The document provides an introduction to ICT lessons for students in Year 7. It outlines expectations for logging on, using the school email system, organizing files, and behaviors in the computer room. Students are instructed on how to log on using their username and password, access the VLE and email, set up folders to organize their work, and expectations for behavior in ICT lessons. The goals are for students to understand how to access key systems, organize their work, and follow rules to effectively participate in ICT lessons.

1. Welcome to
Year 7 ICT
The Basics

2. Starter – 10 minutes
 Can you label the parts of a computer?
 Complete the Activity sheet and Label the parts
and parts associated with a computer
 Where you don't know, leave it out and you can
complete it with the class
 You have 10 mins
 Click here for sheet

3. By the end of your first two
ICT lessons you should be able to:
 Log on to the networked computers in school Clic
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 Understand the significance of knowing your
username and password
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 Access the VLE and understand how to use it k
 Use the Outlook email system in the school network
 Know the rules and expectancies when using Clic
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IT rooms
 Organise and use files/folders on the network Clic
k

4. Logging On
Year 7

5. How to log on
You will need a username and password to be able to
use a computer in the school. It is very important you
remember this for all lessons.
Type in your username
 Username = 17surname (if you share your surname
see your teacher)
 Type in your password
 Pass1234
Press OK/Enter

6. How to log on - You will need to change
your password
 When you log in it will prompt you to change
your password.
 Lets first find out how to make our password
more secure.
Click here
6. Type in your old password
7. Type in your new password
8. Type in your new password again
9. Enter

7. VLE and Email System
Year 7

8. Using school email
 Teachers and pupils at Cardinal Wiseman use
school email to communicate important
messages
 You can use the school email when you are in
school or at home
 Your teacher may show you
this presentation about school email
 Messages are monitored by the ICT technicians.

9. Find this email icon on the
desktop
Double-click it
Enter your username and
password

10. Task - email
Once you have signed in to your email send the following
message to the person to the left of you
Your e-mail address will be:
username@cardinalwiseman.coventry.sch.uk
7. Greeting
8. Tell them your name
9. Tell them your favourite hobby and interest
10. Ask them about their family
11. Closing e.g regards, thanks, speak soon, etc
12. State your name
Reply to the email you should have received.

11. Standards and
Behaviour
Year 7

12. Welcome to Year 7 ICT
 Expect a seating plan Log in when you get in,
 Be quiet and listen when the teacher is talking
 Put your hand up for a question
 Absence from class- catch up on missed work
as all work is on the VLE
 Meet ALL deadlines
For further detail click here
TASK
 Create a spider diagram to shoe
expectations of behaviour in a computer room

13. Organising your work
Year 7

14. You must learn how to:
 Set up folders and subfolders
 Name/rename files and folders
 Save work to correct place (for all lessons)
 Move/copy files from one folder to another
 See the size of a file
 Hand in work according to the system given by
your ICT teacher

15. Organisation of files and folders
 All your work in all subjects in the school will
mostly be saved in your My Documents
folder.
 But beware this can quickly become a mess
and difficult to find things.
 This results in you losing work, re-doing work,
missing deadlines. getting into trouble, etc.

16. Which of these looks most like your
bedroom?
Starter – Discuss in pairs how you think the above images
might be linked to organising your computer files.

17. A messy
network folder
How many
different
subjects can
you see in
this messy
folder?

18. A tidy network
folder
How easy is it to
see your subject
work?
Can you see the
sub-folders?
In which subject
can you see
sub-folders?

19. Folder Structures and appropriate
Filenames
 A FILE is a document such as a Word
Document.
 A FOLDER is where you save the document e.g.
My Documents is a folder
 A SUB-FOLDER is a folder in a folder
 It is important that throughout this project you
use sensible filenames and save your work in
the correct folder.

20. Task – Create the following folder
Structure
Main
Year 7 folder
Learning to
History ICT Science RE English
Learn
Induction Unit 7.1
Sub-
folders

21. Double Click into
My Computer
In this folder your
teachers will save
This folder is where you document/sheets etc
can store all of your that they want to share
work e.g. 16ogorman with you

22. You will now be shown:
 How to create a folder and rename it as ‘Year 7’
 How to create a subfolder for ‘ICT’
You will then create folders for all of your
subjects in your Server H folder

23. Plenary
5 rules of the computer room
4 behaviour for learning rules.
3 network drives
2 things that have learnt today
1 thing you need to practice doing