Pupil’s textbook

Mauritius Institute of Education

under the aegis of
Ministry hof Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Researc

contact: +251939159938
© Mauritius Institute of Education (2014)
ii
 Foreword

We have the pleasure to offer you a new collection of textbooks as from 2016. These books have been written
by experienced ICT Support Officers. We have done our best to ensure that children undergo a pleasant
learning experience.

We have taken care to align the textbooks with very clearly defined learning outcomes and objectives set for
the subject. This present textbook provides clear indication on the diverse skills that children should master at
each stage. Additionally, we would request ICT Support Officers to use the online platform provided by MIE
so as to enable children to make optimal use of the textbook. The web address of the platform is
http://eteach.ac.mu.

We are extremely thankful to all those who have provided us with constructive feedback thereby enabling us
to make this curriculum development endeavour come to fruition. We are also thankful to the artists who
carried out the illustrations and to our graphic artists who have tried their best to create the right layout for the
books. The authors and the curriculum team, under the guidance of Professor Vassen Naeck also deserves
our thanks.

We hope that you enjoy this material and wish you lots of success

Dr O. Nath Varma
Director
Mauritius Institute of Education.

iii
 Table of

Unit
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ETHICS
Pg 1-9
1

Unit
COMPUTER OPERATIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS
Pg 11-24
2

Unit
WORD PROCESSING Pg 25-57
3

Unit
PRESENTATION Pg 59-71
4

Unit
INTERNET Pg 73-84
5

Unit
MULTIMEDIA Pg 85-106
6

iv
KEY

Activity on Textbook

Activity on Computer

Activity on both Textbook and

Computer

v
v
i
1 Health, Safety and Ethics
Aim: To work in a safe and healthy computer laboratory
environment

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• Recognise the health risks existing in a computer laboratory. Show

• understanding of the proper way to sit in front of a computer.
• Switch on and off a computer in a safe manner.

1
Rules and Regulations of the computer laboratory

I enter and leave the computer lab quietly.

I make sure that my hands are clean

before using the computer.

I do not eat or drink in the computer lab.

I keep the computer lab clean. I use the

bin.

I wait for my teacher’s permission before using my computer.

I do not touch the screen.

2
 I

must not insert any object in drives, USB

I do not touch electrical sockets and plugs.

I tell my teacher if I have problems with the computer.

?

I push my chair under the table before

leaving the computer lab.

I do not run in the computer lab.

3
Risks in a computer laboratory

Trailing wires Damaged electrical sockets and wires

Overloaded electrical sockets Working with glare or reflections

Wrong sitting posture Food or liquids near computer

4
 Precautions to take in a computer laboratory

Do not touch electrical sockets Do not insert objects in computer parts

Sit properly Do not play or run in computer lab

Do not touch computer parts with wet hands

Do not hit keys too hard

5
Good sitting posture habits

Eyes level with the top of the Keep head and back
screen straight and shoulders
relaxed

Wrist must Keep elbows

be in
straight line close to body
with
forearm

Feet flat on the floor or

on foot rest

6
How to switch on a computer?

1. I see if the System Unit and the monitor are both plugged in and the switch is on.

2. I switch on the monitor.

3. I press the power button of the system unit.

7
 How to switch off a computer?

1. I click on the Start button .

2. I click on the Shut down button.

8
 Evaluation

At the end of this unit, the pupil can

1 Recognise the risks existing in a computer laboratory.

2 Take precautions to dangers in a computer laboratory.

3 Sit properly in front of a computer.

4 Switch on a computer in a safe manner.

5 Switch off a computer in a safe manner.

9
10
2 Computer Operations and
fundamentals
Aim: To introduce the parts of a computer system and their
functions

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:
• State the function of the monitor, keyboard, speakers, printer, mouse and
the C.P.U.
• Identify secondary storage devices like Hard Disk, CD, DVD, pen drive
and memory card.
• Compare storage capacity of CD, DVD and Hard Disk. Identify the
• desktop, icons, Start button and the Start menu. Store a file on a pen
drive.
•

1
1
The Monitor

Fish
I see text and images on the monitor.

