This document provides information on a learning module that teaches students how to use OpenOffice tools like Writer, Calc, and Impress to develop digital literacy workshops. The module is divided into 4 units that progressively teach the functions and capabilities of each OpenOffice tool. Students are required to complete readings, tasks, and discussions to demonstrate their understanding. The goal is for students to gain the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate digital literacy access in telecenters and similar organizations through workshop and presentation design.

1. Learning Module title:
Getting familiar with Office tools (Open/MS)
for developing digital literacy workshops
Position within the curriculum:
Stage 1 (entrustment) / Category 4 (Competence
in the use of technical tools as a basis and
support of methodological actions)
Entrance Profile of students:
Minimum 6 months experience in a
job/volunteer engagement within a
telecentre or similar body
and/or
Minimum 6 months experience in
organizing workshops/laboratories
within informal contexts (Third Sector
bodies)
Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of telecentres
environment
Basic knowledge of animation
methodologies/techniques in
informal contexts
Skills:
ICT basic skills (computer, Internet
browsing and at-a-distance
communication tools)
Basic team-working skills
Basic communication skills
Competences:
Capability to plan animation
laboratories/workshops in the
telecentre and in the local context
Output Profile of students:
e-facilitator for digital literacy
Knowledge:
Good knowledge of Open Office suite
Intermediate knowledge of Open
Skills:
Ability to facilitate digital literacy
access in the telecentres and/or
Competences:
Ability to use and adapt the tools
acquired to personal and working

2. Office suite’s potential for personal
and working needs
similar bodies
Ability to design digital literacy
workshop/laboratories in informal
learning contexts
Ability to develop communication
tools to promote the telecentre in
the local context
needs
Teaching how to use Open Office to
different target groups
Ability to modify/adapt/integrate the
learning contents in relation to
learners’ needs
Title of the
Learning
Units
Duration Learning
aims/outcome
Learning
Contents
(What is taught)
Pedagogies and
Educational Methods
(How)
Techniques, Instruments
and Materials
Learning Unit
Actors (Who)
Evaluation
Introduction
Unit
1 week
available
1 hour of
mandatory
minimum
dedication
- To familiarize with
the learning
environment:
- To familiarize with
the platform and
its functions;
- To understand the
overall objectives,
- use of the
platform
- how to complete
student personal
profile;
- management of
interactive tools;
We offer to the student the
opportunity to access to the
platform a few days before
the starting of the module, in
order to provide him/her
relevant information about
the functioning of the
platform and the structure of
the module. The Introduction
Unit is a start-up unit aimed
READINGS:
Methodologic readings:
- Goals of the module
Target of the module
- Module structure and
methodology
Tutorship of the Module
Students and
tutors
No evaluation is
foreseen.
The Introduction
Unit is a start-up
unit aimed at
facilitating the
learning process
that starts with

3. contents and
methodology of the
module;
- To understand
tutor's role;
- To understand the
evaluation system
and criteria.
- relational skills for
the communication
with students and
tutor.
at facilitating the learning
process that starts with Unit
1.
The only mandatory tasks of
the Introduction Unit are:
Introduce oneself in the
“Introduction Forum”;
Complete ones personal
profile; Consult the Bulletin
Board and the Introduction
forum to read the messages
from the tutor/other
students.
Tutor's role: the tutor is
present in the platform and
has to introduce him/herself
in the Introduction forum and
to post a Welcome message
in the Bulletin Board.
Nonetheless, it is suggested to
avoid direct interactions with
the students in order to
encourage their spontaneous
participation (see also the
Evaluation column).
Overview of the learning
contents readings:
- Module plan
- Contents of the module
Technical readings
- Platform users' guide
- Detailed instructions on
how to complete the profile
- Forums
- Personal and technical
requirements
COMMUNICATION AND
INTERACTIVE TOOLS:
- Bulletin board and news
- Presentation forum
Unit 1.
It is also an
instrument to
verify students'
motivation in
order to prevent
drop-outs.
Therefore,
selected students
that don't access
the platform
during the
Introduction week
are substituted
with enrolled
students in the
waiting list.

