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VOVI 0741: Windows 1 with NVDA
Effective date
May 2025
Department
Visually Impaired
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
This course provides students who are blind or visually impaired with the basic knowledge and skills to use computer applications in Microsoft Windows with NVDA screen reader. Students will work with the Windows desktop, application windows, notification area and the taskbar. They will learn to navigate drives and folders, and find, copy, move and delete files. Students will also explore basic NVDA settings.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Post-secondary Preparatory
Prerequisites
VOVI 0705 or department permission.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Navigate the desktop, start menu, taskbar, and notification area
- Open and move between applications
- Read texts with NVDA
- Use a dialogue box and controls
- Navigate file explorer to search, open, copy, and move files and folders
- Customize NVDA settings such as speech rate, voice settings, and typing echo
- Access information through NVDA help
- Use NVDA cursors to explore and review screen
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 48
Total Hours: 48
Total Hours: 48
Instructional Strategies
Self-paced, individualized instruction.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
70% - Student must get an S on each item in the evaluation plan to receive an S for the course
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Assignments |
S/U |
Demonstration of skills |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
S/U |
Lesson quizzes on course concepts |
Course topics
- Device orientation
- Desktop, start menu, taskbar, and notification area
- Windows commands
- NVDA commands
- Search, open, copy, and move files and folders
- NVDA settings: speech rate, voice setting, and typing echo
- NVDA help
- NVDA review cursor
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.