Windows 11 course

Windows 11 Lesson 1

Desktop, Start Menu, Search, and Taskbar

First-time setup and success checks

Lesson goal in plain language: Navigate the Windows 11 desktop, launch applications, and identify taskbar areas without a mouse.

Prepare before step 1

  1. Open the correct application, website, or device screen and wait for its name to be announced.
  2. Open Windows 11 and File Explorer manual and review the matching procedure if any command or term is unfamiliar.
  3. Use only fictional, public, disposable, or instructor-provided practice information. Make a copy before changing an important file.
  4. Read all numbered instructions once before performing them so you know the intended final result.

Commands used or referenced

Windows+D, Home, End, Enter, Alt+Tab, Insert+T, Windows+T, Shift+F10, Escape, Insert+Tab, Insert+1

For a plus-sign command, hold the modifier key, press and release the final key, then release the modifier. For a sequence, press and release each key in order. Stop after every command and listen for the result.

Work and verify

  1. Perform one numbered instruction and stop. Identify the active window, focused control, selected item, cell, slide, message, field, or device area before continuing.
  2. Compare the result with the lesson goal. A sound alone is not enough; verify the name, state, value, location, permission, or content.
  3. If the result is wrong, press Escape once to leave an unexpected menu, identify focus again, and use Undo only when the change is safely reversible.
  4. Save or synchronize at natural stopping points. Use the required filename Windows-Lesson-1.txt.
  5. Complete the “Before submitting” checklist from top to bottom. Correct missing items before marking the lesson complete.
  6. Close and reopen the practice item, or return to it from the product’s main screen, to prove you can locate and verify the result independently.

Success standard: Explain what each major command did, show the finished result, and recover from one harmless focus or navigation error without another person naming the next key.

Goal

Navigate the Windows 11 desktop, launch applications, and identify taskbar areas without a mouse.

Skills practiced

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Press Windows+D to move to the desktop.
  2. Use Arrow keys to review desktop items. Press Home and End to move to the first and last item.
  3. Press the Windows key, type Notepad, and press Enter.
  4. Press Alt+Tab once and confirm the active application with Insert+T when using JAWS.
  5. Press Windows+T to move to the first taskbar button. Use Left and Right Arrow to review buttons.
  6. Press Shift+F10 on a taskbar item to open its context menu, then press Escape without changing anything.
  7. Press the Windows key and search for Calculator. Press Enter to open it.
  8. Use Alt+Tab to move among Notepad and Calculator.
  9. Return to Notepad and write the commands practiced and what each one did.
  10. Save the file as Windows-Lesson-1.txt.

Screen-reader help: These lessons work with JAWS and other screen readers. With JAWS, press Insert+T to confirm the active window, Insert+Tab to hear the focused control, and Insert+1 to toggle Keyboard Help. Windows features and labels can vary slightly after updates.

Your assignment

Create a keyboard-navigation log explaining the desktop, Start search, taskbar, and application switching.

Save the finished assignment as Windows-Lesson-1.txt. DOCX, PDF, and BRF versions are also accepted.

Before submitting