Operating Systems

Your boss has tasked you with installing and maintaining an operating system for a new employee. You will be using a computer from someone who just quit; therefore, you will need to rebuild the operating system and applications.Write a 4–5-page report to your boss describing the procedures on how to install and configure an operating system. Include the following information:

• • Assess basic operating system tools.
  • Assess how to install, configure, and personalize an operating system.
  • Explain how to perform basic application management and system monitoring tasks from within an operating system.
  • Apply the assessment’s assigned lab concepts and activities.

  Criteria	Non-performance	Basic	Proficient	Distinguished
  Assess basic operating system tools.	Does not assess basic operating system tools.	Lists basic operating system tools.	Assesses basic operating system tools.	Assesses basic operating system tools; assessment is accurate and provides a solution.
  Assess how to install, configure, and personalize an operating system.	Does not assess how to install, configure, and personalize an operating system.	Describes how to install, configure, or personalize an operating system; description does not include all necessary steps.	Assesses how to install, configure, and personalize an operating system.	Assesses how to install, configure, and personalize an operating system; assessment is detailed and includes direction.
  Explain how to perform basic application management and system monitoring tasks.	Does not explain how to perform basic application management and system monitoring tasks.	Explains how to perform basic application management and system monitoring tasks, but the explanation is incorrect.	Explains how to perform basic application management and system monitoring tasks.	Explains how to perform basic application management and system monitoring tasks from within a specific operating system.
  Apply the assessment’s assigned lab concepts and activities.	Does not apply the assessment’s assigned lab concepts and activities.	Discusses the assessment’s assigned lab concepts and activities but does not apply them to the activity.	Applies the assessment’s assigned lab concepts and activities.	Applies the assessment’s assigned lab concepts and activities; application shows strong understanding of the concepts.
  Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities.	Does not communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities.	Communicates in an inconsistent scholarly and professional manner for members of professional communities.	Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities.	Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities; written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.