OCR Internet Technologies Stage 1

OCR Internet Technologies Stage 1 is a qualification designed to assess the student's ability to use the Internet for communication, information gathering and publishing, within a vocational context.

The course is designed to give a broad, practical understanding of the organisation of communication systems such as the Internet, by using the software tools specially designed to access these facilities. The course will also prepare students to take advantage of text editing, appearance and layout possibilities of hypertext Mark-Up Language (HTML) as used in graphical user interfaces such as the World Wide Web (WWW). Students will also gain an appreciation of the importance of "NETiquette" and security issues when accessing a global information system of this nature.

The course provides a broad basis for those intending to go on to specialised or more advanced studies.

USE ELECTRONIC MAIL

• Access e-mail
  
• Reply to e-mail
  
• Forward e-mail
  
• Send e-mail to multiple addresses
  
• Send e-mail with attachments
  
• Store and retrieve e-mail
  
• Store and retrieve e-mail messages

BROWES A WEB SITE AND RETRIEVE INFORMATION

• Access specifies URLs
  
• Store bookmarks/favourites
  
• Use external search engines
  
• Use an internal search engine
  
• Store accessed pages
  
• Print accessed pages

PRODUCE WEB SITE PAGES

• Enter text into a web page editor
  
• Apply heading, style and alignment formats
  
• Import and position graphics
  
• Apply background fill
  
• Link web pages
  
• Add external links to web pages
  
• Store and print web pages

The classes normally run for 2 hours a week for approximately 15 weeks.

The total cost of the course is £127.50. This can be made up of a one off registration fee of £15.00, payable on the first session of attendance followed by 15 weekly payments of £7.50.