Basic Computer Course in Chakwal & Surroundings
Takes someone who has never switched a computer on and leaves them writing documents, building spreadsheets, emailing properly, and using AI tools without being taken in by them.
- Duration
- 2 to 6 months
- Level
- Absolute beginner
- Timings
- Flexible — ask us
- Fee
- Contact us — 0309 0571403
This is where most people at Chakwal IT House start
It takes someone who has never switched a computer on and leaves them able to write a document, build a spreadsheet, prepare a presentation, search and email properly, and use AI tools without being taken in by them.
We run it as three separate syllabuses, because a young child and a college student do not learn the same way.
Who each track is forYoung learners — children who have not used a computer. Six months, starting with pencil and paper.
School students — children already at school. Three to four months, mostly hands-on, ending in projects.
Adults — college students, job seekers and working adults. Two months full pace, or three months alongside studies.
What you will be able to do
Three syllabuses, one for each group
Not sure which track suits you? Call 0309 0571403 and we will tell you.
Play-based and practical. The first months are spent on hand control and confidence rather than software, because a young child needs to hold a pencil steadily before a mouse makes any sense.
9 modules · 6 months01 Pre-computer creative skills
Outcome: the hand control and confidence a child needs before using a mouse.
- Free scribbling activities
- Controlled scribbling
- Lines, curves, circles and shapes
- Simple sketching
- Tracing activities
- Colouring within boundaries
- Pattern and shape exercises
- Drawing simple objects
- Hand-eye coordination activities
02 First interaction with a computer
Taught through mouse games, clicking games, drag-and-drop puzzles and simple computer games.
- What is a computer?
- Parts of a computer
- Monitor, keyboard, mouse, CPU and laptop
- Turning the computer on and off
- Understanding the desktop
- Opening and closing applications
- Mouse basics - move, click, double-click, right-click, drag and drop
- Basic keyboard awareness
- Understanding keys and buttons
03 Creative learning on the PC
Projects: draw your house, draw a tree, create a colourful scene, make a digital birthday card, create your own cartoon character.
- Digital colouring
- Digital sketching
- Drawing lines and shapes
- Using colours
- Using the brush and eraser
- Creating simple drawings
- Saving and opening drawings
- Simple digital art projects
04 Keyboard and typing skills
- Alphabet keys
- Number keys
- Spacebar
- Enter
- Backspace
- Shift
- Arrow keys
- Basic punctuation
- Capital and small letters
- Typing names and simple sentences
- Fun typing exercises
- Basic typing games
05 Introduction to Microsoft Word
Projects: My Introduction, My Family, My Favourite Animal, Birthday Card, My School Project.
- What is Microsoft Word?
- Opening Word
- Creating a new document
- Typing words and sentences
- Changing font size
- Changing font style
- Text colour
- Bold, italic and underline
- Text alignment
- Adding pictures
- Simple shapes
- Saving a document
06 Introduction to Microsoft Excel
Projects: My Weekly Pocket Money, Class Marks Table, Favourite Fruits Survey, Simple Shopping List.
- What is Excel?
- Rows and columns
- Cells
- Entering information
- Numbers and text
- Simple tables
- Basic formatting
- Adding colours
- Simple addition
- Simple subtraction
- Basic formulas
- Creating a simple chart
07 Internet and email basics
Online safety and privacy are introduced alongside these topics, not after them.
- What is the internet?
- What is a website?
- What is a web browser?
- Searching for information
- Understanding search results
- What is an email?
- Email address basics
- Sending an email
- Receiving an email
- Writing a simple email
- Adding an attachment
08 Introduction to AI
Activities: create a short story with AI, ask AI for drawing ideas, generate quiz questions, learn interesting facts, build a simple learning plan.
- What is AI?
- Where do we see AI in everyday life?
- How AI helps us
- AI in phones, games and apps
- What is an AI chatbot?
- How to ask AI questions
- How to write a simple prompt
- Using AI for learning, ideas, stories and creative activities
- Understanding that AI can make mistakes
- Why we should verify information
- What information should never be shared with AI
09 Digital safety and good computer habits
Taught throughout the course rather than saved for the end.
- Creating safe passwords
- Never sharing passwords
- Protecting personal information
- Safe internet browsing
- Recognising suspicious links
- Asking an adult before downloading
- Being respectful online
- Screen-time awareness
- Understanding that not everything online is true
- Responsible use of AI
Roughly 70% practical work, 30% guided learning. Beginner through to intermediate, finishing with projects the student can show at home.
