What ’ s happening in the digital learning space ?
By Learning Technology Trainer , Kim Brown .
A big thank you to those of you who completed our recent survey on digital literacy skills within the BOPDHB . Around 200 people gave us their feedback which is helping us to plan training for 2018 .
Results for General Computer Use |
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The chart below shows the average responses to to the same questions on general computer use use |
I would like to learn how to use these 4 % |
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I know how to use some of these 9 % |
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Basic IT use ( e . g . turn
on computer ) Navigation ( e . g . using mouse and menus )
Functions ( e . g . enter Login and password ) File management ( e . g . move / copy files )
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Windows navigation ( e . g . open and close windows ) |
I know how to use these 85 % |
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I need help o use these 2 % |
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Our Just in Time courses that are available on Midland Learning are proving to be very popular , especially for Microsoft products .
Digital Fix
How to write symbols by using keyboard codes
Question : Do you want to include symbols in your Word documents such as a half , quarter or degree symbols but struggle to find them ?
Answer : ALT codes . These are numbers you type into your document while holding down the ALT keyboard key and using the numeric keypad .
Steps
1 . Find Alt code ( list of common symbols is below with lots more in Google ).
2 . Turn on your keyboard Num Lock . The Num Lock key is on the keyboard ' s right side . The Num Lock light above the keypad will ‘ light up ’.
3 . Hold down the ALT keyboard key and type the numbers in using the Numeric Keypad .
4 . Let go of all the keys .
If you did everything right then the symbol will appear . For example , hold down ALT then type 0189 . This will display ½ ( half ).
Common ALT key codes : ( Note : 0 is a zero )
Code |
Symbol |
0188 |
¼ ( quarter ) |
0190 |
¾ ( three quarters ) |
0176 |
° ( degree ) |
0169 |
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