Course

This course is the fourth of the eight courses in the collection Computing for School - Communication and Networks. This course is  for anyone who wants to know more some of the details about how the Internet works and how search engines 'choose' what they show us. It introduces terms such as email, file transfer, clients and peers. It also gives advice about what to do and what organisations to go to if you have concerns about e-safety.

It investigates the requirement for client/server processes to support Internet services and the basic aspects of their operation. It further develops your awareness of Internet safety by identifying the appropriate agency to contact if you encounter upsetting or illegal online content.

Schools interested in using these materials as part of the National Curricula are free to do so. Additional teaching resources to support the delivery, manage classes and run quizzes are available for free to schools by registering to become a Cisco Academy. http://cs.co/ComputingForSchoolsCourse

This course is free and gives you the opportunity to earn a digital badge as a recognition of your learning. To access the course materials, pass the quizzes and collect the badge, you’ll need to enrol. If you already have an Open University account, you need to sign in before you enrol. Otherwise, it’s easy to create one.

Once you’ve signed in, return to this page and refresh it by clicking on the refresh button in your web browser – this usually looks like a recycling icon that features one arrow in a circle pointing to its tail, or two arrows in a circle pointing to each other. This will update your status so you can enrol by clicking on the ‘Enrol’ button. You are now enrolled and ready to start the course!

To see the other courses in this series, please visit the Computing for School's collection page.

Please send us corrections or comments about this course to ciscocourse@computingatschool.org.uk.