Review Your Knowledge of the Windows Operating System

The website https://www.gcflearnfree.org/ has many tutorials on many subjects, including computer skills. No matter which version of Windows your computer uses, there are lessons and quizzes available online at this website or others.

My suggestions: If you need to learn about using the the Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 versions of this operating system, click on one of the links below. Each tutorial has a quiz at the end.

LINK: Free Windows 8 or 8.1 tutorial

LINK: Free Windows 10 Tutorial

If you need to review your knowledge of the Windows operating system in general, the Northstar Learning Guide to Windows 7 on the St. Paul Public Library site is a great place to review.

LINK: Northstar Learning Guide: Module 3A: Windows 7
(picture of lessons chart below)

Afterward try the Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment for using Windows 7:

LINK: Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment for Windows 7

OR for using Windows 10:

LINK: Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment for Windows 10

Try an Interactive Online Tutorial for the Linux Operating System

Like Windows and Mac OS, Linux is an operating system for computers. Unlike Windows and Mac OS, Linus is FREE. If you are interested in finding out what using this free operating system is like, there is an online tutorial that teaches you  basic Linux commands and lets you try using them in a series of lessons (this is called an interactive tutorial).

My suggestion: Click on the link below. Read the Introduction and follow the instructions to see what using Linux is like.

LINK: LinuxSurvival--a free interactive tutorial for Linux beginners

Basic Online Tutorial for Mac OS X (Apple) Operating System

If you buy an iPad or an Apple desktop or laptop computer, you have to learn the operating system used on these products--Mac OS X (pronounced Mac OS ten). The St. Paul Public Library website directs you to the Northstar learning guides that teach basic computer skills, including both the Windows 7 and Mac OS X operating systems. These learning guides help you meet the Northstar Digital Literacy standards, which are widely recognized standards in adult education programs that teach computer skills.

NOTE: Sometimes the Mozilla Firefox browser (which won't run Adobe Flash Player software) doesn't work well with the Northstar online guides and tests that the St. Paul Public Library uses for teaching computer skills. Use Google Chrome or Microsoft Explorer instead.

My suggestion: Click on this link:

LINK: Learning Guide: Module 3B: Mac OS

You will see a chart like the one below, which matches the Northstar Learning Standards for using the Mac OS X operating system with links to learning resources that help you meet the standards. Click on the first link under Learning Resources (Using a Mac: What is an Operating System?) for a presentation.

Some of the links in the Learning Resource column on the right of the chart may present information you already know. When you think you know most of the information in the lessons, try the Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment (test) for the Mac OS X operating system by clicking HERE. 

(All Northstar assessments begin with an audio test to see if your computer's sound is working--you should see a picture of a piano and hear music playing.)