Acerca de este curso: In this course, you’ll learn how to use the major operating systems, Windows and Linux, which are a core component of IT. 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. Except as otherwise noted, the contents on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Para quién es esta clase: This program is intended for beginners who are interested in developing the skills necessary to perform entry-level IT support. No pre-requisite knowledge is required. However, if you do have some familiarity with IT, you can skip through any content that you might already know and speed ahead to the graded assessments.
Creada por: Google
| Información básica | Curso 3 de 5 en Google IT Support Professional Certificate Specialization |
| Nivel | Principiante |
| Compromiso | 8 - 10 hours per week |
| Idioma | English |
| Requerimientos de hardware | You’ll need to complete some of the assessments (e.g., Qwiklabs and plugins) on a desktop or laptop web browser. |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Navigating the System
Welcome to the Operating Systems course of the IT Support Professional Certificate! In the first week of this course, we will cover the basics of Windows and Linux operating systems (OS). We will learn about how directories and files work in Windows and Linux OS. You will also learn practical ways to manipulate files and directories in the Windows graphical user interface (GUI), Windows command line interface (CLI), and Linux shell. By the end of this module, you will interact with files and directories and perform basic text manipulation in Windows and Linux OS.
32 videos, 10 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios de práctica
- Reading: Navigating Coursera
- Reading: Program Surveys
- Reading: How to Use Discussion Forums
- Reading: Get to Know Your Classmates
- Discussion Prompt: Meet and Greet
- Vídeo: Lesson Overview & Practice Tips
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows CLI & Unix Bash
- Vídeo: List Directories in a GUI
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for 'Size' vs 'Size of Disk' in Windows
- Vídeo: Windows: List Directories in CLI
- Vídeo: Linux: List Directories
- Vídeo: Windows: Changing Directories in the GUI
- Vídeo: Windows: Changing Directories in the CLI
- Vídeo: Linux: Changing Directories in Bash
- Vídeo: Windows: Make Directories in the GUI & CLI
- Vídeo: Linux: Make Directories in Bash
- Vídeo: Windows: Command History
- Vídeo: Linux: Command History
- Vídeo: Windows: Copying Files & Directories
- Vídeo: Linux: Copying Files and Directories
- Vídeo: Windows: Moving and Renaming Files, Directories
- Vídeo: Linux: Moving and Renaming Files, Directories
- Vídeo: Windows: Removing Files & Directories
- Vídeo: Linux: Removing Files & Directories
- Discussion Prompt: Your Favorite OS
- Vídeo: Cindy Why OS is Important
- Practice Quiz: Basic Commands
- Vídeo: Windows: Display File Contents
- Vídeo: Linux: Display File Contents
- Vídeo: Windows: Modifying Text Files
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Notepad++
- Vídeo: Linux: Modifying Text Files
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for GNU Documentation
- Vídeo: Windows Powershell
- Vídeo: Windows: Searching within Files
- Vídeo: Windows: Searching within Directories
- Vídeo: Linux: Searching within Files
- Vídeo: Windows: Input, Output, and the Pipeline
- Vídeo: Linux: Input, Output and Pipeline
- Vídeo: Windows and Linux Advanced Navigation
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows PowerShell
- Vídeo: Ben First Tech Job
- Discussion Prompt: What did you learn about OS?
- Practice Quiz: File and Text Manipulation
- Vídeo: Instructions for Accessing Linux Qwiklabs
- Reading: Instructions for Accessing Windows Qwiklabs
Calificado: Accessing Qwiklabs
Calificado: Create, Modify, and Remove Files and Folders in Windows
Calificado: Create, Modify, and Remove Files and Folders in Linux
SEMANA 2
Users and Permissions
In the second week of this course, we'll learn about configuring users and permissions in Windows and Linux OS. As an IT Support Specialist, it's important to know how to grant the appropriate permissions to users and groups for both Windows and Linux OS. By the end of this module, you will know how to add, modify, and remove users for a computer and for specific files and folders by using the Windows GUI, Windows CLI, and Linux shell.
