Computer and Online Essentials – e learning course

Learn easily and independently on our state-of-the-art eLearning interactive and practical platform with hands-on online courses accompanied by audio instructions that takes you step by step through the course. Invest in your skills and keep up with today’s employable skills. This course do not include ICDL test or ICDL Certification, however, it does cover the ICDL Course for this course, allowing you to come back in the future if you wish to purchase tests and become certified.
Once course is completed you will earn a digital badge which you can upload to your linked In profile or other social networks.

On completion of this course you will be able to:

• Understand key concepts relating to ICT, computers, devices, and software.
• Start up and shut down a computer
• Work effectively on the computer desktop using icons, windows
• Adjust the main operating system settings and use built-in help features
• Create a simple document and print an output
• Know about the main concepts of file management and be able to efficiently organise files and folders
• Understand key storage concepts and use utility software to compress and extract large files
• Understand network concepts and connection options and be able to connect to a network
• Understand the importance of protecting data and devices from malware, and the importance of backing up data
• Recognise considerations relating to green IT, accessibility, and user health
• Understand web browsing and online security concepts
• Use the web browser and manage browser settings, bookmarks, and web outputs
• Search effectively for online information and critically evaluate web content
• Understand key copyright and data protection issues
• Understand concepts of online communities, communications, and e-mail
• Send, receive e-mails and manage e-mail settings
• Organise and search e-mails and use calendars