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Indiana Computing Foundations for a Digital Age

Computing Systems

Students compare and contrast common operating systems (Windows, Linux, OS) and explain the importance of application security. They will investigate security options and implement user accounts to enforce authentication and authorization. Students will also demonstrate how to work with basic and advanced command prompts.

Lessons

2.1 History of Computers

  • History of Computers
  • Video Quiz
  • Mission: Who invented the computer?
  • Evidence Collection
  • Exhibit A: Charles Babbage
  • +8 more

2.2 Computer Organization

  • Computer Organization
  • Computer Organization
  • Draw a Computer
  • What Kind of Device?

2.3 Internal Components

  • Internal Components
  • Internal Components
  • Build a Computer
  • Build a Computer
  • Test Your Brain's RAM
  • +2 more

2.4 Peripheral Devices

  • Peripheral Devices
  • Peripheral Devices
  • Peripheral Port Scavenger Hunt
  • Personalized Peripherals
  • IT Help
  • +1 more

2.5 Operating Systems

  • Multi Task Challenge!
  • Intro to Operating Systems
  • Types of Operating Systems
  • Operating Systems Practice
  • OS Updates and Upgrades
  • +3 more

2.6 Lab: Configuring a Computer

  • Lab: Configuring a Computer
  • Lab: Configuring a Computer Submission

2.7 Comparing Operating Systems

  • Operating Systems Data Talk
  • macOS vs. Windows OS
  • Choose a Linux Distro!
  • File Systems
  • Which OS is Right For You?
  • +1 more

2.8 Compatibility

  • Compatibility
  • Compatibility Quiz
  • File Extensions
  • Processor and File Types Exploration
  • Processor and File Types Submission

2.9 Software and Applications

  • Software and Applications
  • Software and Applications Quiz
  • A Variety of Applications
  • Software Simulations Reflection

2.10 Software Licenses

  • Software Licenses
  • Software Licenses Quiz
  • Do I need a Software License?
  • Is This Original?

2.11 Application Security

  • Application Security
  • Application Security
  • Windows Defender Antivirus
  • Windows Defender Antivirus Response
  • CodeHS System Restore

2.12 System Administration

  • User Accounts
  • User Accounts Quiz
  • User Accounts
  • Shared Folders and Files
  • Host Security
  • +4 more

2.13 Computing Systems Quiz

  • Computing Systems Quiz