Introduction To Unit 1

Digital Literacy and Foundations

Unit 1 introduces the concepts of digital literacy and lays a foundation that will be built upon the digital skills and tools demonstrated through digital exploration.

Course Alignment

• Find, evaluate, use, and cite academic resources (CCO 1)

• Demonstrate utilization of cloud computing; (CCO 4)

• Define fundamental network, hardware, software, and internet concepts (CCO 7)

• Demonstrate file management strategies both locally and remotely (CCO 9)

• Map relationships using mind mapping software (CCO 13)

• Explain the fundamental concepts and applications of artificial intelligence (CCO 14)

Major Topics

• Digital Literacy

• Hardware and Networking 

• The Web and The Cloud 

Terms/Concepts

• What are the 7 Competencies of Digital Literacy?

• Search Query

• Natural Language Query

• Spider (as related to the World Wide Web)

• Digital Footprint

• What are the 5 basic computer components?

• What is a file as it relates to computers?

• File Extension

• Zip File

• Saas

• Digital Bubble

• Generative AI

• Prompt (as related to AI)

• What is the difference between the Internet and the WWW?

• Browser

• URL