Prerequisite Technology Skills
All students are required to have certain technology competencies before beginning graduate work at the Graduate School of Education.
Instructors will assume that you have the following skills on the first day of class:
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Ability to create directories
Ability to find files
Ability to save files to removable media
Ability to use a web browser and search the Internet
Ability to bookmark web pages for future reference
Ability to play audio and video files
Familiarity with a word processing program
Familiarity with a spreadsheet program
Familiarity with a computer operating system (Windows or MacOS)
Have and use an e-mail account
Ability to send and receive e-mail attachments
Ability to troubleshoot basic technology issues
Familiarity with fair use and ADA considerations
To acquire these skills, students may take courses at a community continuing education program, a computing-training center, or community college. These skills can also be self taught with the help of a textbook (such as the Visual Quickstart series) or the instruction manual for the specific software.
Because numerous courses in the program require additional technical competencies, students may wish to augment their basic proficiencies after entering their program by taking advantage of a variety of workshops on campus. Workshops are offered through the UB Information Technologies (IT) department and the UB libraries.
Here are some example sources of instruction:
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iConnect @ UB:
Getting Started
UB Libraries:
Workshops
UB CIT:
Services for Students
UB CIT:
Computer Documentation
UB IT:
Workshops
Web Tutorials:
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Community Continuing Education Classes:
Buffalo Public Schools Online Adult Education
