Topic: Basic computer and IT (Information Technology) skills and business applications
Format: Narrated slides with animations, software screen shots, interactive practice, and quizzes [free registration required]
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com
This “course” is really a curriculum… an extensive collection of well-designed mini courses and lessons that will introduce you to everything you need to know about computers and how businesses and organizations use them. What’s more, it’s got plenty of hands-on, interactive, step-by-step training in the “big four” software applications (MS Word, Excel, Access, & Powerpoint) and use of the internet. And no computer experience is needed. From the website, comes this understatement: “The ALISON Basic Computing (ABC) IT course is for anyone who needs to learn basic computing skills, or has a need to demonstrate to an international standard that they are fully competent in the use of a personal computer and common computer applications.” This is simply the best introductory computer course I’ve ever seen!
In my opinion, here’s who would benefit from this course:
* Anyone interested in a career in IT (information technology) and just exploring the field. This includes people with absolutely no computer experience.
* Anyone looking for basic computer skills (how to use) and knowledge (how computers work).
* Anyone looking for background information and examples on how individuals, businesses, and other organizations use computers and the internet.
* Anyone looking for software training on Microsoft’s “big four” applications: MS Word, Excel, Access, & Powerpoint.
* Any administrative (secretarial) or professional employees who need to review the basics of computer use in the workplace.
According to the website:
“The course is divided into three separate sections called IT-1, IT-2 and IT-3, prefaced by a topic providing an overview of a Personal Computer… ALISON ABC IT is a self-certifiable course which comprehensively introduces the beginner and near beginner to IT literacy. ABC IT introduces the learner to the very basic concepts of computing and teaches how computing can be an everyday feature of life and work.”
Broad Course Outline: ALISON ABC IT (1-2-3)
(Note: The list below is really quite high-level. There are literally hundreds of topics covered in this amazing course/curriculum!)
* Introduction
* ABC IT-1: Basic Concepts (3 major sections [IT Today, The Computer, The Online World], 23 lessons, hundreds (?) of modules/topics)
* ABC IT-2: Software Applications [4 major sections (MS Word, Excel, Access, & Powerpoint), 28 lessons, hundreds (?) of modules/topics]
* ABC IT-3: Practical IT Skills [Gmail & Typing Skills, 20 lessons, many subtopics]
Instructional Design
Don’t be fooled by the apparent simplicity. This course is extensive, providing hours and hours of training, gently taking you to greater and greater depths of technical knowledge. You’ll find the following structural features that make the course effective and appealing:
* Clean, good-looking graphics
* Logical, easy-to-follow topics & lessons
* Audio narration or printed boxes with script of narrations (choose either or both)
* Lots of “clickable” controls allow you navigate easily, go back, review
* Summaries and reviews prepare you for quizzes
* Quizzes have drag & drop matching items, multiple choice, and true false items.
* Feedback provided on all quiz answers, suggestions for restudy if needed, and scores are stored in your account.
* Screen shots from actual software programs somehow allow you to interact even though you don’t have the software installed on your system!
* Progess tracking allows you to leave the course (get offline) and return later, picking up where you left off.
* Manager/supervisor tracking is available.
* Certification of completion is available.
Suggestion: This is an online course with animations and narrations. You should have a high-speed internet connection to allow the lessons to load quickly.
I repeat: This is simply the best introductory computer course I’ve ever seen! So if you are looking for the best, most comprehensive computer newbie training, go to:
URL – http://alison.com/courses/ABC-IT
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- Mike G
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