4. Unit 1:
OpenOffice
Writer I: the
word
processor
1 week
available
4 hours of
mandatory
minimum
commitme
nt
- To use Open
Office Writer basic
functions: open,
write and save
documents; how to
edit and format
texts.
- To do editing
basic operations:
cut, copy/paste,
correct.
- To understand
how to use Open
Office Writer as a
tool to develop
digital literacy
workshops.
- Basic knowledge
on Writer’s
potential.
- Procedures to
download and
install Open office
suite.
- Writer main
window, toolbars
and their main
functions.
- Procedures to
open and save
documents.
- Various editing
functions: correct
mistakes,
copy/cut/paste,
format texts.
This Unit is built on a
theoretical/didactic approach:
it intends to provide the
learner with basic notions on
the topic faced, in order to
help him to familiarize with it.
Reading: Cos’è Open Office
Writer e cosa ti permette di
fare (What is Open Office
and what you can do with
it).
Reading: Scaricare ed
installare Open Office (How
to download and install
Open Office).
Reading: La finestra
principale di Writer
(Writer’s main window).
Reading: L’apertura ed il
salvataggio dei documenti
(How to open and save
documents).
Reading: Editing di base.
Correggere gli errori
(Editing 1: how to correct
mistakes).
Reading: Editing di base.
Copia, taglia ed incolla
(Editing 2: copy, cut and
paste).
Reading: Editing di base.
Formattare il testo (Editing
3: how to format texts).
Students and
tutors
Task 1: Crea un
documento con
Writer (Create a
document with
Writer): individual
work aimed at
applying and
testing the
knowledge
acquired during
the Unit 1.
Forum: La lezione
dell’unità (Lesson
learnt): share and
exchange with the
other students
difficulties/ideas/s
uggestions
experienced
during the Unit 1.
Self Evaluation
Questionnaire Unit
1

5. -----------
OPTIONAL MATERIALS
Reading: Esempio di
documento elaborato con
Writer (Example of a
document elaborated with
Writer).
Reading: Un altro esempio
di documento redatto con
Writer (Another example).
Reading:Comandi veloci da
tastiera (Quick keyboard
functions).
Reading: Selezione testo
(Text selection).
Unit 2:
OpenOffice
Writer II:
deeper into
the word
processor
1 week
available
5 hours of
mandatory
minimum
commitme
nt
- To go deeper into
Writer functions.
- To understand
Writer templates
utility.
- To insert tables in
text documents.
- To practice with
- Use of TABS.
- Knowledge on
styles and
formatting.
- Procedures to
create and manage
tables.
- Utility, use and
customization of
This Unit is built on a two
level methodological
approach:
1. theoretical/didactic,
providing deeper notions on
the topic faced in the previous
Unit.
2. Practical and context-
based, stimulating a personal
Reading: Tabulazioni
(TABS).
Reading: Stili e
formattazioni (Styles and
formatting).
Reading: Tabelle (Tables).
Reading: Modelli
(Templates).
Reading: Lavorare con le
procedure guidate (How to
use wizards).
Students and
tutors
Mandatory tasks
Task 1: Crea una
brochure per il tuo
telecentro
utilizzando tutte le
funzioni di Writer
apprise durante
l’unità 2 (Create a
brochure for your
telecentre, using

6. fontwork. Writer’s templates.
- Utility, use and
customization of
wizards.
- Utility, use and
customization of
fontwork.
- Basic knowledge
of Open Clip Art
Library.
and contextualized use of the
skills acquired.
Reading: Cos’è fontwork?
(What is fontwork?).
Reading: Creare e
modificare oggetti (How to
create and modify objects).
Reading: Open Clip Art
Library.
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OPTIONAL MATERIALS
Video: Tutorial sull’utilizzo
dei fontwork (Tutorial on
fontworks use).
all Writer’s
function learnt in
Unit 2): individual
work aimed at
applying, testing
and customize the
knowledge
acquired during
the Unit 2.
Forum: La
promozione del
telecentro:
materiali
pubblicitari e
informativi
(Telecentre’s
promotion:
advertising and
information
materials): sharing
and exchange of
ideas, tools and
strategies to
promote your
telecentre in the
local context.
Self Evaluation

7. Questionnaire Unit
2
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Optional Task:
Crea un manifesto
pubblicitario del
tuo telecentro da
affiggere nelle
strade della tua
città (Create an
advertisement of
your telecentre to
be put up on the
walls): individual
work aimed at
deepen
communication
strategies for your
telecentre.
Unit 3
OpenOffice
Calc, the
spreadsheet
1 week
available
5 hours of
mandatory
- To use Open
Office Calc basic
elements: rows,
columns, cells. The
concept of “range”.
- To apply the most
- Basic knowledge
on Calc main
screen.
- Basic knowledge
on Calc data
This Unit is built on a two
level methodological
approach:
1. theoretical/didactic,
providing deeper notions on
Reading: La schermata di
calc (Calc main screen).
Reading: Tipi di dati (Calc
data typologies).
Reading: Il concettto di
estensione (The concept of
Students and
tutors
Mandatory tasks
Task 1: Crea il tuo
foglio di contabilità
domestica annual
(Create your own
household

