ICDL Online Collaboration study guide
ICDL Online Collaboration · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
ICDL Online Collaboration (also called ECDL Online Collaboration) is a certification module within the ICDL programme, a digital skills certification offered by ICDL Foundation. According to ICDL Foundation, the organisation describes itself as "a global social enterprise committed to raising standards of digital competence in the workforce, education and society", and states that "ICDL certification is now available in more than 100 countries" through a network of testing centres. The ICDL Online Collaboration study guide has 4 sections and about 1,320 words.
01Collaboration Concepts and Cloud-Based Tools
Cloud collaboration means people work on the same content through services hosted on the internet, rather than passing files back and forth. The core concepts a candidate must know are: synchronous vs asynchronous collaboration (real-time chat or co-editing versus email, comments, or shared documents edited at different times); cloud computing delivered as SaaS (finished applications), PaaS (a development platform), or IaaS (raw infrastructure); and the collaboration categories - communication (email, chat, VoIP), conferencing (video/web meetings), document co-authoring, project and task management, and social platforms.
312 words, about 2 min02Online Storage and File Sharing
Online storage puts files on a provider's servers so they can be reached from multiple devices and shared with others. Candidates must understand sync (a local folder mirrored to the cloud and to other devices), backup (a copy for recovery, not the same as sync), and sharing models : private, shared with specific people, shared with a link, and public.
347 words, about 2 min03Online Calendars and Scheduling
Online calendars store events in the cloud and let people view, share and coordinate schedules. Candidates must know the parts of an event : title, date and time, time zone , duration, location or conferencing link, description, attendees, reminders/notifications, and recurrence rules (daily, weekly, custom, with an end date).
330 words, about 2 min04Online Meetings, Web Conferencing and Social Collaboration
Web conferencing tools let dispersed people meet with audio, video, screen sharing and text chat. Candidates must understand how to schedule versus start a meeting, the difference between a meeting ID/link and a personal room, and roles such as host/organizer and participant - the host typically controls recording, muting, admitting attendees from a waiting room , and ending the session.
331 words, about 2 min