ABOUT IC3
Certiport’s Internet and Computing Core Certification is the ideal certification for anyone that wants to demonstrate critical computer and Internet skills valued in today’s academic and professional environments.
Why be IC3 certified?
IC3 is the world's first global certification for digital literacy. It offers certification candidates the opportunity to demonstrate to employers and academic institutions a basic level of computer and Internet literacy.
IC3:
a) Provides core skills and knowledge necessary to use key computer applications and the Internet
b) Provides a CV-building standard certification as proof of successful completion of the program
c) Provides the foundation necessary to further enhance productivity and marketability with additional certifications
d) Gives individuals confidence and security in being part of today's digital world.
e) Is a global IT Qualification that proves proficiency in computing and internet knowledge skills
f) Is an internationally recognised symbol of digital literacy.
Computer Fundamentals
This module includes the knowledge and skills required to identify different types of computers, the components of a personal computer (including internal components, such as microprocessors) and how these components work together. The module also includes the knowledge and skills relating to computer storage as it applies to hardware components, like floppy and hard disks, and performance, as it applies to processor speed and memory.
Key Applications
This module includes the knowledge and skills required to perform functions common to all Microsoft Windows applications, with an emphasis on the common functionality between the two Microsoft Office applications, Word and Excel. Elements include the ability to start and exit either the Word or Excel application, modify the display of toolbars and other on-screen elements, use online help, and perform file management, editing, formatting and printing functions common to Word, Excel and most Windows applications.
Living Online
This module includes the knowledge and skills required to identify common terminology associated with computer networks and the Internet, components and benefits of networked computers, the difference between different types of networks (LAN and WAN), and how computer networks fit into other communications networks (like the telephone network).
To achieve the IC3 Master you need to pass ALL THREE IC3 exams (NOT including the ICritical Thinking exam)
What is ICritical Thinking?
Critical Thinking is the only ICT literacy program to certify critical thinking skills in a technological environment. It features real-time, simulated, scenario-based testing through a network of authorised Certiport Centers.
Critical Thinking also offers individual certification and credential verification, and individual, group and institutional reporting based on a globally defined ICT/digital literacy framework. And when paired with proven digital literacy and desktop computing and publishing programs such as the IC3, Microsoft and Adobe, Critical Thinking becomes part of a 21st-Century, work-readiness solution tailored to your specific needs.
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