Windows 8 Digital Classroom Book with DVD
Microsoft Windows 8 Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding you through each lesson, while you work at your own pace. This Windows 8 book and DVD includes 15 self-paced lessons helping you discover and explore the new features and capabilities of Microsoft Windows 8.
- Full color lessons with easy to follow step-by-step instructions
- Video tutorials highlight key topics in each lesson
- Covers all essential Windows 8 features
- Gets you up-and-running quickly with included lesson files on DVD
- Written by expert instructors – it's like having your own personal tutor
- Used by hundreds of schools and more than 100,000 readers
Windows 8 Digital Classroom Book with DVD Contents
Starting Up
- About Windows 8 Digital Classroom
- Upgrading or Starting with a new computer
- Windows 8 on Touchscreen Devices
- About operating systems
- Windows 8 versions
- What's new in Windows 8
- Common Windows 8 Functions
- System Requirements
- Loading lesson files
- Video tutorials
- Additional resources
Lesson 1: Getting Started with
Windows 8
- Starting up
- Signing in to Windows
- Understanding Microsoft acounts and local accounts
- Microsoft accounts
- Local accounts
- Registering an existing e-mail address as a
- Microsoft account
- Using a Mouse and Keyboard
- Getting back to the Start screen
- Displaying the Charms bar
- Switching among open apps
- Displaying the Quick Link menu
- Closing an app
- Displaying the Desktop
- Locking your computer
- Zooming the Start screen
- Getting Help
- Shutting down Windows 8
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 2: Using Touch- Sensitive Screens and Tablets
- Starting up
- Determining whether your device supports
- Windows 8 touch gestures
- Navigating Windows 8 native apps with gestures
- Tapping
- Displaying the App bar
- Zooming
- Scrolling
- Displaying the Charms bar
- Switching apps
- Closing an app
- Using the Desktop app with gestures
- Double-tap
- Tap and hold
- Working with the touch keyboard
- Displaying and hiding the touch keyboard
- Using the touch keyboard in split mode
- Writing vs. typing
- Traveling with your mobile device
- Handling your device
- Use password protection and data encryption
- Consider a privacy screen
- Invest in a laptop security device or
mobile security program - If your device is stolen
- Safety and mobile computing
- Public Wi-Fi is not safe
- Use a firewall
- Watch for secure sites
- Plug in when you can
- Use the VPN
- Mobile computing and battery life
- Choosing a power plan
- Customizing a power plan
- Creating your own power plan
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 3: Navigating and Customizing the Start Screen
- Starting up
- Reviewing navigation
- Corner navigation
- Redisplaying the Start screen
- Searching
- Working with tiles
- Setting tile options
- Displaying tiles in list format
- Pinning and unpinning tiles
- Rearranging tiles
- Creating and managing tile groups
- Working with the Charms bar
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 4: Working with Windows 8 Native Apps
- Starting up
- Working with the Windows Store
- Visiting the store
- Browsing through top apps
- Rating an app
- Viewing the apps on your device
- Updating Windows 8 native apps
- Running a Windows 8 native app
- Searching for an app
- Selecting from the All Apps list
- Viewing the options for an app
- Closing an app
- Switching between Windows 8 apps
- Snapping apps
- Sharing information between
- Windows 8 native apps
- Printing from a Windows 8 native app
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 5: Working with Desktop Apps
- Starting up
- Running Desktop apps
- Getting to know the Desktop app
- The Recycle Bin
- The Taskbar
- Pinned apps
- The System Tray
- Pinning and unpinning Desktop apps
- To the Start screen
- To the taskbar
- To the Desktop
- Viewing the contents of your computer
- Working with the Recycle Bin
- Deleting a file
- Restoring a file from the Recycle Bin
- Emptying the Recycle Bin
- Customizing the Recycle Bin
- Managing Desktop app windows
- Exploring a Desktop app window
- Resizing Desktop app windows
- Moving a Desktop app window
- Showing windows side by side
- Switching between Desktop app windows
- Using universal Desktop tools
- Cut, copy, and paste
- Printing
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 6: Using Files and Folders
- Starting up
- Navigating in File Explorer
- Managing Files and Folders
- Understanding and viewing file formats
- Changing views
- Creating a new folder
- Selecting and deselecting files
- Renaming files and folders
- Moving files and folders