The Keyboard

I use the keyboard to type and give instructions to the computer.

12
 The Speakers

I hear sound and music from the speakers.

The Printer

I use the printer to print text and images on paper.

13
The Mouse

I use the mouse to point, click, double click, drag and drop objects.

Activity 1: I match each computer part with its correct name.

Printer

Mouse

Monitor

Speakers

Keyboard

14
Activity 2: I match each computer part with its function.

Play sound

Shows text and images

Is used to type

Prints text and images on

paper

Is used to click and drag

Activity 3: I complete the name of each computer part.

M n t r P i t r

K y o r M u e

15
 The System Unit

System Unit

All the computer parts are connected to the system unit. The
system unit controls all the computer parts.

16
 The System Unit

CD/DVD drive

USB ports

Memory card slot

Power button

Reset button

17
Secondary Storage Devices

Secondary storage devices store information. Some examples of secondary

storage devices are:

CD DVD Hard Disk

External hard disk

Pen Drive Memory Card

CD/DVD
Hard Disk

Memory card Pen drive

External Hard disk

18
 Comparing storage capacity

Hard Disk DVD CD

Activity 4: I tick ( ) the computer part which stores

information.

19
 Activity 5: Identifying secondary storage devices.

1) I tick ( ) the Hard Disk.

2) I tick ( ) the Pen Drive.

3) I tick ( ) the Memory Card.

20
 Activity 6: Comparing secondary storage devices.

1) I circle the device which stores more information.

2) I circle the device which stores more information.

3) I circle the device which stores less information.

21
The desktop

Icons
Desktop

Start Button Start Menu

22
 Sending a file to a pendrive

1. Right click on the file you want to send.

2. Click on Send to.

3. Click on Removable Disk (F:).

23
 Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 State the function of the monitor.

2 State the function of the keyboard.

3 State the function of the speakers.

4 State the function of the printer.

5 State the function of the mouse.

6 State the function of the System Unit.

7 Identify secondary storage devices.

8 Compare storage capacity of secondary storage devices.

9 Identify desktop, Start Menu, Start Button and icons.

10 Store a file on a pen drive

24
 UNIT 3
WORD PROCESSING
Aim: To create and edit a word document

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:
• Open MS Word program
• Close MS Word program
• Edit a sentence using the Delete key
• Use the Shift key
• Use the Arrow keys
• Select text using Arrow keys
• Copy and paste text
• Cut and paste text
• Format text
• Align text

25
How to open MS Word 2007?

1. I click on the Start button.

2. I click on All Programs.

26
3. I click on Microsoft Office.

4. I click on Microsoft Word 2007.

27
 Microsoft Word 2007 opens as shown below.

How to close Microsoft Word 2007?

I click on the Close button.

28
 The Keyboard

Alphabet keys Number keys

I use the spacebar to leave space between words.

I use the key to change line

I use the key to erase mistakes while typing

I use the key to type in capital letters.

29
 Activity 1:Typing text

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007.

2. I type the following text:

The Delete key

The Delete key

30
 Activity 2: Using the Delete
key

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007.

2. I type the following words:

3. I use the mouse to place the cursor at the beginning of the first word.

4. I press the key

31
5. Now I type the letter t in capital.

6. I put the first letter of the other words in capital.

The Delete key I type the word

erases text on the right of the cursor.

I press

The letter C disappears

I press again

Now it is the letter O which

disappears

32
 Activity 3: Using the Delete
key

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I use the key to erase all the Z in the text.

33
The Shift Key

There are 2 Shift keys.

1. To type the question mark (?),

I press hold the key

and press.

2.To type the exclamation mark (!),

I press hold the key

and press .

34
Activity 4: Using the Shift key with other keys

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007.

