Digital Literacy Self-Assessment The following Self-Assessment is designed to help you determine if you will need additional training

or practice to meet the computer-related requirements of your degree program. This assessment is divided into 9 parts: General omputer !nowledge "ile #anagement !nowledge System #aintenance and Security !nowledge $ord %rocessing S&ills ommunications S&ills 'email( listservs) $e* S&ills +ata*ases( Searching and ,nformation ,ntegrity Spreadsheets %resentation S&ills Answer each question with a -( a .( or a /: - 0 12S . 0 34T S562( 75T 8,!281 / 0 34 or 538,!281 At the end of each part( total your points for that section( and *ased on the total( ma&e a decision a*out whether or not you need to see& additional training in that area. As a rule of thum*: ,f you score a*ove .9 points for any particular section( you pro*a*ly have the s&ill level you need to use a computer in that area for your program. ,f you score *etween ./ and .:( you seem to have a significant amount of familiarity *ut we suggest you continue to give yourself opportunities to wor& with a computer and *ecome even more familiar with that particular aspect;;. ,f you score *elow ./( you need to get additional training and<or practice;;.

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,. General omputer !nowledge

an you log-on( log-off( open( use and close programs on your own= +o you understand and use the functions of the left and right mouse *uttons= +o you &now how to ad>ust a monitor 'resi?e( change display properties)= an you name one input device and one output device= +o you &now what an @icon@ is and what to do with it= +o you &now how to use a mouse to @drag@ an item= +o you &now what a modem is used for= +o you &now how to re*oot your computer= ,f you have a program on a dis&ette or a +( do you &now how to tell the computer to 653 it= +o you &now how to open up more than one program at a time and move quic&ly *etween them= T4TA8 S 462 General omputer !nowledge

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,,. "ile #anagement !nowledge

+o you &now the accepta*le form for a filename= +o you &now how to search for a file on your computer= +o you &now how to create a folder= +o you &now how to navigate file structures using $indows 2Aplorer= +o you &now how to create a shortcut on the des&top= +o you &now how to save files to a des&top folder( hard drive or dis&= an you use compression software such as $in?ip to compress and decompress files= +o you &now how to remove unwanted files( empty the recycle *in and restore items sent to the recycle *in= +o you &now to copy documents from a hard dis& to a floppy and vice versa= +o you &now the difference *etween file formats and &now when to use them 'eg( AS ,,( 6ich TeAt "ormat( BT#8( pdf)= T4TA8 S 462 "ile #anagement !nowledge

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- 0 12S

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,,,. System #aintenance and Security !nowledge

+o you understand how programs and data differ and how they are organi?ed( stored and accessed= +o you &now how to *ac& up data using *ac&up utilities or ?ip drives= +o you &now how to use and maintain an up-to-date anti-virus program to chec& programs and files for viruses= +o you &now what to do if you thin& your computer is infected with a virus= +o you &now what computer practices put you at ris& for virus infection= an you diagnose and correct common hardware<software pro*lems using selfhelp resources 'manuals( online help( windows trou*leshooter)= an you remove programs that are not used via the add<remove programs feature and do you &now how to install or upgrade an application= +o you understand why temporary files are created and how to delete them= +o you &now how to add new hardware such as scanners( mouse( &ey*oards( monitors( palm pilot( modem( etc= +o you &now how to perform *asic system maintenance using system tools 'eg( scan dis&( dis& cleanup( dis& defragmenter)= T4TA8 S 462 System #aintenance and Security !nowledge

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,C. $ord %rocessing S&ills

+o you &now what font or typeface is= +o you &now how to insert and remove<modify margins( ta*s( headers( footers( page num*ers and line spacing in your word processor= +o you &now how to edit( copy( cut and paste a *loc& of teAt= +o you &now how to use a mouse to @drag@ a *loc& of teAt= +o you &now how to create a ta*le in a word processing document= +o you &now what the clip*oard does= an you use a spell chec&er= +o you &now how to change teAt fonts( si?e( color and style= +o you &now how to insert graphics and other files 'spreadsheets( other documents) into a document= +o you &now how to @save as@ in order to change the format of the document you are saving from one type of word processing program to another or from a word processing format to html= T4TA8 S 462 $ord %rocessing S&ills

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C. ommunications S&ills '2-mail( 8istservs)

