USE OF BASIC KNOWLEDGE

TECHNOLOGY

ASST. PROF. DR. ALİ KÖKEN

S.U. ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE FACULTY
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
STRUCTURES DIVISION
ROOM #L02
WEB:http://www.mmf.selcuk.edu.tr/insaat/dokumanlar.php
 THE WAY THE COURSE IS
CARRIED OUT
•1 HOUR THEORETICAL IN THE
CLASS
•2 HOURS APPLICATION IN THE
LABORATORY
 TEXT BOOKS
BİLGİSAYAR BİLİMLERİ
HÜSEYİN ÇAKIR M.ALİ GÖKSEL
ATLAS YAYIN DAĞITIM

OTHER SOURCES
1. THE HELP FILES FOR THE WINDOWS SOFTWARE IS
AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INFORMATION
2. THE INTERNET
 COURSE EVALUATION
¾A MID-TERM EXAM (THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL)
¾ASSIGNMENTS (WILL BE YOUR SECOND MID-TERM EXAM
SCORE)

¾A FINAL EXAM (THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL)

SCORE CALCULATION:
40 % OF MIDTERMS + 60 % OF FINAL
COURSE SUBJECTS
¾INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE
¾A COMPUTER SYSTEM: MICROSOFT WINDOWS
¾ WRITING DOCUMENTS USING MICROSOFT WORD
¾ CREATING SPREAD SHEETS TO STORE AND COMPUTE
DATA IN TABULATED FORMAT USING MICROSOFT
EXCEL
¾CREATING SLIDE PRESENTATIONS USING MICROSOFT
POWERPOINT
¾INTERNET BROWSING USING MICROSOFT INTERNET
EXPLORER
¾ COMMUNICATION THROUGH INTERNET: E-MAILS
COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS (OS)
¾An operating system (OS) is a software program that
manages the hardware and software resources of a
computer.
¾Modern general-purpose computers have an operating
system to run other programs, such as application software.
Examples of operating systems for personal computers
include Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS (Darwin), and
Unix.
 WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM
WINDOWS IS FAMOUS WITH ITS EASE OF USE. IT HAS
SUPPORT FOR INTERNET, NETWORKING AND MANY
MULTIMEDIA DEVICES.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF
WINDOWS APPLICATIONS IS THAT THEY ARE OBJECT
ORIENTED AND VISUAL.
OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES OF WINDOWS
SYSTEM
¾MULTI TASKING
¾PLUG AND PLAY
¾DRAG AND DROP
¾NETWORKING
 USING MOUSE
SELECTING OBJECTS AND LOCATING CURSOR AT
A POINT ON THE SCREEN ARE USUALLY VERY
DIFFICULT USING KEYBOARD, ESPECIALLY FOR
NEW LEARNERS. MOUSE MAKES THIS KIND OF
JOBS VERY EASY AND FAST.
MOUSE POINTER MAY HAVE DIFFERENT SHAPES
ACCORDING TO ITS FUNCTION:
¾SELECTING AN OBJECT ON THE SCREEN
(ARROW SHAPE)
¾LOCATING TYPING POINT (I SHAPE)
¾BEING BUSY WHEN PROCESSING AN
APPLICATION (HOURGLASS/SANDGLASS SHAPE)
¾CLICKING LEFT BUTTON ONCE
MOUSE POINTER IS MOVED ON AN
OBJECT/ICON AND IT IS CLICKED. THIS
MEANS THAT A FUNCTION MAY BE APPLIED
ON THE SELECTED OBJECT.
¾DRAGGING WHILE HOLDING THE LEFT
BUTTON PRESSED
THE ALREADY SELECTED OBJECT/ICON CAN
BE DRAGGED/MOVED TO THE DESIRED
LOCATION ON THE SCREEN BY HOLDING
THE LEFT BUTTON OF THE MOUSE PRESSED.
IN THE SAME WAY, AN ACTIVE WINDOW CAN
BE MOVED IF THE MOUSE POINTER IS
MOVED OVER THE TITLE BAR.
 ¾DOUBLE CLICKING THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON
WHEN THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON IS DOUBLE
CLICKED ON AN OBJECT/ICON THE WINDOW FOR
THAT OBJECT IS OPENED OR IF THE OBJECT IS AN
EXECUTABLE, THE APPLICATION IS EXECUTED.
THIS IS THE SAME AS PRESSING ENTER KEY WHILE
THE OBJECT IS SELECTED.
 ¾CLICKING THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON
¾ON AN OBJECT OR ICON, WHEN THE RIGHT
MOUSE BUTTON IS CLICKED, A MENU WHICH
INCLUDES A LIST OF ACTIONS THAT IS
AVAILABLE FOR THAT OBJECT APPEARS. THIS
MENU IS CALLED CONTENT MENU OR
SHORTCUT MENU.
EVERY ICON MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CONTENT
MENU. IN AN ACTIVE WINDOW, RIGHT CLICKING
ON EVERY DISTINCTIVE PART OF THE WINDOW
(TITLE BAR, MENU BAR, TOOLBAR, TEXT AREA
ETC.) WILL BRING OUT A MENU RELATED TO
THAT LOCATION.
 THE CONCEPT OF ‘WINDOW’
EVERY APPLICATION IN WINDOWS SYSTEM
HAS A LOOK OF A WINDOW. ALTHOUGH
EVERY APPLICATION HAS ITS OWN WINDOW,
THEY HAVE COMMON PROPERTIES AND THE
WAY THEY WORK IS SIMILAR TO EACH
OTHER. THAT IS WHY, THE WINDOW
CONCEPT HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD WELL.
AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN MICROSOFT WORD
APPLICATION IS EXECUTED, THE
FOLLOWING WINDOW COMES ONTO THE
SCREEN.
 IN ORDER TO CLOSE A WINDOW
1. BUTTON CAN BE CLICKED.
2. CLOSE OPTION CAN BE CHOSEN FROM
CONTROL MENU.
3. FROM THE FILE MENU ON THE MENU BAR,
‘EXIT’ IS CLICKED.
4. Alt+F4 KEYS ARE PRESSED TOGETHER.
5. Ctrl+Alt+Del KEYS ARE PRESSED TOGETHER
AND FROM THE SHOWN DIALOG BOX THE
WINDOWS PROCESS NAME IS SELECTED AND
‘END PROCESS’ BUTTON LOCATED AT THE
RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER IS CLICKED.
OTHER CONCEPTS USED IN WINDOWS SYSTEM

