SYLLABUS FOR THE STANDARD LEVEL ICT COURSE (CORE MODULE):

SECTIONS

During the course the student will be taught:

In the final examination and in practical work-related situations the student will demonstrate the following:

A

COMMUNICATION

 

How to:

Specific skills.

 

E-mail:

1

Read an e-mail

Open a message

 

 

2

Send an e-mail

New message, address, subject, reply, forward, carbon copy, blind carbon copy

 

 

3

Send a file

Attach file(s)

 

 

4

Receive a file

Save attached file

 

Internet:

5

Locate information from a website

 

 

 

6

Search for information

Search using search engine

 

 

7

Download information

 

B

DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

 

How to:

Specific skills.

 

Enter data:

1

Load data

Load from an existing file

 

 

2

Key in text and numbers

Enter with no more than 3 errors

 

 

3

Import image - place and manipulate

Import clip art, import from digital source, import from file, import from website, move, resize, crop, text wrap

 

 

4

Include information downloaded from the Internet

Position text, graphic image, table, chart

 

Format document:

1

Set page size

 

 

 

2

Set page orientation

Portrait, landscape

 

 

3

Set up page numbers and position

Header, footer

 

 

4

Set margins

Top, bottom, left, right

 

 

5

Set line spacing

Single, 1.5 times, double

 

 

6

Set alignment

Left, centred, right, fully justified

 

Text appearance & layout:

1

Use indentation

Indent text or paragraph, hanging indent

 

2

Use bullet points

Bulleted list

 

 

3

Insert and use tables

Number of rows and columns

 

 

4

Control pages

Use page break, widows orphans

 

 

5

Set font size

Point size, increase, decrease

C

DATA MANIPULATION

 

How to:

Specific skills.

 

Enter data from different sources:

1

Load from existing file

 

 

 

2

Enter data

 

 

Perform calculations on numeric data:

1

Enter formulae

Calculated field, run time calculation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum, average, maximum, minimum, count

 

Reorganise data:

1

Sort

Ascending, descending, alphanumeric, numeric, data

 

 

2

Select subsets (groups)

And, or, not, >, <, =, Wildcards

 

Display features used for report:

1

Display fields

 

 

 

2

Display text

Titles

 

 

3

Use specified layout

Header, footer, page layout, label production

D

INTEGRATION

 

How to:

Specific skills.

 

 

1

Combine text, image and numeric data into single file

Import text, import from database, import clip art, from digital source, from website, cut, copy, paste

E

OUTPUT

 

How to:

Specific skills.

 

 

1

Save and print document

Draft document, final copy, e-mail, file attachment

 

 

2

Save and print data

Database report, data table

 

 

3

Save data in format suitable for importing into text based document