Topmark

     
Target User Requirements specification Useful Links Reading Your Comments

 

Navigation Navigation through Topmark is designed with novice users in mind. The tutorial material is arranged in a linear style with next and back buttons on each page. Clicking on NEXT will take the user to the next tutorial page. Clicking on BACK will take the user to the previous tutorial page.

More advanced learners, or those who hate to take a specific path may browse through the tutorial material by dipping in and out of the LEARNING STREAM.

Each page is linked to the HOME PAGE so it is possible to find your bearings in the site. A SITEMAP with a search facility is also provided.

There are many external links throughout the site. To avoid the "getting lost in cyberspace" syndrome these links are accessed through windows in Topmark. That way, you can explore another site but still be within Topmark at all times. Simply close the viewing window to end the link. A list of external LINKS can be accessed on this page or wherever the link icon is visible

Requirements

Specification

 To use this site successfully you need a frames and JavaScript enabled browser. Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape 3 and later browsers support these features. If you get an alert check that you have Javascript enabled on your machine.
   
Target User

This website is aimed at those learners who wish to gain basic background knowledge about information technology equipment and software. It is suitable for those who are undertaking or teaching courses for

  1. JEB Teachers' Diploma

  2. NCVA Level 2 Awards

  3. ECDL Module 1

  http://whatis.com/ An encyclopaedia of information technology terms with a search facility
Useful links http:webopedia.lycos.com/ Terms defined and search engine
  http://howstuffworks.com/ A general reference site with all kinds of information
  http://www.pctechguide.com/ A site which may be a little too technical for some, but it contains very thorough descriptions and excellent graphical material to illustrate some equipment.
Additional reading Users may wish to supplement these learning resources with more traditional background reading. Suggestions are given for information only and no publication is recommended above another.
  1. Essential Computer Applications, Morgan and O'Neill, Gill & Macmillan Ltd
  2. A Glossary of Computing Terms, The British Computer Society, Longman Group Ltd
  3. Dictionary of Information Technology, Tony Gunton, Penguin, ISBN 0-14-051297-7
  4. GCSE Computer Studies Information Technology, Graham Taylor, Macmillan Press Ltd
  5. Computer Studies GCSE Passbook, Ray Bradley, BPP(Letts Educational) Ltd
  6. Information Technology and its Applications, T Corbett, Longman, ISBN 0-582-23309-7
Your comments Your views about this site are welcomed.

If you would like to comment on the site you may evaluate on-line . Suggestions for improvement will be gratefully received.

If you know of more useful links or suitable reading let me know.

 

Site maintained by Marcella Mangan Molloy

Last revised 03 August 2001