With the rapid development of information technology and the social demand for students' computer application ability, computer basic operation skills and daily software application ability have become the essential basic qualities of college students. Computer basic course is a very important public course for students in colleges and universities. Due to the constraint of manpower and material resources, the traditional teaching of computer basic courses is often lack of innovation and practicability, causing the weak ability of student to utilize the computer to analyze and solve actual problems. This article focuses on the reform of the computer basic courses teaching and the cultivation of students' practical ability, to adapt to the development of information technology in the new situation.