ICT 5 - Essential Skills
Course material and exercises for this course
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Course Material and Exercises
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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 ICT5 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.
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 ICT5 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.
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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 descriptor, schedule and general unit information
Reasons for Essential Skills
Questions answered and convincing reasons to study Essential Skills
Presentations
Exercises and notes relating to Microsoft PowerPoint
Word Processing
Exercises and notes relating to Microsoft Word
Additional material for referencing, explanation as to bibliography and how to reference various types of sources
File and Folder Management
Organising files within folder structures
Searching Online and Web Info
World Wide Web and search exercises
Evaluating Information
Questioning the validity and use of information
Plan Search Evaluate
Search strategy, criteria and technique
Examples - Evaluating
Planning a search, evaluating a website, analysis and evaluation of search strategy
Spreadsheets
Exercises and notes relating to Microsoft Excel
Cloud Computing
Working on the cloud
Sharing work with your lecturer
All work must be backed-up every week and placed into a shared folder
Chromebook
Notes and tutorials ONLY for students using a Chromebook
Digital Security
Legal implications, contemporary security
USB Flash Drive
The safe removal of a USB flash drive from a Windows system
Screenshot Evidence
Gathering digital evidence
Control Panel
Fault finding, maintenance, security, and much more within control panel - handy guide
Common Mistakes
Some help and guidance as to common mistakes, how to avoid them
Other Learning
Various associated learning exercises and practice
Books
Retailing at Amazon and all good bookstores, the following books provide extended learning and practice with access to files, additional video tutorials, more learning for anyone wanting to keep going beyond the scope of the unit. The following books contain learning for beginners through to some more advanced features. Donations are made to charitable organisations from the sale of books, helping save sight and support those having lost sight in developing countries around the world via Sight Savers International as well as other charities.
