This is the latest version of the Cisco IT Essentails course which has been updated for 2023/24 and includes activities and learning related to Windows 11. The Cisco IT Essentials (ITE) curriculum offers a hands-on, career-oriented learning experience with an emphasis on practical activities to help students develop fundamental computer and career skills. IT Essentials helps students prepare for entry-level ICT career opportunities and the CompTIA A+ certification. On completion f the Cisco IT Essentials course learners will receive an official Cisco Networking Academy certificate. The IT Essentials course builds on learning that has already been covered in SQA HN Units and expands learner experience with modules on virtualisation, mobile technology, customer support and printers.
This unit will allow learners to work collaboratively within a group to plan, design, implement, test and evaluate a computing project. Learners will be required to produce a project in response to a project brief that can be formulated by negotiation between learners and their lecturer. The project should be completed by a project team working together, but with individual learners having defined areas of responsibility. The planning, design, implementation and testing stages should be carried out collaboratively; however each learner must complete an individual evaluation of the project as a whole from inception to completion.Â
Learners will gain experience designing and creating applications using Visual Basic. Learners will also develop their programming, problem solving and computational thinking skills, as well as a knowledge and understanding of design concepts. Learner's understanding of the different methodologies and approaches for testing and evaluation will be included when applications are tested and they critically evaluate the process, their application and their own performance.
The purpose of this Unit is to prepare learners at SCQF level 6 for progression to HN/HE level: to ensure they have the required study skills, and to help them become effective learners. The Unit combines research and study skills with academic writing and learners will develop skills in time management, note-taking, searching, reading, referencing and presenting by producing reports. It is expected that learners will make use of ICT to access, research and present information.
This Unit is designed to deliver learner experience in the planning and development of a small website to meet a client requirement. Learners will be introduced to the main factors that can affect both the website performance and viewing experience for the website users and will gain knowledge and skills required to develop a brief using planning and design activities. Learners will be introduced to HTML and CSS and learn how to use web authoring tools to produce a website which they will publish and perform functional and performance testing on.
This Unit has been designed to enable learners to develop complex word processing skills and use
web applications to create, share and work collaboratively on documents.
Learners will gain practical experience in the use of the complex features of web and desktop
word processing applications. The learners will be able to use complex word processing
application features to format and present documents for a given brief. They will also gain
skills in using the collaborative and cloud features of contemporary word processing
packages. The Unit has a particular emphasis on using web applications, although this is not
exclusive and desktop apps can be used as long as learners can collaborate on documents
within a cloud based service.
This Unit will extend the learner’s knowledge of the main functional elements and structure in
a computer system. The learner will develop skills relating to installing and configuring
operating systems for use on a network, and acquire the skills of installing and configuring
components and software required by a networked computer system. The course will also cover the basic health & safety requirements when working with computer systems, networks and peripherals.
This Unit introduces fundamental approaches to server administration in modern computing environments. It covers the role of servers and how they support users and computer management, server installations, storage solutions and performance and maintenance.
On completion of this Unit, learners will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the
digital forensics process, the main job roles associated in the process, and the legal,
professional and ethical issues involved. Learners will also be able to apply complex
techniques to acquire data, conduct data analysis and effectively communicate the
evaluation of complex contemporary digital forensics examinations.