2. I do the following actions on the computer.
3. I write the result in the table below.

Action Result
/
Press

?
Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

35
 Activity 5: Using the Shift key

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007

2. I type the following text:

Activity 6: Using the Shift key with other keys

Action Result
Press

Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

36
 Activity 7: Typing text

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007.

2. I type the following text:

37
 Activity 8: Using Shift key to type capital letters

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007.

2. I carry out the following actions on the computer.
3. I write the result in the table below.

Action Result
Press

Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

I can also use the key

to type in capital.

38
 Activity 9: Using Shift key to type capital letters

1. I write the result for each action in the table below.

Action Result
Press

Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

Press

Press hold and press

Activity 10: Typing text

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007.

2. I type the following text:

39
The arrow keys

Up

Left Right
Down

The arrow keys are used to move the cursor.

40
 Activity 11: Using the Arrow keys

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I press 2 times

The cursor is between the letters and

3. I press 5 times

The cursor is after the word “ ”

4. I press once and 4 times

The cursor is before the word “ ”

41
 Activity 12: Editing text

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I use the arrow keys to move the cursor.

3. I change the letters n and y into capital letters in the 1st sentence.
4. I type the word their between “visit” and “grandparents” in the 3rd sentence.
5. I add the letter s at the end of the word “parent” in the 2nd sentence.
6. I replace the word “have” by has in the 4th sentence.

42
 How to select text?

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I use the arrow keys and place the cursor before the word “weather”.

3. I press hold the key.

4. I press
5. The letter “w” is selected.

I continue to press until the word “weather” is selected.

43
 If the word “is” is also selected,

I continue to press hold the

key and press to unselect the

6. I can now release the key.

7. I click anywhere on the page to unselect the word “weather”.

8. I will now select the word “children”.

44
 Editing text using Cut, Copy and Paste

Paste Copy Cut

The Cut tool cut a selected text. The Copy

tool copies a selected text.

The Paste tool paste a selected text which has been cut or
copied.

45
 Activity 13: Copying and Pasting text

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I select the word Tuesday.

3. I click on .
4. I click in the correct box.

5. I click on .
6. I copy and paste the remaining days of the week in their correct

boxes.

46
 Activity 14: Copying and Pasting text

1. I double click on the computer.

2. I Copy and Paste the words in the correct order in the boxes.

47
 Activity 15: Cutting and Pasting text

1. I double click on the desktop.

I complete the table below with the names of the Months given below:

2. I select the word February

3. I click on
4. I click in the correct box

5. I click on
6. I cut and paste the remaining months in their correct boxes.

48
 Activity 16: Cutting and Pasting text

1. I double click on the desktop.

I complete the table with the words given below.

Formatting text using font type, font size

and font colour

Font Type Font Size Font Colour

Computer Computer Comp

Computer Computer Computer
Computer ComputerComputer
Computer
Computer
Computer
Computer

49
 Activity 17: Font Formatting

1. I open MS Word program.

2. I type the following text:

Little Sam is playing with a big blue ball.

3. I select the word

4. I click on the small arrow

5. I click on the size 12 in the menu which appears

6. I select the word

7. I click on the small arrow

8. I click on the number 36 in the menu which appears

9. I select the word

10. I click on the small arrow

11. I click on in the menu which appears

12. I select the word

13. I click on the small arrow

14. I click on in the menu which appears

15. I click on the small arrow

16. I click on the blue colour

50
 Activity 51: Formatting
Text

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I cut the word years in the 1st sentence and paste it between the words six
and old in the 2nd sentence.
3. I copy the word is in the 1st sentence and paste it after the word
He in the 2nd sentence.
4. I change the font colour of the word Jim to red.
5. I change the font size of the word boy to 14.
6. I change the font type of the word He to Times New Roman.

