IT Fundamentals FC0-U61 provides the basic knowledge needed for digital literacy: this includes the fundamental principles of hardware, software, and networks as well as best practices for using all three. This course maps to the CompTIA IT Fundamentals FC0-U61 Exam. Objective coverage is marked throughout the course.
Students will benefit most from this course if you intend to take a CompTIA IT Fundamentals FC0-U61, or if you wish to attain an introduction to the core principals and skills of information technology.
This course assumes students have basic knowledge of using a keyboard and a mouse. It does not assume that you have any formal familiarity with computers or the internet.
After completing this course, you will know how to:
- Explain fundamental computing concepts, identify common roles and form factors of computers, and use a consistent troubleshooting methodology.
- Identify popular operating systems and their features, and work proficiently within Windows.
- Identify and use computer hardware, including internal components and storage devices.
- Expand computer capabilities by use of internal and external expansion ports and peripherals.
- Manage files, folders, and special locations on hard drives and other storage devices.
- Use administration tools to personalize interfaces, change system settings, manage accounts, and troubleshoot hardware and software issues.
- Set up workstations, maintain them via updates and backups, and minimize environmental and safety risks.
- Recognize the primary security threats facing IT assets and the security controls that can be used to mitigate them.
- Explain networking concepts and technologies, configure a small office/home office router, and configure network connections on workstations.
- Identify and use applications and data files, and describe software development tools.
- Interact with databases and explain the purpose and structure of a relational database.
- Identify the core technologies of web browsers and cloud applications, and access the web effectively.
- Contrast the hardware and software features of mobile devices with their desktop counterparts, and configure a mobile device.
