Visual Communication

Unit 7

Visual Communication

Learning Objectives

After learning the lesson, students will be able to.

* Differentiate a file from a folder

* Know how to create a file and a folder

* Use the system application like *PAINT* to create images.

* Use the system application like *photo story* to create video from images.

In general, whenever we think of computers, the things that come to our mind is computer screen, keyboard , mouse and CPU. We learnt about computer and parts of a computer as introductory part in standard VI. Apart from that, software and hardware also plays vital role in the working of computer. Now , shall we learn how to operate the computer?

The reason we prefer computer is its speed and the ability to store data. How can we save data and information in computer? We can save them in folders which accommodate multiple files or a single file. Let us understand the terminologies like file and folder before moving further.

File: The output we get from any application is commonly referred as ‘file’. Therefore the application for the specific purposes determines the nature of the file.