Level 4 Information Technology Skills

This is an introduction to Information Technology Skills for teenagers and adults with additional educational needs. It is a full course and includes student worksheets, files for students and an examination.

The resource is intended to introduce students to IT Skills, including:

• Data entry
• Word processing
• File management
• Internet and email
• IT theory

Topics include:

• IT concepts and terminology
• Impact of IT
• Managing files, folders and directories
• Entering data, wpm
• Editing and formatting text
• Navigating the Internet
• Managing a personal email account

**These worksheets are designed to cover the following learning outcomes: **

1. Explain a range of information technology concepts and terminology
2. Describe the impact of information technology
3. Manage files, folders or directories
4. Use a data entry application to enter data using text, alpha, numeric and special characters to a minimum speed of 15 words per minute.
5. Access a word processing package to open a file, enter and edit text
6. Format text using a range of format tools
7. Enhance text using a range of enhancement tools
8. Edit a block of text using a range o f editing tools
9. Navigate specific internet sites through a browser
10. Use a range of functions in a webmail application
11. Manage a personal email account
12. Produce an accurate hard copy of a 50—70 word document by proof reading, and using spell check, save and print features
13. Produce a hard copy of specific information located on the Internet.

Can this resource be used online?
This resource is a digital resource. If you have purchased this resource and would like to use it for online teaching, you have permission to do so. These worksheets can be printed, and teachers can use them for whole-class teaching using a projector or interactive whiteboard. This resource is not fillable online, and it is recommended that worksheets are printed. Alternatively, students can split their screens to read the instructions and carry out the activities.

What additional materials are needed?
None, all of the components are available in the zipped folder, i.e. student worksheets, files for students and an examination.
Student Worksheets: 96 Pages