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Unit Introduction

Student Name____________________________     Date_____________    

Lecturer Witness Statement:  The student named above carried out the following activities and did so safely.    

Activities  ____________                        Signature ____________________


Lesson Plan

1

Lecture: Unit Overview

15 minutes

2

Activity 1.1: General Knowledge Quiz

30 minutes

3

Lecture: Computer Hardware Components Overview

30 minutes

Break

15 minutes

4

Activity 1.2

15  minutes

5

Activity 1.3

30 minutes

6

Activity 1.4:  

15 minutes

7

Review notes, ask questions

15 minutes

8

Activity 1.5: Logbook

15 minutes

Document Checklist

The following documents are to be handed in at the end of the lesson.    

  Documents Tick

1

This document in Word format

 


Activity 1.1 - Quiz

Log into Blackboard and navigate to Quiz Intro.  Answer the questions and record your score below.

Quiz Intro Score  __________________

Activity 1.2

This activity is to be done individually

Various computer components have been laid around the workshop.  Your task is label the components as given below.. 

  1. Label each component as follows..

  1. Hard Drive

  2. Hard Drive IDE Cable

  3. Hard drive power supply cable

  4.  Floppy drive

  5.  Floppy drive cable

  6.  Floppy drive power supply cable

  7.  CPU

  8.  CD-ROM

  9.  CD-ROM cable

  10.  RAM

  11.  VGA card

  12.  Motherboard

  13.  Power supply to motherboard cable

  14.  BIOS

  15. Base unit power cable

 

Activity 1.3

This activity is to be done in groups

This activity is designed to familiarize you with computer components and gives you a taster of assembling a computer system.  You will be observed by your tutor during this activity who will keep a record of good/not-good component assembly for each group.  

Note: This is not a test of your abilities, it is a learning activity.  You are not expected to assemble the system perfectly or correctly yet.  However, you must be careful and consider ESD.

  1. Your task is to quickly assemble all the computer parts together.  You should use the table below to keep a record of each device fitted.  In the comments column, explain any problems you have in deciding how that device is to be fitted, any problems actually fitting the device and any areas of uncertainty. 

Device Fitted Comments

Hard Drive

 

Hard Drive IDE cable

 

Floppy Drive

 

Floppy Drive cable

 

CD-ROM

 

CD-ROM cable

 

CPU

 

RAM

 

VGA Card

 

Device Power cables

 

Motherboard power cable

 

Computer Case

 

Peripheral Devices

 

 

Activity 1.4

This activity is to be done individually

  1. Copy your tutors notes on your previous activity into the table below

Device Fitted Tutors Comments

Hard Drive

 

Hard Drive IDE cable

 

Floppy Drive

 

Floppy Drive cable

 

CD-ROM

 

CD-ROM cable

 

CPU

 

RAM

 

VGA Card

 

Device Power cables

 

Motherboard power cable

 

Computer Case

 

Peripheral Devices

 

 

Activity 1.5 - Summary

Complete the log below giving details of what you did during this lesson, any problems you encountered, what you feel you have accomplished and any areas you feel you need to research in order to further improve your knowledge and understanding.

Activity Log 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


That's it for this activity!

 

 

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