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I have over 20 years experience as a lecturer/teacher and also assessor and internal verifier. I currently moderate and test assessments for an awarding body and am a member of SET (Society for Education and Training). I write English, Maths, Food Hygiene and Safety, Food Technology, Online Safety and ICT resources and also computing resources for key stages 2, 3 and 4, GCSE and adults (ECDL etc). I also write and teach botany and ecology courses.
This 11 page resource is an extract from a Functional Skills ICT Level 2 Training Guide and is based on the Using ICT, Plannng Solutions to Complex Tasks By Analysing the Necessary Stages part of the Functional Skills ICT specifications.
The resource consists of the theory behind planning complex tasks and the types of planning techniques available, such as schedules, timetables, Gannt charts, heirarchical charts, storyboards, spreadsheets, websites and mind maps. The theory section is followed by activities and multi-choice revision questions. Answers are included. This resource would be useful for a range of programmes which require the learner to understnd planning techniques.
This resource helps to bridge the gap between initial learning and final assessment and cvers all aspect of the Entry level ICT specifications. The first build-up exercise includes handy tips to guide the learner through the exercises and each question is labelled with the Entry level. The second build-up exercise is designed to test the learner's skills and knowledge without any tips/hints. There are separate tasks designed for each Entry level (stage 1, 2 or 3). You will also need to download the data files and worked copies. The build-up exercises cover 23 single-sided A4 pages and cover the following:
Keeping safe and secure
Working with files
Creating a poster
Spreadsheets
Combining information
Find and select information
Label an image
Search a list of information
Email
Contacts
Presentations
This is a handy reference guide for students following a Level 2 Functional Skills ICT course. It covers 42 A4 pages and consists of 'how to' help sheets ro cover the Functional Skills ICT specification at level 2. The guide covers planning and timetabling, software, interface features, responding to IT probems, managing system settings, viruses, manageinformation storage, the Internet, select infomation, editing, fomatting and layout techniques, graphics, drawing tools, presentations, numerical data, graphs and charts, databases, search and sort data, email, stay safe and respect others, online security, combine and pesent, checking and evaluation techniques.
This is a handy reference guide for students following a Level 1 Functional Skills ICT course. It covers 28 A4 pages and consists of 'how to' help sheets ro cover the Functional Skills ICT specification at level 1. The guide covers planning and timetabling, managing system settings, data storage, computer security, finding and selecting information, editing, fomatting and layout techniques, graphics, drawing tools, presentations, numerical data, graphs and charts, databases, email, stay safe and respect others, output, checking and evaluation techniques.
This guide covers 16 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the Outlook 2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using Outlook 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL, Functional Skills and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications).
The guide covers basic operations, (opening, creating a new message, forward, reply, cc and bcc, sending, closing etc), editing folders and emails, work with email messages (attachments, priority, flag, signatures,), work withcontacts, appointments and meetings and calendars.
This guide covers 20 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the Access 2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using Access 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications).
The guide covers basic operations (openng, creatng a new database/table, closing, printing etc), editing a database, working with tables, relationships, queries, wildcards, forms and reports.
This guide covers 20 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the PowerPoint2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using PowerPoint 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL, Functional Skills and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications).
The guide covers the basics (opening, closing, create a new presentation, saving printing etc), editing a presentation and using a master slide, formatting slides, slide setup, inserting images, tables and charts.
This guide covers 28 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the Excel spreadsheets 2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing, formulaes etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using Excel 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications). The guide covers:
BASIC OPERATIONS (opening, closing, saving, printing etc)
EDITING (insert and edit data, undo/redo, search/replace, selecting, switching between worksheets)
FORMATTING (fonts, sizes, colours, alignment, borders/shading, number/date formats, AutoFill, sorting, cell orientation and wrapping)
MANAGE WORKSHEETS (working with rows and columns, managing worksheets)
USING FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS (BODMAS, arithmetic operators, cell references, ranges and functions)
PAGE LAYOUT (margins, orientation,, headers/footers, paper size, row/column headers, gridelines, title rows, preview etc)
CREATING CHARTS (pie, line, column, editing and formatting etc)
This guide covers 28 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the Word 2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using Word 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications).
An activity workbook to cover Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 1. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learner' who struggle with numeracy. The workbook contains explanations and actvities with examples on how to do it to test the learner's skill and knowlede at each section. The workbook has 35 pages and covers:
Counting
Sorting
Addition and subtraction
Firsts, seconds, thirds
Working with dates
Working with 2D and 3 D shapes
Poitioning
Size
Weight
Dealing with money
Working out distances
A step-by-step guide to Entry Level Functional Skils ICT in Office 2010 and Windows 7 with handy training notes, help sheets and revision tips, and activities. This guide has 63 single side A4 pages and comprehensively covers the Functional Skills ICT specifications for Entry 1, 2 and 3.
The training guides are supplied in colour for the user to print on A4 paper and are created using a visual style with images and callouts. The resources can be used as a handy reference guide for ECDL and ICT programmes, including Functional Skills L1/L2. The Office 2013 Quick Step Guides cover - Word Processing, Spreadsheets, PowerPoint Presentations, Access Databases and Outlook email. The guides are designed to cover the most useful and popular operations for each software application that a user might need to know and are presented in 10 steps per operation. The set of guides costs £10.
The full guide (WP, SS, DB, PP and Email) contains 56 pages if printed double-sided.