Foundational Digital Literacy
Issued by
Central Oregon Community College
Digital literacy refers to the knowledge associated with using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information. Earners of this badge have begun to develop their digital citizenship knowledge as well as the responsible use of technology.
Earning Criteria
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Determine the correct computing device for a given task.
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Identify the appropriate application for a given task. (word-processing, messaging, internet browser, collaboration tools)
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Identify the appropriate storage for specific information.
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Identify common security risks
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Identify the basic operations of a computing device (login, turn-on/off, start a program, what is an icon/folder, resource management)
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Differentiate between Synchronous/Asynchronous communication