8. minimum
commitme
nt
common basic Calc
operations.
- To create graphs
with Calc.
- To understand
how to use Open
Office Calc as a tool
to develop digital
literacy workshops.
typologies.
- Basic knowledge
of the concept of
“range”.
- Procedures on
how to insert the
most common Calc
operations.
- Procedures on
how to format Calc
cells.
- Procedures on
how to create and
customize Calc
graphs.
the topic faced in the Unit.
2. Practical and customized,
encouraging a personal use of
the skills acquired to support
everyday tasks.
“range”).
Reading: Le formule più
comuni (The most basic
operations).
Reading: Formattazione
celle (How to format cells).
Reading: Creare grafici con
Calc (How to create graphs
with Calc).
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OPTIONAL MATERIALS
Reading: Esempio di
attività: come
personalizzare un foglio di
calcolo di contabilità
domestica (Activity
example: how to customize
a household accounting
spreadsheet).
Video: Tutorial sull’utilizzo
di Calc (Tutorial on Calc
use).
accounting yearly
spreadsheet):
individual work
aimed at
encouraging a
useful and
conscious use of
the skills acquired.
Forum: La lezione
dell’unità (Lesson
learnt): share and
exchange with the
other students
difficulties and
suggestions
experienced
during the Unit 3.
If you need, ask for
help to the most
skilled students!
Self Evaluation
Questionnaire Unit
3
Unit 4 1 week - To use Open
Office Impress
- Overview of
Impress work
This Unit is built on a two
level methodological
Reading: L’ambiente di
lavoro di Impress (Impress
Students and Mandatory tasks

9. Impress:
presentatio
ns with
OpenOffice
available
5 hours of
mandatory
minimum
commitme
nt
basic functions:
open, modify and
save presentations.
- To insert texts,
images and objects
in your slides.
- To personalize
and make more
attractive your
presentations.
- To understand
how to use Open
Office Impress as a
tool to develop
digital literacy
workshops.
environment.
- Procedures for
creating a
presentation
through wizard .
- Knowledge on the
main operations to
build Impress
slides.
- Procedures for
inserting images in
your slides.
- Procedures for
adding and deleting
slides.
- Basic knowledge
on slides effects.
- Procedures to
export your
presentation in
other extensions.
approach:
1. theoretical/didactic,
providing deeper notions on
the topic faced in the Unit.
2. Practical, context-based
and critical, encouraging the
learners to become more and
more independent in
interpreting the local
context/networks.
work environment).
Reading: Creare una
presentazione (How to
create a presentation).
Reading: Lavorare con le
slide (How to work with the
slides).
Reading: Inserire immagini
(How to insert images).
Reading: Aggiungere ed
eliminare slide (How to add
and eliminate slides).
Reading: Inserire gli effetti
(How to insert effects).
Reading: Transizione delle
slide (Slides transition).
Reading: Esportare in altri
formati (How to export
your slides in other
extensions).
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OPTIONAL MATERIALS
Reading: Manuale di
Impress (Impress user’s
guide).
tutors Task 1: Crea una
presentazione con
Impress, finalizzata
a promuovere il
tuo telecentro
presso enti locali e
strutture private
nel tuo territorio di
riferimento
(Create your own
Impress
presentation,
aimed at
promoting your
telecentre to local
public/private
bodies within your
reference context).
Forum: Telecentro
e rete territoriale
(Telecentre and
local network):
sharing and
exchange of ideas
and good practices
on how to involve
and stimulate local
actors within

10. Video: Tutorial sull’utilizzo
di Impress (Tutorial on
Impress use).
telecentres
activities.
Self Evaluation
Questionnaire Unit
4
Closing Unit 10 days
available
5 hours of
mandatory
minimum
commitme
nt
- To assess
knowledge/skills
acquired
- To apply in a
customized,
contextualized and
transversal way
knowledge/skills
acquired during the
whole learning
path
- To evaluate the
adequateness of
the learning
module according
to students
- Final exam
- Feedback Forum
- Evaluation
Questionnaire
The final exam consists in a
group exercise, aimed at
assessing students' capability
to use skills and competences
acquired in each learning unit
in an integrated and
transversal way. It aims at
evaluating work related skills
(more than theoretical
knowledge).
The exercise has to be
realized in groups of 5.
The students themselves have
to select their "final exam
mates" during the 4 weeks of
training (to foster interchange
during the training and allow
the constitution of groups of
people sharing the same
interests/ideas/projects/work
Final exam: imagine to
start-up a restaurant and
create:
a. the menu of the week,
using writer;
b. a communication tool
(ex. flyer, brochure etc),
using impress;
c. the weekly cash flow,
using calc.
Feedback Forum: Students
are invited to share their
final impressions on the
module and say good-bye
to other students and to
the tutor.
Evaluation Questionnaire:
Students are asked to fill in
Students and
tutors
The final exam
counts for 50% of
the final note. This
50% should be
attributed on the
bases of the
following criteria:
coherence with
the learning inputs
(15 points),
valorization of ICT
based
methodologies/to
ols (15 points),
innovativeness and
creativity (10
points), quality of
the presentation
(10 points).
The remaining 50%
is attributed on

11. contexts).
A longer time should be
foreseen for the realization of
the exercise (10 days). After
the deadline each group
should present its product to
the virtual class and the tutor
in the framework of a face to
face session or an online
interactive session.
Moreover, students will be
proposed to answer an
evaluation questionnaire on
the module and to participate
in a feedback forum.
a semi-structured
questionnaire evaluating
the following dimensions of
the received training:
learning outcomes; role and
career development;
overall satisfaction with the
module.
the basis of
participation
during the training
(tasks submission
and forum
interventions).
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