A brochure for the GE 210 computer from 1964. BASIC's creators used a similar computer four years later to develop the programming language. Credit: GE / Wikipedia ...

Proper use of the mouse was not intuitive. Many people had a hard time moving and clicking at the same time, and “double-clicking” was a skill one had to learn.

Since computers are ubiquitous in 21st-century life, people who don’t work in a technical field may still want to take courses to learn how to use a particular program or device.

As schools across the country start the school year via distanced learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, some students are without the item they need most: a computer. More than two dozen ...