Communication technology

Question 1

Presentation software

Answer 1

• used to create presentations, quizzes, e-learning packages, information points and many other multimedia products
• lets you create your multimedia product using a series of slides.
• Text, images, video, animations, links and sound can be combined on each slide to create a professional final document

Question 2

Word processing

Answer 2

• used to manipulate a text document, such as a resume or report.
• you enter text by typing and the software provides tools for copying, deleting and various types of formatting.
• some functions include: making tables, creating, copying, pasting editing, spelling checks, inserting illustrations and formatting text

Question 3

Email

Answer 3

• electronic mail, information is stored on a computer that is exchanged between two users over telecommunications.
• message may contain text, files, images, or other attachments sent through a network to a specified individual or group of individuals.

Question 4

Web

Answer 4

• system of internet servers that support specially formatted documents
• documents are formatted in a markup language called HTML, this supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio and video files.

Question 5

Blogs/Vlogs

Answer 5

• web page which serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual.
• updated daily, blogs/vlogs often reflect the personality of the author.

Question 6

Instant messaging

Answer 6

• communications service - allows you to create a private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet
• Typically, it alerts you whenever somebody on your private list is online. You can then start a chat session with that specific individual.