IT skills are needed for almost every job function in a modern competitive economy. Companies are becoming ever-more reliant on those skills being acquired by all of their employees and not just managers. Use Digital Enterprise, the free course suite offered by Alison* to improve your IT skills and then pass all seven online tests to gain the ECDL qualification which is internationally recognised. The Digital Enterprise course suite will also introduce you to IT-related health and safety awareness, and improves touch typing proficiency. It could be the missing piece in your CV!
Or just improve your existing skills by picking and choosing whichever module you are most interested in.
The Digital Enterprise suite includes the following modules:
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Module 1: Concepts of Information Technology (IT)
Feel comfortable with the technology available to work a computer by understanding related objects and terms. -
Module 2: Using the Computer and Managing Files
This is the best module to start with as it covers all the basic concepts of using a PC: creating, managing, moving and finding files, as well as working with the Operating System. -
Module 3: Word Processing
Learn the skills you need to create text documents, letters, your CV, reports, mail merges and managing tasks and activities. -
Module 4: Spreadsheets
Develop the skills you need to 'number crunch' electronically, charting raw data, creating graphs and tables for reporting. -
Module 5: Databases
As an integral tool in society, databases are often classed as a 'techie' tool, but the truth is that we all use a database in our everyday life. When we shop, fill in an attendance sheet or even sitting an ECDL test, a database is being used to help. This module covers what a database can do and how to set one up. -
Module 6: Presentations
Create presentations for printing, animated slide shows and the web, but also understand the requirements of a good presentation. -
Module 7: Information and Communication
Effectively search the Internet quickly and easily. Also this module covers the use of email and feeling comfortable with sending and receiving emails and attachments. Touch Typing:
This course will improve your typing speed, accuracy and quality, no matter what your prior typing experience is. It is a system of training based upon how your hand works, and the kinds of movements and sequences of key presses needed to train the movement of each finger.Display Screen Equipment Safety:
The trainee will learn to understand the hazards associated with display screen use. They will learn what actions can be taken to ensure that their workspace is a safe one, and how to establish an ergonomic workstation.
The Unit E - BCS Using IT module is an additional module of IT Desktop Application training added to ECDL curriculum within the UK by the British Computer Society (BCS) to bring the ECDL syllabus into line with the UK’s Level 1 and Level 2 National Qualification Framework (NQF).
The courses demonstrate all functions using Windows XP, and Microsoft Office 2003. Hillingdon Libraries offer testing in Windows 2000, XP or Vista, and Office 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007. Visit our page on Getting ECDL Qualified for further information and costings.
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