CompuScholar - Digital Savvy Course

Topics Covered

• Hardware, software, and operating systems
• Managing files and folders
• Basic networking
• Online safety and computer security
• Using Word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs
• Creating simple databases
• Image editing
• Using social media and email communications
• Introductory website design
• Simple computer programming concepts
• Exploration of computing careers

Student Work

All lesson quizzes and chapter tests are auto-graded by our system. Students will complete hands-on coding projects in every chapter, and these projects are teacher or parent-graded using our simple rubrics.

Course & Syllabus

Please review the course syllabus, which contains the following information:

Specific chapter and lesson topics
Pacing guide, overall course length and expected hours per week. See it here.

Minimum System Requirements

This course can be completed on any Windows  , Mac   computer, or Chromebook with sufficient web browser and a Internet connection.

No local software installation is needed; online alternatives (e.g. Google Docs/Sheets/Slides) can be used in all places where we teach students to use 3rd party software. Students may optionally use locally installed apps like Microsoft Office if they own that software and have a compatible computer.

For detailed hardware and software requirements, please see here.