¾DIALOG BOXES
EVERY WINDOW IS A DIALOG BOX, INDEED. WHEN
WORKING WITH A SOFTWARE, ACCORDING TO THE
DESIRED FUNCTION, ONE OF THESE BOXES
BECOMES NECESSARY. INFORMATION IS INPUT OR
SELECTED DEPENDING ON THE BROUGHT
WINDOW.
¾COMMAND BUTTONS
THESE BUTTONS HAVE LABELS
EXPLAINING THEIR FUNCTION. FOR
EXAMPLE:
¾RADIO BUTTONS
FROM A WINDOW DIALOG BOX, ONE OPTION
IS SELECTED FROM A MULTIPLE CHOICE LIST
¾COMBO BOX OR DROP DOWN LIST
SELECTIONS WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO BE MADE USING RADIO
BUTTONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH A DROP DOWN LIST EASILY.
WHEN THE DOWNWARD ARROW IS CLICKED, A LIST APPEARS AND
THE REQUESTED ITEM IS THEN SELECTED.
¾TEXT BOX
IT IS THE BOX WHICH CAN BE TYPED INTO DIRECTLY FROM A
DIALOG BOX OR INFORMATION INPUT IS MADE BY SELECTING
FROM A DROP-DOWN LIST BOX
 ¾CHECK BOX
USED FOR DETERMINING WHICH ACTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE. RADIO
BUTTONS IS FOR MAKING A SINGLE SELECTION WHILE CHECK BOXES CAN
BE USED TO MAKE MULTIPLE SELECTIONS AS NECESSARY.
¾COUNTER BOX
USED FOR INCREASING OR DECREASING A
NUMBER
THE TERMS: FILE AND FOLDER
FILE: IS A DOCUMENT CREATED BY VARIOUS
SOFTWARE AND STORED USUALLY ON A
STORAGE DEVICE.

FILE PROPERTIES
¾FILE NAME CAN BE UP TO 256 CHARACTER LENGTH
¾FILE NAMES CAN INCLUDE MORE THAN ONE SPACE
CHARACTERS
¾UPPER AND LOWER CASE CHARACTERS CAN BE USED
¾CHARACTERS WITH SPECIAL MEANING CANNOT BE USED
(*,?,”,:,<,>,)
 SOME COMMON WINDOWS FILE TYPES
¾APPLICATION FILES
THE FILES WITH EXTENSIONS: COM, EXE
¾TEXT FILES:
THE FILES WITH EXTENSIONS: TXT, DOC, INF, BAT
¾IMAGE/GRAPHICS FILES
THE FILES WITH EXTENSIONS: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PIC
¾APPLICATION EXTENSION FILES
THE FILES WITH EXTENSIONS: SYS, DLL, DRV
¾DATA FILES
THE FILES WITH EXTENSIONS: DAT, DBF, MDB
¾MULTIMEDIA FILES
THE FILES WITH EXTENSIONS: WAV, MIDI, AVI, MPEG, HTML
¾EXAMPLE FILE ICONS
¾IN WINDOWS, THE TERM ‘FOLDER’ IS USED
INSTEAD OF THE TERM ‘DIRECTORY’ WHICH WAS
USED IN DOS (DISK OPERATING SYSTEM). IT HAS IT’S
OWN ICON.
¾FOLDERS MAY INCLUDE FILES AND OTHER
FOLDERS. SOME FOLDERS SUCH AS ‘MY COMPUTER’
AND ‘RECYCLE BIN’ HAS UNIQUE ICONS AND
SPECIALTIES.
¾ALL COMPUTER HARDWARE AND AUXILIARY
UNITS ARE CONNECTED TO THE DESKTOP FOLDER.
THE DESKTOP FOLDER HAS BEEN TOUGHT AS THE
MAIN FOLDER.
 THINGS TO BE DONE IN THE LABORATORY
APPLICATION
¾START WINDOWS AND PRACTICE START MENU, DESKTOP,
TASK BAR ETC.
¾PRACTICE MOUSE MOVEMENTS AND BUTTONS (CLICKING
LEFT AND RIGHT BUTTONS)
¾START MICROSOFT WORD, PRACTICE OPENING, CLOSING,
MINIMIZING ITS WINDOW
¾INVESTIGATE THE ITEMS INSIDE THE “MY COMPUTER”
SECTION BY CLICKING ITS ICON
¾CREATE A FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP WITH YOUR STUDENT
NUMBER AND FULL NAME (EXAMPLE: 031212001 MUSTAFA
DEMİR). START WORD APPLICATION AND WRITE A SMALL
TEXT THEN SAVE IT AS “APPLICATION-1” INSIDE THE
PREVIOUSLY CREATED FOLDER.
¾GET AN E-MAIL ADRESS