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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 ([[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation|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 -- [[http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/08/14/%23ubuntu-learning.html|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 -- [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs|WiFi/Wired]]
   * Proxy
  * Browsing the Web (Firefox) -- ([[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firefox|Firefox]])
   * Shopping Online (Basic Security?)
   * Flash (YouTube, etc.)[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats| Restricted Formats]]
  * Setting up Email
   * Thunderbird -- [[ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Thunderbird | Ubuntu Wiki - Thunderbird ]]
  * Chatting
   * Empathy (IM) -- ([[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Empathy|Empathy]])
   * Skype -- ([[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype|Skype]])
   * IRC -- ([[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pidgin|Pidgin IRC]], [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto|XChat How-To]])

 * Basic Office Applications
  * Introduction to Word Processing
   * LibreOffice Writer
   * Abiword [[ http://www.abisource.com/ | website]]
  * Introduction to Spreadsheets
   * LibreOffice Calc 
   * Gnumeric -- ([[http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/doc/gnumeric.shtml|Gnumeric Manual]]) 

 * Multimedia
  * Pictures
   * Shotwell[3]
   * Nautilus
  * Playing Music
    * Rhythmbox [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Rhythmbox| Rhythmbox ]] 
    * Codecs
    * CD Ripping [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CDRipping | CD Ripping ]]
  * Watching Videos
   * Movie Player [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultimediaApplications#Totem|Totem]], [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MPlayer | Mplayer]]
   * Codecs [[http://tldp.org/REF/VideoLAN-Quickstart/x131.html | What is a Codec]]
   * Watching DVDs [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats | Restricted Formats]]
   * VLC Media Player [[http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html | VideoLAN Support]]
  * Graphics
   * GIMP -- ([[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TheGIMP|GIMP]])
   * Inkscape -- ([[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Inkscape|Inkscape]])

 * Devices
  *Sound
  * USB Thumb Drives
  * Digital Cameras
   * Transferring Pictures
    * Nautilus 
    * Shotwell[3]
  * MP3 Players (iPod)
  * Webcam Basics [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam | Webcam ]]
   * Cheese
   * Skype [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype | Skype ]]
  * Printers [[http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/chap_08.html | Printers and Printing ]] , [[http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Printing_In_Ubuntu | Printing in Ubuntu (Screencast) ]] , [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu | Network Printing ]] , [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters | Hardware Support ]]
  * Scanners [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Scanners |  Scanning]]
  * Burning CDs/DVDs (Brasero)

 * Ubuntu One
  * Setting up Ubuntu One
  * Ubuntu One Preferences

 * Getting Support
  * Launchpad - BT Launchpad Focus Group developing [[ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/duanedesign | duanedesign ]]
   * [[ http://okiebuntu.homelinux.com/okwiki/ |Getting Started with launchpad]]
   * Questions [[https://help.launchpad.net/Answers/AskingForHelp | Asking for Help ]]
   * Filling Bug Reports -- [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs|Reporting Bugs]]
  * Ubuntu Forums [[http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=48 | Forum FAQ ]]
  * IRC [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat | IRC ]]


== Further Material Links ==

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training
 * http://tiemonster.info/85

=== Links ===
[3] https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell