Competency 1 Explores the computer and its potential to reap timely benefits
காலத்துக்குரிய பயன்களைப் பெற்றுக் கொள்வதற்காகக் கணினியையும் அதன் உள்ளார்ந்த ஆற்றலையும் ஆராய்தல்
- System concept
- Introduction to computer
- Components of a computer
- Hardware
- Input / Output devices
- Memory devices
- Storage devices (Optical, Magnetic, Semiconductor)
- Processor
- Software
- System software (OS, Utilities)
- Application software
- Hardware
- Block diagram of a computer
- Input
- Processing unit (ALU, CU)
- Output
- Memory / Storage
- Flow of data and control instructions among components
- Data and information
- Attributes of quality information
- Hardware specifications of personal computers
- Processor
- Memory
- Hard Disk
- Motherboard
- Ports
- Chip set
- Display
- Software specifications for a PC
- Operating System
- Application Software
- Utility Software
Competency 2 Representation of data inside a computer
கணினியொன்றினுள் தரவுகளின் பிரதிநிதித்துவம்
- Number systems
- Decimal
- Binary
- Hexadecimal
- Relevant methods of conversion (Positive integers only)
- Decimal to Binary
- Binary to Decimal
- Basic Boolean Operators
- AND
- OR
- NOT
- Encoding systems used in computers
- ASCII
- Unicode
Competency 3 Operating System (OS)
இயக்க முறைமைகள்
• Introduction to Operating System
• Basic functions of an OS
• Managing Folders and Files (creating, naming, renaming, deleting, copying and moving)
• File names and extensions
• Creates folders and files with proper names
• Identifies the file types by their extensions
• Making changes in Settings Panel
▪ Backup
▪ Fonts
▪ Mouse Settings
▪ Date and Time, Regional and Language Settings
▪ Add Remove Programs
▪ User Accounts
• Tools in OS
▪ Character Map
▪ Disk Defragmentation
▪ Check Disk
▪ Disk Clean Up
Competency 4: Uses Application software in day to day activities
நாளாந்தச் செயற்பாடுகளில் பிரயோக மென் பொருள்களை பயன் படுத்தல்
4.1 Uses the word processing software in day to day activities
நாளாந்தச் செயற்பாடுகளில் சொல் முறைவழியாக்கி மென் பொருளைப் பயன்படுத்தல்
• Introduction to word processing software
• Features of word processing software
• GUI components in word processing software
▪ Title Bar
▪ Formatting Tools
▪ Editing Tools
▪ Page Setup Tools
▪ View Tools
▪ Designing Tools
▪ Scroll bars
▪ Editing Area
▪ Insertion Point, Cursor
▪ Status Bar
• Creating a new document
▪ Page layout and page borders
▪ Headers, footer and page numbers
▪ Typing text, formatting text
• Editing a document
▪ Find and replace
▪ Grammar and spell checker
▪ Cut / Copy / Paste
• Inserting objects and usage of relevant editing tools
▪ pictures/charts/shapes/clip art /word art /text box etc.
• Inserting equations, symbols, links,
• Uses relevant short cut keys
• Inserts columns, rows to a existing table breaks, date and time
• Short cut keys
▪ open/new/save/select all/cut /copy/paste/undo/redo/print
• Creating and formatting tables
▪ Methods of creating a table
Selecting rows and columns with mouse /insert table/draw table
▪ Insert and delete rows and columns
▪ Merge and split cells
▪ Change row height/column width
▪ Table borders
▪ Styles
• Formatting paragraphs
• Saving documents in different formats
• Printing documents
▪ Print preview
▪ Print setup
▪ Printer properties
4.2 Uses spreadsheet software to solve simple mathematical problems
எளிய எண்கணிதப் பிரச்சினைகளை தீர்ப்பதற்கு விரிதாள் மென்பொருளினைப் பயன்படுத்தல்
Introduction to spreadsheet software
- GUI of spreadsheet software
- Work Book
- Work Sheet
- Columns
- Rows
- Cell
- Formula bar
- Function of cell pointer based on its appearance
- Moving around the worksheet
- Types of data entries in a cell
- Text
- Numbers
- Formula
- Formatting cells
- Number
- Alignment
- Font
- Inserting rows and columns
- Deleting cells, rows and columns
- Worksheet
- Rename
- Insert
- Delete
- Naming and selecting cell ranges
- Copying and moving cell contents
- Cut, copy, paste and paste special
- Simple calculations
- arithmetic operations with basic Operators ( + , – , * , / )
- calculations using cell references and operators
- Relative cell references
- Absolute cell references
- Inbuilt Functions
- sum, average, max, min, count and rank
- Types of charts
- Column, Bar, Line and Pie
- Chart tools
- design / layout / format
- Data filtering
- Data sorting
- Printing a worksheet
- Page setup
- Page options
- Margin options
- Sheet options
- Print preview
4.3 Uses electronic presentation software to enhance presentation
முன்வைப்பொன்றை மேம்படுத்துவதற்கு இலத்திரனியல் முன்வைப்பு மென்பொருளைப் பயன்படுத்துவார்
- Introduction to electronic presentation
- Attributes of an effective presentation
- Features of presentation software
- Usage of presentation software
- Selecting slide layout
- Selecting background
- Inserting text & multimedia contents
- Applying slide transition and custom animation
- short cut keys specific to the presentation
- Saving a presentation with different formats
- Printing a presentation with different options
4.4 Uses Database Management System (DBMS) Software to manage data in a database
தரவுத்தளமொன்றில் உள்ள தரவுகளை முகாமைத்துவம் செய்வதற்காகத் தரவுத்தள முகாமைத்துவ முறைமையைப் பயன்படுத்தல்
- Introduction to database
- Comparison of manual database and automated database
- Introduction to DBMS software
- Objects of DBMS software
- Table
- Query
- Form
- Report
- Field names
- Primary key
- foreign key
- Data types
- Text
- Number
- Date / Time
- Currency
- Yes / No
- Field properties
- Field size
- Format
- Designing queries
- Filter fields
- Filter records
- Sort records
- Form wizard
- Report wizard
Competency 5: Creates Multimedia contents
எண்ணங்களை வினைத்திறனாக வெளிப்படுத்த பல்லூடக உள்ளடக்கங்களை விருத்திச்செய்வார்
Designs still graphics using a graphic software
- Types of graphics
- Raster
- Vector
- Properties of a digital image: pixel, resolution, size, color
- Graphic file formats and their features
- Jpg, png, gif, bmp etc.
