This course offers a maximum of hands-on work. Extensive individual effort is necessary to manage time and meet stipulated deadlines. This course is designed to allow students to develop a basic level of competency in using word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and communications software, including the use of the Internet for communication and research. Integrated into the delivery of the course is exposure to working in an online environment and developing an understanding of what computers are, their main parts and functions with particular attention to file management. On completion of the course, students should be able to produce a variety of documents from each of the software packages learned. This is a required course.