| Aim of Module | To provide students with the skills and knowledge to configure and support two operating systems. |
| Credits | 7 |
| Student Learning hours | 70 |
| Content Revised | 2000 |
| Prescription Expiry Date | Nov 2007 |
| Note | The two operating systems must not be as similar as, for example, Win95/8 and Windows NT. Where the provider wants to study one operating system in depth they should use OS65n(OS25n). |
| Topics | Highest Skill Level | Suggested Assessment Percentage | |
| 1 Operating System | A | 100 | |
| 100 | |||
| LEARNING OUTCOMES The Student Will | ||
| A | 1 | Configure and support two operating systems. |
| 1 | Operating System |
| > | Use of a wide range of operating system commands and utilities for configuring and supporting each operating system. | |
| Eg. | ||
| - Automatic menus | ||
| - Backup and restore | ||
| - Directory management | ||
| - Drive mapping | ||
| - Formatting | ||
| - Process killing | ||
| - Process prioritising | ||
| - Search paths | ||
| - Terminal configuration | ||
| - User name and password management | ||
| Note | ||
| > | Equal weighting will apply to each of the operating systems covered. | |