An open archive of practical tutorials for students and teachers
This page brings together the practical ICT tutorials I recorded throughout my years of teaching. I am sharing them freely in the hope that they will continue to help students and teachers around the world.
A note about this archiveThese are the ICT resources I have managed to locate, review and prepare for sharing so far. I may still have other recordings and teaching materials stored elsewhere. If time permits and I am able to recover them, I will add them to this article in the future.
For now, this collection contains the resources that are ready to be shared. I hope you find something here that supports your learning or teaching.
Looking Back
I began teaching IGCSE ICT in 2019 at my second school. After almost seven years with the subject, my current school has decided that I will focus entirely on Computer Science rather than continue teaching ICT.
Over those years, I found that one of the greatest challenges was the sheer breadth of the ICT curriculum. Students are expected to develop practical competence across many different applications while also remembering a substantial amount of theoretical content.
The examinations demand considerable stamina. Practical papers can last between two and a half and three hours, with students completing numerous tasks under time pressure. Preparing for these papers also requires repeated practice across document production, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, website authoring and other areas of the syllabus.
For many students, the challenge is therefore not a lack of ability or interest. It is the difficulty of sustaining concentration and motivation across such a large amount of content and through examinations of that length.
That observation comes from my own teaching experience. Students in other schools, communities and cultures may experience the subject differently.
IGCSE ICT examinations require students to become familiar with computer systems, document production and the practical decisions involved in creating materials for a particular purpose and target audience. These remain useful ways of thinking. However, the software and workflows assessed in examinations do not always reflect how work is produced in today’s industries.
Many people now create professional materials with accessible tools such as Canva. Documents and other content can also be developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence. As technology continues to change, some of the manual processes associated with traditional office software may feel less relevant than they once did.
Nevertheless, examination candidates still need to understand these skills—and they still need clear, practical guidance.
Why I Am Sharing This Archive
Throughout my years of teaching, I recorded tutorials for practical examinations, classroom exercises and individual software skills. Creating these videos also helped me understand each task from a student’s perspective.
Now that I am no longer teaching the subject, I want these recordings to remain available to anyone who may benefit from them.
This collection may be useful if you are:
- Studying Cambridge IGCSE ICT (0417)
- Studying Pearson Edexcel International GCSE ICT
- Teaching either of these qualifications
- Exploring what an IGCSE ICT practical examination involves
- Looking for step-by-step guidance on a particular practical task
If you prefer my more recent style of explanation, I recommend beginning with the Edexcel tutorials. The older recordings are less polished, but they may still be useful when you need guidance on a specific task.
Not every learner prefers a long instructional video. Some students learn better through short demonstrations, independent experimentation or direct one-to-one support. Use these videos selectively: find the task you need, watch the relevant section, and then attempt the work yourself.
🟪 Pearson Edexcel International GCSE ICT
November 2023 — Section A
Task A1
Task A2
November 2023 — Section B
Task B1a
- Task B1a (i)
- Task B1a (ii) — Version 1
- Task B1a (ii) — Version 2
- Task B1a (iii)
- Task B1a (iv)
- Task B1a (v)
Task B1b
🟦 Cambridge IGCSE ICT — 0417
The Cambridge tutorials below are arranged with the newest examination series first.
2024 May/June — Paper 2, Variant 1
Additional Spreadsheet Practice
2023 October/November — Paper 3
- Tasks 1 and 2
- Task 3, Question 2
- Task 3, Question 3
- Task 3, Question 4
- Task 3, Question 5
- Task 3, Question 6
- Task 3, Question 8
- Task 4, Question 9
- Task 4, Question 10
- Task 4, Question 11
2023 October/November — Paper 2
2023 May/June — Practical Papers
Paper 31
Paper 32
2023 February/March — Paper 2
Task 2 — Question-by-Question Tutorials
These older recordings form a continuous Task 2 series. The original paper or textbook chapter is not identified in the current video titles.
- Question 3
- Question 4
- Question 5
- Question 6
- Question 7
- Question 8
- Question 9
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
Hodder Education Practical Tasks
Chapter 18
Chapter 17
Chapter 13
🟩 Additional ICT Skills
These tutorials cover transferable skills that may be helpful to students following either examination board.
Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Word Tutorial 01
- Microsoft Word Tutorial 02
- Microsoft Word Tutorial 03
- Microsoft Word Tutorial 04
- Microsoft Word Tutorial 05
- Microsoft Word Tutorial 06
Graphics
Charts and Data Presentation
A Final Note
A great deal of time went into preparing, recording and organizing these tutorials. I know that video-based learning will not suit everyone, and it may not be the preferred learning style of every student today.
Some learners need short demonstrations. Others benefit from longer explanations or a more personal, one-to-one approach. There is no single method that works for everyone.
I am therefore sharing this archive without expecting every video to suit every learner. If even one explanation helps you understand a difficult task, prepare for an examination or support a student in your classroom, then these recordings will continue to serve a worthwhile purpose.
I created these resources while learning alongside my students and trying to understand the examination through their experiences. I hope that, in some way, they prove even more useful to you than they were to me.