Formatting text using Bold, Italic and Underlin

B I U
Normal Text Bold I talic Underline

Computer Computer Computer Computer

51
 Activity 19: Formatting Text

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I select the word cake in the 1st sentence and click on U

3. I select the word buy in the 1st sentence and click on I

4. I select the word pen in the 2nd sentence and click on B

5. I select the word shop in the 1st sentence and click on B

6. I select the word eraser in the 2nd sentence and click on I

7. I select the word book in the 2nd sentence and click on U

52
 Activity 53: Formatting
Text

1. I double click on the computer.

2. I cut the word blue in the 1st sentence and paste it between the letter a and
the word ruler in the 2nd sentence.
3. I copy the word small in the 1st sentence and paste it after the word the in
the 3rd sentence.
4. I underline the word ruler in the 2nd sentence.

5. I put the word book in italics in the 1st sentence.

6. I apply bold to the word David in the 3rd sentence.

7. I change the font size of the word Amina from 20 to 26

8. I change the font colour of the word has to green in the 1st sentence.
9. I change the font of the word blue to Arial in the 2nd sentence.

53
Formatting text: Alignment of text

Align Left Center Align Right

Activity 21: Alignment of Text

1. I open Microsoft Word 2007.

2. I type the sentence below:

3. I select the sentence.

4. I click on

54
5. I click on

6. I click on

55
 Activity 21: Formatting Text

1. I double click on the computer.

2. I change the font size of the word big from 20 to 28.

3. I align the word up to the left.

4. I apply bold to the word thick.

5. I align the word down to the right.

6. I put the word thin in italics.

7. I underline the word under.

8. I change the font size of the word small from 20 to 14.

9. I change the font of the word over to Arial Black.

10. I align the word middle to the centre.

56
 Evaluation

At the end of this unit, the pupil can

1 Open Microsoft Word 2007 using the Start menu.

2 Close Microsoft Word 2007 using the Close button.

3 Edit text using the delete key.

4 Use the shift key to type special characters.

5 Use the shift key to type capital letters.

6 Use the arrow keys to move the cursor.

7 Use shift key and arrow keys to select a text.

8 Copy and paste text.

9 Cut and paste text.

10 Change font, font colour and font size.

11 Apply bold to text.

12 Italicize and underline text.

13 Align text to the right, left and centre.

57
58
4 Presentation
Aim: To create and view a simple presentation

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to: View a
• slide show

• Open MS PowerPoint program

• Close MS PowerPoint program
• Create a presentation using MS PowerPoint Program
• Format text on slides of a presentation

59
 Activity 1: Viewing a Slide Show

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. The following slide appears:

3. To view the next slide:

I click on the screen.
OR
I press the right arrow key on the keyboard.
4. The next slide appears as below:

60
5. To view the previous slide:

I press the left arrow key on the keyboard.

6. To end the slide show I press the Escape key on the

keyboard.

(Note: I can also click on the last slide to end the slide show)

61
 Activity 1: Opening Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

1. I click on the Start button.

2. I click on All Programs.

62
3. I click on Microsoft Office.

4. I click on Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.

63
Microsoft PowerPoint opens as shown below.

Activity 2: Closing Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

I click on the Close button.

64
 Activity 3: Creating a presentation

1. I open Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.

2. I click on the title box and type the word animals in capital letters.

Title box

3. I now click the subtitle box and type my name.

Subtitle box

65
4. I click on the slide

5. I click on the Design tab

6. I click on the theme ‘Flow’

The first slide is ready and should look like this:

66
 Activity 4(a): Adding a new slide with picture

1. I double click on the computer.

2. To add another slide, I click on

3. I click in the title box on the new slide and type animals in capital letters.

4. I click in the text box and type Dog.

67
5. To add a picture on the slide:

(i) I click on the Insert tab.

(ii) I click on Picture.

(iii) I double click on the picture of the dog

68
 Activity 4(b): Adding a new slide with picture

1. I open my PowerPoint presentation “Animals”.

2. I add a new slide.

3. I type animals in capital letters in the title box.

4. I type Cat in the text box.

5. I add the picture of a cat on the slide

Activity 4(c): Adding a new slide with picture

1. I open my PowerPoint presentation “Animals”.

2. I add a new slide.

3. I type animals in capital letters in the title box.

4. I type Horse in the text box.

5. I add the picture of a horse on the slide

69
 Activity 5: Formatting text on a slide

1. I open my PowerPoint presentation “Animals”.

2. I select the title Animals

3. I click on B to put the title in bold characters.

4. I change the font size of the title to 80.

5. I click on U to underline the title.

6. I change the font size of the subtitle to 40.

7. I click on I to underline the subtitle.

70
 Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 View a slide show.

