Nowadays, the technological age is at its peak, and it is essential to develop the skills needed to access information and organise it so that it remains structured and we can easily access it again. With the Course in Basic Digital Skills: Information and Data Search and Management Pupils will acquire basic skills to carry out searches simple tasks, such as accessing data, determining whether information is reliable or not, identifying, organising, storing and retrieving data in a straightforward manner, and learning to organise this information in a structured way within a digital environment. With this course, you’ll be able to develop these digital skills, which you can put into practice in both your personal and professional lives.
Cross-cutting
Digital Skills
40 hours
Basic Digital Skills in Digital Information Search and Management
Digital Skills
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Access the data e information.
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Detect the truthfulness or not, depending on the data and sources found.
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Mastering the processes basic to organise, store and retrieve data in a simple and structured way.
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To understand properly where to store and organise the data.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO SEARCHING FOR, SELECTING AND FILTERING INFORMATION USING DIGITAL TOOLS
1. IDENTIFYING THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF A BROWSER
1.1 Access to websites
1.2 Search
1.3 Useful addresses
1.4 Files and pages
1.5 Passwords
2. OVERVIEW OF THE BASIC CONFIGURATION OF BROWSERS
2.1 Navigation languages
2.2 Dictionaries
2.3 Home page
2.4 Customising the browser
3. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BROWSING WEBSITES AND CARRYING OUT SEARCHES
3.1 Searching across all web pages
3.2 Searching within a single web page
3.3 Tools for browsing the web
3.4 Tools for searching the web
4. USING SIMPLE FILTERS TO NARROW DOWN SEARCHES IN THE OBJECTIVES
4.1 Images
4.2 Languages
4.3 Keywords
5. NAVIGATING A VIRTUAL LEARNING PLATFORM
5.1 Logging in and out
5.2 Communication channels: forum, chat, messaging…
5.3 Learning content
5.4 Submission of practical assignments and completion of questionnaires
TEACHING UNIT 2. AN INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISING INFORMATION AND DATA USING DIGITAL TOOLS
1. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STORING INFORMATION IN FILES
1.1 Filing by folder
1.2 Renaming files and folders
1.3 Viewing the properties of files and folders
1.4 Searching for files
1.5 Copy, cut, paste and delete functions
2. IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE VARIOUS STORAGE SYSTEMS.
2.1 In the cloud
2.2 Premises
2.3 External storage
2.4 Transferring files between storage systems and devices.
3. CLASSIFYING DATA ACCORDING TO OBJECTIVES USING A SPREADSHEET, A DATABASE OR A SPECIFIC APPLICATION.
3.1 Contacts
3.2 Useful links in the browser
3.3 Expenditure
3.4 Task list
TEACHING UNIT 3. ANALYSIS, EXPLORATION AND VISUALISATION OF DATA USING FUNCTIONAL
1. STRUCTURING NUMERICAL DATA TO GIVE MEANING TO THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
1.1 Entering data into the relevant application
1.2 Organisation and classification of data according to the purpose of the information collected
1.3 Data format (text, numbers, dates, etc.)
1.4 Design of the application used (colours, layout, tables, etc.)
2. APPLICATION OF FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS
2.1 Mathematical operations
2.2 Trigonometric functions
2.3 Range functions
3. IDENTIFICATION OF DIGITAL TOOLS THAT ENABLE DATA ANALYSIS
3.1 Spreadsheets
3.2 Database
3.3 Mobile device contacts
4. BASIC DATABASE MANAGEMENT
4.1 Introduction/editing and deleting entries
4.2 Searching for entries by ‘near’ parameters
4.3 Creating a new field
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