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1 Contents 1. Microsoft Windows (Page 1) 2. File Compression (Page 4) 3. eclass (Page 5) 4. Gmail (Page 7) 5. Google Drive (Page 7) 6. Google Translate (Page 8) 7. Chinese Input Method (Page 8) Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system for desktop computers. What is the version of Microsoft Windows used in your computer? Besides Microsoft Windows, name another operating system. Login The account details are as followed. User name: your registration number. (e.g. 01m001) Password: your HKID number with the check digit. (e.g. If your HKID no. is A123456(7), then the password should be A ) Change Password Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and select Change a password. Enter the old password and then enter the new password twice. Please remember your new password. If you forget it, you should find our technical staff (sitting in the room next to the CAL Room) to reset the password. Logout You should logout the Windows account immediately before leaving the computer in order to avoid unauthorized access by others. Page 1 of 10

2 Keyboard Shortcuts F1 Help Ctrl+C Copy Ctrl+Esc Open Start menu Ctrl+X Cut Ctrl+Shift Switch language Ctrl+V Paste Alt+Tab Switch between open programs Windows Logo+D Desktop Alt+F4 Quit program Windows Logo+E Windows Explorer Shift+Delete Delete item permanently Windows Logo+F Find files or folders Activity 1 Fill in the blanks with the following words. Check Box, Menu Bar, Close Button, Radio Button, Minimize Button, Maximize Button Files and Folders Files are the most basic data collections in computers. Folders are collections of files. You may create a folder on the desktop to store your files instead of placing a large number of files on the desktop. File Types Microsoft Windows distinguishes the file types by using the file extensions. File extension is a group of 3 or 4 letters at the end of the file name. Open the Windows Explorer. Click the View menu. Check File name extensions. Page 2 of 10

3 Activity 2 1. Distinguish file and folder. is a. is a. 2. Write down the file extensions of the following file types. (There may be more than one answer for some file types.) Text file Web page Word Excel PowerPoint 3. Microsoft Windows uses a default application program to open a certain file type (e.g. opens a Text file with the Notepad program). Write down the procedures to change the default application program. Shortcut A shortcut is indicated by an arrow in the icon. It contains only the location of another file in the computer. Right click on the desktop, select New and then Shortcut. Next, browse for a file. Now, you can open the file easily. Note: Deleting the shortcut will not delete the file. Page 3 of 10

4 File Compression 7-Zip is a file compression utility to reduce the file size. Download and install the software from Compress Highlight and right click files or folders. Click 7-Zip and then Add to.zip. Note: If you choose Add to archive, you may protect the compressed file with a password. Besides reducing the storage space, suggest one more advantage of compressing the files. Explain your answer. Decompress Highlight and right click the compressed file (zip file). Click 7-Zip and then Extract to. Page 4 of 10

5 eclass eclass is an integrated online learning platform. Login The URL of our eclass is The account details are as followed. Login ID: your registration number started with s (e.g. s01m001) Password: your HKID number with the check digit (e.g. If your HKID no. is A123456(7), then the password should be A ) iaccount Click the iaccount button to change your contact information and login password if necessary. Please remember your new password. If you forget it, you should find our technical staff (sitting in the room next to the CAL Room in 3/F) to reset the password. Page 5 of 10

6 imail The imail is an internal communication channel for members of our school only. An imail message without attachment does not occupy any storage space in your account. In order to ensure enough free space in your imail, you should remove outdated messages in the Inbox and Outbox. Don t forget to empty the content in Trash. Activity 3 Open imail. Create a new Internal Recipient Group call My best friends. Select a few students in your class and put them inside My best friends. Compose a new mail and click Select From Alias Group. Next, select My best friends and send a greeting message. Resources A student can access an eclass created by teachers. After opening an eclass, click the Resources button to get some useful resources. Submit Homework Open an eclass and find a list of recent assessments at the lower left hand side corner. Click the name of an assessment. Click the red coloured Do it Now button to submit your assessment. Page 6 of 10

7 Gmail The account details are as followed. system URL: address: your registration (e.g. User name: your registration number (e.g. 01m001) Password: your HKID number with the check digit. (e.g. If your HKID no. is A123456(7), then the password should be A ) Google Drive Google Drive is a cloud storage where you can upload your files to it. Afterwards, you can access the files from any place. The URL of Google Drive is You can access Google Drive with the account of Gmail. (It is better to open Google Drive with the Google Chrome browser.) Right click on the background of the web page to create or upload files and folders. The files and folders are stored in My Drive. Right click on any file to perform more actions on the file. For example, you can share your file with others such that they can see or modify the file. Activity 4 Upload a text file to your Google Drive and share the file with your classmates such that they can edit the file. Afterwards, check the changes done by your classmates. Page 7 of 10

8 Google Translate The URL of Google Translate is Besides typing the text, you can use the speech input and voice output features. Chinese Input Methods There are two popular built-in Chinese input methods in Windows systems. 1. Tsang-Jei Input Method ( 倉頡輸入法 ) 2. Simplified Tsang-Jei Input Method ( 速成輸入法 ) The Simplified Tsang-Jei Input Method is more suitable for beginners. One Chinese character is formed by one or two letters. Tsang-Jei Letters ( 倉頡字母 ) Except X and Z, there are 24 Tsang-Jei letters. You can use them to enter 24 different Chinese characters. Activity 5 Open the Notepad program. Switch to the Simplified Tsang-Jei Input Method by pressing Ctrl+Shift. You should see the small icon 速 at the bottom of the screen. Try to enter the 24 Chinese characters formed by one Tsang-Jei letter only. Page 8 of 10

9 Auxiliary Forms 輔助字形 The following table shows the auxiliary forms of 24 Tsang-Jei letters. To enter other Chinese characters, we need two Tsang-Jei letters. The first letter represents the first portion of the Chinese character and the second letter represents the last portion of the Chinese character. For example, the first portion and the last portion of the Chinese character 保 are and respectively. Therefore, the two Tsang-Jei letters are 人 (O) and 木 (D). Then, a list of Chinese characters will be given and users have to pick up the correct one. Page 9 of 10

10 The Tsang-Jei Input Method is more suitable for experienced users because it reduces the need to pick up the correct one. However, the input method is far more complicated. Activity 6 Visit and learn more about Chinese Input Methods. Assignment Title Self Introduction Task Describe yourself by giving your name, age, sex, primary school studied, hobbies and other interesting things you want to share. Requirements Prepare the two files. 1. Your recent photo. 2. A text file with about 100 Chinese characters. Compress the above two files as one single file in zip format. Complete the assignment in eclass by uploading the zip file. Page 10 of 10