USING AN IPAD AND BLOGGING

IPad

Find your way around the iPad

Use multi touch gestures to use the iPad

Use a variety of downloaded apps

Use the virtual keyboard to type in own information

Use the Internet via the iPad to search and find own information

Learn the common uses of an iPad

Learn the advantages of using an iPad

Use hardware related vocabulary with confidence.

Blogging

Create your own blog account

Write own profile

Select a template and layout for your own blog

Make regularly entries into your own blog

Follow and read another blog account

Learn common uses of blog accounts

Learn safety tips when blogging

How you will gain the qualification

Progress will be monitored using an Individual Learning Plan. Learners will have regular opportunities to review their progress and plan their next steps.

You will need to compile a portfolio of evidence using print outs developed during class time. The tutor will observe some of your computer skills.

The course is externally moderated and leads to an Agored Cyrmu unit at level one.

What qualifications you need

No previous use of an iPad is required this course is for beginners.

Where to next

A range of IT courses at level one: word processing, desktop publishing, web page design, digital photography and PowerPoint. Advice and Guidance can be obtained informally from your course tutor or from Yale College by visiting Admissions. A wide range of Adult Community Learning (ACL) courses are also available from across the Wrexham ACL Partnership. Visit Careers Wales for impartial advice and guidance, or visit www.wrexhamadultlearning.co.uk for information about providers of Adult Community Learning in and around Wrexham, and other courses available.