11 modules · 3 to 4 months01 Getting comfortable with the computer
Goal: remove any fear of using a computer.
- Introduction to the computer and its parts
- Monitor, keyboard, mouse, CPU and laptop
- Switching a computer on and off correctly
- Mouse practice - click, double-click, right-click, drag and drop
- Keyboard practice
- Typing letters, numbers and symbols
- Opening and closing applications
- Understanding the desktop, icons and taskbar
- Creating, opening, saving and deleting files
- Basic folder organisation
02 Digital drawing and creativity
This comes before any serious computer work, so that children are comfortable with the mouse, keyboard and screen first.
- Basic mouse-control exercises
- Digital colouring
- Shapes and lines
- Drawing simple objects
- Sketching on the PC
- Using colours, brushes and erasers
- Creating a simple digital artwork
- Saving and naming artwork
- Introduction to basic image editing
- Mini project - create your own digital drawing
03 Typing and keyboard skills
Mini project: type and format a short personal introduction.
- Alphabet and number keys
- Space, Enter, Backspace, Shift and Caps Lock
- Symbols and punctuation
- Basic typing practice
- Typing short sentences
- Improving typing speed and accuracy
- Copy, cut and paste
- Keyboard shortcuts - Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+S
04 Microsoft Word and document creation
Projects: My Introduction, My School Timetable, Birthday Invitation, and a short story or 'My Favourite Hobby'.
- What is Microsoft Word?
- Creating a document
- Typing and editing text
- Font, size and formatting
- Bold, italic and underline
- Text alignment
- Bullets and numbering
- Adding pictures and shapes
- Creating simple tables
- Page setup
- Saving and printing a document
05 Microsoft Excel and basic data skills
Taught through real-life activities rather than complicated formulas. Projects: My Weekly Pocket Money, Class Marks Sheet, Monthly Expense Chart, Favourite Foods Survey.
- What is Excel?
- Rows, columns and cells
- Entering information
- Formatting cells
- Simple tables
- Basic addition and subtraction
- Simple formulas
- Sorting information
- Creating a basic chart
- Understanding data
06 Internet and online skills
- What is the internet?
- What is a website?
- What is a web browser?
- How to search for information
- How to search effectively
- Understanding search results
- Downloading and uploading files
- Basic online communication
- Introduction to cloud storage
07 Email skills
Project: write and send a properly formatted practice email with an attachment.
- What is email?
- Understanding an email address
- Creating and composing an email
- To, CC and BCC
- Subject and message
- Sending and replying
- Attaching a file
- Downloading an attachment
- Email etiquette
- Recognising suspicious emails
08 Digital safety and responsible internet use
A dedicated module for this group, not a footnote.
- What is personal information?
- Creating strong passwords
- Why passwords should not be shared
- Safe browsing
- Online scams and suspicious links
- Safe downloading
- Cyberbullying
- Privacy and social media
- Stranger danger online
- What to do if something uncomfortable happens online
- Digital footprints
- Respectful online behaviour
09 Introduction to artificial intelligence
- What is AI?
- Where do we see AI in everyday life?
- How AI works, explained simply
- Examples of AI tools
- What can AI help us do?
- Asking AI good questions
- What is a prompt?
- Creating better prompts
- Using AI for learning, brainstorming and writing
- Using AI for project ideas and explaining difficult topics
- Using AI to create stories and generate images
10 AI safety and smart use
- AI can make mistakes
- Not blindly trusting AI answers
- Never sharing private information with AI
- How to check AI-generated information
- AI and plagiarism
- Using AI as a learning assistant rather than copying answers
- Understanding AI-generated images, videos and voices
- Responsible and ethical use of AI
11 Creative digital projects
The final module also introduces PowerPoint or Google Slides - creating slides, adding text and images, simple layouts and transitions - and every student presents a three to five slide presentation to the class.
- Create a digital birthday invitation
- Create a school timetable in Word
- Create a pocket-money tracker in Excel
- Write a short story using Word and AI brainstorming
- Create a digital poster
- Research a topic safely online and prepare a presentation
- Write and send a professional email with an attachment
The adult and college syllabus, taught in timed modules and finishing with a job-ready application package.
12 modules · 2 months, or 3 months for school and college students taking two or three classes a week01 Computer fundamentals6 hours
Practical: create and organise a personal folder system.
- What is a computer?
