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 MOUSERCISE
a beginner
computer user tutorial
On your keyboard you will find a set of 4 arrows.
To read down this page, press the down arrow.
Enjoy your journey! |
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Marie's Lessons |
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Related Internet Activities |
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This series of lessons is
designed to be worked over 9 sessions of 1 1/2 hours
each.
This page prints nicely on legal size paper if you'd
like a hard copy to trace your path. |
Day
1
a-c |
Get a Grip |
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Center your mouse
over the underlined text in left column
Gently click your index finger on the left clicker to
begin. |
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d-h
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MouseyMoves |
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i |
Cursor
Chameleon |
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HW- Days 1-7
Review all previous Mousercise pages in left column, and
play with the reinforcing exercises and games listed in this
right column. |
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j-l |
Tops & Bottoms |
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Checkers game to practice dragging skills. |
Day
2
m |
Program
Menus |
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n-q |
Buttons &
Boxes
Start Menu |
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Play Solitaire. Read
instructions at How to
play Solitaire
Open game program by
clicking Start
Menu/ Programs/Games.
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Day
3
r-s |
Pop-Ups Dialogues |
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Mouserobics
work through Page 24,
then Solitaire Review |
Day
4
t-v |
Warm up playing Solitaire, then
minimize it.
A Scrolling
We
Go |
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Mesa Mouse Tutorial till the Grand Canyon Page
12
Chinese Checkers
to practice your Double-Click.
Once the page is loaded,
scroll down and click Play to
begin. |
Day
5
w-w2 |
Juggling
Windows |
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Map Quiz
to work with multiple windows,
or have some fun with all the choices
in
Jigsaw Puzzles |
Day
6
7
8
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Typing
X- Z1
Z2- Z3
Z4-Z5
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Mousing when you see your certificate,
Click Printable Version, then the File Menu/
Print Command
and then the Print button.
Typing Tutor
When site loads,
click
the blue bubbles for Typing Tutorials, then
choose your Lesson level.
HW
Day 8.
Crossword Challenge |
Day
9 |
Quiz Me Now! |
Practice
the lessons and exercises above
until you are familiar and feel comfortable with all of them.
Oops! Did we tell you there would be a short quiz before
graduation? |
Additional Recommended Resources
A
great collection of online games from Palm Beach County
http://seniorsguidetocomputers.com/default.asp tips for
improving accessibility lots of other resources
BBC WebWise |
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last updated 2/11/2011
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