15 videos, 3 lecturas, 1 cuestionario de práctica
- Vídeo: Windows: View User and Group Information
- Vídeo: Windows: View User and Group Information using CLI
- Vídeo: Linux: Users, Superuser and Beyond
- Vídeo: Windows: Passwords
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Passwords
- Vídeo: Linux: Passwords
- Vídeo: Windows: Adding and Removing Users
- Vídeo: Linux: Adding and Removing Users
- Vídeo: Ben Life as a CIO
- Vídeo: Windows: File Permissions
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows ACL
- Vídeo: Linux: File Permissions
- Vídeo: Windows: Modifying Permissions
- Vídeo: Linux: Modifying Permissions
- Vídeo: Windows: Special Permissions
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Special Permissions in Windows
- Vídeo: Linux: SetUID, SetGID, Sticky Bit
- Discussion Prompt: Your File & Folder Permissions
- Practice Quiz: Permissions
Calificado: Create, Modify, and Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
Calificado: Create, Modify, and Remove File and Folder Permissions in Linux
SEMANA 3
Package and Software Management
In the third week of this course, we'll learn about package and software management in Windows and Linux OS. It's important to know how package installs work and how devices and drivers are managed within these operating systems. We will also learn about different packaging and file compression methods. By the end of this module, you will know how to create, update, and remove software by using the Windows GUI, Windows CLI and Linux shell.
15 videos, 13 lecturas, 4 cuestionarios de práctica
- Vídeo: Windows: Software Packages
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Software Packages
- Vídeo: Linux: Software Packages
- Vídeo: Windows: Archives
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for 7-Zip and PowerShell Zips
- Vídeo: Linux: Archives
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for the Linux Tar Command
- Vídeo: Windows: Package Dependencies
- Reading: Supplemental reading for Windows Package Dependencies
- Vídeo: Linux: Package Dependencies
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Linux Package Dependencies
- Practice Quiz: Software Distribution
- Vídeo: Windows: Package Manager
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Package Managers
- Vídeo: Linux: Package Manager Apt
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Linux PPAs
- Reading: Supplemental Reading on GIMP
- Practice Quiz: Package Managers
- Vídeo: Windows: Underneath the Hood
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Installers and Process Monitors
- Vídeo: Linux: Underneath the Hood
- Practice Quiz: What’s happening in the background?
- Vídeo: Windows: Devices and Drivers
- Reading: Supplemental Reading Windows Devices and Drivers
- Vídeo: Linux: Devices and Drivers
- Reading: Supplemental reading for Linux Devices and Drivers
- Vídeo: Window: Operating System Updates
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Update
- Vídeo: Linux: Operating System Updates
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Linux Update
- Discussion Prompt: What would you do?
- Practice Quiz: Device Software Management
Calificado: Create, Update and Remove Software in Windows
Calificado: Create, Update and Remove Software in Linux
SEMANA 4
Filesystems
In the fourth week of this course, we'll learn about how filesystems work for Windows and Linux OS. We'll learn about filesystem types and why they're different for certain OS. We'll learn about disk partitioning and virtual memory and why these are so important for an IT Support Specialist's role. We'll also cover ways mount and unmount filesystems, read disk usage, and repair filesystems. By the end of this module, you will partition and format a disk drive yourself in both Windows and Linux.
16 videos, 9 lecturas, 1 cuestionario de práctica
- Vídeo: Review of Filesystems
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for FAT32 File System
- Vídeo: Disk Anatomy
- Vídeo: Windows: Disk Partitioning and Formatting a Filesystem
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Disk Partitioning and Formatting in Windows
- Vídeo: Windows: Mounting and Unmounting a Filesystem
- Vídeo: Linux: Disk Partitioning and Formatting a Filesystem
- Vídeo: Linux: Mounting and Unmounting a Filesystem
- Reading: Supplemental reading Mounting and Unmounting a Filesystem in Linux
- Vídeo: Windows: Swap
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Paging
- Vídeo: Linux: Swap
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Linux Swap
- Vídeo: Windows: Files
- Reading: Supplemental Reading on NTFS File System
- Vídeo: Linux: Files
- Vídeo: Windows: Disk Usage
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Disk Usage
- Vídeo: Linux: Disk Usage
- Reading: Supplemental reading for Linux Disk Usage
- Vídeo: Windows: Filesystem Repair
- Vídeo: Linux: Filesystem Repair
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Linux Filesystem Repair
- Vídeo: Ben Passion
- Discussion Prompt: Disk Partitioning
- Practice Quiz: Filesystem Types
Calificado: Partition and Format a Disk Drive in Windows
Calificado: Partition and Format a Disk Drive in Linux
SEMANA 5
Process Management
In the fifth week of this course, we'll explore process management. As an IT Support Specialist, it is important to use system tools to read and understand process statuses of machines. We will cover ways to start and terminate a process in Windows and Linux. We will also apply troubleshooting tools to solve problems with processes and resources. By the end of this module, you will use Windows and Linux commands to do practical process maintenance.
