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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:

• Ubuntu Desktop Introduction -- Log of this course outline from doctormo, pleia2 developing

  • Desktop Customization -- (Metacity, Themeing/Eyecandy, Compiz Fusion)

    • Themes
    • Backgrounds
    • Fonts and sizes
• The Internet
  • Connecting to the Internet

    • Wired Connecting - Wired

    • Wifi Connecting - Wireless , Wifi Troubleshooting

    • Proxy

  • Browsing the Web (Firefox) -- (Firefox)

    • Shopping Online (Basic Security?)

    • Flash (Youtube, etc.)Restricted Formats

  • Setting up Email

    • Evolution -- Evolution, Ubuntu Wiki - Evolution

    • Gmail -- (Gmail w/ Evolution)

    • Hotmail -- (Hotmail w/ Evolution)

  • Chatting

    • Pidgin (IM) -- (Pidgin Manual)

    • Skype -- (Skype)

    • IRC -- (Pidgin IRC, XChat How-To)

• Basic Office Applications
  • Introduction to Word Processing

    • OO.o Writer Open Office Writer

    • Abiword website

  • Introduction to Spreadsheets

    • OO.o Calc OpenOffice.org 3.x Calc Guide.

    • Gnumeric -- (Gnumeric Manual)

• Multimedia
  • Pictures
    • EOG
    • fspot
    • nautilus
  • Playing Music

    • Rhythmbox Rhythmbox

    • Codecs

    • CD Ripping CD Ripping

  • Watching Videos

    • Movie Player Totem, Mplayer

    • Codecs What is a Codec

    • Watching DVDs Restricted Formats

  • Graphics

    • GIMP -- (GIMP)

    • Inkscape -- (Inkscape)

• Devices
  • USB Thumb Drives
  • Digital Cameras
    • Transferring Pictures
      • Nautilus
      • Fspot
  • MP3 Players (ipod)

  • Webcam Basics Webcam

    • Cheese

    • Skype Skype Web Cams

  • Printers Printers and Printing , Printing in Ubuntu (Screencast) , Network Printing , Hardware Support

  • Scanners Scanning

• Getting Support
  • Launchpad

    • Questions Asking for Help

    • Filling Bug Reports -- Reporting Bugs

  • Ubuntu Forums Forum FAQ

  • IRC IRC

Further Material Links

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training

• http://tiemonster.info/85