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Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 34 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة Google
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In this course -- through a combination of video lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice -- you'll learn about the main components of an operating system and how to perform critical tasks like managing software and users, and configuring hardware. By the end of this course you'll be able to: navigate the Windows and Linux filesystems using a graphical user interface and command line interpreter set up users, groups, and permissions for account access install, configure, and remove software on the Windows and Linux operating systems configure disk partitions and filesystems understand how system processes work and how to manage them work with system logs and remote connection tools utilize operating system knowledge to troubleshoot common issues in an IT Support Specialist role

الوحدات

Introduction to Operating Systems and Becoming a Power User

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Course Introduction

3 Readings

  • Helpful resources and tips
  • How to Use Discussion Forums
  • Get to Know Your Classmates

Basic Commands

    • 19 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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19 Videos

  • Lesson Overview & Practice Tips
  • Windows: List Directories in a GUI
  • Windows: List Directories in CLI
  • Linux: List Directories
  • Windows: Changing Directories in the GUI
  • Windows: Changing Directories in the CLI
  • Linux: Changing Directories in Bash
  • Windows: Make Directories in the GUI & CLI
  • Linux: Make Directories in Bash
  • Windows: Command History
  • Linux: Command History
  • Windows: Copying Files & Directories
  • Linux: Copying Files and Directories
  • Windows: Moving and Renaming Files, Directories
  • Linux: Moving and Renaming Files, Directories
  • Windows: Removing Files & Directories
  • Linux: Removing Files & Directories
  • Chelsea: Their learner story
  • Cindy: Why OS is important

2 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Windows CLI & Unix Bash
  • Supplemental Reading for 'Size' vs 'Size of Disk' in Windows

1 Quiz

  • Basic Commands

File and Text Manipulation

    • 12 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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12 Videos

  • Windows: Display File Contents
  • Linux: Display File Contents
  • Windows: Modifying Text Files
  • Linux: Modifying Text Files
  • Windows Powershell
  • Windows: Searching within Files
  • Windows: Searching within Directories
  • Linux: Searching within Files
  • Windows: Input, Output, and the Pipeline
  • Linux: Input, Output and Pipeline
  • Windows and Linux Advanced Navigation
  • Ben: My first tech job

4 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Notepad++
  • Supplemental Reading for GNU Documentation
  • Supplemental Reading for Windows PowerShell
  • Module 1 Glossary

1 Quiz

  • File and Text Manipulation

Graded Assessments

    • 3 Readings
    • 2 ExternalTool
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 1 challenge: Working with Files in Windows and Linux

2 External Tool

  • Creating, Modifying, and Removing Files and Folders in Windows
  • Creating, Modifying and Removing Files and Folders in Linux

3 Readings

  • Qwiklabs guidelines and troubleshooting steps
  • Exemplar: Creating, modifying, and removing files and folders in Windows
  • Exemplar: Creating, modifying, and removing files and folders in Linux

Users and Groups

    • 10 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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10 Videos

  • Users, Administrators, and Groups, Oh My!
  • Windows: View User and Group Information
  • Windows: View User and Group Information using CLI
  • Linux: Users, Superuser and Beyond
  • Windows: Passwords
  • Linux: Passwords
  • Windows: Adding and Removing Users
  • Linux: Adding and Removing Users
  • Mobile Users and Accounts
  • Ben: Life as a CIO

2 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Passwords
  • Supplemental Readings for Mobile Users and Accounts

Permissions

    • 6 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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6 Videos

  • Windows: File Permissions
  • Linux: File Permissions
  • Windows: Modifying Permissions
  • Linux: Modifying Permissions
  • Windows: Special Permissions
  • Linux: SetUID, SetGID, Sticky Bit

3 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Windows ACL
  • Supplemental Reading for Special Permissions in Windows
  • Module 2 Glossary

1 Quiz

  • Permissions

Graded Assessments

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 2 ExternalTool
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2 External Tool