12 videos, 7 lecturas, 3 cuestionarios de práctica
- Vídeo: Programs vs Processes Revisited
- Vídeo: Windows: Process Creation and Termination
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Process Creation and Termination in Windows
- Vídeo: Linux: Process Creation and Termination
- Vídeo: Jess Passions
- Practice Quiz: Life of a Process
- Vídeo: Windows: Reading Process Information
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Reading Process Information in Windows
- Vídeo: Linux: Reading Process Information
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Reading Process Information in Linux
- Vídeo: Linux: Signals
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Windows Signal
- Vídeo: Windows: Managing Processes
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Managing Processes in Windows
- Vídeo: Linux: Managing Processes
- Practice Quiz: Managing Processes
- Vídeo: Windows: Resource Monitoring
- Reading: Supplemental Reading Resource Monitoring in Windows
- Vídeo: Linux: Resource Monitoring
- Reading: Supplemental reading for Resource Monitoring in Linux
- Discussion Prompt: Your CPU
- Practice Quiz: Process Utilization
Calificado: Maintaining Efficient Process Utilization on Your Computer in Windows
Calificado: Maintaining Efficient Process Utilization on Your Computer in Linux
SEMANA 6
Operating Systems in Practice
Congratulations, you've made it to the final week in the course! In the last week of this course, we will cover some of the practical aspects of operating systems that you'll use all the time in IT Support. We will cover remote access and how to troubleshoot a computer from afar. We'll explore virtualization tools to manage and remove virtual instances, use logs for system monitoring, and show you a few different techniques for OS deployment. By the end of this module, you will apply all the skills from this course to debug some issues within Windows and Linux OS. Good luck!
16 videos, 5 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios de práctica
- Vídeo: Remote Connection and SSH
- Vídeo: Remote Connections on Windows
- Discussion Prompt: Performing remotely as an IT Support Specialist
- Reading: Supplemental reading for Remote Connections in Windows
- Vídeo: Remote Connection File Transfer
- Vídeo: Remote Connection File Transfer on Windows
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Remote Connection File Transfer in Windows
- Discussion Prompt: Remote Desktop
- Practice Quiz: Remote Access
- Vídeo: Virtual Machines
- Reading: Supplemental reading for Virtual Machines
- Discussion Prompt: VMs
- Vídeo: System Monitoring
- Vídeo: The Windows Event Viewer
- Vídeo: Linux Logs
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for Linux Logs
- Vídeo: Working with Logs
- Practice Quiz: Logging
- Vídeo: Imaging Software
- Vídeo: Operating Systems Deployment Methods
- Reading: Supplemental Reading for OS Deployment Methods
- Vídeo: Interview Role Play: Operating Systems
- Discussion Prompt: Your Learning Journey
- Vídeo: Course Wrap Up
- Vídeo: Heather Early Career Advice
- Vídeo: Congratulations!
Calificado: Use Logs to Help You Track Down an Issue in Windows
Calificado: Use Logs to Help You Track Down an Issue in Linux
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Tarifa
| Comprar curso | |
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| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
| Obtén un Certificado de curso para compartir | Disponible |
Calificaciones y revisiones
The module material was helpful, but the last virtual machine assignment could have been clearer.
Excellent course!
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Great intro to taking control of the computer and becoming a power user.