Essential IT Skills
Digital Certificate
Accredited by Highfield Qualifications
£24.99 +VAT
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Our Essential IT Skills course provides a basic foundation in using a modern Windows computer. The course will introduce the learner to mouse and keyboard usage and slowly build their confidence in using the desktop. The course also offers a brief introduction into what applications are. Finally the learner is introduced to web browsing and printing.
The course syllabus is designed for people looking to gain a basic understanding of how to use a modern computer. This includes using everyday features of a modern desktop (Windows 10) and working with the internet through a browser.
1) Basic keyboard and mouse usage
- Introduction the different key combinations
- Using the cursor in applications
- Left click, right click and wheel functions on a mouse
2) Computer security including password rules
- Why computer security is important
- Good and bad password rules
- Logging in, signing out and powering down
3) Using the Windows desktop and managing files and folders
- Maximising, miniminsing and closing windows
- Files and folders
- Using the mouse with Drag and Drop
4) Using the internet; including search, bookmarks and tabs
- Introduction to the internet
- Using a browser to open and navigate sites
- Searching with Google
- Bookmarking sites
- Using tabs to use several sites at once
5) Printing of files
- Finding files to print
- Steps to print a document
- Print options
6) External storage devices and backing up files
- Different types of external storage (eg USB sticks)
- Advice of backing up information
- How to copy information on and off a USB device