Making efficient use of the Internet
Summary...
9261 CERTIFICATE IN TELEMATICS (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
UNIT 01 MAKING MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE INTERNET
Element 1.1 Access and navigate the Internet
Performance Criteria (What the candidate needs to do):
- 1.1.1 Change default home page
- 1.1.2 Open two browser windows at once
- 1.1.3 Improve web page download time by disabling images
- 1.1.4 Participate in relevant newsgroups
Range (Context):
Newsgroups: At least two newsgroups -internal and/ or external -where questions/ discussions take place
Knowledge (What the candidate needs to know):
Knowledge of browser cache and its security/ storage implications
Structure/ composition of URLs
Knowledge of IP addresses and domain names
Knowledge of international heavy usage times
Knowledge of different connection methods and speeds
Awareness of basic HTML
Difference between the Internet and the Intranet
Knowledge of newsgroup terminology and categories
Evidence (How the candidate can show he/ she has achieved this element):
Records of oral/ written questioning
Assessor's observation report
Product evidence -eg user guides, screen dumps, linked pages.
9261 CERTIFICATE IN TELEMATICS (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
UNIT 01 MAKING MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE INTERNET
Element 1.2 Locate information on the Internet
Performance Criteria (What the candidate needs to do):
- 1.2.1 Locate a search engine using a given URL
- 1.2.2 Refine searches using keyword syntax
- 1.2.3 Edit bookmarks
- 1.2.4 Group related bookmarks together
- 1.2.5 Remove bookmarks
- 1.2.6 Download files by FTP
Range (Context):
Searches: At least four searches including two using Boolean expressions
FTP: At least two files downloaded
Bookmarks: Any method of recording a URL
Knowledge (What the candidate needs to know):
Awareness of the need for virus checkers
Knowledge of terminology -FTP, Boolean expressions
Knowledge of different search engine characteristics
Effect on file size download time
Awareness of copyright
Evidence (How the candidate can show he/ she has achieved this element):
Records of oral/ written questioning
Assessor's observation report
Product evidence -eg screen dumps, print of files/ bookmark listings.
9261 CERTIFICATE IN TELEMATICS (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
UNIT 01 MAKING MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE INTERNET
Element 1.3 Present information from the Internet
Performance Criteria (What the candidate needs to do):
- 1.3.1 Copy information from web pages to a storage medium
- 1.3.2 Switch between browser and word processing software
- 1.3.3 Insert information from storage medium into word processing software
- 1.3.4 Format information in word processing software to produce a coherent layout
- 1.3.5 Exit all software correctly
Range (Context):
Information: At least three different graphics and three different selections of text
Storage medium: Floppy or hard disk or network drive
Knowledge (What the candidate needs to know):
Knowledge of common Internet, graphic and text file extensions
Effect of graphics and text on file size
Evidence (How the candidate can show he/ she has achieved this element):
Records of oral/ written questioning
Assessor's observation report
Product evidence -eg screen dumps, print of reformatted information from word processor.
9261 CERTIFICATE IN TELEMATICS (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
UNIT 01 MAKING MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE INTERNET
Element 1.4 Use email software
Performance Criteria (What the candidate needs to do):
- 1.4.1 Send email messages
- 1.4.2 Attach a file to an email message
- 1.4.3 Forward a message
- 1.4.4 Add a signature to a message
- 1.4.5 Read email messages
- 1.4.6 Save an attached file
- 1.4.7 Open a file received with a message
Range (Context):
Send email messages: New, reply and multiple
File: Text and graphic
Knowledge (What the candidate needs to know):
Structure of email addresses
Evidence (How the candidate can show he/ she has achieved this element):
Records of oral/ written questioning
Assessor's observation report
Product evidence -eg printout of messages and attached file.
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