Digital Tools & the Task

Digital Tools & the Task

The following list of digital tools is suggested to help you with the task. However, there are LOTS of other online tools that you can use. Don't just limit yourself to this list:

Digital Tools with Links

All presentation tools and websites should be set to PRIVATE.  Sign up to these websites with your Student ID and Password.

Wales Essential Skills Toolkit (WEST)

If you have taken the WEST assessment, WEST puts you in charge

of your learning and gives you all the tools and support you need for Essential Skills success. 

Courses are added to suit individual needs, so only materials that are relevant to you will be in your course list.

After you log in, view the area called ‘My courses’. Just choose the course you want to start working through from the list.

Handout 6: Saving Information from the Internet into Folders & Sub-Folders

For the Task, you will have to set up a structured filing system. This should allow you to create and develop information for ease of storage, retrieval and sharing. Your filing system must show that you can manage information as you develop and finalise the materials for the task.  After you have created a main folder, you should create some sub-folders with appropriate names for your filing system that will contain your specific work.  This handout will demonstrate how to save an image from the Internet into a sub-folder within a main folder.

Digital Literacy Log

This is an on-going digital literacy task and should be filled in at

the end of every lesson. This will help in preparation for the structured discussion which is held one-to-one with the you and the assessor. 

It is not designed to be a question and answer session. The content of the structured discussion will be directly related to the response of your controlled task. 

Handout 5: Copyright Notice - digital images, photographs & the internet

Copyright Notice: Digital Images, Photographs and the Internet

Copyright Notice Number: 1/2014 Updated: November 2015

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481194/c-notice-201401.pdf

Handout 4: Copying & Pasting Images from the Internet into a Word Document

You will need to to use some images in your task. This handout demonstrates how to find an image on Google, how to copy an image and how to paste the image in a Word Document. 

Digital Literacy Skills Checklist

Introduction

    ·        How confident are you that you can work effectively, and safely, online?

    ·        When you search for information, are you confident that you will be able to find the right information quickly?

·        Do you know how to tell if the information you find is relevant, and from a good source?

·        Do you know how to make the best of online networking tools like Facebook and Twitter?

·        Are you happy with the way you present yourself online, and do you know how to manage your 'digital identity'?

The skills you need for all of these situations are known as 'digital literacy'. These are skills that are not only useful in your personal life, but can be invaluable at work. In a digital age, they are all essential to employability.

The Six Strands of Digital Literacy

Essential Digital Literacy is about knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours in the use of digital devices. Essential Skills Wales have designed the digital literacy qualification to cover six strands of knowledge within digital literacy.

In order to gain the Essential Digital Literacy qualification, learners must demonstrate their skills in a controlled task which includes a structured discussion.

Handout 3: Manipulating Images

The TASK requires you to use screen clippings or screen shots as evidence. You will need to use these in a document.  This handout should help with manipulating an image in Word. 

Handout 2: Use Screen Clipping for TASK Evidence

When doing the TASK, you will need to produce evidence of your work. Use Screen Clipping to capture precisely what you need.

This handout should help. 

Handout 1: Creating Folders & Sub-folders

For Essential Skills Task & Test - Digital Literacy, you will need to create a main folder and some sub-folders to show your work.  This handout should help.