UbuntuDesktopTopics
Organizer: Elizabeth Krumbach (pleia2) Drafter: None
We would like to see participation and ideas from the Ubuntu Forums and Ubuntu Beginners communities.
This page describes the topics that are important for learning the Ubuntu Desktop to know as well as links to where information can be found about these topics. There are two main sections:
Background Topics
Background information, stuff you wouldn't normally have a class to teach, but is important for students to have access to definitions and an understanding of the concepts.
Installing Linux or Ubuntu (Ubuntu Installation Wiki)
Classroom Topics
List of topics to cover in a class. Each topic should be direct and if need be, split up into simple modular components of the tasks required to be functional in that area. A lot of these are going to be introductions to the applications involved, planned challenges to produce something and then heavy amounts of linking into materials for further study:
- Getting Ubuntu
- The Live CD
- Installing Ubuntu
- Login Options
Ubuntu Desktop Introduction -- Log of this course outline from doctormo, pleia2 developing
- Managing windows
- Switching between open windows
- Desktop Customization
- Themes
- Backgrounds
- Fonts and sizes
- Accessibility
- Browsing files on your computer
- Nautilus
- Searching for files in your computer
- The Internet
- Connecting to the Internet
WiFi/Wired -- WiFi/Wired
- Proxy
Browsing the Web (Firefox) -- (Firefox)
- Shopping Online (Basic Security?)
Flash (YouTube, etc.)Restricted Formats
- Setting up Email
Thunderbird -- Ubuntu Wiki - Thunderbird
- Chatting
Empathy (IM) -- (Empathy)
Skype -- (Skype)
IRC -- (Pidgin IRC, XChat How-To)
- Connecting to the Internet
- Basic Office Applications
- Introduction to Word Processing
LibreOffice Writer
Abiword website
- Introduction to Spreadsheets
LibreOffice Calc
Gnumeric -- (Gnumeric Manual)
- Introduction to Word Processing
- Multimedia
- Pictures
- Shotwell[3]
- Nautilus
- Playing Music
Rhythmbox Rhythmbox
- Codecs
CD Ripping CD Ripping
- Watching Videos
Codecs What is a Codec
Watching DVDs Restricted Formats
VLC Media Player VideoLAN Support
- Graphics
- Pictures
- Devices
- Sound
- USB Thumb Drives
- Digital Cameras
- Transferring Pictures
- Nautilus
- Shotwell[3]
- Transferring Pictures
- MP3 Players (iPod)
Webcam Basics Webcam
- Cheese
Skype Skype
Printers Printers and Printing , Printing in Ubuntu (Screencast) , Network Printing , Hardware Support
Scanners Scanning
- Burning CDs/DVDs (Brasero)
- Ubuntu One
- Setting up Ubuntu One
- Ubuntu One Preferences
- Getting Support
Launchpad - BT Launchpad Focus Group developing duanedesign
Questions Asking for Help
Filling Bug Reports -- Reporting Bugs
Ubuntu Forums Forum FAQ
IRC IRC
Further Material Links
Links
Learning/UbuntuDesktopTopics (last edited 2015-08-10 03:40:01 by 108-212-116-52)