CLAiT Plus using Microsoft Office 2003
CLAiT Plus gives learners the opportunity to develop their IT skills, covering word processing, spreadsheets, emailing, database techniques and e-presentations.
The CLAiT Plus qualification consists of 8 Units in total. In this vision2learn course, learners will have the opportunity to study 5 of these Units – Units 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8.
Unit one: Integrated e-document production
Unit two: Manipulating spreadsheets and graphs
Unit three: Creating and using a database
Unit four: Design an e-presentation
Unit five: Electronic communication
- Course details
- How long does it take?
- Course delivery and assessment
- About the qualification
- The computer kit needed
- How much does it cost?
- What do I do now?
Course details
In this course, learners will need to work through all 5 Units to achieve the Diploma. Alternatively, a Certificate can be awarded upon completion of 3 Units (Unit one is mandatory and learners then have the choice to study any 2 of the remaining Units).
Here’s a taste of what they will cover:
Unit one: Integrated e-document production
- Word processing
- Using mail merge
- Integrating files
- Using tables
- Entering and amending data
- Formatting documents
Unit two: Manipulating spreadsheets and graphs
- Functions and formulae
- Creating graphs and charts
- Formatting spreadsheets
- Printing and saving your work
Unit three: Creating and using a database
- Setting up a database
- Entering data into a table
- Creating queries to extract data
- Creating and printing reports
Unit five: Design an e-presentation
- Setting up a master slide
- Creating a presentation
- Controlling your presentation
- Saving and printing your presentation
Unit eight: Electronic communication
- Creating and sending email messages
- Printing email messages
- Using email to create notes, appointments and task lists
- Managing your messages
How long does it take?
CLAiT Plus using Microsoft Office 2003 is designed as a 150-hour course. Learners can flexibly study at their own pace, depending upon the time made available for their studies.
Course delivery and assessment
The course is offered online with vision2learn – an innovative web-based learning system, which you and your pupils can access via PC from school or home. The online course contains all of the learning content needed to meet the assessment requirements of the course, as well as activities to enable your pupils to practise their skills and test their learning receiving additional help and support from you as you are always just a click away.
About the qualification
Studying CLAiT Plus using Microsoft Office 2003 leads to the accredited OCR Level 2 Certificate / Diploma for IT Users, which helps your pupils to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of this subject.
In order to successfully achieve a qualification, your pupils will need to complete a series of Assessments as they work through each Session of the course, which they’ll send to you through the v-mail system on vision2learn. You will assess these and they will build up to form each pupil’s portfolio of evidence of learning. A certificate will be awarded on satisfactory submission of evidence of learning for the five Units of the course.
The computer kit needed
- An Internet enabled PC running MS Windows and Internet Explorer 5 (or later), or Netscape 6 (or later), with JavaScript and cookies enabled
- Email software and an active email account
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- Download Adobe Acrobat.
- Download Flash player
How much does it cost?
Three payment options are available please see our Vision2learn fees, features/benefits and leasing options for further details.
Our partner schools use core AWPU funding to fund courses for their 14-19 year olds. Leasing options are available too.
What do I do now?
For further information on vision2learn and how it could contribute towards your achievement targets please contact:
Jonathan Ovenden jonathan.ovenden@creatingcareers.com 07730 402653
Or
Rachel Smith rachel.smith@creatingcareers.com 07967 354553
