Office 2007 Unit 8 - Improving Productivity Using IT Skills (mapped to the ECDL Syllabus 5)

Lesson Plan

Areas covered include:

• Planning, selecting  and using IT systems
• Reviewing on-going use of IT
• Developing solutions to improve productivity

This module is part of the UK ECDL Syllabus 5 course that completely maps to the requirements of The National Occupational Standards (NOS).

Target Audience

Individuals, Companies and employees of organisations of any size wishing to improve computer skills.

Duration

It is estimated that this module will take approximately 10 hours to complete (depending on learning speed). As an e-learning module you can complete this training in convenient stages and revisit whenever you wish. The system will record your progress throughout. You have six months to complete the training and associated test.

Certification

When you have successfully completed your course, you will be able to print out a Virtual College certificate. If you then wish to go on to take the official BCS (British Computer Society) test as part of the full ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) seven module qualification, please follow this link to find a BCS Test Centre in your area as you will need to take the invigilated test by visiting the test centre.

Find a local BCS Test Centre (http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.11212"> )

Virtual College is an official BCS Test Centre. Please note: costs of tests vary according to the centres.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements.