Employers identify a variety of non-technical skills and attitudes as being key to employability as well as the technical skills and knowledge required for specific jobs in IT.
This unit provides an opportunity for learners to understand the range of such nontechnicalsoft skills and to appreciate what other skills and knowledge they will need to develop in order to be an effective employee. By the end of the unit, learners will have had opportunity to identify and consider their own set of skills and, where necessary, improve them.
One key set of skills relates to communication, and although employees in all sector areas require competence in communications, IT provides specific software packages and advanced tools that can be used to improve the effectiveness of particular communications. Through this unit learners will be able to improve their general communication skills and ensure that they understand how to exploit specific application packages and tools.
All individuals, whether learners or employees, must accept the need for continual self-development in order to maintain their effectiveness. The rapidly changing nature of IT makes this particularly relevant for those who work or aspire to work in the IT industry. For this reason, learning outcome 4 involves the use of personal development plans which can be used to capture and track training needs and the accumulation of new skills and knowledge.
Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It brings together computer graphics and animation techniques. Animation does not require computers; however the increasing power of computers to create and manipulate sets of images has allowed basic animation to reach new levels of sophistication and realism.
To create the illusion of movement, a sequence of images is displayed over time and the human eye perceives this sequence as continual movement. The technique is at the heart of all existing technologies such as television and motion pictures. It is increasingly created by means of 3D computer graphics, although 2D computer graphics are still widely used for low bandwidth and faster real-time needs. In this unit only 2D graphics are required.
Animation has become a prominent feature of the worldwide web and is used to create interest and attract attention. In this area, however there are other factors that need to be taken into account when designing and building applications such as the nature of the display device and the bandwidth of the connection. As with all computer applications learners must first identify the need, specific requirements and constraints before building the solution.
This unit introduces you to the more advanced features and functions of spreadsheets. You will also be introduced to how spreadsheets can be used to support organisational activities such as credit control, sales forecasting and stock analysis. Spreadsheets can be set up as reusable templates which produce immediate results when data is input such as payroll or invoice templates.
As IT practitioners, you will need to be able to use spreadsheet software competently as well as being able to support users as part of a technical or helpdesk role.
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