Skills Development Program ICT Skills Development Program Ministry of Buddhasasana Department of Buddhist Affairs Conducted by : Information & Communication Technology Unit (ICTU)

Purpose This course is especially focused on improving your ICT skills which should have essential for your day to day professional life. Time & Targets During these three hours, you will have to practice 05 skills.

Skill 01: Skill 01: Identify your web browser Web browser is an application software to be used to browse the internet. Skill 01: Practical Activity See the web browser in your computer. Microsoft edge (windows 10), Internet Explore (Older Windows Versions),Mozilla Firefox (Open Source – Mozilla foundation), Google chrome (From Google), Opera (from Opera software systems)

Skill 01 Identify the web browser & what does it do ? Contd.. Under Skill 01 - Now you can Identify the web browser & what does it do ?

Skill 02: Download software to your machine You can download any open source software without paying cost. But if you try to download any proprietary software , you should pay relevant cost by a credit card or any other payment method.

Skill 02 Practical Activity Download Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browser and if your network grant you to permission to install try to install it. Open Google Search engine and search “Google chrome” or “Mozilla Firefox” Download Sinhala Unicode software and if your network grant you to permission to install Go to https://www.icta.lk/local-languages-initiative/ web page

Practical Activity contd.. Skill 02 Practical Activity contd.. Click here

Practical Activity contd.. Skill 02 Practical Activity contd.. If you see incomplete letters when you are typing , Install windows SP2 Click here to select Sinhala software

Practical Activity contd.. Skill 02 Practical Activity contd.. Click to save it in your computer

Skill 02 How to download software into the computer. Contd.. Under Skill 02 - Now you know How to download software into the computer.

Identify installation files and other files Skill 03 Identify installation files and other files .exe files Compression files (Zip files) Many more … .docx .pptx .xlsx etc… Zip files : want compression tools like winzip,winrar,7-zip .exe files: installation files/ executable pdf: want adobe reader or acrobat reader .pdf files (portable document format) You can run (or install) only .exe files.. .exe means “executable” Most of the cases Windows provides you a “wizard” to complete your installation.

Install software & identify the download folder Skill 03 Practical Activity Install software & identify the download folder Click here to open your file explore Here is your download folder

Skill 03 How to install a downloaded software in the computer Contd.. Under Skill 03 - Now you know How to install a downloaded software in the computer

Configure local languages in your computer Skill 04 Practical Activity Configure local languages in your computer Advanced keyboard settings Type Language in Search box

Practical Activity cont.… Configure local languages Skill 04 Practical Activity cont.… Configure local languages Select language bar options In advanced key options/select keys to assign

Skill 04 How to configure Sinhala & Tamil Unicode in my computer Contd.. Under Skill 04 - Now you know How to configure Sinhala & Tamil Unicode in my computer

Protect your login data Skill 05 Protect your login data Cookies - An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. Browsing History - In computing, the web browsing history is the list of web pages a user has visited recently—and associated data such as page title and time of visit—which is recorded by web browser software as standard for a certain period of time

Clear cookies & Browsing History Skill 05 Browser - Mozilla Firefox

Clear cookies & Browsing History Skill 05 Browser – Google Chrome

Skill 05 Contd.. Under Skill 05 - Now you know How to clear cookies & browsing data and protect password data.

Summary At the end of today’s session you know; Identify the web browser & what does it do ? Understand Open source & Proprietary software How to download software into the computer. Identify files & installation files How to install a downloaded software in the computer How to configure Sinhala & Tamil Unicode in my computer Assign shortcut keys to multiple languages Cookies & browsing history of the web browser How to clear cookies & browsing data and protect password data.

Q &A Good Luck ..! Thanks ! Ministry of Buddhasasana ICTU – Information & Communication Technology Unit Ministry of Buddhasasana Department of Buddhist Affairs