Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. A (very) brief history of computers

    3. Inside a computer : Motherboard & CPU

    4. Inside a computer: Hard Disk, Card reader, DVD

    5. Inside a computer: Wireless Adapter, Power Supply

    6. Inside a computer:Desktop and Laptops

    7. Computer Basics - Quiz

    8. Understanding specs of computers

    9. Software vs Hardware & System Software

    10. Software: Operating System Functions

    11. Software: Application Software 1

    12. Software: Application Software 2

    13. Software: Bespoke software

    14. Software: Installing Software

    15. Types of Software - Questions

    16. Types of Software - Answers

    1. Introduction

    2. Binary 1

    3. Binary 2

    4. Binary 3

    5. Binary 4

    6. Binary - Questions

    7. Binary - Answers

    8. Algorithms 1

    9. Algorithms 2

    10. Algorithms 3

    11. Algorithms 4

    12. Flowcharts 1

    13. Flowcharts 2

    14. Algorithms and Flow charts - Questions

    1. Human Computer Interaction Intro

    2. Bad HCI Examples

    3. More HCI examples

    4. Different ways humans interact with computers

    5. WIMP

    6. HCI in the real world example

    7. Think about the user

    8. Article - Why Apple iTunes is badly designed.

    9. Task: HCI

    10. Introduction to Testing

    11. More about Testing

    12. Famous Software Testing Blunders

    13. Video - Hartford Civic Center roof collapse

    14. Designing Software/Wireframes 1

    15. Designing Software/Wireframes 2

    16. Designing Software/Wireframes 3

    17. Task: Wireframes

    18. Digital Sound 1

    19. Digital Sound 2

    20. Digital Sound 3

    21. Digital Sound 4

    22. Digital Image 1

    23. Task: Audio Files

    24. Digital Images 2

    25. Digital Images 3

    26. Digital Images 4

    27. Task: Pixel Art

    28. Networks (LANs)

    29. Networks (LANs 2)

    30. Networks (LANs 3)

    31. Networks: Wired vs Wireless LAN

    32. Networks: Bluetooth

    33. Networks: WANs, Internet, VPN

    34. Quiz: Networks

    35. Video - What do Network Administrators do?

    1. Introduction

    2. Internet History - Overview

    3. Internet History - World War Two

    4. Internet History - Pre-Internet Computing

    5. Internet History - Research Networks

    6. Internet History - World Wide Web & present day

    7. Internet History - Quiz

    8. What exactly is the internet?

    9. Who owns the Internet?

    10. Your internet connection....

    11. How to connect to the Internet

    12. What is the internet? Quiz

    13. The Internet of Things

    14. Internet of Things - Quiz

    15. Internet Security 1

    16. Internet Security 2

    17. Internet Security 3

    18. Staying Safe on the Internet

    19. WWW - Intro

    20. WWW - URLs

    21. WWW - Browsers

    22. WWW - domain extensions and protocols

    23. World Wide Web - Quiz

    24. HTML 1

    25. HTML 2

    26. Create your own HTML web page

    1. Electronics - Intro

    2. Logic Gates 1

    3. AND Gates

    4. OR Gate

    5. NOT Gate

    6. Other Logic Gates

    7. Digital Circuits

    8. Task: Logic Gates

    9. Current and Voltage

    10. Parallel and Series Circuits

    11. Resistors and LEDs

    12. Task: Create your own circuits

    13. Semiconductors

    14. Integrated circuits

    15. Breadboards

    16. Resistor Values

About this course

  • £99.00
  • 107 lessons
  • 5.5 hours of video content