Using Email Criteria

Badge for Using Email

This badge holder passed an assessment of the standards listed below by scoring at least 85% on a proctored exam at a Northstar Digital Literacy location.

Learners taking proctored exams are asked for identification and take the assessment in a supervised setting.

Using Email Standards

  1. Define email.
  2. Tell the difference between a URL and an email address.
  3. Register for a new email account.
  4. Log into email.
  5. Address an email and create an email message. Then, Send an email.
  6. Open an email and reply to all.
  7. Forward an email.
  8. Add an attachment to an email.
  9. Open an attachment in an email.
  10. Delete an email and retrieve an email from the trash.
  11. Understand basics of email etiquette.
  12. Use caution when opening an email from an unfamiliar source.
  13. Avoid giving out personal information to unfamiliar people.
  14. Identify and delete junk mail, including spam.
  15. Be selective and cautious about forwarding email to large groups of people.
  16. Sign out of email.
  17. Define computer virus.