Ch 3 Windows Media Player

Question 1

What can you use Windows Media Player for

Answer 1

• to play music, video and movie files
• it helps us to organise our digital media collection
• we can burn CDs (copying data FROM a computer TO a CD)
• rip CDs (copying data/songs from audio CDs TO our computer)

Question 2

How to start Windows Media Player

Answer 2

Start –> All Programs –> Windows Media Player

Question 3

What can we use the Navigation Pane for

Answer 3

to choose a category such as Music, Pictures or Videos

Question 3

What we can use Library view for (in the media player)

Answer 3

access + organise our digital media collection

Question 4

What are the different sections of the taskbar and their uses?

Answer 4

1. Start button - opens start menu
2. Quick launch menu - shows us the programs we have opened + lets us switch between
3. Notification area - includes clock + icons

Question 5

What are the steps to ripping a CD

Answer 5

1. Open Windows Media Player by quick - searching it in the Start Menu.
2. Insert a CD into the PC’s CD drive
3. Select the ‘Rip CD’ button
4. Then we can select individual songs to rip
5. To select a different format, we have to select the ‘Rip Settings Menu’ and then choose Format/Audio Quality.
6. We will find the tracks we have ripped, moved and saved into the ‘Music’ folder by default

Question 6

*ASK LARISSA IF SHE STILL HAS THE HANDOUT WITH ALL THE STEPS TO RIPPING A CD, ETC, ETC.

Question 7

ALSO ASK HER IF WE NEED TO KNOW THE SETTING OF TUCK EVERLASTING AND STUFF

Question 8

What are four benefits of using the taskbar

Answer 8

1. The Taskbar helps us to multitask
2. Using the taskbar, we can easily switch between and work with multiple windows.
3. The taskbar provides a clock as well as icons [that communicate the status of certain programs and settings]
4. We can get quick search results using the search options in the Start Menu

Question 9

Understand the Address Bar, Navigation Pane, View options screen diagram