No matter where you work or what your job involves, there’s a good chance a computer will be a basic tool you’ll be expected to use.
It is in your best interests to develop the skills you need to use a computer confidently – it might help you get a job, it will make it easier for you to advance in your career and help you to do your job more quickly and easily.
This course will help you to understand how computers work. The first section, Concepts of IT, will give you a good basic understanding of computers. You’ll find out what’s contained in a typical desktop computer, what’s meant by ‘hardware’ and ‘software’ and what people mean by a ‘computer network’.
The second section of the course, Using Your Computer, will teach you the basics of looking after your computer, managing and organising your files and protecting your work from security threats such as viruses.
Duration
10 – 40 hours working at your own pace
Progression
Taking this course can count towards part of the following qualifications:
- CLAiT Plus
- The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
- ITQ
Course Content
On completion of this course you will:
- Understand the main parts of a PC system
- Know about PC hardware
- Understand ways to store data
- Know about PC software
- Understand about computer networks
- Know about how you can use computers in your everyday life
- Know about security and legal issues affecting PC use
- Recognise the parts of a PC system
- Move around the Windows desktop
- Use Windows Explorer to manage files
- Use a text editor
- Change PC display and time settings
- Know how to add hardware/software to a PC
- Know how to protect files from a virus and being deleted
- Know how to take care of a PC
Project
This is a Learndirect Course, and is completed online: at home or at one of our centres.
See www.learndirect.co.uk for more details.
