Beginners IT & Online Basics at Entry 3
- Level: Equivalent to Foundation Level
- Date: Throughout the year
- Day: To be confirmed
- Time: To be confirmed
- Location: Oxford
- Cost: £100 a month
- Tutor: To be confirmed
Course Aims
This qualification is for total beginners and people with some basic IT skills. It’s a great start to learning and improving your IT skills if you want to:
- learn how to use technology to keep in touch with friends and family
- use technology to make your day-to-day tasks easier
- learn the basics of using a computer before moving on to a higher level qualification
Module Content
- Computer Basics
- The Desktop
- Documents
- The World Wide Web
Computer Basics
- Parts of a computer
- Types of computer
- Getting started
- The keyboard
- The mouse
- Shutting down the computer
The Desktop
- Icons
- Taskbar and start button
- Windows
- Storing information
- Applications
- Different file types
Documents
- Creating a document
- Name and save
- Change font
- Bold, italic, underline
- Cut & paste / Copy & paste
- Save & Print
The World Wide Web
- Evaluating information
- Online security
- Connecting to the Internet
- Navigating
- Downloading
- Search Engines
- Social Networking
- Email accounts
- Creating an email
- Replying to an email
- Forwarding an email
- Mail attachments