ICT 4 - Essential Skills
Course material and exercises for this course
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Course Material and Exercises
Exercises are shown within blue boxes throughout - everything else is notes, tutorials and additional course material
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When you see this icon - a video tutorial is available
When you see this icon - a presentation or notes can be viewed or downloaded
When you see this icon - exercises should be completed
When you see this icon - link(s) to web resources provided, click on the link as detailed
When you see this icon - some reading is required
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:
However, exercises and pre-assessment files do need to be downloaded to complete the tasks, here is a video tutorial to assist you:
Unit details and descriptor
SQA unit descriptor, schedule and unit information
Reasons for Essential Skills
Questions answered and convincing reasons to study Essential Skills
Check - already have Office?
Downloading Office 365 Apps
List of Exercises on this page
Underneath each section of this web page are exercises.
Exercises have a question mark icon next to it, but this list will help you check you have completed all required by your lecturer.
The exercise files will take you through each requirement of the task, follow each step as displayed therein. At the end of each file is an instruction to save the file using a specific name. Make all files available to your lecturer as instructed after completion.
1. Word Processing - Spelling and Grammar
2. Word Processing - Letter exercise
3. Word Processing - Edit Letter Exercise
4. File and Folder exercise
5. One Drive main folder share, this might have been done at the start of the course
6. Screenshots
7. Printing Exercise using screenshot evidence, no requirement to physically print
8. PowerPoint presentation - Present 1
9. PowerPoint presentation - Present 2
10. Search planning and evidence of searching, can be combined with the PowerPoint presentation
(Search for information, gather information, use bullet points and illustrations relevant to your course for the presentation and the search for additional information can cover exercises 7, 8 and 9).
11. Digital Security
12. View the tutorial for Control Panels, give it a try and capture a screenshot for a document evidence.
Exercises have a question mark icon next to it, but this list will help you check you have completed all required by your lecturer.
The exercise files will take you through each requirement of the task, follow each step as displayed therein. At the end of each file is an instruction to save the file using a specific name. Make all files available to your lecturer as instructed after completion.
1. Word Processing - Spelling and Grammar
2. Word Processing - Letter exercise
3. Word Processing - Edit Letter Exercise
4. File and Folder exercise
5. One Drive main folder share, this might have been done at the start of the course
6. Screenshots
7. Printing Exercise using screenshot evidence, no requirement to physically print
8. PowerPoint presentation - Present 1
9. PowerPoint presentation - Present 2
10. Search planning and evidence of searching, can be combined with the PowerPoint presentation
(Search for information, gather information, use bullet points and illustrations relevant to your course for the presentation and the search for additional information can cover exercises 7, 8 and 9).
11. Digital Security
12. View the tutorial for Control Panels, give it a try and capture a screenshot for a document evidence.
Word Processing Section
Notes, Video Tutorials and Exercises related to Word Processing using Microsoft Word
Saving a file and Opening a file
Formatting text
Formatting paragraphs
Formatting Lists with bullet points or numbering
Tips for Word Processing
Spelling and Grammar
Letters in Microsoft Word
File and Folder Management
Organising files in folders
One Drive and the cloud
Working on the cloud
Sharing work with your lecturer
All work must be backed-up every week and placed into a shared folder
Screenshot Evidence
Gathering screen captures
Printing hard copies
Notes for printing
File for printing exercise completion:
Presentations - PowerPoint Section
Notes, Video Tutorials and Exercises related to Microsoft PowerPoint
Searching Online and Web Info
The World Wide Web and searching online
Evaluating Information
Obtaining information and evaluating its use
Digital Security
Importance of computer security measures
Control Panel
Security, Add Remove Programs, Identify Errors, Drivers and so much more is available within Control Panels
Other Learning
All other learning material and exercises
This section for CHROMEBOOK users ONLY - not PC
The Chromebook is different in various ways from the PC or Laptop PC. It is still possible to work online, but you will need to know have other knowledge specifically for the Chromebook. See below: