The mouse connects to a USB port on the side if it is a wired mouse. Sometimes a mouse can also be wireless. If you have a laptop the rectangle pad like area with 2 equal sized buttons on the bottom also serves as the mouse. Let us start learning with the regular 2 button wired USB mouse.
The demo graphics of mouse: Left button , right button.
First be comfortable with the mouse. It is a mouse not a bomb. Hold it and move around the screen till comfortable. Now take up a particular task like say move the mouse in precision around a large image.
Once comfortable , learn how to use the left mouse button. This is the most important click action to learn if you have to use the mouse effectively. Move the mouse to places where the cursor changes and try clicking on it to see what happens. Ok! First know what a cursor is . The small image that moves around when you move the mouse is a cursor.
There are 2 buttons on a mouse ,one on left and the other on right. The left button is the most heavily used button. Most of the select and open actions are done using this button .
Mouse single click and double click concept: The mouse button can be clicked just once or can be clicked twice in rapid motion. If you take a pregnant pause between 2 clicks they qualify as 2 single clicks and not a double click. Single click usually selects an item while double click opens it.
Mouse right click. The button on the right is used to do some secondary tasks .We will go to the details in a later class.
About computer security and unlocking the computer: You must have seen a box with some mumbo-jumbo in the center of the screen . When someone types a password into the screen it suddenly takes you into a screen that you want to see in the first place. That is called locking a computer. You lock a computer to avoid others from looking into all that private information you have put into it. A password is special secret word (can be a combination of letters and numbers and more) you type in to let you into the computer. Do not share the password with anyone who is not allowed to look into your computer.
Typing password, removing caps lock, getting in through enter or mouse click:
Type the password wherever it says password. If there is no word password anywhere but just a box with a button near it , type your password into it and press the button. Now you can use your newly learnt mouse moving and clicking skill to click the button after typing the password , or you can press the button in the keyboard with the word “Enter” on it. Both of these actions take you into the computer.
Tip of the day: Don’t click while you move and don’t move while you click.
Assignment:
1>Unlock the computer with your password.
2>Move the mouse to one of the icons(images with some text on the bottom) on the desktop screen.
3>Double-click to open it.
4> Whatever opens press the X button on the top right corner to close it.
5>Repeat steps 1-4 till you are not afraid of the mouse and it’s workings anymore.