  • Creating, Modifying, and Removing File and Folder Permissions in Windows
  • Creating, modifying, and removing file and folder permissions in Linux

2 Readings

  • Exemplar: Creating, modifying, and removing file and folder permissions in Windows
  • Exemplar: Creating, modifying, and removing file and folder permissions in Linux

1 Quiz

  • Module 2 challenge: Users, Administrators, Groups and Permissions

Software Distribution

    • 8 Videos
    • 8 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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8 Videos

  • Module Introduction
  • Windows: Software Packages
  • Linux: Software Packages
  • Mobile App Packages
  • Windows: Archives
  • Linux: Archives
  • Windows: Package Dependencies
  • Linux: Package Dependencies

8 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Software Packages
  • Supplemental Reading for Mobile App Packages
  • Supplemental Reading for Updating Mobile Apps
  • Supplemental Reading for Mobile Device Storage
  • Supplemental Reading for 7-Zip and PowerShell Zips
  • Supplemental Reading for the Linux Tar Command
  • Supplemental reading for Windows Package Dependencies
  • Supplemental Reading for Linux Package Dependencies

1 Quiz

  • Software Distribution

Package Managers

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Windows: Package Manager
  • Linux: Package Manager Apt

3 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Package Managers
  • Supplemental Reading for Linux PPAs
  • Supplemental Reading on GIMP

1 Quiz

  • Package Managers

What’s happening in the background?

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Windows: Underneath the Hood
  • Linux: Underneath the Hood

2 Readings

  • Windows Setting Panel
  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Installers and Process Monitors

Device Software Management

    • 4 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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4 Videos

  • Windows: Devices and Drivers
  • Linux: Devices and Drivers
  • Windows: Operating System Updates
  • Linux: Operating System Updates

5 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading Windows Devices and Drivers
  • Supplemental reading for Linux Devices and Drivers
  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Update
  • Supplemental Reading for Linux Update
  • Module 3 Glossary

1 Quiz

  • Device Software Management

Graded Assessments

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 2 ExternalTool
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2 External Tool

  • Software Packaging and File Archiving on Windows
  • Software Packaging and File Archiving on Linux

2 Readings

  • Exemplar: Software packaging and file archiving on Windows
  • Exemplar: Software packaging and file archiving on Linux

1 Quiz

  • Module 3 challenge: Package and Software Management

Filesystem Types

    • 16 Videos
    • 10 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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16 Videos

  • Module Introduction
  • Review of Filesystems
  • Disk Partitioning and File System Essentials
  • Windows: Disk Partitioning and Formatting a Filesystem
  • Windows: Mounting and Unmounting a Filesystem
  • Linux: Disk Partitioning and Formatting a Filesystem
  • Linux: Mounting and Unmounting a Filesystem
  • Windows: Swap
  • Linux: Swap
  • Windows: Files
  • Linux: Files
  • Windows: Disk Usage
  • Linux: Disk Usage
  • Windows: Filesystem Repair
  • Linux: Filesystem Repair
  • Ben: The power of computers

10 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for FAT32 File System
  • Supplemental Reading for Disk Partitioning and Formatting in Windows
  • Supplemental reading Mounting and Unmounting a Filesystem in Linux
  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Paging
  • Supplemental Reading for Linux Swap
  • Supplemental Reading on NTFS File System
  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Disk Usage
  • Supplemental reading for Linux Disk Usage
  • Supplemental Reading for Linux Filesystem Repair
  • Module 4 Glossary

1 Quiz

  • Filesystem Types

Graded Assessments

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 2 ExternalTool
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2 External Tool

  • Partitioning and Formatting a Disk Drive in Windows
  • Partitioning and Formatting a Disk Drive in Linux

2 Readings

  • Exemplar: Partitioning and formatting a disk drive in Windows
  • Exemplar: Partitioning and formatting a disk drive in Linux

1 Quiz

  • Module 4 challenge: Filesystems

Life of a Process

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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5 Videos

  • Module Introduction
  • Programs vs Processes Revisited
  • Windows: Process Creation and Termination
  • Linux: Process Creation and Termination
  • Jess: From challenge to passion