- Image capacity and compression:
- lossy formats
- lossless formats
- Basic operations of a graphic software
- Open, save and edit
- Importing images
- Sizing and transformation
- Selections, cut, crop, replace
- Working with layers
- Working with Text
Edits audio contents using an audio editing software
- Recording audio contents
- Editing (editing a relevant segment from original content)
- Audio file formats
- Mp3, wav, au etc.
- Edits videos using an video editing software
Manipulating and rearranging video
- Video file formats
- Mp4, avi, wmv etc.
Competency 6: Uses ஒஃப் the Internet
அன்றாட வாழ்வில் தகவல் அணுகல்; மற்றும் தொடர்பாடல் என்பவற்றிற்காக இணையத்தை வினைத்திறனுடனும் பயனுறுதியான வகையிலும்; பயன்படுத்துவார்
- Explores the architecture
- Purpose of computer network
- Data communication
- Sharing resources
- Network types
- PAN (Personal Area Network)
- LAN (Local Area Network)
- WAN (Wide Area Network)
- Communication devices of a network
- Modem
- Router
- Network Interface Card(NIC)
- Switch
- Wireless Base Station
- Mobile communication
- GPRS, GSM etc.
- Connectivity types
- Guided
- Unguided
- Wired and wireless networks
- Client server model
- Peer to peer
- Hybrid
- Uses the internet services to access relevant information
- Uniform resource locator (URL) / Uniform resource identifier(URI)
- Web browsers and search engines
- Internet services
- WWW
- Information sharing and electronic transactions
- Social Media
- Internet based text and video based communication (Internet relay chat (IRC) / SMS / video calls etc.)
- Blogging and micro blogging
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud based services
- Internet of Things(IoT)
- Definition
- Characteristics
- Needs
- Applications
- Enabling Technologies
Competency 7 : Develops websites
- Contents of a website
- Home page
- Link page
- Building blocks of a web page
- Text, graphics, audio, video, animation
- Hyperlink
- Organization of contents
- Layout, frames, lists, tables
- Defining the objectives of a website
- Contents to be displayed
- Introduction to Hyper Text Mark-up Language
- Basic HTML tags of a web page
- Page definition
- <html>, </html>
- Head section,
- <head></head>
- <title></title>
- Body section
- <body></body>
- Background color
- Text formatting
- <h1>…<h6>tags
- <p></p>
- <br/>
- Underline, bold, italic
- <font:></font>
- Size and color
- Adding comments
- Lists
- Ordered lists
- Unordered lists
- Multimedia objects
- Image
- Audio
- Video
- Introduction to web authoring tools
Competency 8: Uses ICT efficiently and effectively
வாழ்க்கையை வெற்றிகரமாக்குவற்காக தகவல் தொழினுட்பத்தைப் பயனுறுதியான வகையிலும் வினைதிறனுடனும் பயன்படுத்துவார்
- Application of ICT
- Education
- Learning / Teaching Process
- Learning Management System
- School Management System
- Health
- Investigation tools such as MRI scan, CAT scan etc.
- Simulations in medical education
- Tele-medicine
- Agriculture
- Linking rural agricultural communities
- Communicating with the administration
- Meteorological Information
- Computer controlled devices
- E- Business
- Travel
- Online shopping
- Bank (ATM, Credit Card)
- On-line Jobs
- E – Governance
- Issuing of identity cards, driving licence and passports
- Issuing birth, marriage, death certificates
- Career opportunities related to ICT profession
- Software Engineer
- Software Quality Assurance Engineer
- Business Analyst
- IT Project Manager
- Graphic Designer
- Software Architect
- Quality Assurance Leader
- Technical Leader
- Network Administrator
- Database Administrator
- Computer Application Assistant
- IT Manager etc.
- Makes safe use of ICT
- Privacy
- Piracy
- E- Laws
- Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT)
- Unauthorised access
- Ethical behaviour on cyberspace
- Cyber stalking
- Intellectual property (patent, copyright)
- Plagiarism
- lackmail
- Ethical and legal issues in social media
- Inappropriate materials
- Security
- Hardware protection
- Physical protection
- UPS
- Surge arresters
- Environmental protection
- Dust, Humidity, Sunlight, Heat
- Protection from natural disasters
- Software protection
- Anti-threat software
- Firewall
- Precautions in using internet
- Health & Safety
- Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
- E-Waste and green computing