Page" - http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm/ |
| Experience with UNIX | Self-study | - UNIXhelp Online tutorial from The University of Edinburgh:
http://www.ucs.ed.ac.uk/~unixhelp/index.html
- "Using UNIX: Learning the Basics" published by UH ITS Department: http://www.hawaii.edu/itsdocs/#unixdocs |
| Experience with Online databases | Self-Study | - Guides to the Internet and Tutorials:
http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/research/subjects.html
- Practice searching free online databases: |
| Experience with web authoring tools | Self-study Non-credit Workshops |
- Macromedia Dreamweaver - Pacific New Media's courses http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm/ |