Certification Summary
The ICDL (International Computer Driving License) certification is a highly recognised qualification.
It offers you a key recognition of your literacy in computer skills and is designed for novices or casual computer users and will get you to a high computer literacy standard.
Course Summary
This course is designed for beginner computer users will improve knowledge on these 7 key areas:
Computer Essentials, IT Security, Online Essentials, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Word Processing, Databases
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The ICDL Certification is the fastest growing IT user qualification in over 125 countries, with many UK companies setting the ICDL as a mandatory requirement, such as the NHS and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Without basic computer skills one can be quite cumbersome in the office, limiting their roles and value. Some employers or companies may not even consider you as a candidate without a reasonable level of computer skills. The ICDL certification training is designed for novices or casual computer users that will take learners to a high computer literacy standard.
Our ICDL Online Course has been updated and is brand new for 2020 and features the latest version of Windows and Microsoft Office so that you are learning the most up to date features and get the most relevant information.
By gaining an ICDL certification you or staff in your company will become more confident and efficient in using computers and the ‘industry standard’ Windows programmes such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as greater employee motivation, increased productivity and reducing time wasted on solving computer related tasks. An extensive number of companies in the UK have already set ICDL as the benchmark for computer skills, including NHS, HSBC and Sainsburys.
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Course Content
[aux_row columns=”2″] [aux_col]Module 1 – Computer Essentials
Computer Essentials is the first module of the ICDL course. This module will help you improve your knowledge and competence in using the common functions of a personal computer and its operating system. Computer Essentials covers how to adjust main settings, using the built in help features and dealing with non-responding applications. The module will also cover how to effectively operate within the desktop environment and work with desktop icons and windows, how to manage and organise files and directories/ folders, alongside how to duplicate, move and delete files and directories/folders and compress/extract the files. You will also improve understanding of what a computer virus is and be able to use virus-scanning software.
IT Security is the second module of the ICDL course. This module covers some of the main concepts of IT Security at a general level, helping you understand the make-up of a personal computer in terms of hardware and software and to understand some of the IT security for users such as data storage and memory. Also, the module covers how information networks are used within computing and be aware of the uses of computer-based software applications in everyday life. Health and safety issues as well as some environmental factors and legal issues involved with using computers, are also covered.
Online Essentials is the third module of the ICDL course. It focuses on getting you online and is divided into two sections. The first section, Information, will help learners to understand the concepts and terms associated with using the Internet and to appreciate some of the security considerations. Once you have successfully completed the course you will be able to accomplish common Web search tasks using a Web browsing application and available search engine tools. Be able to bookmark Web sites, and to print Web pages and search outputs. The module also covers navigation within Web forms and how to complete Web forms.
The second section, Communication, covers concepts of electronic mail (e-mail), together with appreciation of some of the security considerations associated with using e-mail. Once you have completed the training, you will be able to use e-mail software to send and receive messages, and to attach files to mail messages and also, organise and manage message folders/directories within e-mail software.
Presentation is the fourth module of the ICDL course. This module will help you use presentation tools on a computer, get to grips with basic presentation functions to produce standard documents, including; open create, save, modify slides, formatting, add graphics and charts, slide setup, printing, slide animations, presentation delivery etc.. Once the course is completed, you will be able to accomplish tasks such as creating, formatting, modifying and preparing presentations using different slide layouts for display and printed distribution. The module covers how to move text, pictures, images and charts within the presentation and between presentations and how to accomplish common operations with images, charts and drawn objects, including using various slide show effects.
Spreadsheets is the fifth module of the ICDL course. This module will help you understand the concept of spreadsheets, basic spreadsheet functions to produce standard documents e.g. Open, create, save, formatting. And slightly more advanced functions such as insert/delete rows and columns, sort data, basic formulas, document setup. Printing Charts, graphs etc. Once the course is completed, you will be able to accomplish tasks associated with developing, formatting, modifying and using a spreadsheet of limited scope ready for distribution. The module will cover how to generate and apply standard mathematical and logical formulas using standard formulas and functions, and will include how to create and format graphs and charts.
Word Processing is the sixth module of the ICDL course. This module will help you to be able to accomplish everyday tasks associated with creating, formatting and finishing small sized word processing documents ready for distribution. Once the course is completed, you will become competent in duplicating or moving text within and between documents and with 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.
Databases is the seventh and last module of the ICDL course. This module allows you to understand the concept of a database and demonstrate competence in using a database, Understand what a database is and how it is organised and operated, Create a simple database and view the database content in various modes, Create a table; define and modify fields and their properties; enter and edit data in a table, Sort and filter a table or form; create, modify and run queries to retrieve specific information from a database, Understand what a form is; create a form to enter, modify, and delete records and data in records and Create routine reports and prepare outputs ready for distribution.
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