Description
The Digital Citizen Tablet Fundamentals module sets out essential concepts and skills relating to the use of tablets to browse and search the web, work with images and video, manage applications, and store data securely.
The Digital Citizen programme is designed for complete beginners and is open to everyone regardless of status, education, age or ability. There are many people who have never used a tabelt before but are aware of the Internet and its possible uses. If you would like to know more about computers and the Internet but feel learning these new skills is too complicated, then the Digital Citizen programme is for you.
Digital Citizen is designed to be the first step for candidates to engage with the digital world. Candidates who successfully pass the Digital Citizen module, may wish to continue their learning, by registering for the Digital Citizen Plus module and the ICDL Workforce Modules.
Main learning outcomes
Candidates who complete the Digital Citizen Tablet Fundamentals module will gain the skills needed to use a tablet effectively, to browse and search the web, work with images and video, manage applications, and store data securely. Candidates will be able to:
- Understand the features of a tablet and its uses
- Carry out common operations, apply settings, and secure a tablet
- Use a wireless network securely, and set up online accounts for different services
- Use a web browser to browse, search for, and bookmark web pages
- Capture, view, organise and share images and videos
- Use an application store, and install and update applications
- Recognise backup and storage options for a tablet, and use cloud-based storage
Module overview
| Category | Skill set |
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| Tablet Concepts |
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| Getting Started |
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| Networks, Accounts |
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| Web Browsing and Search |
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| Working with Images, Video |
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| Applications |
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| Storage |
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