Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify and use local resources
- Installed internet software applications and their purposes are identified
- Internet software applications are used online and offline
- Extracting (decompressing) software and virus scanners are used on downloaded files
- Internet connection and protocols are identified
- Applications and files are downloaded and installed correctly
- Potential security risks are identified and avoided
- Identify and use remote resources
- Websites are navigated to locate required information
- Files and documents are accessed using internet search engines
- Internet is browsed to find related sites via links
- Files are retrieved from File Transfer Protocol (FTP) repository
- Emails are sent, downloaded, read, responded to and saved
- Files attached to incoming email are retrieved and attached files are saved
- Newsgroups relevant to industry are accessed