Managing Digital Information
What do I need for this unit?Click to read 
A computer, laptop or tablet with internet connection.
Digital InformationClick to read
•Digital Information is information that you find using a computer.
•Sometimes people use the word data instead of the word information.
•Digital information can be a written/typed document, a picture, a photo, a piece of music, numbers on a spreadsheet.
•Can you find these different types of information on your computer?
Managing Digital InformationClick to read
•So much information is available on the internet that you might need to manage information so it can be useful to you.
•Digital information can be found on the internet, in an email or stored on your computer.
•Some of the information will be useful to you some of it will not – you decide!
Managing Information from the InternetClick to read
Do you remember this from a previous module?
This is what happens in one minute on the Internet!
That’s a lot of information!
How to easily find a webpage that you use often?
•Bookmarks and favourites help us to find webpages that we use often.
•On a browser there is a star icon like this 
in the toolbar.
•What happens when you point at this star?
•Click on this star to make your computer remember that you want to see this page again.
Exercise 1Click to read
•Open the search engine Google:
•Type e.g. ‘cinema times’ and your local town and press ‘Enter’.
•Make sure that this is the webpage that you want.
•Find the star icon on the toolbar and add this page to your favourites.
•Close the browser on your computer and open it again.
•Can you find the website that you have bookmarked/added to favourites?
More information is available from
You can use bookmarks on Twitter also https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Twitter-Bookmarks
Documents on the InternetClick to read
Saving documents from the InternetClick to read
•To print a document you will need to connect your computer to a printer.
•To download or save a PDF document to your computer you can use these icons at the top of the screen.
Exercise 2Click to read
Emails and Attachments Click to read
•Emails contain information in the email itself and they can also have attachments.
•A paper clip like this: 
is the symbol for an attachment.
•An attachment is a document or a picture which you can save so you can look at it later.
•Can you find an email that was sent to you with an attachment? How do you know?
•This email has an attachment:
•This email has no attachment:
Exercise 3 Click to read
•Open your email account.
•Find an email with an attachment.
•Open this email find the attachment.
•Choose the option to Download the attachment.
•Save the attachment to your desktop:
Files and FoldersClick to read
•You can organise your documents like you would organise documents in a filing cabinet.
•You can create a folder on your computer so you can find a document or other information easily.
Managing Files/FoldersClick to read
•You can create folders for different subjects on your computer.
•You might have a folder marked ‘Car’ this might contain documents to prove that you have paid your car tax or your insurance documents (in soft copy).
•Can you think of other folders you might have?
Exercise 4 Click to read
•Creating a folder on your Desktop Go to your Desktop ‘Right click’ on your mouse.
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