- Hardware versus software
- Types of computers and devices
- Keyboard and mouse skills
- Operating system basics
- Desktop, taskbar, icons and windows
- Files and folders
- Create, rename, copy, move and delete files
- USB and external storage
- Basic computer troubleshooting
- Proper computer handling and maintenance
02 Typing and essential computer skills4 hours
Practical: typing exercises and formatting a short document.
- Keyboard layout
- Typing practice
- Numbers and symbols
- Improving typing accuracy and speed
- Essential keyboard shortcuts
- Copy, cut and paste
- Screenshots
- Selecting and editing text
- Basic printing and PDF concepts
03 Microsoft Word8 hours
Practical project: create a professional CV and a formal application.
- Introduction to Microsoft Word
- Creating and saving documents
- Text formatting
- Paragraph formatting
- Lists and bullets
- Tables
- Images and shapes
- Page setup
- Headers and footers
- Page numbers
- Find and Replace
- Printing and PDF
- Creating professional documents
- CV and resume creation
- Applications and letters
- Basic report writing
04 Microsoft Excel8 hours
Practical project: create a monthly personal budget and expense sheet.
- Introduction to Excel
- Workbook, worksheet, rows, columns and cells
- Data entry
- Formatting cells
- Basic formulas
- SUM
- AVERAGE
- MIN and MAX
- Basic calculations
- Sorting and filtering
- Tables
- Basic charts
- Simple budgeting
- Basic data organisation
05 Microsoft PowerPoint6 hours
Practical project: create and deliver a five to seven slide presentation.
- Introduction to presentations
- Creating slides
- Slide layouts
- Themes and design
- Text and images
- Tables and charts
- Shapes and icons
- Transitions
- Animations
- Presentation structure
- Presentation design principles
- Presenting confidently
06 Internet and web browsing5 hours
Practical: find, compare and save information from different websites.
- What is the internet?
- What is a website?
- What is a web browser?
- Search engines
- Effective Google searching
- Search keywords
- Tabs and bookmarks
- Downloads and uploads
- Online resources
- Cloud storage
- Basic online services
- Understanding website URLs
07 Email and digital communication4 hours
Practical project: write and send a professional email with an attachment.
- What is email?
- Creating an email account
- Inbox and folders
- Compose, reply and forward
- Attachments
- CC and BCC
- Email subject lines
- Professional email writing
- Email etiquette
- Spam and phishing awareness
08 Web research and information literacy4 hours
Practical project: research a topic using three or four reliable sources and write a short report.
- How to search effectively
- Using the right keywords
- Finding reliable information
- Comparing multiple sources
- Identifying fake or misleading information
- Checking dates and sources
- Fact-checking basic information
- Using online references
- Basic citation and source recording
09 Google Workspace and cloud skills3 hours
Practical: create a shared document and organise files in Google Drive.
- Google Drive
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- Uploading and downloading files
- Creating folders
- Sharing documents
- Basic collaboration
- Understanding cloud storage
- Managing digital documents online
10 Introduction to AI and AI tools5 hours
Practical project: use AI to research a topic, create an outline and improve a written document.
- What is artificial intelligence?
- What is generative AI?
- Introduction to ChatGPT and similar AI tools
- What AI can and cannot do
- How to write effective prompts
- AI for learning
- AI for writing
- AI for brainstorming
- AI for research
- AI for presentations
- AI for productivity
- Checking and verifying AI-generated information
- Responsible and ethical use of AI
11 Digital safety and cyber awareness2 hours
Practical: tell safe and unsafe online behaviour apart, using real examples.
- Creating strong passwords
- Two-factor authentication
- Phishing
- Online scams
- Suspicious links and attachments
- Safe downloading
- Privacy protection
- Social media safety
- Protecting personal information
- Safe use of AI tools
12 Career and workplace digital skills4 hours
Practical project: a complete job or university application package - CV, professional email, cover letter, supporting PDFs and an organised digital folder.
- Creating a professional CV
- Writing professional emails
- Professional online communication
- Searching for jobs and internships
- Completing online job and university applications
- Uploading documents
- Creating a professional digital folder
- Introduction to Zoom and Google Meet
- Joining online meetings
- Basic workplace digital etiquette
- Sharing documents professionally
- Introduction to freelancing and online work
- Understanding digital professionalism
Ask about the next Basic Computer batch
We will tell you the fee, the timings and when the next batch starts — and which of the three groups fits you or your child.