2 Open Microsoft Powerpoint 2007.

3 Close Microsoft Powerpoint 2007.

4 Create a presentation.

5 Add slides to a presentation.

6 Add text to a slide.

7 Insert a picture on a slide.

8 Format text on a slide.

71
72
5 Internet
Aim: To work with a web browser software

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:
• Identify a web browser
• Open a web browser
• Access the web using a web browser
• Close a web browser

73
Web Browser

I use a web browser to view web pages on the Internet.

Some common examples of web browsers

Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome

74
 Activity 1: Identifying web browsers

(a) I tick ( ) the web browser icon. (i)

(ii)

(iii)

(b) I tick ( ) the Google Chrome web browser icon.

(c) I tick ( ) the Mozilla Firefox web browser icon.

(d) I tick ( ) the Internet Explorer web browser icon.

75
Opening a web browser

To open a web browser (for example, Google Chrome) I double click on its icon on
the desktop.

The web browser opens as shown below:

76
Browsing a given webpage using Google Chrom

1. I click on address bar.

2. I type www.kidsite.com in the address bar and I press the Enter Key.

77
The following screen appears:

3. I click on the text Animals.

78
4. I click on Animal Names.

The following screen appears as below:

79
5. Now click on the Back button

The following screen appears as below:

80
6. Now click on the Next button

The following screen appears back again:

81
7. Now I click on the Home button .

The following screen appears again.

82
8. I click on the Close button to close the web browser

83
 Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Identify a Web Browser.

2 Open a Web Browser.

3 Surf a given website using a web browser.

4 Close a Web Browser.

84
6 Multimedia
Aim: To make coloured drawings using a graphic software

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to: Draw
• simple shapes

• Use the Fill with colour tool

• Use different types of brushes Use the
• Rectangular Selection tool Use the Curve
tool
•

85
Drawing simple shapes using the shapes tools

I use the Shapes tools to

draw different kind of
shapes.
Oval tool

Rectangle tool

Triangle tool

86
 Activity 1: Drawing a
circle

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I click on the Oval tool.

(Note that the pointer changes from to in the drawing area)

3. I press hold the Shift key with one hand.

4. I click and drag the mouse with the other hand.

(Note: By dragging the mouse outward the circle becomes bigger.)

5. I release both the Shift key and the mouse button.

87
 Activity 2: Drawing a rectangle

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I click on the Rectangle tool.

3. I click and drag the mouse.

(Note: By dragging the mouse outward the rectangle becomes bigger.)

4. I release the mouse button.

I can also use the Rectangle tool to draw a square.
I just have to press hold the Shift keywhile I click and drag the mouse

88
 Activity 3: Drawing a
triangle

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I click on the Triangle tool.

3. I click and drag the mouse.

(Note: By dragging the mouse outward the triangle becomes bigger.)

4. I release the mouse button.

89
The Fill with Color tool

I use the Fill with color tool to fill shapes with colour.

90
 Activity 4: Using the Fill with Color tool

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I use the shapes tools to draw a circle, a square and a triangle.

3. I click on the Fill with color tool.

(Note: The pointer changes from to in the drawing area)

4. I click on the red colour in the colour box.

5. I click in the circle shape.

6. I use the Fill with color tool to paint the square blue and the triangle

yellow.

9
1
Changing the size of a selected tool

I click here to change the size of the Shapes, Pencil, Eraser and Brushes

I can choose among four sizes for each tool.

92
 Activity 5: Changing the size of the Shapes tool

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I use the Rectangle tool to draw a rectangle.

