Tech skill area: Finder exploration

Project - Set desktop image, doc shortcuts and log-out

Set the desktop imagesyspref

  1. Click on the apple menu the top left corner.

  2. Choose system preferences.

  3. Choose an image from the selections or from the Internet by dragging it to the desktop

    desktop set

  4. Next drag the image into the window in the desktop pref.



    imagestile


  5. You can choice to tile or stretch the image.

  6. Your image must be appropriate for school setting. No sex, drugs, violence or gang images. Use Google Image search to find your images.

    googleap

 

DOC setup

Click on your hard drive then application folder drag apps to your doc to make it look like this:

docex.png

Log-out

Each day before you leave be sure to log out.

logout

 

Done, great job! Now you know how to work with some of the Finder functions.

 

Essential Question How can we best communicate with a computer?

• Learning Goals


_understand finder operations

–set desktop image

_set doc app shortcuts

–logout of the user

• Have a fellow student check your work

•Have doc and desktop checked


Project Examples

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Glossary

desktop - The part of the finder that gives you the visual of files, applications, folders and image.

doc - the area on a Mac where shortcut images to many applications you may use sit.

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