ICDL – International Computer Driving License
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ICDL Computer Essentials:
This Course sets out essential concepts and skills relating to the use of devices, file creation and
management, networks and data security.
Module Goals
Successful candidates 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 organize 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.
- Recognize considerations relating to green IT, accessibility and user health.
Computer and Devices
- Define the term Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
- Identify different types of ICT services/uses like: Internet services, mobile technology, office productivity applications
- Define the term hardware. Identify the main types of computers like: desktops, laptops, tablets. Identify the main types of devices like: smartphones, media players, digital cameras
- Define the terms processor, Random Access Memory (RAM), storage. Understand their impact on performance when using computers and devices
- Identify the main types of integrated and external equipment like: printers, screens, scanners, keyboards, mouse/ track pad, webcam, speakers, microphone, docking station.
- Identify common input/output ports like: USB, HDMI.
- Define the term software and distinguish between the main types of software like: operating systems, applications. Know that software can be installed locally or available online.
- Define the term operating system and identify some common operating systems for computers and devices.
- Identify common examples of applications like: office productivity, communications, social networking, media, design, mobile applications
- Define the term End-User License Agreement (EULA). Recognize that software must be licensed before use.
- Outline the types of software licenses: proprietary, open source, trial version, shareware, freeware.
- Start a computer and log on securely using a user name and password.
- Log off, shut down, and restart a computer using an appropriate routine.
Desktop, Icons, Settings
- Outline the purpose of the desktop and the task bar.
- Identify common icons like those representing: files, folders, applications, printers, drives, and shortcuts/aliases, recycle bin/wastebasket/trash
- Select and move icons
- Create, rename, move, and delete a shortcut/alias.
- Identify the different parts of a window: title bar, menu bar, toolbar, ribbon, status bar, scroll bar.
- Open, collapse, expand, restore down, maximize, resize, move, and close a window
- Switch between open windows
- Use available help functions
- View the computer’s basic system information: operating system name and version number, installed RAM.
- Change desktop configuration settings: date and time, volume settings, background, resolution
- Change, add, and remove keyboard language. Change default language
- Shut down a non-responding application.
- Install, uninstall an application
- Connect a device (USB flash drive, digital camera, media player) to a computer. Disconnect a device using an appropriate routine
- Capture a full screen, active window
MS Office
- A -MS-WORD
- A.1 – Introduction
- A.2 – Font Options, Paragraph Options & Clipboard
- A.3 – Inserting Pictures
- A.4 – Drop Cap
- A.5 – Borders And Shading
- A.6 – Setting Tab{Left Tab, Center Tab, Right Tab}
- A.7 – Bullets And Numbering
- A.8 – Setting Indents
- A.9 – Tables{Creating, Inserting, Merging, Splitting,Etc}
- A.10 – Paragraph Formatting
- B – MS-EXCEL
- B.1 – Introduction
- B.2 – Basic Functions{Sum,Average,Count,Etc}
- B.3 – Font And Alignment
- B.4 – Changing Date
- B.5 – Wraptext,Merge And Center
- B.6 – Absolute Address
- B.7 – Sort And Filter
- B.8 – Creating Charts (Column,Pie,Line,Etc) Formatting
- B.9 – Creating Invoice
- B.10 – Income Statement Calculation
- B.11 – Currency, Percentage & Date Formatting
- C – MS- POWERPOINT
- C.1 – Introduction
- C.2 – Creating New Slides, Background & Designs
- C.3 – Inserting Pictures,Shapes,Charts,Etc
- C.4 – Inserting Textbox, Word Art,Tables,Etc
- C.5 – Custom Animation
- C.6 – Slide Animation
- C.7 – Slide Show
Outputs
- Open, close a word processing application. Open, close files
- Enter text into a document
- Copy, move text within a document, between open documents. Paste a screen capture into a document.
- Save and name a document
- Printing
- Install, uninstall a printer. Print a test page.
- Set the default printer from an installed printer list
- Print a document from a word processing application
- View, pause, restart, and cancel a print job
File Management
- Understand how an operating system organizes drives, folders, files in a hierarchical structure. Navigate between drives, folders, sub-folders, files
- Display file, folder properties like: name, size, location
- Change view to display files and folders like: tiles, icons, list, and details
- Identify common file types like: word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, portable document format (pdf), image, audio, video, compressed, executable files
- Open a file, folder, drive
- Recognize good practice in folder, file naming: use meaningful names for folders and files to help with searching and organization
- Create a folder
- Rename a file, folder
- Search for files by properties: all or part of file name using wildcards if necessary, content, date modified
- View list of recently used files
- Select individual, adjacent, nonadjacent files, folders
- Sort files in ascending, descending order by name, size, type, date modified
- Copy, move files, folders between folders, drives
- Delete files, folders to the recycle bin/wastebasket/trash and restore to original location
- Empty the recycle bin/wastebasket/trash
- Identify the main types of storage media like: internal hard disk, external hard disk, network drive, CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, USB flash drive, memory card, online file storage
- Identify file size, folder size, storage capacity measurements like: KB, MB, GB, TB
- View available space on a storage device. 4.3.4 Understand the purpose of file, folder compression
- Compress files, folders
- Extract compressed files, folders to a location on a drive
Networks
- Define the term network. Outline the purpose of a network: to share, access data and devices securely
- Define the term Internet. Identify some of its main uses like: World Wide Web (WWW), VoIP, e- mail, IM
- Define the terms intranet, virtual private network (VPN) and identify their main uses
- Understand what transfer rate means. Understand how it is measured: bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (kbps), megabits per second (mbps), and gigabits per second (gbps)
- Understand the concepts of downloading from, uploading to a network
- Network Access
- Identify the different options for connecting to the Internet like: phone line, mobile phone, cable, Wi-Fi, wi-max, satellite
- Define the term Internet Service Provider (ISP). Identify important considerations when selecting an internet subscription option like: upload speed, download speed and quota, cost
- Recognize the status of a wireless network: protected/secure, open
- Connect to a wireless network
IT Security
- Recognize good password policies like: create with adequate length, adequate character mix, do not share, change regularly
- Define the term firewall and outline its purpose
- Understand the purpose of regularly backing up data to a remote location.
- Recognize the importance of regularly updating software like: anti-virus, application, operating system software
- Understand the term malware. Identify different types of malware like: virus, worm, Trojan, spyware
- Be aware how malware can infect a computer or device
- Use anti-virus software to scan a compute
- Recognize ways to help ensure a user’s well-being while using a computer or device like: take regular breaks, ensure appropriate lighting and posture
- Recognize computer and device energy saving practices: turning off, adjusting automatic shutdown, backlight, and sleep mode settings
- Recognize that computers, devices, batteries, printer cartridges and paper should be recycled
- Identify some options available for enhancing accessibility like: voice recognition software, screen reader, screen magnifier, on-screen keyboard, high contrast
- Duration 60 hours
- Lessons 109
- Enrolled 1560 student
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