- Copying files and folders
- Zipping and unzipping compressed files
- Deleting files and folders
- Emptying the Recycle Bin
- Working with Libraries
- Creating a library
- Adding folders to a library
- Libraries and deletions
- Searching for files in File Explorer
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 7: Surfing the Web
- Starting up
- Understanding the World Wide Web
- Web browsers
- Web pages
- Web addresses
- Websites
- Links
- The Two Versions of Internet Explorer
- Using the Windows 8 native version
of Internet Explorer - Navigating through web pages
- Pinning a site
- Browsing privately
- Searching the Internet
- Printing and sharing web pages
- Changing your Internet settings
- Switching to the Desktop view
- Using the Desktop version of Internet Explorer
- Navigating through web pages
- Creating and managing favorites
- Navigating using your site visit history
- Searching the Internet
- Browsing privately
- Managing settings
- Changing interface settings
- Setting your home page
- Adding a search engine
- Setting your default browser
- Housekeeping
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 8: E-mail and Contacts
- Starting up
- Running the Mail App
- Meet the Mail app
- Setting up an e-mail account in the Mail app
- Changing Mail app settings
- Receiving and reading mail
- Creating and sending an e-mail
- Searching through e-mail
- Deleting e-mail
- Using the People app
- Importing contacts into the People app
- Creating a contact
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 9: Networking with Windows 8
- Starting up
- The basics of networking
- Networking and hardware
- Setting up your router
- Securing your wireless network
- Connecting your router to the Internet
- Connecting wirelessly to the router
- Networking and sharing files
- Setting up a HomeGroup
- Changing the HomeGroup password
- Connecting to a HomeGroup
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 10: Sharing Device Settings and Content
- Starting up
- Synchronizing Windows 8 settings across devices
- The basics of cloud storage
- Introducing SkyDrive
- Using the Windows 8 native SkyDrive app
- Adding a folder
- Uploading files
- Downloading files
- Signing out of SkyDrive
- Browsing with SkyDrive
- Creating folders and documents
- Uploading files
- Downloading a file
- Sharing files
- Synchronizing and fetching files using
the legacy Desktop SkyDrive app - Signing out of SkyDrive
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 11: Using Audio and Video in Windows 8
- Starting up
- Working with the Windows 8 Music app
- Playing music
- Buying music
- Creating a playlist
- Using the Windows 8 Video app
- Working with Windows Media Player
- Playing music
- Playing a CD
- Ripping music
- Burning music to a CD
- Creating and playing a playlist
- Watching videos
- Setting the default media player
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 12: Photos and Pictures in Windows 8
- Starting up
- The Windows 8 Photos app
- Browsing your photos
- Working with a photo
- Searching for photos
- Displaying photos by date
- Adding photos to the Photos app
- Using Windows Photo Gallery
- Opening Windows Photo Gallery
- Viewing pictures
- Adding tags and captions
- Rotate a picture
- Resize a picture
- Print a picture
- Burn pictures to a disc
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 13: Customizing and Maintaining Windows 8
- Starting up
- Understanding how to change settings
in Windows 8 - Personalizing Windows
- Personalizing the Start screen
- Personalizing the Lock screen
- Setting an account picture
- Personalizing the Desktop
- Date and time settings
- Updating Windows 8
- Setting notification options
- Managing devices
- Ending a misbehaving program
- Uninstalling a program
- Backing up your files
- Turning on File History
- Restoring files
- Changing File History settings
- System recovery options
- Refreshing
- Resetting
- Using system recovery options
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 14: Keeping Your Computer Safe and Protecting Your Privacy
- Starting up
- Local user accounts and passwords
- Creating additional user accounts
- Changing a password
- Using a picture password
- Creating a PIN
- Using the Windows Firewall
- Optimizing privacy
- Minimizing your Microsoft connections
- Managing location tracking
- Set up the Family Safety feature
- Self study
- Review
Lesson 15: Exploring Some Windows 8 Apps
- Starting up
- Native Windows 8 apps
- Using the Weather app
- Using the Maps app
- Using the Travel app
- Windows 8 Desktop Apps
- Working with WordPad
- Using the Snipping Tool
- Recording your steps
- Self study
- Review