1 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Process Creation and Termination in Windows

1 Quiz

  • Life of a Process

Managing Processes

    • 7 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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7 Videos

  • Windows: Reading Process Information
  • Linux: Reading Process Information
  • Windows: Signals
  • Linux: Signals
  • Windows: Managing Processes
  • Linux: Managing Processes
  • Mobile App Management

5 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Reading Process Information in Windows
  • Supplemental Reading for Reading Process Information in Linux
  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Signal
  • Supplemental Reading for Managing Processes in Windows
  • Supplemental Readings for Mobile App Management

1 Quiz

  • Managing Processes

Process Utilization

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Windows: Resource Monitoring
  • Linux: Resource Monitoring

3 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading Resource Monitoring in Windows
  • Supplemental reading for Resource Monitoring in Linux
  • Module 5 Glossary

1 Quiz

  • Process Utilization

Graded Assessments

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 2 ExternalTool
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2 External Tool

  • Maintain Efficient Process Utilization on Windows
  • Maintain Efficient Process Utilization on Linux

2 Readings

  • Exemplar: Maintain efficient process utilization on Windows
  • Exemplar: Maintain efficient process utilization on Linux

1 Quiz

  • Module 5 challenge: Process Management

Remote Access

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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4 Videos

  • Introduction
  • Remote Connections on Windows
  • Remote Connection: File Transfer on Linux
  • Remote Connection: File Transfer on Windows

2 Readings

  • Supplemental reading for Remote Connections in Windows
  • Supplemental Reading for Remote Connection File Transfer in Windows

1 Quiz

  • Remote Access

Virtualization

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Virtual Machines

1 Readings

  • Supplemental reading for Virtual Machines

Logging

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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4 Videos

  • System Monitoring
  • The Windows Event Viewer
  • Linux Logs
  • Working with Logs

1 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for Linux Logs

1 Quiz

  • Logging

Operating System Deployment

    • 4 Videos
    • 5 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Imaging Software
  • Operating Systems Deployment Methods
  • Mobile Device Resetting and Imaging
  • Interview Role Play: Operating Systems

5 Readings

  • Supplemental Reading for OS Deployment Methods
  • Supplemental Readings for Mobile Device Resetting and Imaging
  • Windows Troubleshooting
  • Windows Troubleshooting Tools
  • Supplemental Reading for Windows Troubleshooting Example

Graded Assessments

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 2 ExternalTool
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2 External Tool

  • Using Logs to Help You Track Down an Issue in Windows
  • Using Logs to Help You Track Down an Issue in Linux

2 Readings

  • Exemplar: Using logs to help you track down an issue in Windows
  • Exemplar: Using logs to help you track down an issue in Linux

1 Quiz

  • Module 6 challenge: Operating System in Practice

Course Wrap Up

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Course Wrap Up
  • Heather: Early career advice
  • Congratulations!

3 Readings

  • Reflect and connect with your peers
  • Module 6 Glossary
  • Course 3 Glossary

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"Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User" is an immersive course designed for those looking to enhance their IT and computer science skills. Led by expert instructors on Coursera, this foundational course delves into the intricacies of operating systems, focusing on both Windows and Linux platforms. Through engaging video lectures, practical demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, learners will explore the key components of operating systems. You will acquire essential skills such as navigating filesystems using both graphical user interfaces and command line interpreters, managing users and permissions, and configuring hardware and software. By the conclusion of the course, you’ll be proficient in installing, configuring, and removing software, setting up disk partitions, managing system processes, and utilizing logs and remote connection tools. These competencies are critical for troubleshooting and resolving common issues encountered in an IT Support Specialist role. The course spans 2040 minutes and offers flexible subscription options including Starter, Professional, and Paid plans, making it accessible to a wide audience, from beginners to seasoned professionals aiming to solidify their foundational knowledge in operating systems. Join now to become a proficient power user and elevate your IT support capabilities.

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