Blue boxes contain additional exercises for you to try.
Green boxes provide examples to base your own files upon.
Everything else is notes, tutorials and additional course material - pdf format has been used to assist with accessibility.
The link above for links and video tutorials provides more for you, some students like to view video to take notes or pause for trial. Videos can have close captioning switched on but many are without audio - all for accessibility purposes.
It is advisable to look at the notes, tutorials, videos, try exercises before moving onto the pre-assessment exercises at the bottom of this page.

Downloading files from this website

The notes, tutorials and files on this website can be viewed online and do not need to be downloaded.
However, exercises and pre-assessment files do need to be downloaded to complete the tasks, here is a video tutorial to assist you:
Icon Guides: Notes, tutorials, exercises and additional course material
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When you see this icon - a video tutorial is available

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When you see this icon - a presentation or notes can be viewed or downloaded

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When you see this icon - exercises should be completed

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When you see this icon - link(s) to web resources provided, click on the link as detailed

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When you see this icon - some reading is required

Reasons for Essential Skills

Questions answered and convincing reasons to study Essential Skills

One Drive - Cloud Computing

Working on the cloud
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To access One Drive web based - click here  - sign in with your usual Windows log in using student email address

Sharing work with your lecturer

All work must be backed-up every week and placed into a shared folder

Printing hard copies

Notes for printing