3. I draw another rectangle next to the first one.

4. I click on the Size button and choose the first line from the top.

93
5. I click on the drawing area.

The line of the second rectangle is thinner than the first one.
6. I now draw a third rectangle.

7. I then choose the thickest width from the Size options.

Activity 6: Drawing and colouring shapes

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I draw 3 circles of 3 different widths.

3. I use the Fill with color tool to paint each circle with a different colour.

94
 The Brushes tool

I click here to use different types of brush.

Brush Calligraphy Calligraphy Airbrush

brush 1 brush 2

Oil brush Crayon Marker Natural pencil

Watercolour
brush

95
 Activity 7: Colouring with brushes

1. I open with MS Paint.

2. I use Calligraphy brush 1 to colour the big circle red.

3. I use Oil brush to colour the small circle blue .

4. I use Watercolour brush to colour the big square green.

5. I use Crayon to colour the small square yellow.

6. I use Natural pencil to colour the big rectangle red.

7. I use Marker to colour the small rectangle blue.

8. I use Airbrush to colour the big triangle green.

9. I use Calligraphy brush 2 to colour the small triangle yellow.

96
 The Rectangular selection tool

I use the Rectangular Selection tool to select a rectangular area aroun

I can also use the Rectangular Selection tool to select part of a

97
 Activity 8: Using the Rectangular Selection tool

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I draw a big yellow square in the middle of the page.

3. I draw a small blue circle.

98
4. I click on the Rectangular Selection button.

5. I click and drag the mouse around the blue circle.

(Note: The blue circle must be within the Rectangular selection.)

6. I place the pointer inside the rectangular selection.

99
7. I press hold the left mouse button and drag the circle within the square.

8. I click on the Transparent selection option to remove the white

background.

9. I click on the drawing area to remove the rectangular selection.

10
0
 Activity 9: Using the Rectangular Selection tool

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I draw a big blue circle in the middle of the page.

3. I use the Rectangular selection tool to select a part of the circle.

(Note: The Rectangular selection must be within the blue circle.)

101
4. I place the pointer inside the rectangular selection.

5. I press hold the left mouse button and drag the rectangular selection
outside the blue circle.

6. I click on the drawing area to remove the rectangular selection.

10
2
 The Curve tool

I use the Curve tool to draw curves.

103
 Activity 10: Using the Curve tool

1. I double click on the desktop.

2. I click on the Curve tool button.

3. I press hold the left mouse button and drag to draw a line.

4. I place the pointer on the line and drag.

10
4
5. I place the pointer at another place on the line and drag again.

(Note: I cannot drag the line more than two times to make a curve)

105
 Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

1 Draw simple shapes.

2 Use the Fill with color tool.

3 Use different types of brushes.

4 Use the Rectangular Selection tool.

5 Use the Curve tool.

10
6
 Teacher's notes

General Notes:
1. Activity: to be done in the book.

2. Activity: to be done on the computer.

3. Activit t be done simultaneously on the

computer and in the book.

4. An evaluation section is found at the end of each topic to note

down the progress of the pupils.

5. All computer activities have been designed to be used with

Windows 7 and Office 2007.

Chapter 2: COMPUTER OPERATIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS

Page 23: Teacher is required to demonstrate how to send a file to the pen drive.

Chapter 3: WORD PROCESSING

It is recommended that for all MS Word activities to be carried out on the computer,
the default font type and font size are set to Comic Sans MS and minimum 20 pts
respectively.

Page 33 Activity 3: For this activity pupils should be strictly forbidden to use the
Backspace key.

107
Chapter 4: PRESENTATION
Page 67 Activity 4: Teacher must ensure that pictures are pre-loaded in the ‘M

Chapter 5: INTERNET
Page 73: If Google Chrome is not available, other browsers may be used.

Activities in the book are not limited. The teacher is recommended to

give additional activities depending on the ability of the pupils.

108
© Mauritius Institute of Education 2017 ISBN:

978-99949-44-48-4