Introduction:
This course is designed for the complete beginner, someone who has never touched a keyboard before and who needs to acquire the knowledge to enable use of a computer to:
Search for jobs, apply for help and benefits, send emails to friends and family, join social networks, find free and affordable products and shop securely and confidently on-line. Effective job hunting needs to be done on-line nowadays, plus the internet and open up all sorts of savings, from comparing tariffs for electricity to buying on-line from large retailers to using eBay and the Freebie and swop sites on Facebook
Course Outline:
- The Computer: understand the parts of the computer and how to use the keyboard and mouse
- Windows: Moving around the desktop, opening and closing windows and menus
- Connecting to the internet, opening a web browser, search the internet
- Explore the internet, look at some popular sites
- Set up an email account and be able to send and receive emails
- Set up Government Gateway Account
- How to login to the job search Universal Jobmatch site
- Using other job search sites
- Register and login to job sites and company sites
- How to shop on-line, find and join freebie & swop sites
- How to buy or reserve goods from a High Street Retailers Web Site
- How to bid, buy & sell on eBay
- How to login to Leeds Freecycle
- How to use the Facebook ‘Swops and Freebies’ Pages
- How to be confident in paying securely on-line
- Social Media:
- Join Facebook and other social media sites
- Keep in touch with friends
- Like Organisation pages
