IT tools to communicate By Suleman Kalam

Podcast What is Podcasts? A podcasts is a downloadable media file which can be downloaded into many electronic devices such as IPod, Laptops and computers. What are podcasts used for? A Podcasts can be used for listening to another person whilst the person is traveling/ on the move How are Podcasts different to a blog? Podcasts Is different to a blog because you don’t need to write anything only listen where as in blogs the user will need to type many characters in order to explain what they are saying.

What is a Wiki A Wiki is a web page where a person can add, delete or modify a content. Wikis are used for to share information Wikis are different compared to a twitter because when editing the wiki a person can type in number of words whereas in twitter you can’t.

Blogs A blog is a personal page People can comment on people blogs Anyone can see it unless it is private.

Video conferencing 6 ways to keep safe when video conferencing 1. Organise the network. 2. Understand how the system of the computer is working. 3. expect, be organised and prepared for a firewall failure. 4. lower the restriction of the links between VIOP network avoid weak passwords (make it strong and secured by typing in different combination of characters This image is copied from google chrome on the 23 rd February

Storing personal information You should keep the information up to date You shouldn't give the information out to anyone like random people or strangers You should keep all the information in the work place and not take it out Don’t use a weak password You should also have a spyware software Anti virus software

Safely viewing and uploading digital content Don’t go to websites that you think are unreal, you may be correct that the website could be fake and lead to a virus and permanent damage to computer systems. Also run a anti virus software after you are finished on web Make sure the user is viewing the right information on the secured right websites

Data protection add Data must be processed and obtained lawfully Data must be within the subject Important valuable data must not be spread to other countries without data protection laws Data must be specified for law full purposes Data must be very safe and secured so that no strangers can have access Information must be updated and accurate Information should not be kept for a long period time Information key data should be relevant

Firewalls Firewalls blocks information coming in or coming out Firewalls are good to keep viruses out Never lose work to viruses Fast and easily to download Need to be up to date

Backups Backing and saving data is very important due to many reasons: A user can remove a important file from the system which then can’t be found When a virus occurs, all important files/data can be lost When a building happens to be in danger e.g. a fire may destroy and demolish the building where the stored data is on the computer (an organisation and businesses would usually store their back up files offsite

Secure sites you know when a website is secure because it has “https” this means Hyper Text Transfer Protocol with Secure Sockets. If it is not secure it will say this HTTP so this is hyper text transfer protocol. you can also tell if it is secure by the padlock is locked.

Blogs are effective communication channels because anyone can post there views blogs can put peoples ideas together If you get stuck on something you can get help from the blog by posting what you are stuck on. You can also post pictures and be in a group For example our it class has a Facebook chat with all our class in it