Test Yourself

You just don't know what you don't know...

Please take this opportunity to test your own skill level with technology - you just don't know what you don't know! Take any of the following assessments in front of a computer over a time frame of 20-30 minutes.

Survival Skills Quiz

Test your basic technology skills. We recommend these if you wish to learn or teach online.

Computer Checklist

What do you need for online learning and teaching? We highly recommend these tools and skills.

Connections Issues

A quick checklist to diagnose where your problem might be.
Learn to troubleshoot in the right places.

More Self-Skills Assessments

The self-assessments provided below were used in a workshop series that are no longer offered. The questions still provide you with the ability to understand which skills you might might need to learn.

Training Note:

The OISE library owns many interactive training CDs as well as technology books that can be accessed online (e-resources) for your most recent technological needs from novice to advanced.
There are also many free online tutorials on almost every topic or software, such as offerings by Atomic Learning.
LearnOntario.ca - tutorials and training resources which support your learning and digital literacy. A collection of "how-to" and "help" tutorials for software commonly in use across our province… in K-12 education, in colleges and universities, and in public libraries.

Rate your ability from one to three and count up the score

These are all in pdf format an require Acrobat Reader to view.

PC - Windows: New/Novice Computer User
Do you know your Computer? (Operating System and File Management)

Mac - Macintosh: New/Novice Computer User
Do you know your Computer? (Operating System and File Management)

Internet Basics: Introduction to the WWW using a Web Browser
Can you surf through the World Wide Web?

Microsoft Word 1: Introduction to Word Processing
Do you know the basics of word processing?

Microsoft Word 2: Intermediate Word Processing
Word processing - Kick it up a notch!
Intermediate word processing skills are essential if you want to move from, "Oh, thank God that worked" to "I'm going to create…" If you want to be in the driver's seat and can't answer the questions effectively this is what you'll want to know.

Microsoft Word 3: Advanced Word Processing for Academic Papers & Theses
Thesis Production Simplified - do have what you need to format your thesis? OISE does provide workshops and thesis formatting/editing services.

Microsoft Word Draw 1: Introduction to Drawing
How about drawing and graphics? These are skills for rudimentary drawing principles used in Word, Power Point, Excel or even Corel Draw, Photo Shop and Web-Applications.

Microsoft Word Draw 2: Intermediate Drawing
Need more on drawing and graphics? These are Object-Oriented techniques which are essential for Creating Visuals. You are not a slave to pre-existing imagery and layout.

Desktop Publishing with MS Word
Have you heard of DTP? Microsoft Word does offer you the ability to desktop publish, that is, bringing graphics, draw objects and imagery together with your word processing document. You can create a nice looking flyer, brochure or newsletter.

Easy Web Page Creation (using a composer)
Use this test to identify what you know about web editing. There are other web editing programs that follow similar principles. The library collection does have a training CD to help you learn the industry standard and Ministry licensed Dreamweaver.