About Course

Understand the essential concepts and acquire skills relating to web browsing, effective information search, online communication, and email.

Course Outline

• 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 of backing up data.
• Recognise considerations relating to green IT, accessibility and user health.

About Course

Understand essential concepts and acquire skills relating to the use of devices, file creation and management, networks and data security.

Course Outline

• 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 of backing up data.
• Recognise considerations relating to green IT, accessibility and user health.

About Course

Demonstrate competence in using presentation tools on a computer. Accomplish tasks such as creating, formatting, modifying and preparing presentations using different slide layouts for display and printed distribution.

Course Outline

• WDA has incorporated ICDL certification into ES (Employability Skills) WSQ.
• Work with presentations and save them in different file formats.
• Choose built-in options such as the Help function within the application to enhance productivity.
• Understand different presentation views and when to use them, choose different slide layouts and designs.
• Enter, edit and format text in presentations.
• Choose, create and format charts to communicate information meaningfully.
• Insert and edit pictures, images and drawn objects.
• Apply animation and transition effects to presentations.

About Course

Understand the concept of spreadsheets and to demonstrate the ability to use a spreadsheet application. Accomplish tasks associated with developing, formatting, modifying and using a spreadsheet, in addition to using standard formulas and functions, and demonstrate competence in creating and formatting graphs or charts.

Course Outline

• WDA has incorporated ICDL certification into ES (Employability Skills) WSQ.
• Work with spreadsheets and save them in different file formats.
• Choose built-in options such as the Help function within the application to enhance productivity.
• Enter data into cells and use good practice in creating lists.
• Edit rows and columns in a worksheet.
• Create mathematical and logical formulas using standard spreadsheet functions.
• Choose, create and format charts to communicate information meaningfully.

About Course

Demonstrate the ability to use a word processing application to accomplish everyday tasks associated with creating, formatting and finishing small-sized word processing documents such as letters and other everyday documents. Duplicate and move text within and between documents. Gain competence in using some of the features associated with word processing applications such as creating standard tables, using pictures and images within a document, and using mail merge tools.

Course Outline

• WDA has incorporated ICDL certification into ES (Employability Skills) WSQ.
• Work with documents and save them in different file formats.
• Choose built-in options such as the Help function to enhance productivity.
• Create and edit small-sized word processing documents that will be ready to share and distribute.
• Apply different formats to documents to enhance them before distribution and recognise good practice in choosing the appropriate formatting options.
• Insert tables, images and drawn objects into documents.
• Prepare documents for mail merge operations.
• Adjust document page settings and check and correct spelling before finally printing documents.