Using your laptop to make a real difference in your teaching, Session 2: Managing Files

Welcome to Session 2 of Using your laptop to make a real difference in your teaching. In this session, we will focus on Managing files. 

Now that you have created and worked with a variety of files and file types, it would be useful to organise them efficiently for more productive work. 

By the end of this session you will be able to: 

• explain the importance of effective file management
• explain how folders work in File Explorer
• use File Explorer effectively
• create, name, rename, move, sort and delete files and folders
• use the Recycle Bin effectively
• identify different file types, their extensions and associated apps
• identify and explain the uses of different storage types: external storage, CDs and DVDs, flash drives, external hard drives, zip files, and Cloud Storage

During this course – Using your laptop to make a real difference in your teaching – you will learn all about how to use your laptop. The course includes the following sessions.

1. Your first laptop
2. Managing files
3. Connecting to the world
4. Using a display device with your laptop
5. Making it work with JUST ONE LAPTOP

Before you get started, we suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.

Download the glossary below to quickly remind yourself what the various computer terms mean.