"all" resources for Online basics learners

Registration form - document

Sample registration form for online basics.

RNIB's Digital Accessibility home page - weblink

Landing page for Beginner's Guides to computers, internet, mobile phones and more for people with sight loss

Technical specification checklist - document

Use this checklist to compare your IT set up with our minimum and recommended specifications.

Broadband speed check - weblink

This website will test the speed of your internet connection for both download and upload connections. When considering the result keep in mind this is the connection speed, effective speed will depend on how many machines share the connection.

Check your computer specification - Youtube video

This Youtube was done by a company that sells IT support in the US. The first 25 seconds are about their service and really not relevant but then they provide a clear and simple guide to finding lot's of useful information about your system specification.

Case studies - IT systems - document

In 2009 we did 2 case studies with centres that had been experiencing IT issues when using myguide.

BBC my web my way - weblink

Great resources from the BBC about setting up your web browser to meet your need.

Course content - Using the internet safely - weblink

All course screens, with details of any interactions and a separate full audio script. These are provided so that centres might create their own supporting materials for example if they wanted to translate to other languages. If you do create something new from these please share back using Tutor zone, thanks.

"all" resources for Online basics learners

Registration form - document

RNIB's Digital Accessibility home page - weblink

Technical specification checklist - document

Broadband speed check - weblink

Check your computer specification - Youtube video

Case studies - IT systems - document

BBC my web my way - weblink

Course content - Using the internet safely - weblink

Course content - using online searches - weblink

Course content - Using email - weblink

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