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Cheltenham Courseware

ECDL ® Syllabus Five

ECDL Module One


Concepts of IT
Windows Vista & Microsoft Office 2007 Edition

HARDW ARE INPUT DEVICES


 Hardware  Input devices.
 What is a pers onal c omputer?  Keyboard
 Apple computers  Mouse
 Laptop & pal mtop computers  Scanners
 Featur es of handhel d portable digital devices  Tracker balls
 Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)  Touch pads
 Mobile phones (cell phones)  Joys ticks
 Media pl ayers  Web cams
 Smartphones  Digital cameras
 Parts of a c omputer  Microphones
 The CPU
 Memor y (RAM) OUTPUT DEVICES
 ROM-BIOS  Output devices
 Disks  Traditional computer monitor
 The Hard (Fixed) Disk  Flat screen computer screens
 Projection devices
INPUT/OUTPUT PORTS  Speakers and headphones
 Univers al Serial Bus (USB) Port  Speech s ynthesizers
 Serial Port  Printers
 Parallel Port  Different types of printer
 Network Port  Laser printers
 FireWire Port  Colour laser printers
 Inkjet printers
COMPUTER PERFORMANCE  Dot Matrix printers
 Factors affecti ng computer performanc e
 CPU Clock s peed INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
 RAM size
 Hard dis k speed and storage SOFTW ARE CONCEPTS
 Free hard dis k s pac e  What is software?
 De-fragmenti ng files  What is an operating s ystem?
 Multitas king consi derati ons  Examples of s oftware applicati ons
 CPU speeds  Word processi ng applications
 Spreadsheets applications
MEMORY AND STOR AGE  Database applications
 What is computer memory?  Presentation applications
 RAM  E-mailing applications
 ROM  Web browsing applicati ons
 ROM-BIOS  Photo editing applications
 Video (graphics) memory  Computer games
 Measurement of storage capacity  Difference between the operating s ystem and
 Types of storage medi a application programs
 Internal hard disks  Accessibility options
 External har d dis ks  Voice rec ognition software
 CDs  Screen reader software
 DVDs  Screen magnifier software
 Recordable CD & D VD drives  On-screen keyboard
 USB flas h dri ves ( memor y stic ks)
 Memor y c ards NETW ORK TYPES
 Network drives and on-line file s torage  LAN (Loc al Area Network)
 Floppy disks (dis kettes)  WLAN ( Wireless Local Area N etwor k)
 WAN (Wide Area Network)

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 Client/ser ver networ ks  Lighting issues when using a computer
 Internet  Screen and keyboard positioning
 World Wide Web (WWW) vs . the Internet  Seati ng issues when using a computer
 Intranets  Wellbei ng when using a computer
 Extranets  Make sure that c ables are s afel y s ecured
 Make sure that power points are not overloaded
DATA TR ANSFER
 Downl oading from & uploadi ng to a networ k ENVIRONMENT
 Data transfer rate measur ement  Computer rec ycling options
 Broadband vs . dial-up Inter net c onnecti on s ervic es  Computer energy savi ng options
 Internet c onnecti on opti ons
 Featur es of a broadband Internet c onnection SECURITY

ICT IN EVERYD AY LIFE IDENTITY/AUTHENTIC ATION


 Computer l ogon user name (ID) and pass wor d.
ELECTRONIC W ORLD  Pass word policies
 What does ‘Information and Communication
Technology’ (ICT) mean? DATA SECURITY
 Internet s ervic es for cons umers  Off-site bac kups
 E-commerce  Why do you need to bac k up your computer?
 E-commerce  Organising your computer for more efficient bac kups
 Advantages of e-commerce  Compl ete vs . incremental bac kups
 Disadvantages of e-c ommerce  What is a firewall?
 E-banki ng  Data theft issues
 E-government
 E-learning VIRUSES
 Uses of c omputer applicati ons i n educ ation  Computer virus es
 Teleworki ng  Computer virus i nfec tion iss ues
 Some of the advantages of tele-worki ng  Protecti ng against c omputer virus infection
 Some of the disadvantages of tele-wor king  What to do if you discover a virus on your computer
 The limitations of anti virus software
COMMUNICATION
 Electronic mail (e- mail) LEGAL ISSUES
 Instant mess aging (IM)
 Voice over Internet Protoc ol (VoIP) COPYRIGHT
 Really Simple Syndic ation (RSS) feeds  What is copyright?
 Blogging (web logs)  Copyright Issues when c opying files
 Podc asts
SITE LICENSES
VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES  Chec king software licenc e status
 Online ( virtual) communities  What is an ‘end-us er license agreement’?
 Social networ king websites  Exami ning the ‘end-us er license agreement’ within
 Internet forums (message boards / discussion Office 2007 s oftware
boards)  Types of licenc e agreement
 Chat rooms  What is shareware?
 Online c omputer games  What is freeware?
 Publishing and sharing content online.  Open source software
 Sharing photos, video and audio clips.
 Precautions when acc essing online c ommunities DATA PROTECTION
 Data Pr otecti on and Pri vac y Issues
HEALTH  Data Pr otecti on Legislation
 What is ergonomics ?
 Repetiti ve Strai n Injury (RSI) ABBREVIATIONS & T ERMINOLOGY

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