+o you have an e-mail address that you regularly use= Bave you purchased or downloaded the newest 5$, ! onnectivity !it so you can access your 5$ account via a secure connection= +o you &now how to compose( send( reply to and forward email messages= Bave you used an electronic address *oo& to store individual and group email addresses= +o you &now how to set up email preferences related to delivery( formatting( spellchec&( security( message handling and file management= +o you &now how to use $e*%ine or Tera Term to log onto another computer and use that computer as if it were your own to read email= +o you &now how to transfer teAt files *etween a des&top and a mainframe computer 'eg( "T% client) and have you sent an attachment as part of an email message= +o you &now what a listserv or electronic discussion group is= +o you &now how to su*scri*e to a listserv= Bave you ever participated in an asynchronous computer conference( on-line chat group or news group= T4TA8 S 462 ommunications S&ills

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C,. $e* S&ills

Bave you ever used a *rowser '3etscape or ,nternet 2Aplorer)= Bave you ever saved a we* page or printed a we* page= Bave you ever customi?ed a $e* *rowser 'security settings( tool *ars( home page( etc)= +o you &now the difference *etween a @search engine@ 'eg( Google( AltaCista)( su*>ect directory 'eg( Scout 6eport( 1ahoo) and a meta-search tool 'eg( +ogpile( As& Deeves) and &now when it is most advantageous to use one over the other= ,f you found a site on the $e* that you particularly li&ed( do you &now how to easily save that site '*oo&mar&) so you can go *ac& to it later without having to re-enter the entire address= +o you &now how to view( download( decompress( and open documents and programs from ,nternet sites 'eg( graphics( BT#8( demonstrations of applications( documents( presentation files( %+" files)= 4nce you have located data on the $e*( do you &now how to move it onto the des&top or save it to a folder= Bave you configured your *rowser so you are a*le to access 5$ 8i*rariesE materials 'reserve( request materials)= +o you &now how to access 5$ restricted resources when off-campus using the 5$ 8i*rariesE %roAy Server= Bave you emptied the dis& and memory cache on your *rowser to free up space on the hard drive= T4TA8 S 462 $e* S&ills

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C,,. +ata*ases( Searching and ,nformation ,ntegrity

+o you &now how to evaluate the information you find on the $e* using the same standard as print materials: authority( accuracy( o*>ectivity( coverage( currency and design= Bave you ever searched for a topic in one of the large health-related data*ases 'eg( %u*#ed( + $43+26( T4F32T( etc.)= +o you &now what #edical Su*>ect Beadings '#2SB) are and how to use them= +o you &now what difference @A3+@ or @46@ would ma&e in com*ining the results of two searches= +o you &now how to construct a search for an eAact phrase and how to use alternative spellings 'eg( 7ritish) and synonyms<different forms of &eywords 'eg( tv in addition to television)= +o you &now how to use truncation and wildcards when searching= Bave you ever searched the 5$ electronic li*rary catalog= +o you &now how to access health-related electronic >ournals via Bealth8in&s= +o you &now how to cite *oo&s( >ournal articles( technical reports and other documents pu*lished on the $e*= +o you &now that all information eAcept government and information eAplicitly said to *e @in the pu*lic domain@ is copyrighted and may not *e used eAcept with the permission of the copyright holder= T4TA8 S 462 +ata*ases( Searching and ,nformation ,ntegrity

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C,,,. Spreadsheets
+o you &now how to create a simple spreadsheet with rows( columns and headings= an you move and scroll through a spreadsheet= +o you &now how to insert and delete rows and columns= +o you &now how to enter( edit( format and delete the contents of cells= +o you &now how to use the "ormat ells menu option to format num*ers( align cell content( change fonts and add *orders and patterns= +o you &now how to write or create a formula 'eg( using S5#( AC26AG2 functions)= an you change the format of a num*er in a spreadsheet from currency to comma and do you &now what that means= +o you &now how to copy a column of figures into a second column= +o you &now how to select a range of spreadsheet rows and columns and create a chart( *ar graph( pie graph( ta*le and line graph= +o you &now how to insert ta*les( graphs and spreadsheets into a word processing document= T4TA8 S 462 Spreadsheets

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,F. %resentation S&ills '%ower%oint)

+o you &now how to create presentations using wi?ards( design templates or *lan& layouts= an you create slides using standard layouts and designs= +o you &now how to modify standard layouts and design templates= +o you &now how to edit slides( insert slides from other presentations and resequence slides= +o you &now how to change teAt fonts( add *ullets or num*ers to slide content= +o you &now how to use spellchec&er to chec& for typos and misspelled words= an you add o*>ects 'eg( clip art( pictures( video clips( sound) to your presentation= +o you &now how to add animations and transitions to slides= +o you &now how to include ta*les and charts in your presentation= +o you &now how to navigate *etween slides and switch *etween different views 'slide( outline( notes)= T4TA8 S 462 %resentation S&ills

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*The MHA and MPH Programs recommend that those scoring 15 and below in any section ta e the corres!onding St"dent De#elo!ment $or sho! ta"ght by Debra %e#ere in the Health Sciences Library MicroLab&