IC3 certification
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IC³® (pronounced "I C three" and often spelled without the superscripted 3) is the abbreviation and registered trademark of the "Internet and Computing Core Certification." The IC³ is a certification program that is designed to teach individuals the digital literacy skills associated with basic computer and Internet use. The certification was created by Certiport, Inc. in 2001 to address the need for a globally-recognized and accepted standard of basic computing knowledge to be considered fundamental to academic learning and a minimum requirement for employment in a typical office setting.
The IC³ certificate is awarded to those individuals that take and are able to pass three separate exams, titled Computing Fundamentals, Key Applications, and Living Online. The objectives of these exams are as follows:
Computing Fundamentals:
- Computer Hardware
- Identify types of computers, how they process information and how individual computers interact with other computing systems and devices.
- Identify the function of computer hardware components.
- Identify the factors that go into an individual or organizational decision on how to purchase computer equipment.
- Identify how to maintain computer equipment and solve common problems relating to computer hardware.
- Computer Software
- Identify how hardware and software work together to perform computing tasks and how software is developed and upgraded.
- Identify different types of software, general concepts relating to software categories, and the tasks to which each type of software is most suited or not suited.
- Identify fundamental concepts relating to database applications.
- Using an Operating System
- Identify what an operating system is and how it works, and solve common problems related to operating systems.
- Manipulate and control the Windows desktop, files, and systems.
- Identify how to change system settings, install, and remove software.
Key Applications:
- Common Program Functions
- Be able to start and exit a Windows application and utilize sources of online help.
- Identify common on-screen elements of Windows applications, change application settings and manage files within an application.
- Perform common editing and formatting functions.
- Perform common printing functions.
- Word Processing Functions
- Be able to format text and documents including the ability to use automatic formatting tools.
- Be able to insert, edit and format tables in a document.
- Spreadsheet Functions
- Be able to modify worksheet data and structure and format data in a worksheet.
- Be able to sort data, manipulate data using formulas and functions and add and modify charts in a worksheet.
- Presentation Software Functions
- Be able to create and format simple presentations.
Living Online:
- Networks and the Internet
- Identify network fundamentals and the benefits and risks of network computing.
- Identify the relationship between computer networks, other communications networks (like the telephone network) and the Internet.
- Electronic Mail
- Identify how electronic mail works.
- Identify how to use an electronic mail application.
- Identify the appropriate use of e-mail and e-mail-related "netiquette."
- Using the Internet
- Identify different types of information sources on the Internet.
- Be able to use a Web browsing application.
- Be able to search the Internet for information.
- The Impact of Computing and the Internet on Society
- Identify how computers are used in different areas of work, school, and home.
- Identify the risks of using computer hardware and software.
- Identify how to use computers and the Internet safely, legally and responsibly.
