Australian Vocational Education and Training/ICAI3020A Install and optimise operating system software



From the official document:
 * "This unit defines the competency required to install operating system software and to make adjustments as a means of optimising the system to accommodate business and client needs."

Basically, that means the skills you need to get the operating system software into your computer and then get your computer to work well with your business application programs.

You can read more about this unit on the National Training Information Systems Official document for ICAI3020A.

This unit is part of the following qualifications:
 * Cert III Applications Qualification in Australia

How this unit will help you
After learning and applying the skills required by this unit you'll be able to demonstrate your skills in:


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Ideas for learning the required skills
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Ideas for demonstrating this unit
The best way to demonstrate these skills is to: 1. Get hold of a suitable machine 2. Format the hard drive (Warning: ALL data on it will be lost) 3. Install the operating system again ( from an appropriate CD. Hint you may have to alter the BIOS to boot off the CD because in step 2 you erased a\everything on the HD!) 4. customise the desktop and add more users. 5. Install any extra application software (eg. MS Office; AutoCAD; etc) 6. Test the machine. 7. You also will have to add (install the printer drivers) from the disk supplied with the printer OR download them from a suitable site and install them into the correct system folder. 8. test the printer 9 repeat steps 4 -6 for any extra equioment used with your PC.

NB to prove what you did if you were not doing under a practical test scenario is to take many screen shots or digitalimages along the way that shows you performing the process. Blog these or add them to your records for assessment (e-portfolio; brag book; web blog etc)

Grading
If you are demonstrating this unit as part of a formal course, you might find that the unit is graded (meaning you can not only demonstrate your competence, but can also gain a credit or distinction). Your facilitator may already have set criteria that your college uses. If not, here are some ideas for possible credit/distinction activities that you can discuss with your facilitator:



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