• Classify, install, configure and manage software including mobile platforms.
• Discuss cloud computing and web browser concepts.
• Explain software development models, techniques, and concepts.
• Describe fundamental database management concepts.

Module 1: Computing Platforms and Software Applications

• Computing Platforms and Compatibility
• Commercial and Open Source Software
• Software Licenses
• Software Installation Management
• Software Versions
• Productivity, Business, and Collaboration Software
• Hands-on Lab: Getting Started with Excel Online
• Types of File Formats
• Activity: Recognizing File Formats

Module 2: Fundamentals of Web Browsers, Applications, and Cloud Computing

• Common Web Browsers
• Browser Installs and Updates
• Browser Plug-ins and Extensions
• Basic Browser Security Settings
• Browser Security Certificates and Pop-ups Settings
• Private Browsing and Client-side Scripting Settings
• Activity: Managing Browser Plug-ins and Extensions
• Introduction to Cloud Computing and Cloud
• Deployment and Service Models
• Application Architecture and Delivery Methods
• Software Development Life Cycle

Module 3: Basics of Programming

• Interpreted and Compiled Programming Languages
• Comparing Compiled and Interpreted Programming Languages
• Query and Assembly Programming Languages
• Understanding Code Organization Methods
• Branching and Looping Programming Logic
• Activity: Programming Logic and Organizational methods
• Introduction to Programming Concepts Part 1
• Introduction to programming Concepts Part 2
• Hands-on lab: Programming Fundamentals with Python

Module 4: Database Fundamentals

• Types of Data, Sources, and uses
• Database Fundamentals and Constructs
• Database Roles and Permissions
• Database types
• Interfacing with Databases
• Database Management
• Backing Up Databases
• Hands-on Lab: Basic Database Operations

Module: Final Quiz